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Quelvina Maria Fortes, with a Master's in Environmental Engineering from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, is pursuing a Ph.D. in Sustainable Land Use at Universidade de Lisboa, supported by an FCT scholarship (2022.154688/BD). Her research has significantly contributed to projects on ecological impact and pest management, including "PineChem" and "ClimPest". Fortes has engaged in conservation efforts, notably in "Reborn from Ashes" and a herbarium project for the Setúbal Peninsula and Tróia's dune flora. She has co-authored a publication in Phytoparasitica on pine wood nematode's phytochemical impacts and contributed to evolutionary studies on pine processionary moths, showcasing her commitment to advancing environmental science.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Quelvina Maria Fortes

Citation names

  • Fortes, Quelvina
  • Fortes, Q

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9716-B98E-AEC2
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3471-8825

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Forestry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Social Sciences - Educational Sciences - Education, General

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other) (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2026/05/04
Ongoing
Uso Sustentável da Terra (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2021 - 2023
Concluded
Technician in Occupational Safety and Health (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Safety technician
Alamedas Office - Consultadoria e Formação, Portugal
2022 - 2022
Concluded
Training in nematodology (Outros)
University of Évora Laboratório de Nematologia, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2017 - 2019
Concluded
Environmental Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Environmental Systems Engineering
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
""Avaliação das estratégias para aumento da redução e deposição seletiva das embalagens no Campus da FCT NOVA"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016 - 2016
Concluded
Curricular Internship - (Outros)
Major in Nature conservation
Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/10 - Current Forests and the mitigating of climate change in the Tropics - The case of Cape Verde Islands
PRT/BD/154688/2022
PhD Student Fellow
Ongoing
2022/01 - 2023/01 PineChem - Pine host chemistry and environmental factors driving the epidemiology of the pinewood nematode PTDC/ASP-SIL/29774/2017
PTDC/ASP-SIL/29774/2017
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2016/06/01 Elaboration of a flora herbarium of the dune systems of the Setúbal Peninsula, identification of the plants
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Scholarship holder
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Other

Designation Funders
2020 - 2021 Reborn from Ashes - Zero
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Support
2020 - 2021 ClimPest - Climate change and its impact on coastal pine forests in west Portugal: the case of two recently emerged pests PTDC/BIA-ECO/31655/2017.
PTDC/BIA-ECO/31655/2017
Support
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Q. Fortes. "Effects of a climate gradient and seasonal dynamics on the level of defenses on two pine species with contrasting life history strategies". (2024):
  2. Rita Simões, Quelvina Fortes, Helena Patricio, Jordana Branco, Manuel Mota , Carla Pimentel, Isabel Miranda, Helena Pere. "Phytochemical profile of secondary metabolites in the phloem of mature Pinus pinaster trees attacked by the pine wood nematode". Plant Pathology (2023):
    Submitted
  3. Carla S. Pimentel; Campôa, João; Estorninho, Mariana; Fortes, Quelvina; Simões, Rita; Patrício, Helena; Correia, Otília; et al. Corresponding author: Carla S. Pimentel. "Host seasonal variation and life-history evolution of winter pine processionary moths.". Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2023):
    Submitted
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Fortes, Quelvina Maria. "Avaliação das estratégias para aumento da redução e deposição seletiva das embalagens no Campus da FCT NOVA". Master, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/93007.
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2017/04/24 - 2019/04/24 EXPO FCT NOVA provides an excellent opportunity to clarify doubts and have a close contact with the university reality of one of the largest and most prestigious schools of Science and Engineering in the country. (2019/04/24 - 2019/04/24)
Other
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/02/27 - 2023/03/01 Delegate at World Ocean Summit & Expo. 10th annual World Ocean Summit
2022 - 2022 The analysis is part of the "1st assessment on the Economy of Well-Being in Portugal" that the association presented this Monday, based on the analysis of indicators on eight axes considered strategic: organization of society, education and training; economy; work; health; energy, buildings and mobility; natural resources and territory and financial instruments.
Seminar
2021/09/28 - 2021/09/28 E-coordina Portugal - Document management
Conference
A coordenação da Segurança e saúde no trabalho
2021/08/18 - 2021/08/19 Blue Bio Value is dedicated to bringing ocean-based, sustainable solutions to a new, blue bioeconomy. Via our two programs, Acceleration and Ideation, we scale up marine bio-based projects and ideas, fostering science-based and biotech innovations to design a better world.
Call
BlueBioValue
Building Global Innovators SA, Portugal
2020/05/27 - 2020/05/27 A seminar that gives an overview of the role of natural products in our daily lives with an emphasis on sustainability and strategies to advance the research of natural products for global health in the future.
Seminar
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Technological marathon conceived by the CiiA and the United Nations Global Compact, around the challenges associated with the implementation of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
Call
INOVATHON - Ocean Edition
Centro de Engenharia e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

United Nations Global Compact, United States

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022 - Current Zero - Association with the objective of sustainable development in Portugal. Associate
2013/10/17 - 2019 FACIT - Solidarity Association of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT/NOVA), created in May 2006. Collaborator
Distinctions

Award

2022 Web Summit Scholarship
2019 Second place in the contest - Separa e Ganha no Amarelo e Azul - Amarsul
2019 First place at regional level (Lisbon) - Novo Verde Packaging Universities Award

Other distinction

2022 SheLEADS X-PERIENCE - Afropreneurs by Djassi Africa