Carlos Melo. Marine molluscs from the Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) in the Macaronesia: palaeoecology, palaeoclimatology and palaeobipogeography. Supervisors: Sérgio ávila, CM da Silva.

Lara Valéria Couto Baptista. The genetic structure in populations of marine organisms in remote islands: a study of bryozoans and gastropods in the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Supervisors: Sérgio P. Ávila, António M. Santos & Manuel Curto. BIODIV Doctoral Programme. University of Porto.

Patrícia Gomes Antunes Madeira. Echinoderm phylogeography in oceanic islands: three edible sea urchin species of the Azores as a case study. Supervisors: Ávila SP, Stefanni S, Martins AMF

Ricardo Jorge Paiva Cordeiro. Phylogeography of marine gastropods in oceanic islands: patterns and processes. Supervisors: Ávila SP, Stefanni S, Martins AMF