Soraia Barbosa

I am an evolutionary biologist and my work focuses on animal conservation, especially understanding the processes leading to species endangerment in the context of habitat loss and environmental change. As such, my research mainly addresses conservation genetics/genomics of species and populations, specifically by describing patterns of genetic diversity across time and space, understanding how species and populations have responded and continue to respond to habitat loss and environmental change, and defining priorities for the conservation of populations to ensure evolutionary resilience. I also love sharing my research and engaging with young students and the general public in biodiversity conservation, as well as educating on the importance of genetics in conservation.

I am also increasingly involved in translating research to industry and I find fascinating finding new ways to make our research of more immediate value. As such, I founded a start-up company - Animal Genotyping Innovations - which aims at implementing a lot of the fundamental work we do in evolutionary biology, into practical tests for the animal breeding community (find us at agi-lda.com).