*** Research overview *** To design and implement optimization models and methods to support decision making in relevant societal problems. Current applications include network design and routing, kidney exchange problems, fire-aware forest management. Models and methods used include mathematical programming (e.g. mixed integer programming, branch-and-price) and search methods (e.g. metaheuristics) and their combination with problem-specific algorithms; as well as optimization under uncertainty and multi-objective optimization. *** Recent and relevant works *** Authored or co-authored representative recent papers and a comprehensive book chapter: - Alvelos F., Mixed integer programming models for fire fighting, 2018, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10961, 637- 652, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95165-2_45; Best paper award, ICCSA 2018, Melbourne. - Alvelos F., Klimentova X., Viana A., Maximizing the expected number of transplants in kidney exchange programs with branch-and-price, 2019, Annals of Operations Research, 272, pp. 429-444, DOI: 10.1007/s10479-017-2647-4; - Romanciuc V., Alvelos F., Optimizing the Kidney Exchange Problem with a Budget for Simultaneous Crossmatch Tests, 2019, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 11621, 277-288, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24302-9_20; - Rais A., Alvelos F., Figueiredo J., Nobre A. Optimization of logistics services in hospitals, 2018, International Transactions in Operational Research, 25, 111-132, DOI: 10.1111/itor.12370. - Alvelos, F., Sousa, A., Santos, D., Combining Column Generation and Metaheuristics, in Hybrid Metaheuristics, El-Ghazali Talbi (editor), Springer, 2013, pp 285-334. ISBN: 978-3-642-30670-9. *** Projects *** Principal investigator of "An Optimization Framework to reduce Forest Fire" (PCIF/GRF/0141/2019, 253,2 person.month, 3 years, recommended funding 284.052,50¿, start date 2021/01/01). Member of other 10 projects with competitive funding, two of them international. Principal investigator in one of them (SearchCol, 211.2 person.month, funded by FCT) which received the final scientific evaluation comment: ¿The project developed the methodology previewed in the proposal. The realization metrics reported (namely in publications and software) are notably more than the initially proposed.¿ *** Other activities *** Principal arguer in 11 PhD juries and member of 2 juries for the position of auxiliar professor (in 2019 and 2020). Member of the jury (as principal arguer or president) in more than 20 MsC thesis, 12 of them in other universities. Invited for 9 oral communications in research centers and universities and did more than 50 communications in conferences. Supervisor or co-supervisor of 5 PostDoc, 3 PhD, and more than 20 MsC thesis. Supervised more than 10 junior grantees in projects. Member of more than 10 program and organization committees of national and international conferences. I revised more than 60 papers for journals as Computers and Operations Research and European Journal of Operational Research. *** Teaching *** Coordinator and teacher of curricular units of the Engineering and Science schools on the subjects of: - Operations research (undergraduate and graduate levels); - Network Optimization (undergraduate and graduate levels); - Approximate methods in Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (PhD programme). *** Other University-related activities * ** Member of the Council of the Enginnering School of University of Minho (2007-2019). Vice-director of the Departament of Production and Systems (2011-2015). Member of Portuguese Society of Operational Research since 1996, currently President of the Fiscal Council. *** Hobby *** Chess player and teacher (beginners level). President of the Group of Chess of Porto (founded in 1940) since 2018.