Bodies

Head of Department

The Head of Department represents the Department within the Faculty and externally, is a member of the Heads of Departments Board, and cooperates with the Faculty's governing bodies in all matters concerning the scientific areas in which the Department is involved, its members and collaborators.

Department Council

Body responsible for defining and supervising the Department's training and R&D policies, chaired by the Head of Department. It is composed of all full-time career professors and researchers and other professors and researchers with doctoral degrees, employed under a civil service contract with the Faculty for a period of not less than one year, associated with the Department.

Department Coordinating Council

Advisory body to the Head of Department. It consists of the Head, the Deputy Heads, if appointed by the Head, the Coordinators of the study cycles, one representative from each R&D unit associated with the Department and a representative of the non-teaching staff assigned to the administrative structure that supports the Department and, where applicable, a representative of the non-teaching staff of the laboratory structure of the scientific area in which the Department is classified, chosen by them, for a three-year term, chaired by the Head of Department.

Course Coordinators

Course Coordinators - DB
Degree Course Coordinators
1st Cycle Biology Solveig Thorsteinsdottir (coordination)
Manuela Sim-Sim
2nd Cycle Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Ana Margarida Fortes (coordination)
Octávio Paulo
Conservation Biology Luís Rosalino (coordination)
Rui Rebelo
José Pedro Granadeiro
Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Gabriela Rodrigues (coordination)
Élio Sucena
Vítor Sousa
Biology of Plant Resources Cristina Branquinho (coordination)
Ana Cristina Figueiredo
Human and Environmental Biology Carlos Gravato (coordination)
Ana Rita Carlos
Teresa Rebelo
Molecular Biology and Genetics Francisco Dionísio (coordination)
Maria Helena Trindade
Andreia Figueiredo
Marine Sciences Ana Amorim (coordination)
Susanne Tanner
Ecology and Environmental Management Filomena Magalhães (coordination)
José Lino Costa
Vanessa Fonseca
Marine Ecology Isabel Domingos (coordination)
Luís Narciso
Rui Rosa
Applied Microbiology Mónica Cunha (coordination)
Lélia Chambel
Microbiology Filipa Vale
Biology and Geology Teaching Carlos Assis
Ana Isabel Correia
3rd Cycle Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution Margarida Matos
Rui Rebelo
Biology Ana Cristina Figueiredo (coordination)
Pedro Ré
Biology and Ecology of Global Changes José Pedro Granadeiro (coordination at Ciências ULisboa)
Ana Sofia Reboleira
Ana Brito
Sustainability Science Cristina Branquinho (responsible for the course at Ciências ULisboa)
Marine Sciences José Paula (coordination)
Vanda Brotas
Romana Santos
Minor Biology Paula Simões

Pedagogic Committees

1st, 2nd and 3rd Cycles

Information available at https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/comissoes-pedagogicas.