Clara Grilo

Clara Grilo completed a PhD degree in Conservation Biology at University of Lisbon in 2009. Her line of research has been to study questions of fundamental and applied science relating to ecology and conservation from local to macroscale to address the most pressing conservation challenges worldwide. Over the last years, her research has largely focused on the effects of road network on birds and mammals, such as behavior, relative abundance, mortality, genetic structure, and extinction risk. Currently, she focuses on bridging the gap between science and practice in road ecology by developing user-friendly tools, performing training capacity and analyzing scenarios for mitigation.