The new species was published in the prestigious journal Historical Biology, on January 7.
The School sees once again the excellence of its research recognised and reinforces its leadership position in the number of ERC's awarded to its researchers, accumulating 14 grants.
The alumnus won the prize with the dissertation "Temperature-Mortality Association: Portuguese Extreme Weather Event Early Warning System", which was supervised by Regina Bispo, professor at the Department ofe Mathematics of FCT NOVA.
José Maria Nunes de Almeida Gonçalves Gomes, professor of the Department of Mathematics, was chosen by the students as the 2022 "Professor of the Year".
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