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ANTÓNIO LOPES
Head of Group
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Assistant Professor
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PhD in Physical Geography, University of Lisbon, 2004. Assistant Professor of IGOT-UL (Institute of Geography and Spatial Panning of the University of Lisbon). Teaching in graduate and master courses in Climatology, Ecology and urban environment, GIS and Cartography; Thermal Remote Sensing; Landscape Ecology; Environmental Modelling. Invited professor in the Instituto Superior Técnico - IST (2000-2007) and Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa ISCTE (2003-2005). Research training in LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (1999-2003). Participation in projects: RAIDEN - Lightning activity in Portugal; DISASTER - GIS database on hydro-geomorphologic disasters in Portugal; Urban Tourism and Climate Change; URBKLIM Climate and Urban Sustainability; CLIMLIS Climatic Principles in Urban Planning; Human Bioclimatology of Lisbon.
Prize: Scientific Recognition Award, Portuguese Network of Healthy Cities 2005. |
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Main research interests: urban and regional climate, thermal remote sensing, energy and environment. [Full profile] |
| MARIA JOÃO ALCOFORADO |
Full Professor
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PhD in 1989 in Physical Geography. “Agregação” in 2005 in Physical Geography. Full Professor at the University of Lisbon (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning). Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies, former head of research group CliMA (Climate and Environmental Change). Editor of Finisterra-Revista Portuguesa de Geografia. Collaborates with the Directorate General for Spatial Planning and Urban Development and several Municipalities in subjects related to urban climate, climate change and urban planning. Former member of the Expert Team on Urban Climatology and Training, World Meteorological Organization, of the Award Commission of the International Association on Urban Climate (IAUC), and of the Board of the Association Internationale de Climatologie. Member of various international and National Associations (AIUC, ISB, AIC, UGI). In 1998, has organized of the Pre-Regional Conference Meeting of the International Geographical Union, in Évora.
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Main research interests: urban climatology, applied physical geography, historical climatology. [Full profile] |
| CARLA MORA |
Post-doc Researcher |
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Assistant Researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies and PhD in Physical Geography from the University of Lisbon. She is integrated in the Research Group on Antarctic Environments and Climate Change (AntECC) and Climate and Environmental Changes( CliMA). Her PhD focused at the Serra da Estrela (Central Portugal), where she studied local climatology. Collaborates since 2005 on several research projects concerning permafrost and climate change in the Maritime Antarctic. Her work at the Centre for Geographical Studies is focusing in the remote sensing of snow cover and on the influence of snow on the ground temperature regime. |
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Main research interests: mountain climatology, remote sensing of snow, effects of climate change on permafrost. [Full profile] |
| CARLOS NETO |
Assistant Professor (with 'Agregação') |
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PhD in 1999 in Physical Geography (Plant Ecology). “Agregação” in 2009 in Physical Geography (Biogeography). Assistant Professor of IGOT-UL (Institute of Geography and Spatial Panning of the University of Lisbon). Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies (CEG) and the Centre of Botany Applied to Agriculture (CBAA). Is member of the Portuguese Phytosociology Association (ALFA) (founder member), Spanish Phytosociology Association (AEFA), International Federation of Phytosociology (FIP), International Biogeography Society and International Association for Vegetation Science. |
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Main research interests: biogeography (mainly phytogeography and phylogeography), plant ecology, phytosociology, physical geography. [Full profile] |
| ESTEVÃO PORTELA PEREIRA |
Researcher |
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Graduated in Geography by University of Lisbon in 2005, he started his PhD at the end of 2007 in Physical Geography also by University of Lisbon. He is integrated in the research group on Climate and Environmental Changes (CliMA) of Centre for Geographical Studies (CEG) from Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT), University of Lisbon, and collaborate at Center of Botany Applied to Agriculture (CBAA) from Agronomy High Institute (ISA), Technical University of Lisbon. His PhD focuses on the riparian forests of the Portuguese Tagus Basin. Its potential riparian vegetation, riparian geoseries, exotic and invasive plant species, environmental factors, ecological status and spatial planning. |
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Main research interests: geobotany, biogeography, phytosociology, hydrogeomorphology, invasion ecology. [Full profile] |
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HENRIQUE ANDRADE
(1960-2013 †)
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Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning. Researcher specialized in Climate, Environment, and Urban Climatology applied to health and tourism. PhD in 2004 at Lisbon University with a thesis entitled "Human Bioclimate and Air Temperature in Lisbon". Collaborated on projects CLIMLIS and URBKLIM. Head Researcher of the Portuguese team in charge of the project Urban-Net "Urban Tourism and Climate Change".
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Main research interests: urban climatology, human bioclimatology, climate and health, climate and tourism. [Full profile] |
| MARCELO FRAGOSO |
Assistant Professor |
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PhD in Physical and Regional Geography - University of Lisbon, 2004. Assistant Professor of IGOT-UL (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon). Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies. Team member of the research groups CliMA - Climate and Environmental Changes (principal affiliation) and RISKam - Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management (secondary affiliation). Coordinator of the research project RAIDEN - Lightning activity in Portugal: variability patterns and socioeconomic impacts (2010-2013). Team member of the following research projects: Permantar - Permafrost and Climate Change in the Maritime Antarctic (2008-2010), MapRisk - Methodologies for assessing landslide hazard and risk applied to municipal planning (2008-2010) and DISASTER - GIS database on hydro-geomorphologic disasters in Portugal: a tool for environmental management and emergency planning (2010-2013). Regular member of the European Geosciences Union. His current position in teaching is Assistant Professor (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon).
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Main research interests: climate change and climate variability, hydroclimatology, applied climatology, extreme weather and climate events (e.g. intense rainfall, thunderstorms, hail and strong winds). [Full profile] |
| MARIA DA GRAÇA CARRAÇA |
Assistant Professor |
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Assistant Professor of the Department of Physics, at the University of Évora, Portugal.
Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies of the University of Lisbon, member of the research group on Climate and Environmental Change (CliMA).
PhD studies on the influence of the urban morphology on surface sensible heat flux and convective rainfall distributions over urban areas. |
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Main research interests: meteorology, atmospheric boundary layer structure and processes, urban climatology. |
| PEDRO TILDES GOMES |
Researcher |
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PhD in Physical Geography from the University of Lisbon in 2006. He is currently teacher in High School and researcher at the Center for Geographical Studies and member of the CliMA research unit. He collaborates in the project RAIDEN - Lightning activity in Portugal: variability patterns and socioeconomic impacts. Main interests in Climatology focus on climate variability (in particular the variability of precipitation), diagnostic climatology, and the analysis of extreme weather events. He also works on analysis and graphical representation of weather data using specific software (GrADS, Matlab, Octave). |
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Main research interests: climate variability, diagnostic climatology, and the analysis of extreme weather events. [Full profile] |
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| DIANA ALMEIDA |
Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant |
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Graduation in Geography (2006), MSc. in Planning and Spatial Management (2009) by the University of Lisbon. Researcher at the Centre for Geographicval Studies since 2007, integrating projects regarding urban issues and environmental aspects of coastal areas. Currently doing a PhD in Geography about ecology restoration and ecosystems’ services of saltmarshes (FCT Grant: SFRH / BD / 77252 /2011). |
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Main research interests: biogeography, bonservation biology, coastal Systems, managed realignment, land use planning. [Full profile] |
| FRANCISCO GUTIERRES |
Ph.D. Student |
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BSc in Bioengineering - Planning and Environmental Management from the University of Évora - Department of Biophysical and Landscape Planning (EU - DPBP) in 2004. He presented the thesis "Data Model in GIS for Evaluation of Potential Agro-Forestry in the Municipality of Vendas Novas". MSc in Conservation Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon (FCUL) in 2008, with the thesis "Study of the Diversity of epiphytic bryophytes. Phytogeographical approach with emphasis on conservation of selected sites in the Laurisilva of Madeira island". His PhD, in Physical Geography, is entitled "Structure and Dynamics and Habitats Landscapes of the sites of the Sado Estuary and Comporta / Galé" (Reference SFRH/BD/45147/2008 FCT). |
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Main research interests: information technology (GIS and RS), spatial modelling, phytosociology (structure and dynamics of plant communities), conservation biology, planning and land management. [Full profile] |
| MIGUEL GERALDES |
Ph.D. Student
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Geographer. Major in Geography from the University of Lisbon in 2009, began the PhD work in Physical Geography in the very same year (FCT Grant SFRH / BD / 65221 / 2009). BA in Law, University of Coimbra. Teaching Assistant at IGOT-UL in Climatology and Biogeography. Member of the International Biogeography Society, the Portuguese Association of Geographers and the Geographical Society of Lisbon.
Collaboration with: Center for Applied Botany to Agriculture (CBAA) Higher Institute of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon (UTL-ISA); Research Unit in Eco-ethology (UIE), Center of Biosciences of the Higher Institute of Applied Psychology (ISPA), and the Department of Biogeography, Faculty VI 'Geography and Earth Sciences', University of Trier (Germany). |
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Main research interests: palaeoclimatology, phylogeography, phytosociology, genetics, ecology of peatlands (biomarkers), land use planning and management. [Full profile] |
| MIGUEL FREIRE CORREIA |
Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant |
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Researcher at the Center of Geographical Studies (Zephyrus). Graduation in Geography (2007) and Master in Physical Geography (2011) from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon. PhD Student in Geography at Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon. |
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Main research interests: physical geography, local climatology, bioclimatology, applied climatology. [Full profile] |
| MÓNICA MARTINS |
Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant |
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BSc in Biophysic Engineering from the University of Évora (2002), and MSc in Human Ecology from the same university (2008), she is a PhD Student in Physical Geography, and Fellow of the FCT since 2009. She is member of the Center for Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon and integrates the CliMA - Climate and Environmental Changes Research Unit, and is a contributor to CBAA - ISA (Centre for Applied Botany to Agriculture, Agronomy Higher Institute, Technical University of Lisbon) and to CIBIO-CCPA (Centre for Research on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources and Center for Conservation and Environmental Protection, University of the Azores).
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| PAULO CANÁRIO |
Ph.D. Student
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Geographer and researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies. Graduation in Physical Geography from the University of Lisbon. He is a PhD student at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning developing a thesis focused in the spatial relationships between mortality and extreme thermal events in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.
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Main research interests: climate and health in urban areas; heat waves and cold spells impacts; climate change and future urban climates regarding health consequences. [Full profile] |
| RAQUEL PINTO MACHETE |
Ph.D. Student |
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Graduated in European Studies from the University of Lisbon in 2007. Researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies, integrating the Urban-net project Urban Tourism and Climate Change. Currently is a master student in Development, Local Diversity and Global Challenges at Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE).
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Main research interests: climate change, tourism, bioclimatology. |
| SÉRGIO LOPES |
Ph.D. Student |
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Graduated in Physical Geography and Planning by the University of Lisbon in 2003. Master in Geography, Climate and Society (University of Lisbon) in 2008. PhD student in Physical Geography. The research work is about Funchal local climate (Madeira Island) applied to spatial planning. Since May 2005 professionally works in the Madeira's Civil Engineering Laboratory, at the Hydraulic and Energetic Technology Department, coordinating a research programme about "The dynamics of the main Madeira island drainage basins". |
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Main research interests: meteorology, urban climate, bioclimatology, remote sensing, extreme weather events and hydrogeomorphology, GIS and cartography. [Full profile] |
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| EZEQUIEL CORREIA |
Researcher and Teaching Assistant
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MSc in Physical and Regional Geography (specialization in Climatology). Having been professionally involved in the structuring and analysis of geographic information in a GIS environment, he has also been involved in research tasks in Physical Geography at the Tropical Research Institute (IICT) for several years. His MSc Thesis is focused on the analysis of rainfall conditions for the cultivation of maize on Santiago Island in Cape Verde. He focuses attention on issues such as climate variability and extreme weather events, agroclimatology, and the development of methods for analysis and spatial representation of climate information. |
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Main research interests: climate variability, extreme weather events, climatological and meteorological hazards assessment. [Full profile] |
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| JOÃO GARCIA |
Full Professor with 'Agregação' |
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Full Professor with 'Agregação' in the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto. Researcher of the Center for Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon. The field of expertise is in Old Maps, with regard to knowledge and dissemination of Portuguese cartography. Collaborates with CliMA Research Group in projects concerning climate reconstruction using historical records. Holds a broad curriculum with national and international publications in books and journals.
Participation in several projects in Portugal and abroad related to the survey analysis and construction of the cultural history of maps and cartographic material, with regard to gathering, cataloging, organisation and analysis of sources in various libraries, archives and private collections throughout the world. |
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Main research interests: theory of geography, historical geography, cartography. [Full profile] |
| JOSÉ CARLOS COUTO |
Researcher
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Graduated in Environmental Engineering, University of Aveiro (2002). Researcher at the Center of Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, integrating the Urban-net project Urban Tourism and Climate Change. University of Lisbon (2009-).
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Main research interests: climate change, meteorology, environmental change . [Full profile] |
| SANDRA OLIVEIRA |
Researcher |
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Geographer, graduated by the University of Coimbra in 2002. Post-gradation in Land Use Management and Environmental Planning by the New University of Lisbon, in 2003. MSc in Environmental Science in the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. Since February 2009, she is working as a research scientist in the Institute for Environment and Sustainability of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, in Italy.
She joined the Centre for Geographical Studies (CEG) in 2006, as a research scholar for the UrbKlim project, dealing with topics related to urban climatology, and maintains the collaboration with the research group on Climate and Environmental Changes (CliMA) of the CEG since then. |
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Main research interests: applied physical geography, environmental science, climatology, forest fires. [Full profile]
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| SOFIA BALTAZAR |
Researcher |
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Major in Geography and Regional Planning in 1991 from Faculty of Arts, University of Lisbon (FLUL). Graduated in Physical Geography in 1997 from the same school. MSc in Physical Geography and Spatial Planning from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon (IGOT-UL) with the thesis "Bioclimatic maps of Lisbon", graded with 18. Civil servant in the staff of the Municipality of Lisbon.
Main research interests: planning, risk analysis and bioclimatology.
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