Joaquim did his PhD on Hepatozoon parasites on reptiles, close cousins of avian malaria. He defended his Viva at the University of Porto and it was nice to discuss how methodologies that are common on avian malaria research can be expanded to other haemosporidian research.

Joaquim, with his supervisor, James Harris[https://www.cibio.up.pt/en/people/details/david-james-alexander-edward-harris/], the rest of the juri, including myself, all quite happy for being part of this journey.