José Carlos Rico (1616-5482-7AE6)

Curriculum Vitae

José Carlos Rico

José Carlos Silva Rico is an Invited Research Assistant at the Agricultural Engineering Department of the University of Évora and a member of MED - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development. He holds a BSc in Animal Science and Technology, an MSc in Animal Engineering, and a PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences from the University of Évora. His research focuses on animal housing systems, precision livestock farming, animal welfare and circular economy, with particular focus on the valorization of agri-food surpluses and energy efficiency. He has participated in over ten national and international research projects and has lectured in undergraduate and master's courses on animal housing and sustainability. He is currently supervising one PhD thesis and one undergraduate internship. He was a member of the organizing committee of the International Conference CIOSTA 2023 & CIGR Section V and is involved in the upcoming Iberian Congress of Agroengineering 2025. He served as student representative on the PhD program board (2022–2024) and has been a member of EurAgEng YPN since 2023 and SCAP/SEER since 2024.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: José Carlos Rico

Citation names

Rico, J.
Rico, J.C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1616-5482-7AE6
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2870-163X

Knowledge fields

Agrarian Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/09/27 - 2024/11/11 Concluded	Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais (Doutoramento) Universidade de Évora, Portugal Silpakorn University, Thailand Quy Nhon University, Vietnam "Effect of housing environmental conditions on productive performances and welfare of growing-finishing pigs. Precision livestock farming contribution." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2016/09/27 - 2019/07/31 Concluded	Engenharia Zootécnica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Évora, Portugal "Condicionamento Ambiental em Suínos na Fase de Crescimento e Engorda" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2013/09/28 - 2016/07/31 Concluded	Ciência e Tecnologia Animal (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora, Portugal	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/01/02 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
	Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/09/01 - 2024/12/31	Assistente Convidado	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2016/12/30 - 2024/04/30	Bolseiro de Investigação	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
	Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Book	Nunes, Rui; Ligeiro, Carolina; Menino, Regina; Branco, Maria Amélia Castelo; Duarte, Elizabeth D'Almeida; Fragoso, Rita do Amaral; Silva, Inês; et al. roteiro para a gestão dos fluxos gerados na atividade agropecuária. INIAV I.P.. 2023. Barbosa, J.C; Silva, Luis Leopoldo; Rico, José; Coelho, Diogo José de Rezende; Baptista, F.; Fitas da Cruz, V.. Proceedings of the XL CIOSTA and CIGR Section V International Conference. 2023. Published Fitas da Cruz, Vasco; Rico, José Carlos; Coelho, Diogo Rezende. e-Manuel Técnico do Projeto AWARTECH. Universidade de Évora. 2021.
Book chapter	Dina Statuto; Fátima Baptista; Vasco Fitas Da Cruz; José Carlos Rico; Diogo Coelho; Pietro Picuno. "Use GIS Tool for Biomass Management: A Case Study for Portugal Within the TANGO-Circular Project". 2025. 10.1007/978-3-031-80330-7_17 da Cruz, V.F.; Baptista, F.; Rico, José; Coelho, Diogo José de Rezende. "AWARTECH project: from laboratory experiments to farm conditions". In Practical Precision Livestock Farming - Hands-on experiences with PLF technologies in commercial and R&D settings. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2022. Published • https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-934-3
Conference paper	Fitas da Cruz, V.; Baptista, F.; Rico, J.; Coelho, D.. "Use of a Proximity Index to evaluate the influence of environmental conditions in the growing-finishing pigs’ resting behaviour". 2022. Fitas da Cruz, V.; Baptista, Fátima; Rico, José; Coelho, Diogo José de Rezende; Morgado, T.; Botas, D.. "AWARTECH Project: a New Tool of Precision Livestock Farming for Growing-finishing Pigs". Paper presented in European Conference on Agricultural Engineering AgEng2021, 2021. Da Cruz, V.F.; Charneca, R.; Baptista, F.; Morgado, T.; Martins, C.; Rico, J.C.; Botas, D.. "Development of a PLF tool in order to assure welfare conditions for growing pigs". 2019.
Conference poster	Baptista, F.; Rico, José; Coelho, Diogo José de Rezende; Barbosa, M.; Fitas da Cruz, V.. "NEGHTRA & TANGO – Training projects for the new generation of farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs". Paper presented in MED Meeting 2023 - Healthy soils, for food, for life and for the future, 2023. Fitas da Cruz, V.; Charneca, Rui; Baptista, F.; Morgado, T.; Rico, José. "Use of precision livestock farming tools to evaluate the performance of growing-finishing pigs". Paper presented in EAAP Annual Meeting 2020, 2020.
Journal article	Cruz, V.; Rico, J.; Coelho, D.; Baptista, F.. "Innovative PLF Tool to Assess Growing-Finishing Pigs’ Welfare". Agronomy 12 9 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85138522136&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3390/agronomy12092159 Cruz, Vasco F.; Baptista, Fátima; Rico, José. "Monitorização do ambiente térmico tendo em vista o bem estar animal de suínos em fase de crescimento e engorda". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10174/27860. https://doi.org/10.34620/9cia.2018
Thesis / Dissertation	Rico, José Carlos Silva. "Effect of housing environmental conditions on productive performances and welfare of growing-finishing pigs. Precision livestock farming contribution". PhD, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/37600. Rico, José Carlos Silva. "Condicionamento ambiental em suínos na fase de crescimento e engorda". Master, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/27904.