Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Bruna Raquel Figueiredo Oliveira
Citation names
- Bruna R. F. Oliveira
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 7C1E-9E13-80F3
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-5877-8614
Email addresses
- bruna.oliveira@ua.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Universidade de Aveiro; Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-196, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences
- Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Forestry
- Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science
- Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Environmental Engineering
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2012/04/01 - 2017/02/15
Concluded
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Environmental Technology (Doktor (PhD))
Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands
"Lift up of Lowlands - Beneficial use of dredged sediments to reverse land subsidence" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado |
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2011
Concluded
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Professional Trainer (Outros)
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
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2011
Concluded
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Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (Outros)
Ideia Verde - Arquitectura Paisagista, Consultoria Ambiental e Formação Profissional, Lda., Portugal
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2007/09 - 2009/07
Concluded
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Environmental Engineering (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Burial grounds impact on groundwater" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 |
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2004/09 - 2008/07
Concluded
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Environmental Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Methods of active participation in the context of spatial planning in Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2023/07/19 - Current | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal | ||
| 2022/07 - 2023/07/18 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal | ||
| 2019/04/01 - 2022/08 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
| 2016/09/01 - 2019/03/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
| 2012/05/01 - 2016/04/30 | Research Trainee (Research) | Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands |
| 2009/10/15 - 2011/10/14 | Research Assistant (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 - 2011 | Support to students in several courses | Escolha Múltipla, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2021/03/29 - 2024/03/28 | ModelEco - Modeling ecosystem fluxes with time-since-wildfire from remotely sensed vegetation indices and meteorological data
PTDC/ASP-SIL/3504/2020
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2021 - 2024 | SOILCOMBAT: Engineering the sponge function of Portuguese pasture soils to sustainably combat desertification
PTDC/EAM-AMB/0474/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2020/09/01 - 2022/08/31 | FacingFIRE: Service-learning to improve training and employability in wildfire management in southern Europe
Researcher
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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European Union
Ongoing
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| 2019/04/01 - 2021/06/30 | LIFE REFOREST - Erosion prevention and flora REstauration of burnt FOREST areas through innovative fungal-technosol solution
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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| 2016/09/01 - 2019/06/01 | FIRE-C-BUDs - Indirect effects of wildfire (severity) on carbon fluxes and budgets
PTDC/AGR-FOR/4143/2014 - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016780
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2012/05/01 - 2016/04/30 | Lift up of Lowlands
PhD Student Fellow
Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands
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Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/09/01 - 2028/08/31 | WildFlux - The role of wildfires and post-fire restoration on carbon sequestration
2021.00785.CEECIND
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | RESTORE4Cs - Modelling RESTORation of wEtlands for Carbon pathways, Climate Change mitigation and adaptation, ecosystem services,
and biodiversity, Co-benefits
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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| 2022/07/01 - 2025/06/30 | TRUESOIL - True SOC sequestration: understanding trade-offs and dynamic interactions between SOC stocks and GHG emissions
for climate-smart agri-soil management
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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European Commission Joint Research Centre
Ongoing
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| 2021/12/01 - 2024/02/29 | FirEProd - Fogo controlado, risco de incêndio e produtividade do eucaliptal: da investigação à prática
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2018 - 2021 | PORBIOTA - Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity
Invited consultant
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2019/01 - 2019/12 | Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar
154761UID
168231UID
UID/AMB/50017/2019
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book |
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| Journal article |
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| Magazine article |
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| Manual |
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Artistic / Performance
| Video recording |
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Other
| Dataset |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2021/12 | Ecosystem CO2 Fluxes During the First 3-Years After a Wildfire and Changes of the Aerodynamic Characteristics After a Wind Break | AGU Fall Meeting 2021
American Geosciences Union (New Orleans, United States)
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| 2021/04 | EGU21-9544: The short-term effects of bench terrace construction for planting eucalypt trees on soil fertility | EGU General Assembly 2021
European Geosciences Union ((online), Austria)
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| 2021/04 | EGU21-4929: Post-fire mobilization of metals in a recently burnt area in NorthCentral Portugal: a contamination risk for waterbodies? | EGU General Assembly 2021
European Geosciences Union ((online), Austria)
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| 2021/04 | EGU21-12454: Geotubes vs. mulching for post-fire erosion mitigation in eucalypt vs. pine plantations in Central Portugal vs. Galicia | EGU General Assembly 2021
European Geosciences Union ((online), Austria)
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| 2019/12/11 | H32G-04: The role of vegetation burn severity in daily soil respiration patterns during the first post-fire growth season in a Mediterranean pine stand | AGU Fall Meeting 2019
(S. Francisco, United States)
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| 2019/12/10 | A23J-2942 (invited): Estimating of Immediate Post-Fire Carbon Fluxes Using the Eddy-Covariance Technique | AGU Fall Meeting 2019
(S Francisco, United States)
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| 2019/07/23 | Indirect effects of wildfires on CO2 balance and fluxes in a Mediterranean pine plantation | Workshop on Eddy Covariance flux measurements in Portugal
Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2018/04/08 | Short-term recovery of in-situ soil respiration with time-since-wildfire in maritime pine forest in Central Portugal | EGU General Assembly 2018
(Vienna, Austria)
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| 2018/02/15 | Post-fire contamination control measures | CONNECTEUR Meeting “Connecting burnt hillslopes, streams and reservoirs: impacts of fires on water quality
(Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2017/12/13 | Incêndios em Portugal: o antes, o durante...e o depois | O depois - Ciclo de Eventos, na (Des)ordem do Dia
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2017/06/26 | Beneficial use of sediments to reverse land subsidence | AquaConSoil2017
(Lyon, France)
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| 2017/04/24 | Recent advances towards an integrated assessment of wildfire effects in forest plantations in Portugal | EGU General Assembly 2017
(Vienna, Austria)
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| 2017/03/10 | Depois do Fogo” – Recuperação de áreas ardidas, a ação em falta | Seminário “FOGO OU INCÊNDIO: a floresta sobreviverá? O conhecimento e as decisões”
(Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2017/02/23 | Modelling of ecosystem respiration with proximal sensing data and meteorological measurements - STSM results | OPTIMISE Workshop and MC meeting
(Lemassol, Cyprus)
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| 2015/12/10 | Lift up of Lowlands - beneficial use of dredged sediments | Lift up of Lowlands - STW project 11433 final workshop
(Wageningen, Netherlands)
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| 2015/09/24 | Lift up of lowlands, looking at the reuse of sediments on peat meadows by looking at the physical, chemical and biochemical properties in relation to the local situation | 9th International SedNet Conference
(Krakov, Poland)
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| 2015/09/23 | Beneficial use of dredged material in agricultural land | 9th International SedNet Conference, 23-26 September 2015
(Krakov, Poland)
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| 2015/01/20 | Upgrading of natural materials and methods for sustainable lift up of low lying polder areas | BiGeoCivil Workshop
(Rockanje, Netherlands)
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| 2014/11/19 | Lift up of Lowlands - general overview | Masterclass Bio-based Geo-and Civil Engineering within Bodem Breed Symposium
(Lunteren, Netherlands)
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| 2013/03/14 | Lift up of Lowlands - general overview | BiGeoCivil Workshop
(Oegstgeest, Netherlands)
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| 2011/07/27 | Application of simple mathematical models for water quality management in small lagoons – Pateira de Fermentelos as a case study | 5th Eurolag – European Coastal Lagoons Symposium
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/02/20 - Current | Modelling carbon fluxes in a forest recovering after fire using Eddy covariance, soil and vegetation traits measurements
Co-supervisor of Geremia Avellini
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MSc thesis (Master)
Università degli Studi di Bologna Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia 'Augusto Righi', Italy
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| 2021/03/01 - Current | Long-term impact of a wildfire on evapotranspiration based on the surface energy balance estimated from remote-sensing techniques
and eddy covariance measurements
Supervisor
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Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands
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| 2021/10/15 - 2022/05/01 | Fatores impulsionadores de fluxos de CO2 em ecossistemas recentemente ardidos – de fonte a sumidouro de carbono
Co-supervisor
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Mestrado integrado em Engenharia do Ambiente (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal
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| 2019/10 - 2021 | Eco-toxicological impacts of the application o organic resources to recover recently burnt soils
Co-supervisor of Rúben Macedo
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Applied Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
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| 2019/10 - 2020/07 | Impact of wildfires on sealed dumps
Co-supervisor of Patrícia Henriques
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Environmental Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal
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| 2019/08 - 2020/03/01 | Daily supervision of FIRE-C-BUDs project research fellow
Supervisor of Luís Roque Silva Lopes
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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| 2019/12/01 - 2020/02/29 | Daily supervision of FIRE-C-BUDs project research fellow
Supervisor of José Pedro Pereira
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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| 2019/10/01 - 2020/02/29 | Daily supervision of FIRE-C-BUDs project research fellow
Supervisor of Behrouz Gholamahmadi
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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| 2018/10 - 2019/04 | Daily supervision of FIRE-C-BUDs project research fellow
Supervisor of Ana Luísa Miroto Lourenço
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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| 2017/09 - 2018/07 | In situ soil respiration on a recently burnt maritimus pine plantation
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia do Ambiente (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2018 - 2018 | Effect of time-since-fire on soil mineralogical properties
Co-supervisor
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Geosciences (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2016/09 - 2017/07 | Impact of wildfires on soil basal respiration on a maritimus pine plantation
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia do Ambiente (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2015 - 2015 | Influence of fresh organic matter on the dewatering dredged sediments
Co-supervisor
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Environmental Technology (Master)
Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands
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| 2015 - 2015 | Influence of fresh organic matter on the biochemical ripening
Co-supervisor
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Environmental Technology (Master)
Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands
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| 2013 - 2013 | The reuse of dredged material
Co-supervisor
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Environmental Technology (Degree)
Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/10/01 - 2025/10/01 | Nature Markets: opportunities and challenges for forest stakeholders in Portugal (2025/10/01)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal |
| 2015/12/10 - 2015/12/10 | Lift up of Lowlands - STW project 11433 final workshop (2015/12/10)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands |
| 2015 - 2015 | Workshop on the reuse of (contaminated) sediments, and initiative by CEAMaS (an EU INTERREG IV-b program) Wageningen University,
Viridian Alliance & Environmental Adaptive Strategies (2015/09/23 - 2015/09/23)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands |
| 2014 - 2015 | ETEI2015 - Environmental Technology for Impact international conference (2015/04/29 - 2015/04/30)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 - Current | COST Action SENSECO - "Optical synergies for spatiotemporal SENsing of Scalable ECOphysiological traits"
Management committee and WG4 vice-leader
Coordinator
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium |
| 2023/04/14 - 2027/04/13 | Elected member and secretary of the Advisory Board of the Department of Environment and Planning of the University of Aveiro
Member
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Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026/03/15 - 2026/12/31 | Provision of technical consulting services to the Lower Vouga Forestry Association (Associação Florestal do Baixo Vouga) in the area of ¿¿acquisition, application and management of projects, within the scope of its activities of enhancing, protecting and sustainably managing forest areas. | Associação Florestal do Baixo Vouga, Portugal |
| 2024/07/01 - 2024/12/31 | Characterization of the role of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) forests as a providers of soil and water protection services. Funded by the PRR under Invitation to Proposal No. 01/C08-I05.02/2022, Application No. 3 - Maritime Pine Competence Center (Centro de Competências do Pinheiro Bravo). The Centro PINUS is the entity responsible for the execution of this project. | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2026/05/11 - Current | Microcredencial in Technologies to support forestry activities | (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal |
| 2025/02/01 - Current | Modelling Environmental Systems https://www.ua.pt/en/uc/12358 | (Mestrado) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal |
| 2024/09/01 - 2025/02/01 | Acquisition and Analysis of Data https://www.ua.pt/en/uc/8431 | (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal |
| 2012 - 2016 | Anaerobic wastewater treatment - 2 weeks practical once per year | (Bachelor) | Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands |
| 2012 - 2016 | Chemical treatment of diesel contaminated soil - 2 weeks practical once per year | (Bachelor) | Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026/03/21 | Interview "International Tree Day: Aveiro preserves important specimens and we are all called upon to defend them." | Aveiro Mag |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/11/02 - 2023/01/16 | Development of methodologies to analyze temporal images of burnt areas using drone multispectral imagery | Ysaline Demaret |
| 2021/09/15 - 2022/01/15 | Impact of forest fires and post-fire management on soil properties | Lucie Moncorps |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2020/02/06 - Current | MSc thesis students' presentations and evaluation | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal |
| 2017 - Current | Support in interviews and evaluation of applications to the FIRE C-BUDs project fellowships | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2026 | Forest is Sustainability, Innovation Award |
| 2023 | 2023 Belmiro de Azevedo Foundation Prize
Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2019 | Travel Grant to participate in the AGU Fall Meeting 2019, S.Francisco, USA
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
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| 2019 | SENSECO Dissemination Grant
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
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| 2018 | Conference Grant for Early Career Investigator - ES1309-080418-095017
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
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| 2016 | Short Tearm Scientific Mission Award ECOST-STSM-ES1309-010916-078989
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
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| 2011 | EuroMedLag Recognition for Valuable Student Presentation |
