Island Biodiversity, Biogeography & Conservation - IBBC
Island Marine Biology

João Bernardo Vasconcelos Barreiros

External Collaborator

Marine Biology and Ecology Marine Megafauna Environmental Awareness

Since early age I am connected to natureand outdoor activities such as diving, eitherscuba or freediving, and other nautical,coastal, and inland sports. Practicedfootball for 15 years, from which three as aprofessional, spearfishing since childhood,classical piano for 11 years and morerecently to wildlife photography bothmarine and terrestrial, developing interestsin Biology, Geology, History, among otherfields. Guide of the Natural Park of Terceiraisland, Azores, BSc. in Nature and Heritagefrom the University of the Azores, with anErasmus program in Univ. of La Réunion,France, for one semester of the MSc onTropical Marine Biology and an ErasmusInternship in the Univ. of the Antilles,Martinique, France, in the Aquasearchresearch group specializing in cetaceans.Spent the last few years working in nauticalrelated activities such as whale watchingand snorkeling and currently in the firstyear of a MSc in Marine Sciences in theUniversity of Milano Bicocca.