Member since: April 2018

Research interest
Host-parasite dynamics in wildlife populations; Fitness consequences of infection; Non-invasive sampling

Title of PhD project
Fitness consequences and determinants of parasite infections in a wild social carnivore, the spotted hyena

Supervisors
Dr. Marion East, Prof. Dr. Heribert Hofer and Dr. Gábor Á. Czirják

Veloso Soares SP, Jarquín-Díaz VH, Veiga MM, Karl S, Czirják GÁ, Weyrich A, Metzger S, East ML, Hofer H, Heitlinger E, Benhaiem S, Ferreira SCM. (2025).
Mucosal immune responses and intestinal microbiome associations in wild spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta).
Commun Biol 8:924. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-08243-0.

Ferreira SCM, Veiga MM, Hofer H, East ML, Czirják Á. (2021).
Noninvasively measured immune responses reflect current parasite infections in a wild carnivore and are linked to longevity.
Ecol Evol 11:7685-99. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7602.