The University of Porto (UP) and the University of Lisbon (UL) have a joint Doctoral Programme in ‘Biodiversity, Genetics & Evolution’ (BIODIV), in the area of Biological Sciences.
The programme is organized by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP) and the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), with the collaboration of the Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO-InBIO) and the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c).
Directive Board
Paulo Célio Pereira Martins Alves
Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto; CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory
Nuno Ferrand de Almeida, Director
Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto; CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory
Margarida Matos
Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon; cE3cRui Rebelo
Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon; cE3c
The Directive Board is responsible for the students' selection process, the approval of the PhD theses after the first curricular year and the general coordination of the courses, seminars and other activities within the Programme.
The Directive Board will be assisted in all its academic competences defined in both Universities regulations by the Scientific Council of the PhD Program, formed by up to five professors/researchers from each university, including the members from the Directive Board.
External Advisory Board
Jeremy Searle
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, USA
Pierre Boursot
Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université Montpellier, France
Dieter Ebert
Evolutionary Biology, Basel University, Switzerland
BIODIV's External Advisory Committee is constituted by 3 leading scientists that also regularly participate in the International Advisory Boards of CIBIO-InBIO and cE3c.