Invasive Species Research Chair Pedro Antunes

Pedro Antunes

Dr. Pedro Antunes has joined Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie as a Research Chair in Invasive Species Biology and Associate Professor (Department of Biology).

Antunes began his academic studies in biology at the University of Evora, Portugal. He developed a strong interest in plants and their associated microorganisms during his undergraduate education, which led him to pursue graduate studies abroad. With a PhD scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, Antunes undertook research in soil science at the University of Guelph.

Upon completing his PhD, Antunes began post-doctoral research in Molecular Microbial Ecology at the University of Guelph. Antunes moved to Berlin, Germany, to assume a Research Assistant Professor position in Ecology at the Freie Universität. He was awarded a €100,000 ($159,000 Cdn) Marie Curie Excellence Grant to support his research, which aimed to understand why some plant species are more abundant than others.

Antunes' personal research focuses on the roles that naturally-occurring, or indigenous, soil organisms play in controlling or facilitating invasion by non-native organisms.

In the last five years, Antunes has published twelve articles in international journals and two book chapters on the interactions between soil microbes and plants.

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