Paula Alexandra Aquino Maia (F814-F4BA-4349)

Curriculum Vitae

I am a Biologist, graduated in the University of Aveiro and have concluded my PhD in Environmental Sciences in 2014. My previous work has focused on vegetation studies on burnt forest, particularly Eucalyptus globulus and Pinus pinaster plantations. An important part of my current research focuses on post-fire regeneration of Pinus pinaster, one of the most important tree species in Portugal. I have conducted studies on recovery of forest systems, after disturbances such as forest fire and ecosystem restoration, both as researcher member and project coordinator. I have colaborated as a lecturer in the Biology Department, and acted as a Tutor for several BsC and MsC Students, in the scientific areas of Forest Ecology and Ecosystem Services. Currently I am a Researcher at the University of Aveiro and CESAM, and am developing Multifunctional Forest Management scenarios, under the framework of project FoRES (EEAgrants), with the objective of evaluating their effect in decreasing fire propagation area, under future climate scenarios.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Paula Alexandra Aquino Maia

Citation names

Maia, Paula

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: F814-F4BA-4349
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6651-3082
Scopus Author Id: 55039207300

Email addresses

paula.maia@ua.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Universidade de Aveiro. Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, AVEIRO, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

http://www.cesam.ua.pt/paula_maia (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Forestry
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2014 Concluded	Doutoramento em Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente (Doutoramento) Major in Ciências Agrárias, Silvicultura; Ecologia de Fogo Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Spontaneous vegetation recovery following wildfire and post-fire land management" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovado por unanimidade
2007 - 2007 Concluded	Análisis territorial con sistemas de información geografica (Postgraduate Certificate) Universitat de València, Spain
2007 - 2007 Concluded	Curso Avançado em Gestão e Recuperação de Áreas Ardidas (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
2007 Concluded	Licenciatura em Biologia \| BsC Degree in Biology (Licenciatura) Major in Investigação Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Efeitos do fogo na composição e estrutura da vegetação em pinhais e eucaliptais de Águeda e Albergaria-a-Velha \| Fire effects on the composition and structure of pine and eucalypt plantations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16/20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/10/15 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/11/15 - 2021	Assistant Researcher	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

2017/07/01 - 2018/11/14	Volunteer collaborator at the Herbarium (DeBio, UA); science divulgation activities and assistant curator. Assistant scientific and technical supervisor of students and research collaborator at CESAM	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

2016/01/01 - 2017/08/31	Research fellow in the project BRIGHT - Bussaco's Recovery from Invasions Generating Habitat Threats (LIFE - NAT/PT/075)	Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

2014/05/01 - 2015/10/31	Research fellow - project CASCADE-CAtastrophic Shifts in drylands: how CAn we prevent ecosystem DEgradation(FP7 EU)	Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

2008/02/01 - 2014/11/28	PhD fellowship under supervision of Jan Jacob Keizer (PhD) and Juli Pausas (PhD). Thesis title - "Post-Fire spatial patterns in vegetation recovery in Central Portugal - implications for land managem	Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

2012/12/01 - 2013/05/31	Research Fellow - project "FIREREG" - Factores que determinam a variabilidade da regeneração pós-fogo em Pinus pinaster e Eucalyptus globulus em Porttugal. (PTDC/AGR-CFL/099420/2008)	Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

2007/01/01 - 2007/07/01	Trainee in CEAM - Centro de Estúdios Ambientales del Mediterráneo.	Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

2006/09/01 - 2006/12/01	Research fellow - project FCT “PHOENIX - Reconversão Florestal em Áreas Queimadas"	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

2006/08/01 - 2006/09/30	Colaboration in the Project “Plantas do Baixo Vouga Lagunar-Chaves Ilustradas”, projectoRADICAL PAD 03-06	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2016 - 2017	BRIGHT - “Bussaco´s Recovery from Invasions Generating Habitat Threats” LIFE+ LIFE10/NAT/PT/075 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal	Concluded
2014 - 2015	CASCADE CAtastrophic Shifts in drylands: how CAn we prevent ecosystem DEgradation EU FP7 Environment (ENV.2011.2.1.4-2) Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Coherence of Research Policies Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2018/07/17 - Current	SusPiRe - a tool towards sustainable management of Pinus pinaster Ait. forests based on the prediction of spontaneous regeneration PTDC/ASP-SIL/30983/2017 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 Consultor - membro de equipa em sede de candidatura, saída de equipa por dedicação exclusiva como investigador no SusPiRe (FCT) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal	Ongoing
2022/10/15 - 2024	FoRES - Development of forest Areas RESilience to fires in a climate change scenario EEA_04_CALL#5_FoRES Researcher	EEA Grants Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Modeling ecosystem fluxes with time-since-wildfire from remotely sensed vegetation indices and meteorological data PTDC/ASP-SIL/3504/2020 Consultor - membro de equipa em sede de candidatura, saída de equipa por dedicação exclusiva como investigador no SusPiRe (FCT) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal	Ongoing
2021/11/04 - 2022/03/31	PAMP_it_UP - controlo da erva-das-PAMPas no camPus da Universidade de Aveiro, em zonas marginais à Ria de Aveiro 47 Principal investigator Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal	Ongoing
2022/02 - 2022/03	LIFE REFOREST - Erosion prevention and flora REstauration of burnt FOREST areas through innovative fungal-technosol solution LIFE Programme (LIFE17 ENV/ES/000248) Consultor, colaborador em prestação de serviços Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Ongoing
2011/09 - 2015/03	LTER-RAVE - Long term monitoring in the Ria de Aveiro: towards a deeper understanding of ecological, environmental and economic processes 109692 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded
2010 - 2014	FIREREG – Factors affecting the post-fire natural regeneration variability in Pinus pinaster and Eucalyptus globulus in Portugal PTDC/AGR-CFL/099420/2008 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2007/05 - 2011/01	EROSFIRE II - A GIS-tool for slope-to-catchment-scale soil conservation management following forest wildfires 70968 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded
2005/06 - 2007/06	PHOENIX - Forest conversion in burned areas 58896 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021 - Current	Aveiro Alliance - Impulso Jovens STEAM e Incentivo Adultos AveiroAlliance Colaborator - Coordination of 4 short-courses curricula (microcredentials) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal	Ongoing
2021 - Current	PenCAFoRR(CA19128) – Pan-European Network for Climate Adaptive Forest Restoration and Reforestation CA19128 Participant in the Network and European Experiment on Oak Restoration	Ongoing
2017 - 2017	EDUpark - Mobile Learning, Realidade Aumentada e Geocaching na Educação em Ciências POCI-01-0145- FEDER-016542 Technical development Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Pinho, Rosa; Lopes, Lísia; Marques, Rafael; Maia, Paula. Guia de Flora - Baixo Vouga Lagunar.. Estarreja, Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Estarreja.. 2017. Published Pombo, Lucia; Marques, Margarida Morais; Loureiro, Maria José; Pinho, Rosa; Lopes, Lísia; Maia, Paula. Parque Infante D. Pedro – Património Histórico e Botânico, Projeto EduPARK. Aveiro, Portugal: UA Editora, Universidade de Aveiro. 2017. Lopes, Lísia; Maia, Paula; Pinho, Rosa; Matos, Milene; Moreira, Tatiana. Guia de Campo – Flora e Fauna do Adernal, Mata Nacional do Bussaco.. Aveiro, Portugal: Edições Afrontamento. 2016.
Book chapter	Maia, Paula. "Erradicação, contenção e controlo de espécies invasoras \| Life+ BRIGHT – Controlo e monitorização de erva-da-fortuna e austrália na Mata nacional do Bussaco (MNB)". In AS INVASÕES BIOLÓGICAS EM PORTUGAL: HISTÓRIA, DIVERSIDADE E GESTÃO, edited by Vicente, JR; Queiroz, A I; Marchante, Elizabete; Honrado, João Pradinho; Dias e Silva, E. Porto, Portugal: Arte e Ciência, 2018. Published
Conference paper	Mohammad Hosseini; Oscar Gonzalez-Pelayo; Ben Buchspies; Maia, Paula; Martins Martinho; Daniela Varandas; Violette Geissen; et al. "Post-fire runoff and soil (fertility) losses in long-unburnt vs. repeatedly-burnt Maritime Pine stands, north-central Portugal". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly Conference, Viena, 2013.
Conference poster	Sandra Valente; Maia, Paula; Virgínia Rocha; David Carvalho. "Stakeholder engagement in the definition of resilient strategies to deal with climate change: FoRES project approach". Paper presented in 8th International Wildland Fire Conference, 2023. 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. Maia, Paula; Jacob Keizer; Paulo Fernandes; David Carvalho. "“Designing” Forest Resilience under Climate Change – beyond trees and fuel load". Paper presented in 8th International Wildland Fire Conference, 2023.
Journal article	Sofia Corticeiro; Paula Maia; Catarina Gonçalves; Jan Jacob Keizer; Carlos Valente. "How Weed Control Affects Eucalyptus globulus Labill. Productivity: Results from Two Long-Term Trials". Forests (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/f14101958. 10.3390/f14101958 Maia, Paula; Rodrigues, Diana; Carneiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Maia, Paula. "Biological diversity in Portuguese maritime pine stands - reflection on conservation management options". Silva Lusitana (2023): Accepted Rodrigues, Diana; Corticeiro, Sofia; Maia, Paula. "Short communication: Maritime pine natural regeneration in Coastal Central Portugal: Effects of the understory composition". Forest Systems (2022): https://doi.org/10.5424/fs/2022313-19351. 10.5424/fs/2022313-19351 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. 10.3390/seeds1020011 Vasques, A.; Baudena, M.; Vallejo, V. R.; Kéfi, S.; Bautista, S.; Santana, V. M.; Baeza, M. J.; et al. "Post-fire Regeneration Traits of Understorey Shrub Species Modulate Successional Responses to High Severity Fire in Mediterranean Pine Forests". Ecosystems (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00750-z. 10.1007/s10021-022-00750-z 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 (2022): 107-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/silu/20223002107. 10.1051/silu/20223002107 PEREIRA, Lúcia; VASQUES, Ana; MAIA, Paula; RAMOS PEREIRA, Maria João; FONSECA, Carlos; MATOS, Milena. "Native and exotic seed dispersal by the stone marten ( Martes foina ): implications for the regeneration of a relict climactic forest in central Portugal". Integrative Zoology 14 3 (2019): 280-292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12362. 10.1111/1749-4877.12362 Santana, Victor M.; González-Pelayo, Oscar; Maia, Paula A. A.; Varela T., María E.; Valdecantos, Alejandro; Ramón Vallejo, V.; Jacob Keizer, J.. "Effects of fire recurrence and different salvage logging techniques on carbon storage in Pinus pinaster forests from northern Portugal". European Journal of Forest Research 135 6 (2016): 1107-1117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-016-0997-0. 10.1007/s10342-016-0997-0 Maia, P.; Vasques, A.; Pausas, J. G.; Viegas, D. X.; Keizer, J. J.. "Fire effects on the seed bank of three Mediterranean shrubs: implications for fire management". Plant Ecology 217 10 (2016): 1235-1246. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-016-0650-5. 10.1007/s11258-016-0650-5 Maia, Paula. "Soil properties, phosphorus fractions and sorption after wildfire in north-central Portugal". Geoderma Regional (2015): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352009415000188. doi:10.1016/j.geodrs.2015.04.003 Aguas, Ana; Ferreira, Antonio; Maia, Paula; Fernandes, Paulo M.; Roxo, Luis; Keizer, Jan; Silva, Joaquim S.; Rego, Francisco C.; Moreira, Francisco. "Natural establishment of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. in burnt stands in Portugal". Forest Ecology and Management 323 (2014): 47-56. 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.012 Maia, Paula. "Post-fire plant diversity and abundance in pine and eucalypt stands in Portugal". Forest Ecology and Management (2014): http://dx.doi.org/j.foreco.2014.08.030. 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.030 Maia, Paula; Pausas, Juli G.; Vasques, Ana; Keizer, Jan Jacob. "Fire severity as a key factor in post-fire regeneration of Pinus pinaster (Ait.) in Central Portugal". Annals of Forest Science 69 4 (2012): 489-498. 10.1007/s13595-012-0203-6 Vasques, Ana; Maia, Paula; Pedro, Mariana; Santos, Conceicao; Ramon Vallejo, V.; Jacob Keizer, J.. "Germination in five shrub species of Maritime Pine understory-does seed provenance matter?". Annals of Forest Science 69 4 (2012): 499-507. 10.1007/s13595-012-0206-3 Maia, P.; Pausas, J. G.; Arcenegui, V.; Guerrero, C.; Perez-Bejarano, A.; Mataix-Solera, J.; Varela, M. E. T.; et al. "Wildfire effects on the soil seed bank of a maritime pine stand - The importance of fire severity". Geoderma 191 (2012): 80-88. 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.02.001
Magazine article	Pinho, Rosa; Maia, Paula. "Plantas Invasoras - uma séria ameaça ao património natural", Patrimónios, 2018 Lopes, Lísia; Pinho, Rosa; Maia, Paula. "Fagosilva - A Nossa Floresta - a floresta dos carvalhos", Lucanus - ambiente e sociedade, 2017
Newspaper article	Maia, Paula; Rodrigues, Diana; Carneiro, Susana. "Diversidade biológica em povoamentos de pinheiro bravo em Portugal: reflexão sobre decisões de gestão aliadas à conservação", Silva Lusitana, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1051/silu/20233102097
Report	Maia, Paula; Rodrigues, Diana. 2022. ECOPINE - Síntese do conhecimento sobre biodiversidade em pinhal-bravo. Viegas, Domingos; Maia, Paula; Corticeiro, Sofia. 2022. PROT Centro – Diagnóstico estratégico, Sub-área Florestas. Bandeira, Victor; Maia, Paula; Pinho, Rosa. 2021. Conteúdos técnico-científicos para certificação de Serviços de Ecossistemas.

Other

Other output

News on the Media Related to PAMPitUP project. https://noticiasdocentro.pt/universidade-de-aveiro-combate-erva-das-pampas-em-santiago/ https://www.wilder.pt/historias/ja-comecou-o-restauro-da-biodiversidade-nesta-salina-da-ria-de-aveiro/ http://www.agrotec.pt/noticias/restaurar-a-vegetacao-natural-das-marinhas-e-combater-a-erva-das-pampas-na-ua/ https://avozdeesmoriz.pt/restaurar-a-vegetacao-natural-das-marinhas-e-combater-a-erva-das-pampas. 2022. Project PAMPitUP news.

Standard or policy

Reconciling dead wood management for biodiversity and fire risk mitigation in Europe .. The writing of this brief was part of the develoment phase of the future Science Service for Biodiversity, which the BioAgora project is currently leading in collaboration with the KCBD. This brief, requested by the DG of ENV of the European Commission, intends to clarify the implications of retaining deadwood for biodiversity conservation purposes in increasing fire risk, in European Forests.. 2023. Larjavaara, Marku; Brotons, Lluís; Corticeiro, Sofia; Espelta, J M ; Gazzard, R; Haas, J; Leverkus, A; et al.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/01/12	AVALIAÇÃO DO POTENCIAL DE REGENERAÇÃO NATURAL EM POPULAÇÕES DO LITORAL- contributos do projeto SusPiRe	Reunião Geral de Membros do Centro de Competências do Pinheiro-Bravo Centro de Competências do pinheiro-bravo (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023	Post-fire plant diversity and the importance of post-fire management	Think Tank “Forest Fires in Portugal and post-fire management” Raiz - Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e do Papel (Portugal)
2022/10/10	Mainland Portuguese Pinus pinaster forest - threats under (constant) changes	9º Congresso Florestal Nacional (Funchal, Portugal)
2018	Plenary Presentation - Direct and indirect effects of invasive alien plant species in forest habitats - implications for management.	Workshop Alien Species in a Changing World Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018	Rodents as biocontrol agents against invasive plant species: Preliminary observations and prospects for future research.	Workshop Alien Species in a Changing World CESAM (Portugal)
2018	Invasive Plant Species control in Bussaco National Forest: successes, challenges and lessons learnt from the implementation of BRIGHT (LIFE+).	Workshop Alien Species in a Changing World CESAM, University of Aveiro (Portugal)
2018	Post-fire plant invasions in Central Portugal forests: a perspective of the impacts and management needs.	Workshop Alien Species in a Changing World CESAM, University of Aveiro
2018	Sustainable management and conservation of semi-natural meadows of the UA Campus and their provided ecosystem services.	Workshop Alien Species in a Changing World CESAM, University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2017	O projeto BRIGHT – resultados da monitorização de espécies invasoras.	SementEvent 2017 Câmara Municipal da Mealhada (Portugal)
2017	The suitability of Landsat thermal bands to analyse recovery of maritime pine stands following recurrent vs. single wildfires	FuegoRED 2017, VIII Jornadas Internacionales “Aproximación científico-técnica a la gestión de grandes incendios: aplicación de nuevas tecnologías” (Léon, Spain)
2016	O projeto BRIGHT – resultados da monitorização de Flora e Vegetação	SementEvent 2016 Câmara Municipal da Mealhada (Luso, Portugal)
2010	Wildfire effects on the seed bank of a Maritime Pine stand, central Portugal.	6th International Conference on Forest Fire Research. (Coimbra, Portugal)
2009	Effects of fire severity on the topsoil seed bank composition and viabillity in a Maritime Pine stand, Central Portugal.	Fuegored 2009 (Sevilha, Spain)
2008	Monitorização da Vegetação numa Zona Húmida do Centro de Portugal afectada por restrição de marés (Baixo Vouga Lagunar, Aveiro)	1º Seminário sobre Investigação na Zona Costeira da rede PoCoast FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2008	Post-fire spatial patterns in vegetation recovery in central Portugal - Implications for land management	HOENIX Congress - Fire effects and post-fire restoration: lessons learned from large fires (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018/11 - Current	From seed to sapling- effects of plant community, litter cover and soil features in the recruitment and establishment of pines Supervisor of Diana Manuela Antunes Rodrigues	Ecologia Aplicada (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/03/01 - 2024/12/15	Ungulate effects on the germination rate and species assembly of a Mediterranean agro-forestry landscape Supervisor	Applied Ecology (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2021/09/22 - 2022/07/31	"Plantação vs Sementeira de Quercus sp. Uma Experiência Colaborativa". Supervisor	Biologia Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2020 - 2022	Pinus pinaster Ait. germination and development on different forest substrates, under laboratory conditions Supervisor	Applied Ecology (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2017 - 2019/12	Characterization of pollinator and plant communities of the University of Aveiro: first steps towards sustainable management Co-supervisor	Ecologia Aplicada (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017 - 2018/12	POST-FIRE REGENERATION OF Arbutus unedo L. IN CENTRAL PORTUGAL – THE ROLE OF PLANT SIZE, FIRE SEVERITY AND DISTURBANCE HISTORY Co-supervisor of José Luís Simões da Cunha	Ecologia Aplicada (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2012 - 2014	Potencial de dispersão de sementes por mamíferos carnívoros e sua contribuição para a gestão de ecossistemas Co-supervisor	Ecologia Aplicada (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/03/21 - 2023/03/21	Workshop participativo - AIGP EM PARQUE NATURAL – VISÕES E OPORTUNIDADES (co-hosted with the Bragança Municipality and the APATA Association) (2023/03/21 - 2023/03/21) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2022/11/23 - 2022/11/23	Preliminary results of a novel nature-based-solution for the control of the invasive species Cortaderia selloana in sensitive habitats - contributions of project PampitUP (Fundo Ambiental, Ministério do AMbiente e Alterações Climáticas) (2022/11/23 - 2022/11/23) Round table (President of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	FACING FIRE PROJECT FIRST MULTIPLIER EVENT, to introduce innovative approaches in the university training to contribute to prepare better skilled professionals, and, at the same time, to the socioeconomic development of areas affected by environmental degradation. Seminar	SERVICE-LEARNING in Environmental Issues. First Multiplier Event. Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
2019/07 - 2019/07	Invited Talk, to communicate about Forests, Forest Fires and Impacs of Fires on terrestrial ecosystems. Focus given on post-fire pine regeneration and plant invasions. Festival	Foundation Fest Reborn

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2020	Avaliação do valor nutricional da polpa da fruta de Adansonia digitata (Thesis) Main arguer	Pascoal Francisco Nhamue (Master) Universidade Lurio, Mozambique
2019/12	Life after fire: the response of arthropod communities to fire in different types of forests (Thesis) Main arguer	Diogo Emanuel Oliveira Nazaré (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2019	Análise da distribuição e requisitos ecológicos de Arabis sadina no Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros (Thesis) Main arguer	Sandra Lourenço dos Santos (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2019	ESTUDO DA FLORA E VEGETAÇÃO DA SERRA DA BOA VIAGEM – INTEGRAÇÃO NO PROJETO DE EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL “RENASCER” (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Rita Sousa (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2023/09/11 - 2023/09/14	Benefits and Risks of Exotic Biological Control Agents - 5th IOBC-WPRS group meeting combined with IOBC-Global group	CESAM, University of Aveiro

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2021 - Current	Participação na equipa técnica para o desenvolvimento do Programa Regional de Ordenamento do Território 2021 - PROT-Centro, em colaboração com a CCDR-Centro	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019 - Current	Scientific consultant for Raiz - Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e do Papel - under the framework of an internal project designed to evaluate the impact of different shrub clearing methodologies in the productivity of eucalypts.

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022	Facing FIRE project Service-Learning to improve training and employability in wildfire management in Southern Europe	INTERNATIONAL INTENSIVE COURSE - SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECTS IN WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT	Ethniko kai Kapodistriako Panepistemio Athenon, Greece
2020 - 2022	Invited Lecturer for the Discipline "Biologia e Ecologia Terrestre", for the MsC of Applied Ecology	Mestrado Ecologia Aplicada (Mestrado)	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2021 - 2021	Invited Lecturer in the Discipline of "Gestão e Conservação de Recursos Silvestres", for the MsC Apllied Ecology and Applied Biology.	Mestrado Ecologia Aplicada, Mestrado Biologia Aplicada (Mestrado)	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Advanced Course Ecosystem services provided by wetlands: Anthropogenic impacts and Environmental chemistry	(Outros)	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2020/12 - Current	Reviewer and Rapporteur for COST Actions - review and report of proposed actions and Rapporteur of Final Actions

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2023 - 2023	SicNotícias	News shown on National Television, as part of the celebration of the National Forest Day. My intervention relates to the explanation of the methodology of project FoRES (EEAgrants) being apllied in the AIGP Baixa da Lombada.
2022 - 2022	RTP Noticias	TV news about the deforestation of an emblematic pine forest on Central Coastal Portugal. My note relates essentially with the implications of invasive species and the competition they are posing on the pine forest. min6
2021 - 2021	Árvores Bombeiras - Mito ou Realidade - Antena 1	Radio interview on a National Station, analysing the potential role and limitations of certain trees species to prevent fire propagation and to allow the restoration of burnt areas. 0 - 6min

Distinctions

Award

2009	Award for junior researcher - poster presentation Fuegored - Red Temática Nacional FUEGORED “Efectos de los Incendios Forestales sobre los Suelos”, Spain
2009	COST action (FP0701) inscription and travel award COST action (FP0701), Turkey

Other distinction

2018	Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for Science of the Total Environment RELX Group Plc, United Kingdom