2008  Ph.D. in Biology (Major: Ecology; Minor: Statistics). Department of Biology, Duke University, USA

2008  Certificate in Ecology, University Program in Ecology, Duke University, USA

2002  Ph.D. candidacy (Oral exam and proposal defense). Department of Biology, Duke University, USA

1999  Licenciatura (~B.Sc.) in Biology - Research Path, with High Honors ("Very good with distinction"), University of Coimbra, Portugal

2009  A brief introduction to Bayesian statistics and hierarchical Bayesian modeling in ecology. Lecturers: K. Ogle and I. Ibanez. 18 October 2009. IX Congresso AEET. Úbeda, Jaén, Spain

2009  Forest and water stress in a changing environment: from cell to ecosystems. 20-23 May 2009. Orvieto, Italy

2007  Stable Isotope Ecology summer courses. SIRFER lab, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

2005  Introduction to RT-PCR and Quantitative RNA-PCR courses. KTBiotechnology. 14-16thMarch. Held at Duke University, Durham, USA

2005  Aquaporins 2005. Feb 28^th-March 1^st, Turin, Italy

2005  Graduate course (GS 302) - Introduction to College Teaching

2004  Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics: Modules 11 (Introduction to Bioinformatics) and 16 (Microarray analysis). June 2004, NCSU, Raleigh, NC

2003  5^th International Workshop on Field Techniques for Environmental Physiology. 16- 22^nd March, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

2000-03 Ph.D. courses (semester-long):  Biogeochemistry, Watershed Hydrology, Soil Resources, Applied Regression Analysis, Physiological Ecology and Ecosystem Analysis, Statistical Analysis of Ecological Data, Experimental Cell and Molecular Biology (audit), Genomics (audit), Physiological Plant Ecology

1999 Mediterranean Ecosystems Under Threat: Monitoring and Protecting Strategies - An advanced training course for post-graduate students and young scientists. 2-14^th October, Porto Conte Ricerche, Tramariglio, Alghero, Sardegna, Italy

2005  Billings Award Honorable Mention, Physiological Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of America (90^th annual meeting: Montréal, Canada, August 7-12^th)

2004  Best Poster Honorable Mention, Physiological Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of America (89^th annual meeting: Portland, OR, August 1-6^th)

2002  Best Poster Honorable Mention, Physiological Ecology Section of the Ecological  Society of America (87^th annual meeting: Tucson, AZ, August 4-9^th)

1999  Graduation with High Honors ("Very good with Distinction"), University of Coimbra, Portugal

Maherali H.*, Moura C.F.*, Caldeira M.C., Willson C.J. & Jackson R.B. 2006. Functional coordination between leaf gas exchange and vulnerability to xylem cavitation in temperate forest trees. Plant Cell Environment, 29:571-583 (* denotes first co-authorship)

Moura, C.F. 2008. Carbon and Water Relations in Pinus taeda: Bridging the Gap across Plant Physiology, Genomics, and Global Climate Change. Ph.D. thesis. Duke University

2007  Teaching Assistant: Bio117 (Structure-Function Relationships in Biology). Duke University

2006  Teaching Assistant: Bio46 (AIDS and emerging diseases). Duke University.

2004  Teaching Assistant: Bio 103L (Microbiology). Duke University.