Andreia Amaral

University of Évora

Andreia J. Amaral, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Animal Breeding and Genomics at the University of Évora and an integrated researcher at MED – Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Portugal. She has 16 years of postdoctoral research experience in animal and functional genomics, population and quantitative genetics, bioinformatics, biostatistics and experimental design. Her research includes genome-wide sequencing, GWAS, population genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, One Health, antimicrobial resistance, host–pathogen interactions and disease resilience. She is a Principal Investigator and has held scientific leadership roles in European and international research consortia. She has extensive experience reviewing scientific manuscripts and evaluating competitive research proposals for European and national funding organisations. Her reviews focus on methodological robustness, sampling, statistical and bioinformatics analyses, data quality, reproducibility, interpretation and whether conclusions are adequately supported by the evidence.