After my Master degree on testing the effect of drug administrations on zebrafish bone development , I pursued my life-long dream of working with cetaceans.

Over the last decade, I have acquired field experience by working on a daily basis as a skipper for whale watching companies in the Azores. Over time, I took the initiative to develop a protocol to collect cetacean data using the opportunistic observational platforms. The database I built over seven consecutive years has more than 5500 cetacean sightings.

My PhD thesis will contribute significantly to an improvement on cetacean’s knowledge in the Azores, but also in North Atlantic areas which are related with.