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Invited assistant professor at Lisbon School of Architecture (University of Lisbon - Portugal) and researcher at the Center for Geographical Studies (CEG), “Climate Change and Environmental Systems - Zephyrus” research group. She holds a master's degree in Physical Geography and Spatial Planning and a PhD degree in Geography (Physical Geography). Her investigation focuses on urban climate and climate change issues, particularly: the Urban Heat Island effect, human thermal comfort and heat mitigation strategies such as the green infrastructure and local wind systems.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cláudia Estevão dos Reis

Citation names

  • Reis, Cláudia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FD1C-99FA-F339
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0829-2402

Email addresses

  • claudiareis2@edu.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua Branca Édmée Marques, Cidade Universitária, 1600-276, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Climatic Research

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/09/26 - 2024/05/10
Concluded
 Geografia (Doutoramento)
Major in Geografia Física
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
"Decoding the urban climate of a warming coastal Mediterranean city. The influence of blue and green spaces on human thermal stress" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Summa Cum Laude
2016/09 - 2018/11/13
Concluded
 Physical Geography and Spatial Planning (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
"A eficiência térmica no potencial de arrefecimento de dois espaços verdes em Lisboa" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2013/09 - 2016/07/22
Concluded
 Geografia (Licenciatura)
Major in Geografia Física
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02 - 2025/02 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/12 - 2024/01 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/10 - 2023/11 PhD in Geography
sfrh/bd/146757/2019
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01 - 2020 POSEUR-02-1708-FC-000060 "Thermal Vulnerability Cartography - Mapping the Effects of Heat Waves in Lisbon Considering Climate Projections"
POSEUR-02-1708-FC-000060
Other
Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal
 União Europeia
Concluded
2019/03 - 2019/08/31 POSEUR-02-1708-FC-000049 - "Production of Technical and Scientific Content on Climate Change-Related Risks"
POSEUR-02-1708-FC-000049
Research Fellow
Câmara Municipal de Setúbal, Portugal
 União Europeia - Fundo de Coesão
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2024 - Current Planning Mitigation Interventions for Soil Sealing Impacts and Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas
2024.02529.S4P24
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa (UL) - Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024 - Current Nature-Based Innovation in Urban Planning for the Transition to Sustainability
2023.10493.S4P23
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Cláudia Reis; André Nouri; António Lopes. "Urban Heat Island and thermo-physiological stress by Local Weather Types in Lisbon". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2023, Viena, 2023.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-197
  2. Ana Oliveira; António Manuel Saraiva Lopes; Correia, Ezequiel; Reis, Cláudia. Corresponding author: Ana Oliveira. "Urban Heat Island Exposure in Lisbon: a Comparison Between Summer and Heatwave Conditions". Paper presented in ICUR2022 - 2nd International Conference on Urban Risks, Lisboa, 2023.
    Published
  3. Reis, Cláudia; André Nouri; António Manuel Saraiva Lopes. Corresponding author: Reis, Cláudia. "Human Thermal Comfort assessment on very hot summer days in Lisbon Metropolitan Area". Paper presented in ICUR2022 - 2nd International Conference on Urban Risks, Lisboa, 2023.
  4. Reis, Cláudia; A. Santos Nouri; António Manuel Saraiva Lopes. Corresponding author: Reis, Cláudia. "Urban Heat Island and thermo-physiological stress by Local Weather Types in Lisbon". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2023, Viena, 2023.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Reis, Cláudia; André Nouri; António Manuel Saraiva Lopes. Corresponding author: Reis, Cláudia. "Estimation of current and future human thermal comfort (HTC) levels on very hot summer days in Lisbon". Paper presented in 2022 IAUC Virtual Poster Conference, 2022.
  2. Reis, Cláudia; André Nouri; António Manuel Saraiva Lopes. Corresponding author: Reis, Cláudia. "How hot will the city of Lisbon be throughout the XXI century?". Paper presented in I Edição das Jornadas Científicas da Universidade de Lisboa, 2022.
  3. Reis, Cláudia; António Manuel Saraiva Lopes; André Nouri. "Analysis of human thermal comfort indices on very hot summer days in Lisbon". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2022, 2022.
  4. Reis, Cláudia; António Manuel Saraiva Lopes; André Nouri. Corresponding author: Reis, Cláudia. "Deepening the knowledge of urban climate and human thermal comfort conditions: an approach based on local weather types". Paper presented in Symposium on Challenges in Applied Human Biometeorology, 2020.
  5. Matias, Márcia; Lopes, António; Reis, Cláudia. "Thermal IR Images and Energy Balance of Two Urban Canyons in Lisbon (Portugal)". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Urban Climate/14th Symposium on the Urban Environment, City College of New York, New York, 2018.
  6. Reis, Cláudia; Matias, Márcia; Lopes, António. "Thermal IR Images and Energy of Two Urban Canyons in Lisbon (Portugal)". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Urban Climate/ 14th Symposium on the Urban Environment, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Tiago Silva; Cláudia Reis; Diogo Braz; João Vasconcelos; António Lopes. "Climate walking and linear mixed model statistics for the seasonal outdoor thermophysiological comfort assessment in Lisbon". Urban Climate (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101933.
    10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101933
  2. Cláudia Reis; António Lopes; A. Santos Nouri; João Vasconcelos; Mojtaba Nedaei. "Unveiling the Thermo-Hygrometric Influence of Summer Sea and Estuarine Breezes (SEBs) in Lisbon (Portugal)". Advances in Meteorology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/8855935.
    10.1155/2024/8855935
  3. Cláudia Reis; A. Santos Nouri; António Lopes. "Human thermo-physiological comfort assessment in Lisbon by local climate zones on very hot summer days". Frontiers in Earth Science 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1099045.
    Published • 10.3389/feart.2023.1099045
  4. Cláudia Reis; António Manuel Saraiva Lopes; André Nouri. "Urban heat island data by local weather types in Lisbon metropolitan area based on Copernicus climate variables dataset for European cities". Data in Brief 42 (2022): 108292-108292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108292.
    10.1016/j.dib.2022.108292
  5. Reis, Cláudia; Lopes, António; Nouri, A. Santos. "Assessing urban heat island effects through local weather types in Lisbon's Metropolitan Area using big data from the Copernicus service". Urban Climate 43 (2022): 101168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101168.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101168
  6. Cláudia Reis; António Lopes; Ezequiel Correia; Marcelo Fragoso. "Local Weather Types by Thermal Periods: Deepening the Knowledge about Lisbon's Urban Climate". Atmosphere 11 8 (2020): 840-840. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11080840.
    10.3390/atmos11080840
  7. Reis, Cláudia; Lopes, António. "Evaluating the Cooling Potential of Urban Green Spaces to Tackle Urban Climate Change in Lisbon". Sustainability 11 9 (2019): 2480. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11092480.
    10.3390/su11092480
Report
  1. Lopes, António; Matias, Márcia; Correia, Ezequiel; Oliveira, Ana; Reis, Cláudia. 2020. Identification of Urban Heat Islands and Simulation for Critical Areas of Lisbon, Phase 2: Microclimatic Simulations of Two Critical Areas (Baixa and Alta of Lisbon): Current Situation and Future Projections with Building Modifications.
  2. Lopes, António; Oliveira, Ana; Correia, Ezequiel; Reis, Cláudia. 2020. Identification of Urban Heat Islands and Simulation for Critical Areas of Lisbon, Phase 1 - Characterization and Mapping of Current Heat Islands (+Addendum).
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Decoding the urban climate of a warming coastal Mediterranean city. The influence of blue and green spaces on human thermal stress". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, 2024.
  2. Reis, Cláudia. "Thermal Efficiency in the Cooling Potential of Two Green Spaces in Lisbon". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/36236.

Other

Other output
  1. New datasets from Copernicus program and other big data sources, for the assessment of urban heat island incidences in the twenty European cities most exposed to heat stress. Oral presentations held at 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, August 28th to September 1st. 2023. Lopes, António; Matias, Márcia; Oliveira, Ana; Correia, Ezequiel; Silva, Tiago; Reis, Cláudia; Vasconcelos, João; Alcoforado, Maria João; Mills, Gerald.
  2. Evaluation of the cooling potential of green spaces in Lisbon as a measure of climate change adaptation. Apresentação na conferência "ECCA 2019 Conference, Lisboa", 30 May, SS047 ¿ OC277 | Room S10. Orador: Cláudia Reis.. 2019. Reis, Cláudia; Lopes, António.
  3. Thermal Characterization of the Building Facades at Praça dos Restauradores (Lisbon, Portugal). Oral Presentation at the Meeting on 'Urban Climate of Lisbon and Heat Islands: Impacts and Adaptation Measures'. 2017. Reis, Cláudia; Matias, Márcia.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/06/28 Summer heat stress in Lisbon Workshop on Urban Climate and Heat Stress
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/06/12 Urban climate and climate change VI Jornadas do Ambiente
Agrupamento de Escolas Póvoa de Santa Iria (Póvoa de Santa Iria, Portugal)
2023/04/25 Urban Heat Island (UHI) and thermo-physiological stress by Local Weather Types (LWT) in Lisbon EGU General Assembly 2023
European Geosciences Union (EGU) (Viena, Austria)
2023/01/23 Urban Climate and Climate Change: The Influence of the 'Heat Island' Effect on Human Thermal Comfort in Lisbon Geography Open Day
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/10/21 Addressing heat vulnerability - Leaving no one behind EFDRR Roadmap Action-oriented Dialogue
Government of Greece; FDRR Secretariat (UNDRR Office for Europe and Central Asia, European Commission, Council of Europe) and UNDRR Office for Arab States (Atenas, Greece)
2022/09 Assessment of Human Thermal Comfort in Lisbon throughout the 21st Century Congresso Geosaúde 2022
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/06/24 Human Thermal Comfort assessment on very hot summer days in Lisbon Metropolitan Area ICUR2022 - 2nd International Conference on Urban Risks
European Center on Urban Risks (CERU) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/05/25 Modeling Human Thermal Comfort in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area on Very Hot Summer Days Doctoral Workshop 2022
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/03/12 Evaluating urban green space cooling potential in Lisbon (Portugal) to tackle urban climate change “ROTAÇÃO LABORATORIAL”
Instituto de Educação e Faculdade de Psicologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/02 Climate Change: Reversing Global Warming 2022 Debate Series on Climate Change
Fundação Escola Profissional de Setúbal; Escola Básica e Secundária Ordem de Sant'Iago (Setúbal, Portugal)
2021/12/02 Participation on round table II Encontro Nacional de estudantes de Geografia
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/05 Evaluating the Cooling Potential of Urban GreenSpaces to Tackle Urban Climate Change in Lisbon European Climate Change Adaptation Conference
Comissão Europeia (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/07 - 2023/07 Participation on the organization of the "Verão na ULisboa" initiative promoted by the University of Lisbon for students from 8 to 12º grade (2023/07 - 2023/07)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/07 - 2022/07 Participation on the organization of the "Summer at ULisboa" initiative promoted by the University of Lisbon for students from 8 to 12º grade (2022/07 - 2022/07)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/07 - 2019/07 Participation on the organization of the "Summer et ULisboa" initiative promoted by the University of Lisbon for students from 8 to 12º grade (2019/07 - 2019/07)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/11/07 - 2018/11/07 Participation in the Organization of the Field Trip 'Green Spaces and Urban Heat Island: Case Studies of Gardens in Lisbon' for the 'XVI Iberian Geography Conference - The Iberian Peninsula in the World: Issues and Challenges for Active Geography Intervention' at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (University of Lisbon), Lisbon. (2018/11/05 - 2018/11/07)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/08 - Current Co-author of oral presentation at international conference: "New datasets from Copernicus program and other big data sources, for the assessment of urban heat island incidences in the twenty European cities most exposed to heat stress"
Conference
 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11)
2022/08 - Current Participation at a digital conference "2022 IAUC Virtual Poster Conference"
Congress
 2022 IAUC Virtual Poster Conference
2022/06/28 - Current Participation on conference "1st Edition of the Scientific Conference of the University of Lisbon"
Conference
 1st Edition of the Scientific Conference of the University of Lisbon
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 - Current Participation in experiences promoted by the Psychology Laboratory of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon.
Other
Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/11/14 - 2024/11/14 Workshop on "Urban Health: Local Action, Global Impact – Shaping the Future: A Roadmap for Urban Health in Portugal"
Workshop
Conselho Português para a Saúde e Ambiente (CPSA), Portugal

Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-Ulisboa), Portugal
2023/02/10 - 2023/02/10 Co-author of oral presentation at "Call to Action: Climate Change, Pollution, and Cardiovascular Disease."
Meeting
 Call to Action: Alterações Climáticas, Poluição e Doença Cardiovascular
Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia, Portugal
2023/01/18 - 2023/01/18 Participation on a webinar "How to convert a thesis or dissertation into a manuscript"
Other
 How to Get Published webinar: how to convert a thesis or dissertation into a manuscript
Sage Journals, United Kingdom
2022/07/20 - 2022/07/20 Participation on a webinar "How to write an article"
Other
 How to Get Published - How to Write an Article webinar
Sage Journals, United Kingdom
2022/06/22 - 2022/06/22 Participation on a webinar "How to Get Published"
Other
 "How to Get Published"
Sage Journals, United Kingdom
2021/11/22 - 2021/11/22 Participation on a workshop "Using Mendeley for Bibliographic Management in Research"
Workshop
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2019/11/06 - 2019/11/06 Participation on a webinar about heatwave events in Lisbon
Seminar
 Seminário "Ondas de Calor em Lisboa"
Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/03/28 - 2017/03/29 Participation on an intensive course "Volcanic Geomorphology in the Andes and Antarctica", at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (University of Lisbon).
Other
 Volcanic Geomorphology in the Andes and Antarctica
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2016/03/03 - 2016/03/04 Participation on a seminar "I Seminário Internacional UAV", promoted by the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the Nova University of Lisbon.
Seminar
 I Seminário Internacional UAV
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/03/01 - 2016/03/01 Participation on an online course about geographic applications "Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps"
Other
 Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps
Esri, United States
2015/10/08 - 2015/10/08 Participation on a congress "VII National Congress of Geomorphology", promoted by the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (University of Lisbon)
Congress
 VII National Congress of Geomorphology
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/12/02 The Influence of Urban Morphology on the Aggravation of Thermal Comfort in Lisbon During Heat Waves
(Thesis) Arguer
 Diogo Miguel Oliveira Braz (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/12 - 2024/01 Climatology applied to Municipal Planning Climatology applied to Municipal Planning (Pós-Graduação) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/09/30 Interview about Lisbon's urban climate and climate shelters Mensagem de Lisboa
2023/07 Interview about human thermal comfort in Lisbon Jornal de Notícias
2023/06/16 Intervier about human thermal comfort in Lisbon TimeOut
2023/04/29 Interview about climate refugees in Lisbon Mensagem de Lisboa
2022/07/13 Interview about green spaces in Lisbon Mensagem de Lisboa

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/11 - Current Impact of Heat Waves on Urban Heat Islands in European Cities Bruno Romão
2024/06/13 - 2024/06/15 European Citizen Hackathon Championship - Coimbra Hackathon Team "HempSustain Builders"

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/02 - 2024/05 Member of the Intermediate Feedback Jury and the National Text Competition within the scope of the project "We Propose! Citizenship and Innovation in Geographical Education" - 2022/2023 and 2023/2024" Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Best research article 2023 Award
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2020 Master APG/IGOT-UL award
Associação Portuguesa de Geógrafos (APG), Portugal
2018 Scholarship based on merit for Higher Education students (2013-2014)
Direcção-Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES), Portugal
2016 Caixa Geral de Depósitos award: best graduated student from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, in the Degree in Geography (2015/2016)
Caixa Geral de Depositos, Portugal

Other distinction

2020 Honorable Mention for the article "Evaluating the Cooling Potential of Urban Green Spaces to Tackle Urban Climate Change in Lisbon"
Finisterra, Portugal