BIOGRAPHY

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

September 1988 onwards

  • Name of employer: Escola Secundária de Jaime Moniz
  • Occupation or position held: Tenured Teacher
  • Teaching subjects: Biology and Geology (grade 10) and Biology (grade12) since SY2004/05; Earth and Life Sciences (grades 10/11) and Biology Laboratory Techniques (grades 10/11/12) SY between 1993/94 and 2003/04; Ecology (grade 10) and Biology (grades 10/11) SY between 1988/89 and 1992/93.
  • Other activities and responsibilities: Director of Biological Sciences Teaching Laboratories (SY 1998/99 to 2004/05); Pedagogical Supervisor (SY 1992/93 to 1994/95); Science Club Sponsor (SY 1989/90 to 1992/93 and SY 1995/96).

 

September 1987 to August 1988

  • Name of employer: Escola Secundária do Funchal
  • Occupation or position held: Tenured Teacher
  • Teaching subjects: Biology (grades 8/9).
  • Other activities and responsibilities: Director of Biological Sciences Teaching Laboratory and Class Tutor

 

September 1986 to August 1987

  • Name of employer: Escola Secundária de Jaime Moniz
  • Occupation or position held: Probationary Teacher
  • Teaching subjects: Natural Sciences (grade 7) and Biology (grade 9)
  • Other activities and responsibilities: Class tutor

 

October 1985 to August 1986

  • Name and address of employer: Escola Secundária Nº2 de Aveiro
  • Occupation or position held: Student Teacher (2 semesters)
  • Teaching subjects: Natural Sciences (grade 7), Biology (grade 9) as regular teacher and Biology (grade 10) at the supervisors class

 

QUALIFICATIONS

July 2007

Earth and Life Sciences MSc Degree, University of Madeira, Portugal. Postgraduated Master Thesis - The recent history of natural landscape of Madeira Island - using old and new photograph resources as comparative elements.

June 1986

Biology and Geology Teaching Degree, University of Aveiro, Portugal Former licence and now under new Bologna reform divided into two parts: 3-year licenciate degree (Bachelors) + 2 - year Master's (undergraduated master). Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Academic learning and practical teaching experience (Ten semesters); Development of Monograph: Fitohormones; Project: Map of Surficial Geology in Canelas area, Aveiro.

 

OTHER QUALIFICATION

Director of Biological Sciences Teaching Laboratories (SY 1998/99 to 2004/05); Pedagogical Supervisor (SY 1992/93 to 1994/95); Science Club Sponsor (SY 1989/90 to 1992/93 and SY 1995/96).

  • Visiting Research Student in Victoria University, British Colombia, Canada, Jul_Ag2011, supervised by Professor Eric Higgs of School of Environmental Studies.
  • Experimental Design & Statistics II: Community Ecology, April 2008.
  • Flora and Vegetation of Madeira Island, July 2007
  • In Vitro Seed Germination: Propagation techniques for endangered species of Native Flora of Madeira, March 2004
  • Bryophytes of Madeira Island, July 2003
  • Scientific illustration, April 1992
  • Multivariate Analysis in the Fields of Biology, April 1991
  • Ecology and Nature Conservation, November 1990

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News

29/03/2024 09:17

New paper: The conservation impact of botanical drones: Documenting and collecting rare plants from vertical cliffs and other hard-to-reach areas

    Reference: Nyberg, B., Bairos, C., Brimhall, M., Deans, S.M., Hanser, S., Heintzman, S., Hillmann Kitalong, A., Menezes de Sequeira, M., Nobert, N., Rønsted, N., Soaladaob, N., Wood, K.R., & Williams, A.M. 2024. The conservation impact of botanical drones: Documenting and...

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22/07/2023 16:45

New paper: Contribution to the flora of the Selvagens archipelago (Portugal) (I)

Abstract: Plant specimens obtained by the authors from several expeditions to the Selvagens Islands (2004-2021), complemented by the study of herbarium specimens, led to the identification of several new species records for the Selvagens archipelago, namely the taxa currently considered as Canary...

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19/05/2023 16:13

Madeira: an Atlantic garden of rarities | 25th and 26th May 2023, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

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04/03/2023 15:26

New Paper: 1,3 Ma Flower and seed fossils Erica from Madeira Island

  Description and systematic affinity of flower and seed fossils of Erica sect. Chlorocodon (Ericaceae) from the early Pleistocene of Madeira Island, Portugal   Góis-Marques, C.A., de Nascimento, L., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Madeira, J., & Menezes de Sequeira, M. in press....

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28/01/2023 16:14

New Paper: Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Andryala glandulosa subsp. cheiranthifolia (Cichorieae, Asteraceae) from Madeira Island, Portugal

New paper by Mª Zita Ferreira (GBM), Inés Álvarez Fernández (RJBM) & Miguel Menezes de Sequeira (GBM). Andryala subglabrata (DC) M.Z.Ferreira, Alv.Fern. & M.Seq., stat. & comb. nov. & Andryala glandulosa L. Abstract: Currently two subspecies of Andryala glandulosa...

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08/11/2022 17:44

Celebrating Richard Thomas Lowe’s 220th birthday

O Grupo de Botânica da Madeira (Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Universidade da Madeira) organizará de 2 a 4 de Dezembro 2022 um evento comemorativo dos 220 anos do nascimento de Richard Thomas Lowe. Este simpósio inicia-se com uma visita à Holy Trinity Church, no Funchal, e termina no dia 4 com a...

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29/01/2021 09:37

New Paper: Goats eat emblematic but Critically Endangered species that was only described in 2007

Population decline in the Critically Endangered Musschia isambertoi (Campanulaceae) endemic to Desertas Islands (Madeira Archipelago) calls for urgent conservation management Abstract: Macaronesian islands display a high degree of plant endemicity and correspond to some of the most threatened...

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01/02/2020 13:08

New paper in TAXON describes the oldest known carrot and the first evidence of Insular Woodiness

Tracing insular woodiness in giant Daucus (s.l.) fruit fossils from the Early Pleistocene of Madeira Island (Portugal) Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/tax.12175 Abstract: Plants on oceanic islands can evolve insular syndromes such as secondary woodiness, a generalized trend...

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17/11/2019 17:37

New Paper dealing with charcoalified wood from Faial Island

  New paper is out: Góis-Marques, C.A., Rubiales, J., de Nascimento, L., Menezes de Sequeira, M., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Madeira, J., 2020. Oceanic Island forests buried by Holocene (Meghalayan) explosive eruptions: palaeobiodiversity in pre-anthropic volcanic charcoal from Faial...

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20/09/2019 14:46

New paper: Nomenclature and Typification of Names in the Ibero–North African Andryala arenaria (Asteraceae) and Taxonomic Implications

A new paper was published by our group, by Zita Ferreira, Inés Álvarez and Miguel Menezes de Sequeira, available here: novon.mobot.org/index.php/novon/article/view/297 Title: Nomenclature and Typification of Names in the Ibero–North African Andryala arenaria (Asteraceae) and Taxonomic...

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