Joana I. Robalo 

I'm a professor at Ispa - Instituto de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida and a researcher at MARE/ARNET.  At Ispa I am the  Director of the Biology Degree and I teach several courses in the Biology and Psychology Degrees and also in the Marine Biology and Conservation Master's course. I also coordinate the Evolutionary Genetics Lab.

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At MARE I am member of the board and also the coordinator of the research line Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning.

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My main research interests include phylogeny, phylogeography and biogeography of marine and freshwater fishes. In recent years I have been developing a research line that I like to call «Molecular toolbox for biological sciences: a problem-solving oriented approach», that includes conservation, stock delimitation and fisheries management. 

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In my free times I enjoy reading, doing photographies, gardening and walking at the beach. But my main hobby is text reviewing for friends and colleagues.