Conservation in Socio-Ecological Systems - CSES
Invasion Ecology

Catarina D. Coutinho

PhD Student

Amphibian conservation Emerging infectious diseases Freshwater ecosystems Ecosystem and wildlife health

Catarina D. Coutinho is conducting a Ph.D. in Biology by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon starting in 2023 within the Conservation in Socio-Conservation in Socio-Ecological Systems - CSES. She is conducting the project "Understanding susceptibility of multi-host amphibian communities to sequential invasions of emerging pathogens", under the supervision of Gonçalo M. Rosa (cE3c/IoZ) and Rui Rebelo (cE3c / FCUL). Her project aims at investigating the constituent parts of emergent coinfection dynamics: pathogen establishment and disease emergence. For this, she will use (multi)host amphibians communities and the two emerging infectious pathogens linked to catastrophic declines worldwide (chytrid fungus and ranavirus).