Curriculum Vitae
Max Alberto López Maciel
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Max Alberto López Maciel
Citation names
- López-Maciel, Max
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- D317-5D87-D72B
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7654-6056
Addresses
- Campus universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- www.cesam.ua.pt/max_lopez_maciel (Professional)
- http://www.linkedin.com/in/max-alberto-lopez-maciel (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
- Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| Portuguese | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2020/10/01 - 2026/06/30
Ongoing
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Doctorate in Environmental Sciences and Engineering (Ensino básico 3º ciclo)
Major in Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016/10/10 - 2019/01/10
Concluded
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Joint European Master in Enviromental Studies, Cities and sustainability (Master)
Major in Enviromental Sciences
Aalborg Universitet, Denmark
"Assessment of factors influencing the adoption and diffusion of Nature-based solutions in urban areas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2004/06/01 - 2010/12/01
Concluded
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Environmental Systems Engineer (Bachelor)
Major in Environmental Engineering
Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Mexico
"Bases for the optimisation of the infrastructure for the management of urban solid waste in the federal district" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2020/01/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal | ||
| 2020 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2013/06 - 2015/10 | Coordenador Técnico (Assistente Técnico) | The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of the State of Guerrero (Mexico). , Mexico |
| The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of the State of Guerrero (Mexico). , Mexico | ||
| 2011/03 - 2012/12 | Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) | The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of the State of Guerrero (Mexico). , Mexico |
| The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of the State of Guerrero (Mexico). , Mexico |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2024/04 - 2028/03 | Adoption and diffusion of Nature-based Solutions in urban areas: a comparative study of Latin America and Europe.
101546DFA
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/04/01 - 2023/04/01 | Energías Renováveis: Avaliaçao económica e de externalidades-R3EA
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2020/01/01 - 2022/06/30 | UNaLab " Urban Nature Labs"
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Horizon 2020
Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2024/06/14 - 2025/06/14 | NICHES - Nature’s integration in cities’ hydrologies, ecologies and societies
Visiting research assistant
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Spain
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
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| Journal article |
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| Magazine article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/11/06 | Co-creating Transition Pathways to Foster Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Risk and Combined Sewer Overflow Mitigation in Three European Cities | Urban Transitions Conference 2024
Elsevier (Sitges, Spain)
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| 2022/05 | The use of the adoption prediction outcome tool to help communities improve the transition towards the implementation of nature-based solutions | New Metropolitan Perspectives Conference, 2022
Mediterranean Univeristy of Reggio Calabria (Reggio Calabria, Italy)
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| 2022 | Adoption and diffusion of Nature-based Solutions in urban areas: a comparative study of Latin America and Europe. | Research Summit 2022: Aveiro
Univerdidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2021/07/08 | Adoption and diffusion of Nature-based Solutions in urban areas: a comparative study of Latin America and Europe. | Research Summit 2021: Aveiro
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2020/01/26 | The Nature-based solutions, a response to climate change in cities | World day of environmental education UAGro Verde
University of the State of Guerrero (On-line)
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| 2019/02/20 | The new paradigm in the use of plastics | The new paradigm in the use of plastics
The college of economists of the state of Guerrero (Mexico) (Chilpancingo, Mexico)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2021/11/24 - 2021/11/26 | Systemic Decision Support Tool (SDST) participative session in UNaLab Project Consortium Meeting and Webinar Nature-based
Solutions Series (2021/11/24 - 2021/11/26)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| 2021/11/22 - 2021/11/24 | Workshop: evaluating Monitoring and Evaluation plans" in UNaLab Project Consortium Meeting and Webinar the Nature-based solutions
Series (2021/11/22 - 2021/11/26)
Workshop (Other)
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VTT Tampere, Finland Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| 2021/06/09 - 2021/06/11 | Session on using the Systemic Decision Support Tool / Nature-Based Solution Simulation Visualization Tool (SDST/NBS-SVT) in
UNaLab Project Consortium Meeting and Webinar Series (2021/06/09 - 2021/06/11)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| 2020/06/25 - 2020/06/25 | Nature-based Solutions mapping and informed co-creation using the SDST Location: Online Mapping Workshop Genoa, Italy
Objectives: - To choose the study area within the city of Genoa where scenarios will be created; - To think about the city's
environmental, social and economic problems and, in turn, on preferable types and locations of NBS that could be implemented
to tackle those problems (2020/06/25 - 2020/06/25)
Workshop (Other)
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| 2020/04/27 - 2020/04/27 | "Nature-based Solutions Mapping Workshop Tampere, Finland". Location: On-line Objectives: - To choose the study area within
the city of Tampere where scenarios will be created; - To think about the city's environmental, social and economic problems
and, in turn, on preferable types and locations of NBS that could be implemented to tackle those problems. (2020/04/27 - 2020/04/27)
Workshop (Other)
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| 2015/04 - 2015/05 | Part of the organising committee of the series of "Workshops and evacuation exercises on disaster waste management in the
state of Guerrero". Aimed for the training of municipal governments in the State of Guerrero in Mexico, as a measure of adaptation
to climate change effects. (2015/04 - 2015/05)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of the State of Guerrero (Mexico). , Mexico |
| 2013/11/27 - 2013/11/27 | Part of the organising committee for the "Workshop on Integrated Waste Management", promoted by the Ministry of Environment
and Natural Resources of the Government of the State of Guerrero, through the General Directorate of Environment, Prevention
and Water Pollution, in coordination with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). Aimed at heads of municipal
cleaning or basic sanitation services, heads of municipal public works, heads of landfill operation, municipal ecology directors
and councillors. (2013/11/27 - 2013/11/27)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of the State of Guerrero (Mexico). , Mexico |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2024/11/05 - 2024/11/07 | participation as a speaker at the Urban Transitions Conference 2024 with the talk: Co-creating Transition Pathways to Foster Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Risk and Combined Sewer Overflow Mitigation in Three European Cities | Urban Transitions Conference 2024
Éditions Scientifiques Elsevier, France
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| 2022/05/20 - 2022/05/24 | Enrolled in the 2022/2023 Summer School: Governing Climate Resilient Cities. Challenges, opportunities and best practices. University of Pisa. Participating with the topic of Nature-based Solutions during the final evaluation. Final Mark 30/30. Certificate 20214987667. | Summer School: Governing Climate Resilient Cities. Challenges, opportunities and best practices
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
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| 2014/06/11 - 2014/06/13 | Written paper and oral presentation for the XIII International Cogress and XIX National Congress of Environmental Sciences,
in Acapulco, México. Promoted by the National Academy of Environmental Sciences A.C. and the Autonomous University of Guerrero,
Academic Unit of Regional Development Sciences.
Congress
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"Sustainable management, a necessity in the face of climate change"/ Importance of the elaboration of programmes for the prevention
and integrated manegement of solid waste
Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Mexico
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| 2011/06/01 - 2011/06/03 | Presentation in the 4th Congress on Solid Waste of the Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering
(AIDIS), in the city of Quito, Ecuador.
Congress
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Bases for the optimization of the infrastructure for the management of urban solid waste in the federal district (Mexico)
Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS), Brazil
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2021 - Current | International Mentoring Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education (IMFAHE) | PhD Student/ Network member/ Mentee |
| 2014/01/01 - 2015/01/01 | The Mexican College of Environmental Engineers | Member |
Distinctions
Other distinction
| 2014 | Representative of the Secretariat for the Environment and Natural Resources of the State of Guerrero (Mexico) to the Latin
American Network for Integrated Waste Management (RELAGRES)
The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of the State of Guerrero (Mexico). , Mexico
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