Luisa Maria da Silva Gonçalves holds a degree in Geomatic Engineering from the University of Coimbra, a MSc in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)-Technical University of Lisbon and a PhD degree in Civil Engineering, in the scientific area of Urban, Regional Planning and Transportation, from the University of Coimbra. She has also a specialization in Building Information Modelling (BIM). For 10 years, worked in the Geomatics field for GEOMETRAL, Measurement Techniques and Computing, SA (where she held the post of head of project) and of GISTEC-Cartographic and Photogrammetric Techniques, Lda. (as Managing Partner and Technical Director), where she had the opportunity to participate in several photogrammetric and cartographic projects that gave her knowledge and experience in map production, and also contributed to improve leadership. She has 20 years of experience in Remote Sensing and GIS, having coordinated and participated as a team member in research and development projects and specialized consultancy studies ordered by public institutions and companies in areas related with Remote Sensing, GIS and Urban Planning. During 6 years she coordinated the GIS office of Marinha Grande Town Hall and worked in the development and implementation of the GIS Data Model. Between 2017 and 2020 she was the head of Territorial Planning Division at Town Hall of Leiria, where she was responsible to coordinate the development of territorial management plans; to follow the elaboration of studies and land management plans with territorial impact in the Municipality; to promote and follow up the execution and updating of cartography of the municipal territory; develop and manage the GIS Data Model. Since 1995 she has been collaborating with Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria) as associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and had having the position of Head of the Civil Engineering Department. She is an invited professor of the master in Science and GIS of Nova University and a member of the reseach center INESC Coimbra. Author of more than 70 scientific papers published in international and national journals and proceedings of international and national conferences. Participant in COST Action TU1208 - Civil Engineering Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar, COST Action TU1206 “SUB-URBAN - A European network to improve understanding and use of the ground beneath our cities”, COST Action FP1304 “Towards robust PROjections of European FOrests UNDer climate change (PROFOUND).