My name is Erika Almeida and I'm a biologist with a Master's Degree in Conservation Biology (held by Lisbon University in 2008) and a Degree in Environmental Biology (completed in 2007 by the same university). I participated in several research and conservation projects with multidisciplinary teams in the last 14 years. During this period of time, I developed my skills in fieldwork and surveys, biodiversity and environmental data collection, taxonomy, laboratory work, nature photography, data processing, scientific writing and interpretation of nature. My main interests are conservation biology, ecology, environmental science and lichenology. Currently, I'm a PhD student at the University of Évora, with a FCT scholarship. I also collaborate in several projects that are being developed within the botany team.