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Sofia Corticeiro is a researcher in Environmental Economics and Sustainable Natural Resources Management at the University of Aveiro/CESAM in Portugal. She holds a PhD in Biology and works in the ERA Chair BESIDE project as an expert in forestry. Sofia began her career in forestry in the private sector at RAIZ, the Forest and Paper Research Institute in 2011. Over the past 5 years, she led and participated in more than 10 projects that contribute to improving knowledge and developing new methodologies on forest management (projects FirEProd, BESIDE, CCForBio, FACING FIRE, FoRES, FORADVISE, SUSPIRE, TERRASAFE, TERRASAFE.PT) wildfire risk management (projects FirEProd, FoRES, FORADVISE, FACING FIRE), ecosystem recovery (SUSPIRE, EPYRIS, CCForBio) and desertification due to water scarcity (TERRASAFE, TERRASAFE.PT) or wildfire severity (EPYRIS). Currently she coordinates two national projects: FirEProd and TERRASAFE.PT, and as the institutional coordinator for two European projects – the Soil Mission Project TERRASAFE, to combat desertification, and the European FORADVISE project, focused on forestry advisory. With almost 14 years of experience in forestry, she worked as an expert to produce a policy recommendation for the European Commission on deadwood and fire risk, and more recently she was accepted as an expert by the European Environmental Agency. Sofia’s expertise is further recognized through her consulting roles for the Centro Pinus Association and the Center Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDRC). In addition, she coordinates the “Forest Ecosystem Services” microcredential (postgraduation and lifelong training) at the Department of Environment and Planning (University of Aveiro). This program, directed to professionals mainly from the forest sector, focuses on the identification and valorization of ecosystem services through sustainable forest management. As for nominations and management positions, she is member of the Regional Center Committee to Combat Desertification and as co-coordinator of the future research cluster Soil Functions, Agriculture, and Forestry within CESAM.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sofia Caçoilo Corticeiro

Citation names

  • Corticeiro, Sofia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1A17-C099-1ADB
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4247-5170
Scopus Author Id
14017644900

Email addresses

  • sofiacorticeiro@gmail.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/02/03 - 2018/09/12
Concluded
 micro MBA (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)
Major in Business and Management
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 17
2006/04/01 - 2012/10/17
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Study of the Cd complexation mechanism by glutathione in Rhizobium leguminosarum" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aproved
2004/09/15 - 2006/03/30
Concluded
 Métodos Biomoleculares Avançados (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"O papel da glutationa na tolerância ao cádmio em Rhizobium leguminosarum" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/04/23 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2014/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Principal Investigator (Research) RAIZ Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e Papel, Portugal
2011/02/02 - 2013/12/31 Researcher (Research) RAIZ Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e Papel, Portugal
2006/04/01 - 2010/03/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/04/01 - 2010/08/31 Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) Colégio D. José I, Portugal
Colégio D. José I, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/03/01 - Current SusPiRe - a tool towards sustainable management of Pinus pinaster (Ait.) forests based on the prediction of spontaneous regeneration
PTDC/ASP-SIL/30983/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025/01/01 - 2029/12/31 FORADVISE - European advisory and extension networks on forestry
101182935
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 European Research Executive Agency
Ongoing
2024/06 - 2029/05 TERRASAFE - TErrestrial Resilience and RestorAtion Strategies for (semi) Arid and Fragile Ecosystems through a multi-actor approach
10115737
 European Commission
2022/10/01 - 2024/04/30 FoRES - Development of Forests RESilience to fires in a climate change scenario
04_Call#5_FoRES_UAveiro
 EEA Grants/Norway Grants
2020/11 - 2023/07 FACING FIRE (Service-Learning to improve training and employability in wildfire management in Southern Europe)
2020-1-ES01-KA203-08321
 Erasmus Plus
2018/04/23 - 2019/02/28 EPyRIS - Joint Strategy for the Protection and Restoration of Ecosystems Affected by Forest Fires. (Integrated management in high-risk natural areas)
SOE2/P5/E0811
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2011/02/02 - 2013/12/31 Plant Protection
RPJ09031
Researcher
RAIZ Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e Papel, Portugal
 The Navigator Company
Concluded
2006/04/01 - 2010/03/31 Cd complexation mechanism by glutathione in Rhizobium leguminosarum
SFRH/BD/21788/2005
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/01/01 - 2007/12/31 Phytoremediation of mercury contaminated salt marsh areas
POCTI/AMB/59311/2004
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01/15 - Current BESIDE - Institutional, Behavioural, critical and adaptive economics towards Sustainable Development, management of natural capital and circular Economy
Grant agreement ID: 951389
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 European Research Executive Agency
Ongoing
2025/01/01 - 2027/12/31 TERRASAFE.PT - TErrestrial Resilience & RestorAtion Strategies to combat dEsertification in PorTugal
PD24-00039
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2024/02/29 FireProd - Prescribed burning, fire risk and eucalypts productivity: from research to practice
PCIF/MOS/0071/2019
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

RAIZ Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e Papel, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Forestry Ecophysiology
RPJ09021
Principal investigator
RAIZ Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e Papel, Portugal
 The Navigator Company
Concluded
2014/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Forest Management and Irrigation
RPJ0936
Principal investigator
RAIZ Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e Papel, Portugal
 The Navigator Company
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021/11/01 - 2022/03/30 PAMP_it_UP - controlo da erva-das-PAMPas no camPus da Universidade de Aveiro, em zonas marginais à Ria de Aveiro
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Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Governo da República Portuguesa
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Deadwood and fire risk in Europe: knowledge synthesis for policy.. 2023.
    10.2760/553875
Book chapter
  1. Corticeiro, Sofia; Fontes, Luís; Marques, Cristina; Fabres, Sérgio. "O eucalipto e a água". In A Sustentabilidade das plantações de eucalipto em Portugal, edited by CELPA - Associação da Indústria Papeleira, 7-10. Portugal, 2017.
    Published
  2. Sofia, Corticeiro; Sofia, Pereira; Ana, Lima; Etelvina, Figueira. "The Influence of Glutathione on the Tolerance of Rhizobium leguminosarum to Cadmium". In Toxicity of Heavy Metals to Legumes and Bioremediation, 89-100. Springer Vienna, 2012.
    10.1007/978-3-7091-0730-0_5
Conference abstract
  1. Girona-García, Antonio; Lopes, Ana Rita; Corticeiro, Sofia; Martins, Ricardo; Keizer, Jacob; Vieira, Diana. "What is wrong with post-fire soil erosion modelling?". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2020, 2020.
    Accepted
  2. Vieira, Diana; Lopes, Ana Rita; Corticeiro, Sofia; Serpa, Dalila; Keizer, JJ. "Modelling post-fire soil erosion in recently burned areas". Paper presented in Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion, Rome, 2019.
    Published
  3. Corticeiro, Sofia; Carvalho, José Luís; Borralho, Nuno; Fabres, Sérgio. "Best forest management strategies under irrigation to enhance eucalypt productivity in Portugal.". Paper presented in VIII Congresso Florestal Nacional, Viana do Castelo, 2017.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Corticeiro, Sofia; Figueira, Etelvina. "Glutathione-S-transferase activities of two Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viceae strains differing in cadmiumglutathione complexation". Paper presented in XIII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation (SEFIN) and II Portuguese-Spanish Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, Zaragoza, 2010.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Ana Quintela; Mariana Lima; Maia, Paula; González-Pelayo, Oscar; Claudio Teixeira; Sergio Fabres; Jacob Keizer; Corticeiro, Sofia. "Managing post-harvest residues in eucalypt plantations with prescribed fire ¿ Firsts effects in topsoil and stump survival". Paper presented in 8th International Wildland Fire Conference, 2023.
  2. Corticeiro, Sofia; Rodrigues, Diana; Pinto, Glória; Carlos M. M. S. Fonseca; Maia, Paula. "Germination and seedling survival of Pinus pinaster Ait. populations from Coastal Central Portugal". Paper presented in CNF - Conferência Nacional Florestal, 2022.
  3. Corticeiro, Sofia; Maia, Paula; Rodrigues, Diana. "Forest plantations in Central Portugal : Threats under changing scnearios". Paper presented in CNF - Conferência Nacional Florestal, 2022.
  4. Corticeiro, Sofia. "The role of crown consumption, ecosystem functional unit and soil burn severity in wildfire ash loads of two contrasting Maritime Pine stands in north-central Portugal". Paper presented in 7 th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIRE EFFECTS ON SOIL PROPERTIE, 2019.
  5. Keizer, Jacob; Gonzalez-Pelayo, Oscar; Corticeiro, Sofia; Lopes, Ana Rita; Foresta, S; Baron, C; Martins, Martinho; et al. "Field demonstration experiments of post-fire erosion and its mitigation in north-central Portugal following the Pedrogão-Goís wildfire". Paper presented in 7 th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIRE EFFECTS ON SOIL PROPERTIES, 2019.
  6. Corticeiro, Sofia. "Predicting post-fire soil erosion and its mitigation in Maritime Pine stands". Paper presented in 7 th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIRE EFFECTS ON SOIL PROPERTIES, 2019.
  7. Corticeiro, Sofia; Carvalho, José Luís; Lé, João; Marques, Cristina. "Forest management and irrigation experiments in Eucalyptus plantations". Paper presented in XXIII TecniCelpa - Conferência Internacional da Floresta, 2016.
Journal article
  1. María Medina; Marino P. Reyes-Martín; Laura Levy; Alba Lázaro-González; Enrique Andivia; Peter Annighöfer; Farhah Assaad; et al. "Ex situ germination of European acorns: data from 93 batches of 12 Quercus species". Annals of Forest Science (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13595-024-01267-2.
    10.1186/s13595-024-01267-2
  2. Maia, P.; Corticeiro, S.; Vaz, R.; Fernandes, P. M.; Valente, S.; Keizer, J.; Pereira, S. C.; Carvalho, D.. "An integrated framework for habitat restoration in fire-prone areas: part 1 – co-creation of land management scenarios". International Journal of Wildland Fire 33 12 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1071/wf24042.
    10.1071/wf24042
  3. Sofia Corticeiro; Gonçalo Brás; Margarida Tomé; Ana Lillebø; Helena Vieira. "Forest certification and economic insights: a European perspective". Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2024.1464837.
    10.3389/ffgc.2024.1464837
  4. Vieira H; Gonçalo Lestre; Runar Gjerp Solstad; Ana Elisa Cabral; Anabela Botelho; Carlos Helbig; Daniela Coppola; et al. "Current and Expected Trends for the Marine Chitin/Chitosan and Collagen Value Chains". Marine Drugs (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/21/12/605.
    10.3390/md21120605
  5. Sofia Corticeiro; paula maia; Catarina Goncalves; Jan Jacob Keizer; Carlos Valente. "How Weed Control Affects Eucalyptus globulus Labill. Productivity: Results from Two Long-Term Trials". Forests (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/10/1958.
    10.3390/f14101958
  6. Corticeiro, Sofia; Rodrigues, Diana; Pinto, Glória; Fonseca, Carlos; Maia, Paula. "Seed germination and seedling performance of Pinus pinaster Ait. populations from Coastal Central Portugal". Silva Lusitana 30 2 (2023): 107-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/silu/20223002107.
    Published • 10.1051/silu/20223002107
  7. Rodrigues, Diana; Corticeiro, Sofia; Maia, Paula. "Short communication: Maritime pine natural regeneration in Coastal Central Portugal: Effects of the understory composition". Forest Systems 31 3 (2022): eSC06. http://dx.doi.org/10.5424/fs/2022313-19351.
    Published • 10.5424/fs/2022313-19351
  8. Maia, Paula; Corticeiro, Sofia. "From Cone to Seed and Seedling - Characterization of Three Portuguese Pinus pinaster Aiton Populations". Seeds 1 2 (2022): 126-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/seeds1020011.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/seeds1020011
  9. Lopes, A.R.; Girona-García, A.; Corticeiro, S.; Martins, R.; Keizer, J.J.; Vieira, D.C.S.. "What is wrong with post-fire soil erosion modelling? A meta-analysis on current approaches, research gaps, and future directions". Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.5020.
    10.1002/esp.5020
  10. Cardoso, Paulo; Corticeiro, Sofia; Freitas, Rosa; Figueira, Etelvina. "Different efficiencies of the same mechanisms result in distinct Cd tolerance within Rhizobium". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 150 (2018): 260-269. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.12.002.
    10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.12.002
  11. Corticeiro, Sofia; Freitas, Rosa; Figueira, Etelvina. "The role of GSTs in the tolerance of Rhizobium leguminosarum to cadmium". BioMetals 26 6 (2013): 879-886. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10534-013-9664-9.
  12. Castro, Rita; Pereira, Sofia; Lima, Ana; Corticeiro, Sofia; Válega, Mónica; Pereira, Eduarda; Duarte, Armando; Figueira, Etelvina. "Accumulation, distribution and cellular partitioning of mercury in several halophytes of a contaminated salt marsh". Chemosphere 76 10 (2009): 1348-1355. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.033.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.033
  13. Corticeiro, Sofia Caçoilo; Lima, Ana Isabel Gusmão; Figueira, Etelvina Maria de Almeida Paula. "The importance of glutathione in oxidative status of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae under Cd exposure". Enzyme and Microbial Technology 40 1 (2006): 132-137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.10.053.
    10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.10.053
  14. Lima, Ana Isabel Gusmão; Corticeiro, Sofia Caçoilo; de Almeida Paula Figueira, Etelvina Maria. "Glutathione-mediated cadmium sequestration in Rhizobium leguminosarum". Enzyme and Microbial Technology 39 4 (2006): 763-769. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.12.009.
    10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.12.009
Magazine article
  1. Vieira, Diana; Corticeiro, Sofia; Lopes, Ana Rita; Nunes, João Pedro; Keizer, Jacob. "Modelação do risco de erosão como apoio à gestão florestal pós incêndio", Revista Indústria e Ambiente , 2018
Preprint
  1. Eduardo R. Oliveira; Bárbara Tavares Silva; Diogo Lopes; Sofia Corticeiro; Fátima L. Alves; Leonardo Disperati; Carla Gama. "Detection of Small-Scale Open-Burning Agriculture Fires Through Remote Sensing". 2024. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.1679.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202411.1679.v1
  2. Sofia Corticeiro; Margarida Tomé; Helena Vieira. "Can Forest Certification Schemes Really Drive Economic Value to European Forest Owners?". 2023. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1966.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202311.1966.v1
Report
  1. Larjavaara, Marku; Brotons, Lluís; Corticeiro, Sofia; Espelta, J M ; Gazzard, R; Haas, J; Leverkus, A; et al. 2023. Reconciling dead wood management for biodiversity and fire risk mitigation in Europe .. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC134562.
  2. Lopes, M.; Martins, F.; Abrantes, N.; Reis, J.; Maia, P; Corticeiro, Sofia; Fernandes, E; et al. 2021. Strategic Diagnosis Report - Thematic Area 8: Territory, Natural Resources and Environment for the Centre Region Coordination and Development Commission (CCDRC).
  3. Fabres, Sérgio; Silva, Joaquim; Gonçalves, Catarina; Quintela, Ana; Teixeira, Cláudio; Corticeiro, Sofia; Valente, Carlos; Branco, Manuela. 2017. Eucaluptus camaldulensis DEHNH (COST Action FP1403 NNEXT).
  4. Fabres, Sérgio; Silva, Joaquim; Gonçalves, Catarina; Quintela, Ana; Teixeira, Cláudio; Corticeiro, Sofia; Valente, Carlos; Branco, Manuela. 2017. Eucaluptus globulus Labill (COST Action FP1403 NNEXT).
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Figueira, Etelvina Maria de Almeida Paula; Silva, Odete Abreu Beirão da Cruz e; Corticeiro, Sofia Caçoilo. "Study of the Cd complexation mechanism by glutathione in Rhizobium leguminosarum". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/10078.
  2. Corticeiro, Sofia Caçoilo. "O papel da glutationa na tolerância ao cádmio em Rhizobium leguminosarum". Master, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/8957.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2017/10/12 Estratégias de gestão florestal em regadio para aumento da produtividade de eucalipto em Portugal. 8.º Congresso Florestal Nacional “Floresta em Português: Raízes do Futuro”
(Viana do Castelo, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/10/01 - Current Definição de critérios para aplicação de fogo controlado em eucaliptal
Supervisor
 Ecologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/09/01 - Current Scrutinizing Pinus pinaster recruitment and establishment among various substrates, incorporating mixed conditions
Co-supervisor of André Filipe Horta Raio
 Mestrado em Biologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2019/07/01 - 2021/12/15 From seed to sapling - effects of plant community, litter cover and soil features in the recruitment and establishment of pines.
Co-supervisor of Diana Manuela Antunes Rodrigues
 Mestrado em Ecologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/09/29 - 2027/09/28 Coordinator of the Working Group 5, Governance (implementation and monitoring), of COST Action CA22141 - Integrated DSS for delivery of ecosystem services based on EU forest policies (DSS4ES). Management Committee member in representation of Portugal.
Coordinator
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2015/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Technical Commission 145 for Standardization of Sustainable Forest Management (http://www2.icnf.pt/portal/florestas/gf/norm-gf/norma-gf)
Member
 Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/10/30 FSC - Forest Sustainable Indicators Revision to Portugal
Member
 FSC International, Germany

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/10/10 - Current European Environment Agency (EEA) expert with scientific expertise to assist EEA in conducting preparatory work (including data related activities) in support of EEA’s scientific activities with the main focus in Biodiversity. European Environment Agency, Denmark
2021/02/24 - 2022/12/31 Collaborate in the revision of the PROT-Center program. The proposed program aims to define regional strategies for territorial development, integrating the options established at national level and considering municipal strategies for local development, constituting the frame of reference for the elaboration of special, intermunicipal and municipal planning plans. Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/03/10 - 2021/07/23 Docência na disciplina de Gestão e Conservação de Recursos Silvestres (48066). Mestrado em Ecologia Aplicada (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2016/05/02 - 2018/11/30 Viabilidade Económica de Implementação de regadio em áreas com deficit hídrico David Deveza Pereira
2015/09/01 - 2016/12/20 Produção Agrícola e Animal Luis Nuno Cabo Marques Loução Vilhena

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/04/25 - 2024/09/06 Jury of the Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge – Europe promoted by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (https://biconsortium.eu/about-bisc-e) Bio-based Industries Consortium , Belgium
Distinctions

Award

2023 Prémio Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo 2023
EDULOG Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo, Portugal