Raquel Pereira

Raquel Pereira is a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Organismal Biology at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research focuses on marine and freshwater sponge taxonomy, phylogenetics, and biogeography, particularly within the Porifera phylum.

Her recent work includes comprehensive studies on Swedish demosponge fauna, phylogenetic relationships of deep-sea lithistids in the Azores, and freshwater sponge distribution patterns in southern Sweden. Key themes in her publications revolve around species inventory, genetic genealogies, and ecosystem dynamics in marine and aquatic environments.

Notable publications include Swedish marine demosponge fauna (2025), In Murky waters: Swedish demosponges (2022), and Diversity of Deep-Sea Lithistids (2021). Her research methodology integrates molecular phylogenetics with traditional taxonomic approaches, contributing to understanding sponge evolution and conservation.