Docente
Ana Valbordo Róis

Resume

I am an Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona and a researcher in its School of Life Sciences, specializing in animal welfare, biodiversity conservation, and the study of human–animal relationships. I hold a PhD in Biology from the University of Lisbon (2014) and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Universidade Lusófona (2005). Since 2009, my work has combined scientific research with applied fieldwork, particularly in the management of feral cat colonies, in collaboration with national and international animal welfare organizations. My research explores the interface between human communities and animal populations, integrating population control strategies into biodiversity preservation and urban wildlife management. I also lecture in the Postgraduate Program in Animal Welfare at the University of Porto, where I teach modules for municipal veterinarians. As a trainer and consultant for Animais de Rua, a public-interest organization, I work with municipalities to design and implement sterilization programs for stray animals, and I represent the organization in the Eurogroup for Animals’ Cats & Dogs working group.

Graus

• Licenciatura
  Biology
• Doutoramento
  Biologia

Publicações

Journal article

• 2025-07-06, Epidemiological and molecular characterisation of flea infestations in dogs and cats in mainland Portugal, Parasites & Vectors
• 2024-09-13, Apomixis in Systematics, Evolution and Phylogenetics of Angiosperms: Current Developments and Prospects, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
• 2023-04-12, Ovule Transcriptome Analysis Discloses Deregulation of Genes and Pathways in Sexual and Apomictic Limonium Species (Plumbaginaceae), Genes
• 2023, Taxonomic and genetic relationships between agamospermous tetraploid Limonium taxa (Plumbaginaceae) reveal the existence of Limonium arsenii-costae species nova, Taxon
• 2020-06-16, Secretory structures in plants: lessons from the Plumbaginaceae on their origin, evolution and roles in stress tolerance, Plant, Cell & Environment
• 2019-12-12, Nonreduction via meiotic restitution and pollen heterogeneity may explain residual male fertility in triploid marine halophyte Limonium algarvense (Plumbaginaceae), Caryologia
• 2019, Nonreduction via meiotic restitution and pollen heterogeneity may explain residual male fertility in triploid marine halophyte Limonium algarvense (Plumbaginaceae), Caryologia
• 2018-12-13, Limonium homoploid and heteroploid intra- and interspecific crosses unveil seed anomalies and neopolyploidy related to sexual and/or apomictic reproduction, Taxon
• 2018-12-13, Cytogenetic features of sexual and asexual Limonium taxa (Plumbaginaceae), Taxon
• 2018-06-27, Genome sizes and phylogenetic relationships suggest recent divergence of closely related species of the Limonium vulgare complex (Plumbaginaceae), Plant Systematics and Evolution
• 2016-10, Biogeographical, ecological and ploidy variation in related asexual and sexualLimoniumtaxa (Plumbaginaceae), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
• 2016, Cytohistological Analyses of Mega-sporogenesis and Gametogenesis in Ovules of Limonium spp., BIO-PROTOCOL
• 2015-09, Phylogeography and modes of reproduction in diploid and tetraploid halophytes ofLimoniumspecies (Plumbaginaceae): evidence for a pattern of geographical parthenogenesis, Annals of Botany
• 2014-01-01, Habitat specificity of a threatened and endemic, cliff-dwelling halophyte, AoB PLANTS
• 2013, Epigenetic rather than genetic factors may explain phenotypic divergence between coastal populations of diploid and tetraploid Limonium spp. (Plumbaginaceae) in Portugal, BMC Plant Biology
• 2012-10-20, Male fertility versus sterility, cytotype, and DNA quantitative variation in seed production in diploid and tetraploid sea lavenders (Limonium sp., Plumbaginaceae) reveal diversity in reproduction modes, Sexual Plant Reproduction
• 2009-05, Effects of individual and population parameters on reproductive success in three sexually deceptive orchid species, Plant Biology

Book chapter

• 2021, COSTA DO CABO CARVOEIRO AO BALEAL, In J. Farminhão (Ed.), Sítios de Interesse Botânico de Portugal Continental. Coleção «Botânica em Português» , Tomo 2. , Volume 5, 1ª, Imprensa Nacional

Conference paper

• Utilization of Limonium ex situ collections to study the occurrence of apomixis, The European Botanic Gardens Congress, EuroGard VIII, Botanic Gardens, People and Plants for a Sustainable World, Lisboa, Portugal.

Conference abstract

• 2023-06-25, Explorando el uso combinado de tecnologías microbianas y de Suelos para optimizar el crecimiento de Limonium algarvense en suelos salinos, XXIX Congreso Sociedad Española de Microbiología: Micoorganismos- un universo en continua evolución
• 2015-08-31, Floral heteromorphisms and phylogeographic patterns of halophytes Limonium vulgare and related taxa in coastal Portugal, 45th annual conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
• 2014-04-09, Cliff-dwelling halophyte Limonium multiflorum Erben morphological and habitat assessment. , Cost Action FA0901– Final Meeting. Putting halophytes to work – from Genes to ecosystems.
• 2013-07-04, High intra- and low inter-populational levels of genetic variation in the coastal Limonium diploid and tetraploid species of Portugal, XXXVIII Portuguese Genetics Conference

Conference poster

• 2024-05, CREOLEs – Genomics and Immunity of Cape Verde Stray Dogs, III Meeting AL4ANIMALS
• 2023-06-02, Growing Resilient Plants in Saline Soils: Soil and Microbial Techniques to Cultivate Sea Lavander Limonium algarvense Erben (Plumbaginaceae), I Encontro Anual do LEAF-ISA, ULisboa
• 2007-08, Genotype characterisation of populations of Cynara cardunculus L. var. altilis DC. used as a milk clotting plant for Portuguese PDO cheese, 6th Biennial Conference of Systematics Association, 28-31 August 2007, Edinburgh (UK)