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Florian Ulm completed his Bachelor and Master in BioSciences on 2010/12/13 and 2013/11/05, respectively, at the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern; Biology department. For his master thesis, he received the "German Botanical Society (DBG) award for the best master thesis in plant science at the University of Kaiserslautern" in 2014. While developing the masters thesis on the effects of Acacia longifolia on plant-soil functioning and N/P balance, he participated in the Inspected.Net project (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES) in cooperation with Brazil on invasive species and later on worked as a research assistant in the IN-NITRO project (PTDC/BIA-ECS/122214/2010) on the effects of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition on native species. Subsequently, he researched as a PhD grant holder in the Biodiv PhD Programme and finished his PhD in "Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução" on 2019/07/16 at the Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências with summa cum laude on Acacia longifolia invasion, plant-soil interaction and the usage of its compost in an urban agricultural setting. Presently, he works as a Post-doc Fellow in Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais (cE3c) in the R3forest project on post-fire regeneration and reforestation. His areas of interest are related to plant-soil interaction; N/P stoichiometry; Ecosystem functioning; d15N; biological invasion (specifically Acacia longifolia); compost; mycorrhiza; soil microbiology; plant nutrition; sustainable urban agriculture and permaculture, always with emphasis on soil science. He published 10 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 1 books chapter, helped to organize in 3 scientific events, authored numerous posters and presentations in international congresses and supervised 1 MSc dissertations.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Florian Ulm

Citation names

  • Ulm, Florian

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3411-22E2-599F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1137-0651

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Forestry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
German (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Italian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/03/01 - 2019/07/16
Concluded
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Impacts of Acacia longifolia invasion on soil nutrient cycles: from invasion to solution" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com distinção e louvor
2010/10/01 - 2013/11/05
Concluded
 BioSciences (Master)
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Fachbereich Biologie, Germany
2007/10/01 - 2010/12/13
Concluded
 BioSciences (Bachelor)
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Fachbereich Biologie, Germany
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/04/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/11 - 2026/10 Permalabs: Envisioning sustainable futures in higher education business departments, inspired by Permaculture design principles
KA220-HED-9013C911
 Erasmus
2019 - 2023 R3forest: Using exotic biomass for post-fire recovery: Reuse, Regenerate and Reforest
PCIF/GVB/0202/2017
Post-doc Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/02 - 2014/12 IN-NITRO: CONCEPTUALIZING THE EFFECTS OF INCREASED NITROGEN AVALIBILITY IN A MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM
PTDC/BIA-ECS/122214/2010
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2012/10 - 2012/12 Inspected.Net
FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES
 European Commision
2012/10 - 2012/10 SHORT TERM SCIENTIFIC MISSION
COST-STSM-ECOST-STSM-ES0806-011012-023168
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
2012/05 - 2012/10 SHORT TERM SCIENTIFIC MISSION
COST-STSM-ECOST-STSM-ES0806-010512-017110
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 CHANGE - Instituto para as Alterações Globais e Sustentabilidade
LA/P/0121/2020
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 LA/P/0121/2020 - CHANGE - Instituto para as Alterações Globais e Sustentabilidade
10.54499/LA/P/0121/2020
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/05/01 - 2023/12/31 Fight Desert - Ações e estratégias de combate à desertificação com vista ao aumento da resiliência dos sistemas mediterrânicos
POCI-07-62G4-FEDER-181624
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/09/15 - 2021/09/14 Produção de alimentos funcionais em estruturas edificadas com recurso a hidroponia microbiana e luz LED
PTDC/ASP-HOR/29187/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais
UID/BIA/00329/2019
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020/09/01 - Current Stepping up and bringing out the scientific excellence and innovation capacity in soil research of the University of Lisbon
952051
Post-doc
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2017/02 - 2020/01 BIOINVENT - Generic bio-inventory of functional soil microbial diversity in permanent grassland ecosystems across management and climate gradients
50
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Concluded
2016 - 2018 Designing biofertilizers by mimicking plants' recruitment of rhizospheric partners- BioClub
PTDC/AGR-PRO/1852/2014
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Avelar, David; Ulm, Florian; Garrett, Pedro; Hobson, Peter; Penha-Lopes, Gil. "Increasing The Ecological Complexity Through Organic Amendments Improves the Thermodynamic Performance of an Agricultural System". In Soil ecology and ecosystem services, edited by Teresa Dias; AMANDA BERTOLAZI; ALESSANDRO RAMOS; Cristina Cruz, 283-292. Vila Velha, Brazil: EDUVV - Editora da Universidade Vila Velha, 2025.
    Published
  2. Madalena Aires Horta; Avelar, David; Cruz, Cristina; Ulm, Florian. "Decentralized Organic Waste Management Systems in Urban Environments: the Case Study of a Community-Scale Composting System in Lisbon". In Soil ecology and ecosystem services, edited by Teresa Dias; AMANDA BERTOLAZI; ALESSANDRO RAMOS; Cristina Cruz, 327-351. Vila Velha, Brazil: EDUVV - Editora da Universidade Vila Velha, 2025.
    Published
  3. Ulm, Florian; Mariana Ramos; Máguas, Cristina; Cruz, Cristina. "Effects of Incorporating Acacia longifolia Compost on Nutrient Cycling in a Sandy Soil". In Soil ecology and ecosystem services, edited by Teresa Dias; AMANDA BERTOLAZI; ALESSANDRO RAMOS; Cristina Cruz, 357-372. Vila Velha, Brazil: EDUVV - Editora da Universidade Vila Velha, 2025.
    Published
  4. Le Maitre, David C.; Máguas, Cristina; Ulm, Florian; Marchante, Hélia. "Ecological Impacts and Changes in Ecosystem Services and Disservices Mediated by Invasive AustralianAcaciaSpecies". In Wattles, 342-358. Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: CABI, 2023.
    10.1079/9781800622197.0022
  5. Marchante, Elizabete; Colaço, M. Conceição; Skulska, Iryna; Ulm, Florian; González, Luís; Duarte, Liliana N.; Neves, Silvia; et al. "Management of Invasive AustralianAcaciaSpecies in the Iberian Peninsula". In Wattles, 438-454. CABI, 2023.
    10.1079/9781800622197.0027
  6. Ulm, Florian. "Following the degradation of invasive species green waste compost in a sandy soil using novel high throughput microplate methods for enzyme kinetics and pH: Indications for N immobilization, increased soil quality and a crucial role of available P". In Soil Nitrogen Ecology. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    In press
Conference abstract
  1. Maria Partalidou; Evie Kouroumichaki; Ulm, Florian; Tiago Silva; Aleksandra Gulc; Joanna Godlewska ; Justyna Kozlowska; et al. "Digital Learning Hub for future green and ethical leaders: A mapping of educational initiatives related to sustainability in Higher Educational Institutes". Paper presented in HAICTA 2024 - 11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ICT IN AGRICULTURE, FOOD & ENVIRONMENT, Samos, 2024.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Laurent, Madeleine.T; Ulm, Florian; Bastin, Jean-François; Jesus, Joana; Anjos, Andreia; Cristina Máguas. "Cistus ladanifer as an indicator species to measure the success of natural regeneration and reforestation after wildfires". Paper presented in 9th cE3c annual meeting, 2023.
  2. Jesus, J.; Ulm, Florian; H. Trindade; Chozas, Sergio; Anjos, A.; Prats S.A.; Marques C.; et al. "The other side of the coin: Acacia longifolia compost improves soil in post-fire conditions". Paper presented in Sétimo Encontro Anual do Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais - ¿Frontiers in E3¿, 2021.
  3. Ulm, Florian; Ramos, Mariana. "How two challenges could have one solution: biomass quantification of invasive species acacia longifolia and subsequent usage as soil amendment". Paper presented in FRONTIERS IN E3, 2017.
  4. Jacinto, João; Gomes, Catarina; Barreira, Mariana; Ulm, Florian; Máguas, Cristina. "C:N:P ratios in native vegetation is closely related with Acacia longifolia invasion in a sand dune ecosystem". Paper presented in International Symposium on Biological Invasion & II Jornadas Botânica, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brasil, 2016.
  5. Jacinto, João; Gomes, Catarina; Barreira, Mariana; Ulm, Florian; Máguas, Cristina. "C:N:P ratios in native vegetation are associated with Acacia longifolia invasion in a sand dune ecosystem". Paper presented in 2nd cE3c Annual Meeting, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, 2016.
  6. Ulm, Florian; Ramos, Mariana. "Acacia longifolia: potential benefits from an invasive species". Paper presented in CE3C ANUAL MEETING, 2016.
Journal article
  1. Florian Ulm; Tiago Silva; Evie Kouroumichaki; Aleksandra Gulc; Joanna Godlewska; Justyna Kozlowska; Ewelina Julita Tomaszewska; et al. "From awareness to action: insights from European academics on the integration of permaculture in management education". The International Journal of Management Education (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2025.101210.
    10.1016/j.ijme.2025.101210
  2. Meira-Neto, João Augusto Alves; Silva, Nathália; Villa, Pedro Manuel; da Silva, Maria Carolina Nunes Alves; Tolentino, Glaucia Soares; Buttschardt, Tillmann; Ulm, Florian; Máguas, Cristina. "Metabolic groups of plants in neotropical hyperseasonal savannas threatened by Australian Acacia invasion". Wetlands Ecology and Management 31 3 (2023): 401-417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11273-023-09924-5.
    10.1007/s11273-023-09924-5
  3. Florian Ulm; Mariana Estorninho; Joana Guedes de Jesus; Miguel Goden de Sousa Prado; Cristina Cruz; Cristina Máguas. "From a Lose–Lose to a Win–Win Situation: User-Friendly Biomass Models for Acacia longifolia to Aid Research, Management and Valorisation". Plants (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11212865.
    10.3390/plants11212865
  4. Ulm, Florian; Estorninho, Mariana; Jesus, JG; Prado, Miguel; Cristina Cruz. "From lose-lose to win-win: User-friendly biomass models for Acacia". Plants - MDPI (2022):
    Published
  5. João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto ; Pedro Manuel Villa; Nathália Silva; da Silva, Maria Carolina Nunes Alves; Tolentino, Gláucia Soares; Buttschardt, Tillmann; Ulm, Florian; Máguas, Cristina. Corresponding author: João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto. "Functional Changes and Threats to Hyperseasonal Neotropical Savannas After Australian Acacia Invasion". Research square (2021): https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-916837/v1/9fc605e6-5561-4a8f-9abe-d9d6d9808a71.pdf?c=1639435872.
    https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-916837/v1
  6. Mahmoudi, Neji; Caeiro, Maria F.; Mahdhi, Mosbah; Tenreiro, Rogério; Ulm, Florian; Mars, Mohamed; Cruz, Cristina; Dias, Teresa. "Arbuscular mycorrhizal traits are good indicators of soil multifunctionality in drylands". Geoderma 397 (2021): 115099. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115099.
    10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115099
  7. Avelar, David; Garrett, Pedro; Ulm, Florian; Hobson, Peter; Penha-Lopes, Gil. "Ecological complexity effects on thermal signature of different Madeira island ecosystems". Ecological Complexity 43 (2020): 100837. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2020.100837.
    10.1016/j.ecocom.2020.100837
  8. Ulm, Florian; Avelar, David; Hobson, Peter; Penha-Lopes, Gil; Dias, Teresa; Máguas, Cristina; Cruz, Cristina. "Sustainable urban agriculture using compost and an open-pollinated maize variety". Journal of Cleaner Production 212 (2019): 622-629. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.069.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.069
  9. Meira-Neto, João Augusto Alves; da Silva, Maria Carolina Nunes Alves; Tolentino, Gláucia Soares; Gastauer, Markus; Buttschardt, Tillmann; Ulm, Florian; Máguas, Cristina. "Shading, nitrogen and soil texture rule a sandy savanna: Does facilitation rule its patchy physiognomy as well?". Flora 239 (2018): 45-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.11.007.
    10.1016/j.flora.2017.11.007
  10. Meira-Neto, João Augusto Alves; Silva, Maria Carolina Nunes Alves da; Tolentino, Gláucia Soares; Gastauer, Markus; Buttschardt, Tillmann; Ulm, Florian; Máguas, Cristina. "Early Acacia invasion in a sandy ecosystem enables shading mediated by soil, leaf nitrogen and facilitation". (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1647-2.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1647-2
  11. Teresa Dias; Casparus J. Crous; Dario Liberati; Silvana Munzi; Catarina Gouveia; Florian Ulm; Ana Catarina Afonso; et al. "Alleviating Nitrogen Limitation in Mediterranean Maquis Vegetation Leads to Ecological Degradation". Land Degradation & Development (2017): https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2784.
    10.1002/ldr.2784
  12. Florian Ulm; João Jacinto; Cristina Cruz; Cristina Máguas. "How to Outgrow Your Native Neighbour? Belowground Changes under Native Shrubs at an Early Stage of Invasion". Land Degradation & Development (2017): https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2768.
    10.1002/ldr.2768
  13. Florian Ulm; Catarina Gouveia; Teresa Dias; Cristina Cruz. "N fertilization in a Mediterranean ecosystem alters N and P turnover in soil, roots and the ectomycorrhizal community". Soil Biology and Biochemistry 113 (2017): 60-70. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.soilbio.2017.05.028.
    10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.05.028
  14. Florian Ulm; Christine Hellmann; Cristina Cruz; Cristina Máguas. "N/P imbalance as a key driver for the invasion of oligotrophic dune systems by a woody legume". Oikos (2017): https://doi.org/10.1111%2Foik.03810.
    10.1111/oik.03810
Magazine article
  1. Miguel C. Brito; David Avelar; Ivo Costa; Ulm, Florian; Gaspar, Guilherme; António Vedes; João Manita; Jobim Convié. "Solar Urban Vegetable Garden ¿ Agrovoltaic Project at the University Campus", Renováveis Magazine, 2023
Newsletter article
  1. Vaz Pato, António ; Ulm, Florian; Madalena Aires Horta; Munzi, Silvana. Corresponding author: Vaz Pato, António. "From waste to wealth: CIÊNCIAS’ journey to sustainable organic recycling", MCAA NEWSLETTER, 2024, https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/newsletters/39th-mcaa-newsletter/special-issue-waste-wealth-ciencias-journey-sustainable-organic-recycling.
Online resource
  1. Ulm, Florian. How To Outgrow Your Native Neighbor As A Young Invasive Plant?. 2017. https://sciencetrends.com/outgrow-native-neighbor-young-invasive-plant/.
  2. Munzi, Silvana; Ulm, Florian. Book of abstracts of the 8th Congress of the International Symbiosis Society. 2015. http://iss-symbiosis.org/Resources/Documents/Abstract%20book.pdf.
Report
  1. Avelar, David; João Ferrão; Ana Guerreiro; Leonor Prata; Filipa Ferreira; Pedro Garrett; Paulo Vieira; Ulm, Florian. 2025. Integração da Agenda 2030 na orgânica autárquica: opções e impactos - Uma análise a partir das boas práticas submetidas pelos municípios ao portal da Plataforma ODSlocal. https://strapi36.odslocal.pt/uploads/Integracao_da_Agenda_2030_na_organica_autarquica_5acaf54006.pdf.
  2. Avelar, David; Ferrão, João; Ferreira, filipa; Garrett, Pedro; Guerreiro Ana; Silveira Sofia; Paulo Vieira; Ulm, Florian. Corresponding author: Avelar, David. 2024. ESTADO DOS ODS EM PORTUGAL O que nos dizem os indicadores municipais da Plataforma ODSlocal?. https://strapi36.odslocal.pt/uploads/Estado_dos_ODS_em_Pt_6491025caf.pdf.
  3. Avelar, David; João Ferrão; Ferreira, F.; Garrett, Pedro; Gomes, Ana; Guerreiro, Ana; Prata, L.; et al. 2024. INICIATIVAS EM PROL DOS ODS EM PORTUGAL, Uma análise dos contributos das Boas Práticas municipaise dos Projetos locais mapeados no portal da Plataforma ODSlocal. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://strapi36.odslocal.pt/uploads/INICIATIVAS_PARA_OS_ODS_EM_PT_11fb62d0af.pdf.
  4. Vaz Pato, António ; Ulm, Florian; Sousa, Miguel; Haag, Annika; Dias, Tiago; Ribeiro, Diogo; Penha-Lopes, Gil ; et al. 2024. Living the sustainable development: a university permaculture project as an ecosystem service provider. The HortaFCUL case study (2009-2023). chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/sites/default/files/fcul/institucional/higiene-seguranca/horta-fcul-report-2009-2023.pdf.
  5. Ulm, Florian; Garrett, Pedro; Avelar, David; Cortegano, Marta; Encarnação, Miguel; Vizinho, André; Barrocas, Eva; et al. 2022. PASTAGENS REGENERATIVAS RELATÓRIO TÉCNICO Avaliação do impacto da implementação do Keyline na regeneração das pastagens. http//doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11722.85442.
    http//doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11722.85442
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ulm, Florian. "Impacts of acacia longifolia invasion on soil nutrient cycles : from invasion to solution". PhD, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/42658.

Other

Other output
  1. Isotopic profile and functioning of hyperseasonal savannas threatened by Australian acacia invasion. 2022. Meira-Neto, J.A.A.; Villa, P.M.; Silva, N.; Silva, M.C.N.A.; Tolentino, G.S.; Buttschardt, T.; Ulm, F.; Máguas, C.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85134207471&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-1623223
  2. Functional Changes and Threats to Hyperseasonal Neotropical Savannas after Australian Acacia Invasion. 2021. Meira-Neto, J.A.A.; Villa, P.M.; Silva, N.; da Silva, M.C.N.A.; Tolentino, G.; Buttschardt, T.; Ulm, F.; Maguas, C.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85131953449&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-916837
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/03/20 Inovar na reflorestação e regeneração com resíduos de invasoras: A experiência do R3forest Rede InvECO - 3º Ciclo de webinars "Invasoras às quartas"
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (SPECO)
2023/04/20 Innovative reforestation - Insights from the R3forest project Encontros Scientia
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/03/31 Inovar na Reflorestação: A experiência do R3forest Lançamento do projeto - Fight Desert - Ações e estratégias de combate à desertificação com vista ao aumento da resiliência dos sistemas mediterrânicos
Câmara municipal de Grândola (Grândola, Portugal)
2023/03/10 Inovar na Reflorestação: A experiência do R3forest Workshop, Inovar na Reflorestação: A experiência do R3forest
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Odemira, Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal)
2023/01/27 R3Forest – invasive species compost as a remedy to degraded soils SOILdarity
FCiências.ID – Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/05/24 Using exotic biomass for post-fire restoration: Reuse, Regenerate and Reforest (R3forest) - What it is and what we do 2a Semana Nacional/1a Ibérica sobre Espécies Invasoras
Semana Nacional sobre Espécies Invasoras (Portugal)
2021/10/01 Using exotic biomass for post-fire restoration: Reuse, Regenerate and Reforest (R3forest) - A first glimpse of the future Frontiers in E3: cE3c Annual Meeting
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/05/09 Using exotic biomass for post-fire restoration: Reuse, Regenerate and Reforest (R3forest) - A first glimpse of the future 1a Semana Nacional sobre Espécies Invasoras
Semana Nacional sobre Espécies Invasoras (Portugal)
2020/02/19 Using exotic biomass for post-fire restoration: Reuse, Regenerate and Reforest (R3forest) Firelinks
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2020/02/14 Using exotic biomass for post-fire restoration: Reuse, Regenerate and Reforest (R3forest) 1° Workshop: Projetos de Investigação Científica e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico no âmbito da Prevenção e Combate de Incêndios Florestais
Universidade de Coimbra (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/07/29 Invasion of a woody legume in the oligotrophic primary dunes: From starting in nurse plants to changing systemic N/P balance EEFLisbon2019 - Embedding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals
Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018 The power of N and P control at community level: Using an invasive ecosystem engineer as a model in oligotrophic systems O XVII simpósio Luso-Espanhol de Nutrição Mineral das Plantas (Nutriplanta2018)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Fisiologia Vegetal (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/11/09 Feeding the cities of the future with agricultural tools and crop varieties from the past? 16.º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
Sociedade Portuguesa da Ecologia
2017/09/06 How Acacia longifolia engineers its soil: From hitchhiking nurse plants to disrupting N/P cycles EMAPI 2017 - International Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/06/05 How two challenges could have one solution: Biomass quantification of invasive species Acacia longifolia and Subsequent usage as soil amendment Frontiers in E3: cE3c Annual Meeting
Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais (Ponte Delgada, Portugal)
2016/07/27 Efficient usage and high turnover of phosphorus: A key driver for the invasion of oligotrophic dune systems by a woody legume International Symposium on Biological Invasion
2015/07/17 In situ differential response of soil, roots and mycorrhizosphere to altered N/P constraints. Evidence from an N-manipulation experiment in a Mediterranean ecosystem 8th International Symbiosis Society Congress
Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/12/08 Acacia longifolia presence increases the nitrogen input into the surrounding plant community by acceleration of soil organic matter breakdown. “XV Simpósio Luso-Espanhol de Nutrição Mineral das Plantas”
Sociedade Portuguesa de Fisiologia Vegetal (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - Current Above- and belowground biomass distribution and functional diversity in different stages of permaculture intervention.
Co-supervisor of Annika Haag
 Conservation Biology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2024/01/01 - Current Grow communities, build soild, harvest inspiration: tinyforests in Mediterranean urban areas
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2023/06 - 2024/01 Synergizing Agrivoltaics, Agroforestry, and IoT for Sustainable Agriculture. Design and Implementation of a Field Experiment in Urban Environment
Co-supervisor
 Energy and Environmental Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/09 O design como catalisador de sistemas vivos. Ferramentas e processos de design de comunicação para a regeneração de uma comunidade auto-organizada: caso de estudo da HortaFCUL
Co-supervisor of Beatriz Vicente
 Belas Artes - Design de Comunicação
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/09 Precision Farming, an IoT approach on Agrophotovoltaics
Co-supervisor of Jobim Lopes Convié
 Mestrado em Eng da Energia e do Ambiente (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022 - 2022/10/31 THE EFFECTIVENESS AND FEASIBILITY OF THE ADOPTION OF EARTHEN CONTOUR BUND SYNERGIES FOR POST-FIRE LAND RESTORATION IN SOUTHERN PORTUGAL - An integrated approach for the recovery of landscapes affected by wild fires in Southern Portugal
Supervisor
 Soil Physics and Land Management (Master)
Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum Alterra, Netherlands
2022 - 2022 The influence of soil treatments on post fire regeneration of native vegetation in a context of reforestation in an arid landscape in southern Portugal
Supervisor of Madeleine Toisoul Laurent
 Environmental Science and Management - Environmental Monitoring (Master)
Université de Liège, Belgium
2020/06 - 2021/02/19 Does community scale composting produce a viable outcome? Some physical and chemical properties of green waste composts produced in the Faculty of Sciences campus
Supervisor of Madalena Nunes França Aires Horta
 Mestrado em Gestão e Conservação de Recursos Naturais (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019 Regenerating cities with Ecology-based Design. Permaculture Living Lab at Lisbon University (2019/07/29 - 2019/08/02)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2017/09/04 - 2017/09/07 EMAPI, Risks and challenges on valorising the use of Invasive Alien Species (2017/09/05 - 2017/09/05)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2015 - 2015 8th Congress of the International Symbiosis Society (2015/07/12 - 2015/07/18)
Conference (Other)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/06/02 - 2023/06/02 Poster presentation: "Innovative reforestation - The R3forest project"
Conference
 Science CHANGing Policy
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2023/05/25 - 2023/05/26 Poster presentation: "Valorization of abundant Portuguese biomass by carbonization and activation processes "
Conference
 CQE Days 2023
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/09 Poster presentation, Using an invasive legume to engineer healthy agricultural soil: from mechanisms to models of a potential Win-Win situation
Congress
 EMAPI 2019 - International Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions
Ceská Zemedelská Univerzita Fakulta Agrobiologie Potravinových a Prírodních Zdroju, Czech Republic
2018/12/16 - 2018/12/16 BioBem-Estar: Agrodiversidade e Bem-Estar Humano: Permacultura Urbana na HortaFCUL
Conference
 16 Encontro Anual de Ecologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2014/04/27 - 2014/05/02 Poster/Flash presentation: N enrichment decouples the relation between N and P cycling in the rhizoplane but not in the bulk soil: evidence from an N-manipulation field experiment in a Mediterranean ecosystem
Conference
 European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014
European Geosciences Union, Germany
2014/03/10 - 2014/03/12 Poster: Comparing the influence of invasive Acacia species and native legumes on the soil and the foliar nitrogen status of the surrounding vegetation: A useful tool to detect early invasions?
Congress
 CIRCLE-2 "ADAPTATION FRONTIERS CONFERENCE"
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2012/09/02 - 2012/09/07 Poster presentation: Evaluation of factors that contribute to the spatial distribution of 15N under the invasion of dune systems by Acacia longifolia
Conference
 Joint European Stable Isotope Users Group Meeting, JESIUM
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ Zentralbibliothek, Germany

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017 - Current SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia Member
2013 - Current HortaFCUL Member
2012 - Current German Association for Stable Isotope Research Member
2011/01/01 - Current HortaFCUL/PermaLab - The permaculture project HortaFCUL was started in 2009 at the campus of the Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon, where it has been testing permaculture proposals in the living laboratory environment (PermaLab) since 2016 with a scientific approach. The activities developed are related, but not limited, to the urban environment and encompass nature based solutions, regenerative agriculture, agroecology, applied permaculture science and circular economy focused on efficient use of natural resources. Founding member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/06/01 - 2028/06/01 O projeto GrowLIFE - coordenado pela Ciências ULisboa, FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências e o Turismo de Portugal e financiado pelo Programa para o Ambiente e a Ação Climática (LIFE) tem um valor de €1.452.673,00. O GrowLIFE visa promover um sistema alimentar mais sustentável a nível social, económico e ambiental, promovendo uma mudança sistemática de comportamento em produtores, consumidores e decisores políticos.
Advisor / Consultant
 Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Consulting on sustainable urban farming, composting and agroecology for the project "Da Escola para a Mesa" (Programa BIP/ZIP 2022 - 85)
2021 - Current Consulting/participating on the creation of FCULresta, a Miyawaki-based tiny forest. First of its kind in Portugal. Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020 - Current Consulting on sustainable urban farming, vertical farming and agroecology for the project "Do céu para a mesa" (Programa BIP/ZIP 2020 - 098) Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 - Current Technical assistance and planning of a medium scale composting system for green waste compost and a vermicomposting system Museu de Lisboa – Palácio Pimenta, Portugal
2018 - Current Technical assistance and planning for the recovery and reorganisation for educational purposes of a historic greenhouse. Museu de Lisboa – Palácio Pimenta, Portugal
2021 - 2024 Consulting as a scientific advisor in the project: "Pastagens regenerativas - Promover a adaptação climática, regeneração e sustentabilidade dos sistemas pecuários extensivos em territórios de elevado risco de desertificação ambiental" ESDIME, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Create a nucleus for the exposition "Hortas de Lisboa, da Idade Média ao Século XXI", about urban gardens Museu de Lisboa – Palácio Pimenta, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/12/12 - 2022/12/16 Planeamento de Sistemas Vivos Urbanos (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/10 - 2020/10 Urban Ecology: the green within the city (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2020/10 - 2020/10 Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environment: A tool to integrate scales and complexity Experiment, N Isotopes: Using d15N as a tracer for N derived from legume trees (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2019/08 - 2019/08 Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environment: A tool to integrate scales and complexity (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2018/06 - 2018/06 Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environment: A tool to integrate scales and complexity (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/02 Urban Ecology: the green within the city Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2019/01/15 Interview about publication Vidarural
2019/01/15 Interview about publication RTP
2019/01/15 Interview about publication Sapo Jornal
2019/01/15 Interview about publication DN

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/05/21 - 2024/05/21 Escala do Clima Reflorestação, invasoras e agroecologia
2024/03/28 - 2024/03/28 Hora de Agir é um programa do Fórum da Energia e Clima que tem como objetivo unir a voz da ciência, política, empresas e sociedade civil dos diferentes países de língua portuguesa em torno das soluções para vencer a Crise Climática. Para isso reúne o conhecimento e a experiência dos diferentes países, os bons exemplos, procurando apresentar as soluções que a ciência já tem ao seu dispor para resolver os diferentes problemas que estão na origem das alterações climáticas. agricultura / biodiversidade
2023/05/25 - 2023/05/25 Jardins abertos Urban Permaculture

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024 - 2024 Empowering Women in Agrifood Margarida Ribeiro
2020/11/15 - 2021/04/15 The Berkeley composting method compared with conventional composting with regard to the requirements of the Bundesgu¨tegemeinschaft Kompost e.V. (BGK). Nadine Wulf
2019/02 - 2019/06 From degradation to creation: closing the urban organic chain Marissa Verhoeven
2017 - 2017 Master Thesis - Contribuição para a conservação sustentável de ecossistemas dunares invadidos por Acacia longifolia Mariana Estorninho da Mata Santana Ramos
Distinctions

Award

2014 Best master thesis in plant science at the University of Kaiserslautern
German Botanical Society (Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft), Germany