Gonçalo Vieira is Associate Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon, Senior researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies. Coordinator of the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR) and Director of the College on Polar and Extreme Environments of the University of Lisbon. At the CEG he is member of the research group on Climate Change and Environmental Systems (ZEPHYRUS), where he coordinates the Polar and Mountain Environments team. He is external collaborator at the Centre for Nordic Studies (University Laval, Canada), at the Antarctic, Arctic and Alpine Research Group of the University of Barcelona (Spain) and member of ArcticNet (Canada). He is co-President of the International Permafrost Association and Polar Science Advisor at the Foundation for Science and Technology. Gonçalo Vieira's research interests focus on the effects of changing climate on permafrost environments, especially on permafrost degradation and dynamics, as well as on using high resolution remote sensing techniques for studying the dynamics of polar and mountain environments. He has authored/co-authored over 90 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, 10 book chapters and edited 1 book. He has published in journals such as Geomorphology, The Cryosphere, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Nature Communications, Catena, Science of the Total Environment, Remote Sensing of Environment, Remote Sensing and Earth Science Reviews, among others. He was reviewer of the IPCC IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, WG1, IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, WG2 and UNEP - Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost. G. Vieira has lead and participated in projects in the Antarctic Peninsula (14 campaigns), Svalbard (2), Eastern Hudson Bay (4), Beaufort Sea Coast (3), the Patagonian Andes, the High and Middle Atlas (2) and the Portuguese mountains. He is Portuguese representative at the International Association of Cryosphere Sciences and Cryosphere Working Group of the International Arctic Science Committee, SCAR Standing Committee on Geosciences, national delegate at the European Polar Board and was member of the EPB Executive Committee from 2012 to 2014. He is member of the Executive Committee of the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost. He was member of the Transnational Board of Evaluators of INTERACT from 2016 to 2020. He was Scientific Coordinator of the Estrela UNESCO Global Geopark from 2016 to 2023. He was Co-Chair of the SCAR Expert Group on Antarctic Permafrost, Soils and Periglacial Environments from 2011 to 2018. A list of conference presentations may be found at https://www.dropbox.com/s/7a3om61auh9sanf/GVieira_conference_abstracts.pdf?dl=0 Website: http://goncalovieira.weebly.com