Simão Correia graduated in Biology at the University of Aveiro and concluded his MSc degree in Applied Biology at the same institution in 2019. Simão participated in the COCKLES project funded by Interreg.Atlantic with a research grant. Currently, Simão is a PhD student in collaboration between CESAM, CIIMAR and USC (Spain) and part of the COACH project team funded by the Ocean Conservation Fund. His main areas of interest are the behavioural and evolutionary ecological processes involved in host-parasite interactions.