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Akli Benali completed the Integrated Masters in Environmental Enginnering in 2008 by the Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia and the PhD in Sustainable Forests and Products in 2018 by the Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, where he is currently a Researcher. He has participated in more than 10 research and consulting projects, with different associated roles. He has published around 30 scientific papers, most of them, in relevant journals. In the last years, he has fostered the research and development of scientific work that can be applied in practice by stakeholders related with wildfires and landscape management. He has developed multiple partnerships with practicitioners, such as the National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection, Special Civil Protection Force, Municipalities, Forest Associations and land owners. Akli Benali continues to pursue the implementation of scientific knowledge and products with the aim of improving decision-making in the prevention, suppression and recovery of wildfires in Portugal.

Alexandra Correia is currently an Assistant Researcher at INIAV IP (CEECINST/00012/2018/CP1502/CT0003) with more than 20 years of experience dedicated to forestry research projects. The Pi has a degree in Forest Engineering and Natural Resources Management, a master in Plant Production and a PhD in Forest Engineering since 2013, from ISA. She coordinated one FCT competitive research project (https://doi.org/10.54499/PCIF/MOS/0012/2019) and other 3 as a institutional coordinator, including an Operational group and a PRR Transform Agenda. Collaborated in 13 national and 6 international projects. Has a total of 22 research papers in international referee journals, 5 book chapter and more than 60 communications in national and international dissemination events. Organized 10 national and international events and is currently mentoring 16 students (3 grants, 11 masters and 2 PhDs) some of them already finished. Alexandra Correia has a strong background on ecophysiology monitoring of Mediterranean woody species, with experience in soil-plant-atmosphere monitoring particularly carbon and water fluxes in trees, shrubs, herbaceous and soil level focusing on the impacts of seasonal droughts on ecosystem productivity and plant functioning. Experience in carbon sequestration monitoring, analysis and interpretation using outputs from the eddy-covariance method. Modelling carbon stock using biomass alometric equations according with IPCC guidelines. Applied ecological studies using tree rings, remote sensing techniques, phenology monitoring approaches to study the responses to abiotic stresses. Several topics regarding forest management and adaptative silviculture, namely Pinus pinea fertirrigation, Quercus suber stripping, improved pastures in soil quality and productivity, Eucalyptus globulus soil residues and organic material management in species growth and response to biotic and abiotic stresses. The last 7 years have been dedicated to the study of species mixtures (Pinus pinea and Quercus suber) to increase resilience to environmental changes.

Ana D. Caperta is an Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa, since 2019. She completed the PhD in Biology at ISA by ULisboa, Master in Plant Production – Plant Breeding in 1996 by ISA/ULisboa, and Graduation in Agronomic engineering – Plant Breeding in 1993 by ISA/ULisboa. She has received various awards including three Postdoctoral fellowships by FCT on plant reproduction. She was an Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisboa (2001-2013). As a Researcher of Program Ciência 2008, she implemented a research line in Plant Reproduction and Conservation at ISA. Ana D. Caperta collaborated on curricular units from the 3 cycles at ISA and in the MSc on Biotechnology in the University Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique). She is affiliated in the Society of Experimental Biology, Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica, and is a consultant for Flora On (flora-on.pt) and eHaloph databases (sussex.ac.uk). She is the Associate Editor on Botany for Revista de Ciências Agrárias (scap.pt). She led several national and international research projects. Ana D. Caperta curates a Limonium (sea lavenders) collection at ISA. In her professional activities she interacted with 34 collaborator(s) with co-authorship of scientific papers. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: sexual reproduction and apomixis in Limonium; halophytes; chromatin; chromosomes; conservation; ecology; epigenetics; Flora of Portugal; flow cytometry; geographical distribution; grazing; habitat management; halophyte; heat stress; heterostyly; karyological polymorphisms; Limonium; meiotic abnormalities; micro and mega-sporogenesis and gametogenesis; microtubules; morphometry; nature protection; Orchidaceae; Plumbaginaceae; pollen-stigma dimorphism; population genetics; polyploidy; reproduction; reproductive biology; reproductive success; salt-marsh; systematics; taxonomy. Ana D. Caperta has translated basic research findings into conservation practice and as such she gave expert advice on Limonium to Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e Florestas (ICNF), is a Specialist for Limonium for the Red Data Book for vascular plants in Portugal, and has collaborated with Municipalities and ICNF on Limonium and halophytes conservation. She gave scientific support to artistic work (catarinaleitao.net/project-tag/systema-naturae). Caperta’s studies received press coverage in newspaper Público and in SIC Notícias TV channel.

Ana Filipa Filipe is a Auxiliar Researcher at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Universidade de Lisboa). Completed her PhD in Ecology in 2010 by Universidade de Lisboa and graduated in Biology in 1998 by the same faculty. Published 48 articles indexed in Web of Science, 4 book chapters and 4 books. Ana Filipa is principal investigator of the project ‘AQUADAPT – Promoting riverine ecosystems resilient to climate change for a sustainable management ‘ (funded by Fundacion La Caixa; Promove PD20-00008), and was principal investigator of the project ‘FRESHING: Next-generation biomonitoring: freshwater bioassessment and species conservation improved with metagenomics’ (funded by FCT; PTDC/AAG-MAA/2261/2014), and participated as a researcher in 18 projects. Revised articles from more than 20 research ISI indexed journals. Ana Filipa is associate editor of Diversity and Distributions (DDI) and Frontiers Ecology and Evolution journals, and subject editor of Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MbMg) journal. Gave 51 oral presentations in congresses, seminars and workshops. Organized 11 scientific events. Co-supervised 2 PhD thesis and 2 Master thesis, and supervises 1 Master thesis. Works in Natural Sciences with emphasis on Freshwater Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation and Evolutionary Biology. Also works as a scientific illustrator since 2000 and produces ilustrations and maps for science communication. She received 6 awards and honors. In Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific outputs are: Biodiversity, Ecology, Genetics, Freshwater Biodiversity, Monitoring, Conservation, Fish, Macroinvertebrates, Mussels, Streams and Rivers (updated 19-2-2024).

Ana Ligia Primo completed her PhD in Biology (Speciality in Ecology) in 2012 by the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Science and Technology. She is currently a Junior researcher in the Centre for Functional Ecology of the University of Coimbra. She is currently Researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology in the Department of Life Sciences of the University of Coimbra, She published 29 articles in peer reviewer journals and has 1 book section. Participated in the organisation of 11 events and participated in other 15 . She Co-supervised 1 PhD thesis, supervised 1 MSc dissertation and co-supervised 4. She participate as a researcher in several projects. Works in the area of Natural sciences with emphasis on Marine ecology. In their professional activities interacted with 143 collaborators with co-authorship in scientific papers. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Ichthyoplankton; Zooplankton; climate change; fish recruitment; otolith microchemistry.

Ana Paula de Mira do Carmo Pereira. I graduated in Biology (1981/06/30) at Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, University of Lisbon, and obtained a Master’s degree in Integrated Protection (1996/09/30) at Instituto Superior de Agronomia – Scholl of Agronomy, University of Lisbon and defended public examination, equivalent to PH.D. Degree at Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (IICT) – Tropical Research Institute of Portugal (1999/11/26). I held positions as a Junior Research Worker (1987 – 1990), Assistant Research Worker (1990 – 1999), and a Researcher (1999 – 2015) at the Tropical Research Institute (IICT). Since 2015, I have been a researcher at Coffee Rusts Reseach Center (CIFC), a research unit of ISA, University of Lisbon. I joined the CIFC/IICT team since 2006. I am a full member of the Research Center Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF/ISA) and the Associated Laboratory Terra. I have published 10 original research papers, including peer-reviewed articles in reputed SCI journals (e.g., PlosONE; Plant Disease; Plant Pathology). I have published 3 book chapters and conference proceedings. I have collaborated in the supervision of 2 Master’s thesis, 3 undergraduate thesis, and training students and technicians. I have also participated in dissemination activities (e.g. Ciência Viva, ISA Open Day). As a team member I participated in 10 projects. I have been developing research activities in Agrarian Sciences mainly in Agriculture area, namely Protection of plants. In my professional activities interacted with 94 collaborators as co-author of scientific papers. In my Curriculum Ciência Vitae the main interests are: “Coffee diseases”; “Coffea arabica”; “Hemileia vastatrix”; “Colletotrichum kahawae”; “Entomology”; “Pheromones”; Stored product pests; Lepidopterous; Insects identification; Pathogenic fungus; Pathogenity; physiological races; epidemiology; disease development and spread; disease management.

Ana Paula Ferreira Ramos. She completed her PhD in Agronomic Engineering in 2010/12 at the University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia. She is Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Researcher at the University of Lisbon, Research Center LINKING LANDSCAPE, ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD – LEAF, Coordinator of the Laboratory of Plant Pathology “Veríssimo de Almeida” at the University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior of Agronomy. Her main research topics are mycology, host-pathogen-environment interaction, genetic characterization of pathogen populations, wood rot basidiomycete fungi and urban trees. She supervised/co-supervised 20 Master’s theses. She participated in 12 national and international projects. She has published 41 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including 18 SCOPUS articles. It has 2 book chapters. She received the SYNGENTA AWARD INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE in 2008. In her Science Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific and technological production are: 2,4,6-trichloroanisole; allerginicity; allergy; Alternaria spp.; anthracnose; ARBOTOM; Arecaceae; Biocrusts ; Brassica spp.; Canna; Celtis australis; citogenómica; Citrus; Cladosporium; Colletotrichum boninense; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Colletotrichum spp.; cork; cork oak yellow spot; cork-taint; cytogenomics; decay; disease incidence; environmental polution; Espectrofotometria NIR e FTIR; ferruginol; flow cytometry; Fomitiporia mediterranea; FTIR; fungi; Ganoderma spp.; genetic diversity; genome size; green roofs; heritage trees; Inonotus rickii; isolates; ITS; monumental trees; morphological characterization; Nalanthamala vermoesenii; native plants; nuclear cycle; Olea europaea; palm tree; pathogenic fungi; pathogenicity; pest; phytosanitary status; plant diseases; polen; Ptychogaster cubensis; Puccinia thaliae; Pucciniomycotina; resistograph IML PD-50; risk of failure; rot; rust; seasonal variation; ß-tubulina 2; temperature; Thielaviopsis paradoxa; Trichoderma sp.; urban forests; urban trees; Visual Tree Assessment; wood rot fungi.

Ana Isabel Faria Ribeiro-Barros (ARB), PhD Plant Molecular Biology, MSc Biotechnology – Plant and Microbial Production (Wageningen University). Current Positions and Appointments: (i) Member of the General Council and Director of the Tropical College, University of Lisbon (ULisboa); (ii) Member of the Scientific Council, Senior Researcher with Habilitation/Head of Lab, Professor of Microbiology and Plant Biotechnology, School of Agriculture, ULisboa; (iii) National Expert, High Level Policy Dialogue EU/Africa – Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture. Previous positions: (i) Deputy NCP of Portugal at the European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development (EIARD), the ARD European Coordination Group (ECG) and the CGIAR Consortium (2006/2012); Biosafety Working Group, in the former European Consortium for Agricultural Research in the Tropics (ECART), now Agrinatura (2007/2009); (iii) Deputy Director of Department (2006/2009) and Research Center (2006/2015). Main area of scientific activity: Agrobiotechnology applied to the management and characterization of agro-forestry resources: Biodiversity; Conservation Genetics; Ethnobotany; Landscape genomics; Molecular Ecology; Plant-Environment Interactions (symbioses, pathogenesis and abiotic stresses); Soil diversity. Higher Education and Advanced Training: (i) Teaching: Universidade da Madeira (since 2023); Universidade de Lisboa, School of Agriculture (since 2015); Gorongosa National Park, Consortium BioEd, Mozambique (since 2018); Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique (since 2009), Mozambique; Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2016/2019); (ii) Development of courses and education tools and methodologies (since 1998); (iii) Students supervision: 11 post-docs; 12 PhDs; 18 masters; 13 bachelors; 30+ capacity building or short term courses. Scientific indicators: (i) Projects with competitive funding: 15 Coordination, 16 Institutional team coordination, 30 collaboration; (ii) > 150 international peer-reviewed publications, mostly in co-authorship with researchers from Europe France, Sweden, Netherlands), Brazil, and Mozambique: 1 book, 20 book chapters, 101 journal articles, 46 articles in conference proceedings; (iii) Reviewer ca. 40 international indexed journal (e.g. African J Biotech, Agronomy, BMC Plant Biol, Env Exp Biol, Food Res Int, Forests, Genes, Int J Mol Sci, Microorganisms, Plant Cell Env, Plant Physiol Biochem, Plant Soil, Plants, Sciencia Hort, Sci Rep, Trop Plant Biol); (iv) Member of the editorial boards of Agronomy, Frontiers in Plant Science; PeerJ; (v) H index: 27 (Scopus) / 25 (WoS).

He is an Assistant Researcher (career) at the University of Lisbon Higher Institute of Agronomy. Published 36 articles in specialized journals. Has 1 book(s). In his professional activities he interacted with 99 collaborators in co-authorship of scientific works.

António Portugal has a degree in Biology, a Master’s in Ecology and a PhD in Biology (Molecular Biology) from the University of Coimbra. He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Life Sciences at UC, where he teaches various courses such as Genetics, Genetic Resources, Plant Pathology and Bioremediation. He is a researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology and TERRA Associate Laboratory. His main area of research, linked to Microbiology and Mycology, is Biodeterioration, in particular Biodeterioration of Cultural Heritage. He has been working on Biodeterioration since 2005, on various types of support and items of cultural heritage, from paper and parchment documents, paintings, sculptures, stone monuments, among others, research based on various projects that he has led as PI. He has published dozens of scientific articles in international journals in the field. In parallel, he is Director of the FitoLab – Laboratory for Phytopathology of the Pedro Nunes Institute (IPN), where Plant Pathology, and in particular fungal plant diseases, is another of his research areas. This R&D laboratory is dedicated to the detection and investigation of plant pests and diseases. It provides services by carrying out tests for the screening and detection of quarantine organisms, regulated organisms and others, consultancy and research, integrating several consortium projects. He is the scientific coordinator of the Mycology and Virology areas at FitoLab. António Portugal é licenciado em Biologia, Mestre em Ecologia e Doutorado em Biologia (Biologia Molecular) pela Universidade de Coimbra. É Professor Associado no Departamento de Ciências da Vida da UC, onde leciona várias unidades curriculares como Genética, Recursos Genéticos, Fitopatologia e Biorremediação. É investigador do Centro de Ecologia Funcional e do Laboratório Associado TERRA. A sua principal área de investigação, ligada à Microbiologia e à Micologia, é a Biodeterioração, em particular a Biodeterioração de Património Cultural. Trabalha em Biodeterioração desde 2005, em vários tipos de suporte e itens de património cultural, desde documentos em papel e pergaminho, pinturas, esculturas, monumentos em pedra, entre outros, investigação essa alicerçada em vários projetos que tem liderado enquanto PI. Tem dezenas de artigos científicos publicados em revistas internacionais da área. Paralelamente, é Diretor do FitoLab – Laboratório de Fitossanidade do Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN), sendo a Fitopatologia, e em particular as doenças fúngicas das plantas, outra das suas áreas de investigação. Este laboratório de I&D dedica-se à deteção e investigação de pragas e doenças das plantas atuando nas vertentes da prestação de serviços através da realização de ensaios para o despiste e deteção de organismos de quarentena, regulados e outros, consultoria e investigação, integrando projetos em consórcio. É coordenador científico das áreas da Micologia e Virologia no FitoLab.

Maria Celeste Dias (h-index 27, Scopus) is a researcher at the University of Coimbra – Center for Functional Ecology, Associate Laboratory TERRA. Research interests: – Responses and adaptation mechanisms of agricultural species to environmental challenges. Impact of climate change and contaminants in central metabolic pathways, such as photosynthesis and carbon metabolism, and defense mechanisms of agricultural crops. – Research methodologies: physiological and biochemical analysis (photosynthetic reactions and growth, nutritional and oxidative status, antioxidant enzymes and metabolites), and molecular/omics tools (transcriptional analyses and metabolomics, such as liquid and gas chromatography). Current research: – Understand plant adaptations to changing environments: physiology, metabolomics and gene expression; – Impact of abiotic stress on olives composition and olive oil quality; – Valorisation of agriculture by-products/wastes (e.g. agrofood wastes); – Climate change mitigation strategies (use of microbial and non-microbial biostimulants) and sustainable development; – The role of biostimulants (microbial and non-microbial ) and nanoparticles as alleviators of (a)biotic stress. She published over 77 articles in peer-reviewed journals and over 40 papers in conference proceedings, has 3 book chapters and 3 books. She is the local coordinator (UC) of a national funded research project (PTDC/ASP-PLA/2440/2021) focused on sustainable alternatives (biopesticides) for ESCA complex disease control in kiwi, and a member of the Management Committee of the Cost Action CA22158 – Exploiting Plant-Microbiomes Networks and Synthetic Communities to improve Crops Fitness (CropBiomes).

Completed his PhD in Agronomy on 2003/06/23 at the University of Lisbon Instituto Superior de Agronomia. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon Higher Institute of Agronomy. Published 36 articles in specialized journals. It has 3 book chapter(s) and 3 book(s). In his professional activities he interacted with 202 collaborators in co-authorship of scientific works.

Cristina Canhoto. Completed the Doutoramento in Biologia in 2001/04/03 by Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Mestrado in Ecologia in 1995/02/23 by Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia and Licenciatura in Biologia in 1986 by Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia. Is Associate Professor in Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, PI of the Investigation group “Aquatic Ecology and Ecotoxicology” of the CFE-UC in Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra in Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida and Coordinator of the Degree in Biology – Department of Life Sciences in Universidade de Coimbra. Published 80 articles in journals. Has 12 section(s) of books and 1 book(s). Organized 6 event(s). Participated in 15 event(s). Supervised 7 PhD thesis(es). Supervised 33 MSc dissertation(s). Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Principal investigator in 3 project(s), Researcher in 19 project(s) and Supervisor in 2 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Ecology and Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Freshwater Biology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Aquatic hyphomycetes and invertebrates ecophysiology; Global Changes; Aquatic hyphomycetes; Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Fungal and shredders ecology; Alterações climáticas; Litter decomposition; Ecologia e Sociedade; Biodiversidade e Evolução; Ambiente e recursos naturais; Funcionamento dos ecossistemas; Sustentabilidade na produção e serviços da Terra; Economia circular e processamento; Sistemas socioecológicos e territórios; Saúde ambiental; Traços ecológicos como indicadores funcionais; Relações tróficas “above-below ground”; Utilização eficiente e nutrientes e água; Áreas costeiras; Estuários; Bacias hidrográficas; Avaliação de qualidade ambiental e gestão; reciclagems de nutrientes; decomposição; ecologia de ambientes lóticos; funcionamento de ecosistemas; Plant-litter decomposition; Ecologia; Eucalyptus globulus; Decomposição foliar; Hifomicetes aquáticos; Detritívoros aquáticos; Correntes; Streams natural and anthropogenic stressors.

Nasci em Coimbra em 1976 e licenciei-me em Arquitetura pela Universidade de Coimbra em 2003. Como arquiteto, trabalhei em projetos localizados em Angola, Polónia e Roménia, mas principalmente em Portugal. As minhas responsabilidades incluíam o desenvolvimento de propostas arquitetónicas com experiência em todas as fases do processo de design, coordenação de trabalho de uma equipa de arquitetos e acompanhamento de projetos. Tive a oportunidade de desenvolver diversos programas espaciais como residências/habitações, escritórios, comércio, fábricas, centros comerciais, hipermercados, armazéns, centros logísticos e planeamento urbano. Enquanto estudante de doutoramento desenvolvi o meu projeto de investigação em estudos urbanos, com a tese: “Coimbra: Universidade e Cidade como uma manta de retalhos”, sob a orientação do Professor Doutor Mário Júlio Teixeira Krüger, financiado pela FCT entre 2012 e 2016 (SFRH/BD/80866/2011).

Cristina Maria Moniz Simões de Oliveira, Full Professor of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia of the University of Lisbon, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (DCEB) since 2002, is responsible for the following curricular units in the field of agricultural production: Fruit Growing, Olive Growing and Olive Oil Technology (2nd Cycle), Fundamentals of Horticulture (1st Cycle) and Seminar III (3rd cycle). She was President of the 1st, 2nd cycle and 3rd cycle Agricultural Engineering Course Committees. Interacted with 180 collaborators in co-authorship (h index=19, Scopus) and published 74 scientific articles (71 Scopus and 3 Web of Science), 3 book chapters from international publishers. She published 40 articles in national conference proceedings and 50 technical dissemination articles. She was a member of the Scientific Committee at 8 international congresses of the International Society for Horticulture Science (ISHS). She was a member of the Editorial Board of 5 international and 4 national scientific journals. He supervised 7 Doctoral Theses, 112 Master’s Dissertations in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering She was responsible for 21 projects and participated in 7 scientific R&D projects. She is part of the Direction board of the Hortofrutícola Operational and Technological Center (COTHN).

Assistant Professor with Aggregation at the Department of Life Sciences of the University of Coimbra, she graduated in Biology in 1992, completed a Master’s degree in Ecology in 1995 and a PhD in Biology, specializing in Ecology in 2000. In 2003, she began her line of research in the area of ​​dendrochronology, supervising, together with Professor Emília Gutierrez of the University of Barcelona, ​​the first PhD in the area at a national level, with the presentation of the thesis in 2008. As part of her research activity, she has regularly obtained funding for research projects, with 5 projects as principal investigator, having initially focused research on the dendrochronology of Mediterranean tree species. At the moment, the dendrochronology laboratory has three main research areas: i) dendrochronology of Mediterranean species; ii) xylogenesis, that is, understanding the growth dynamics of growth rings; iii) dendroarchaeology, with the main objective of dating historical and archaeological wood and with a strong interdisciplinary nature. She has 62 articles published in international journals, supervised 3 doctoral theses, 2 ongoing doctoral theses, and was the supervisor of 17 master’s degrees.

David Paulo Fangueiro was born in France in 1976. He graduated in Chemistry from the Faculté de Sciences de l’Université Paris Sud-Orsay (France) in June 1998 and completed the “Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies: Physico-chimie et qualités des bioproduits” (Master in Quality and Analytical Chemistry) taught by the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (France) in June 1999. Completed, in July 2004, a PhD in chemistry in the area of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry at the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon – France and at the University of Aveiro – Portugal (co-tutorship). Following his post-doctorate carried out at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro between 2004 and 2007, he joined the capacity of Assistant Researcher at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia of the University of Lisbon where he has been, since 2015, Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources, Environment and Territory and integrated member of the LEAF Research Center – Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food. In July 2022, he was awarded with the Habilitation degree in Agronomy from Lisbon University.. He taught twelve first-cycle curricular units (coordination of three), five second-cycle curricular units (coordination of one) and one third-cycle curricular unit. Since 2020, he has led group 1-Resource Management and Landscape Architecture at the LEAF Research Center, whose lines of investigation are: 1) landscape planning and land use; 2) water, soil and agricultural waste management; 3) environmental technologies. He is co-coordinator of Thematic Line 5-Socio-ecological Systems, Planning and Policies-of the Associated Laboratory TERRA-Laboratory for the Sustainability of Land Use and Ecosystem Services «Socio-ecological Systems, Planning and Policies» since May 2022. His scientific activity has focused on the treatment and recovery of effluents and organic waste of agricultural origin, with special emphasis on effluents from agricultural farms. He has developed work in the following sub-areas: 1) Gaseous emissions (greenhouse gases and ammonia), with particular attention to emissions from agricultural activities; 2) Management and use of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) at the level of agricultural and forestry farms; 3) Monitoring the quality of soil and water in agricultural areas, namely leaching of nitrates and phosphates; 4) Nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon dynamics in agricultural and forestry-pastoral soils. He participated in 41 national and international research projects, 14 of which as responsible at ISA and 4 as principal investigator (2 research projects and 2 exploratory projects). This scientific activity resulted in 82 articles published in international journals indexed in the Journal Citation Report, 6 book chapters and more than 130 communications (oral and panel) at international congresses. He supervised (as supervisor and co-supervisor) 22 Master’s theses (2 in progress) and 16 doctoral theses (8 in progress).

Completed the Doutoramento in Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales in 2017 by Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Licenciatura in Biología in 2012 by Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and Master in Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales in 2013 by Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Is Auxiliary Researcher in Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Published 18 articles in journals. Has 3 section(s) of books and 1 book(s). Organized 5 event(s). Co-supervised 5 MSc dissertation(s). Supervised 2 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc e co-supervised 1. Has received 2 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in 2 project(s), Principal investigator in 27 project(s) and Researcher in 27 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Soil Science, Agriculture, Geochemistry and Environmental Biotechnology.

Erika Santos is Assistant Professor in Universidade de Lisboa – Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Portugal). With a background in Biology and Scientific Master in Nature Conservation and Management, she has a European PhD in Environmental Engineering (Universidade de Lisboa and Universidad de Santiago de Compostela from Spain) followed by post-doctoral grant on Agricultural and Food Biotechnology at CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials and Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. She has more than 15 years of academic experience as lecturer, in which she taught in several curricular units of Degree, Master and professional courses from Portugal, Spain, Perú and Bolivia, and developed other academic functions. She had completed the supervision of 12 MSc students and 25 BSc students and participated, as coordinator (PI) and researcher, in several R&D projects (co)-financed by European and Portuguese funds, and companies. Nowadays, she has published 4 international chapters’ books, 37 articles in international indexes journals, 15 articles in national journals, 35 proceedings, and 2 technical books. She participated in several national/international technical and scientific congresses/seminars for presentations in the form of oral communication (by invitation: 15, speaker: 63) or poster (81) as well as Editor or Editorial Coordinator of 3 books (3) and committee organizer. She has an h-index of 19. Her main interests and experience covers the environmental recovery of degraded or contaminated areas with Green Technologies, with special emphasis on the use of Technosols and phytostabilization with autochthones plants; soil-plant interaction; plant ecophysiology and valorisation of endogenous resources (e.g. plants used in the recovered systems by their natural value-added compounds).

Mathematical and statistical modeling in forest hydrology and micrometeorology: – measurement and modeling of rainfall interception and transpiration in tree canopies; – aerodynamic resources and energy flows in forest stands. Statistical analysis of data in the area of ​​agronomic research.

Fernando Leite Pereira holds a degree in Forestry with a specialization in Forest Production (1987) from the School of Agriculture (ISA), University of Lisbon (ULisboa). He further pursued his education with a master’s degree in Plant Production (1994) and obtained a Ph.D. in Forest Engineering (2010), both from ISA-ULisboa as well. Since 1987, he has been a faculty member at School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco (ESA-IPCB), attaining the position of Adjunct Professor in 1998. He is also a research member at the Forest Research Centre (CEF), ISA-ULisboa, specifically involved in the research group ForEco: Forest Ecology. Throughout his career, he has participated in several national and international research projects, resulting in various publications and presentations. In his teaching role, he has primarily focused on teaching subjects related to silviculture, hydrology, meteorology, climatology, environmental monitoring, and geographic information systems (GIS). He has been responsible for designing course curricula, developing instructional materials, and overseeing the effective delivery of 66 different courses in these areas. Additionally, he has supervised 85 academic projects across various educational levels. F. L. Pereira has also actively participated in advisory and management bodies within ESA-IPCB and IPCB, assuming several leadership positions. Furthermore, he has been extensively involved in organizational activities, serving on committees, workgroups, and juries, and overseeing technical sectors at ESA-IPCB.

I have studied Biology at the University of Évora and completed my Ph.D. in 2012 on Biology at the University of Évora, in collaboration with the Institute for Systematics Botany, University of Zurich on the plant genomics applied to the study of pollination biology in orchids. Presently, I am a Research Assistant currently working at Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture And Food (LEAF) center at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/UL) . I have been PI of a former FCT funded project (PTDC/AGR-PRO/5727/2014 CajOmics- 140k€) and, currently, I was successfully granted with the 2 international projects as PI (2020): GenoCash-250k¿ (Success rate<6%), and in 2021 FAO/TCP/GBS/3801-334kUSD as a cooperation and capacity building project funded by FAO/UN with Portuguese and GB Institutions. Also, capacity building and knowledge-transfer have been central, through networking with African/International Institutions and assisting governmental authorities on sustainable management practices (FAO/TCP). My research has lead to the publication of more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journal, several oral (37) and poster (32) communications, and have been involved in several outreach and capacity building activities. Besides participating in several (27) projects in collaboration with national and international researchers in the area of Tropical Diversity and Plant Genomics, I also have been engaged in supervision of BSc, MSc and PhD students supervision, and on teaching activities both in Bachelor and Master degrees. Presently, my research interest is focused on Tropical Biodiversity, Genetic Resources at genomics level, Sustainable agriculture & Food Security, Plant molecular genomics, and Agrobiodiversity. I have developed practical and theoretical experience ranging from fieldwork to molecular-based laboratory. My primary interest lies in the use of integrated approaches covering genomics ground-breaking techniques, together with traditional methodologies and ecological information¿s, as tools to study agrobiodiversity and sustainable production on agricultural tropical ecosystems.

Felipe Costa e Silva. Published 20 articles in specialized journals. Works in the area of ​​Forestry with emphasis on Forest Genetic Improvement and Ecophysiology. Main research topics include: genetic and environmental variability, plant water relations, hydraulic properties, water stress, cold tolerance, ecosystem carbon fluxes, phenology, acclimation, plant quality.

Filipe Martinho obtained his PhD in Biology (Specialization in Ecology) in 2009 at the University of Coimbra. He is an Assistant Researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE), Department of Life Sciences – University of Coimbra, co-PI of the Marine and Coastal Ecosystems research line of the CFE, member of the CFE Executive Council and of the Scientific Council of the Department of Life Sciences. His core research focuses on the effects of climate change and anthropogenic pressures on marine and estuarine organisms (fish, plankton), on the use of estuaries as nursery areas by marine fish, and on the use of otoliths as timekeepers to study fish migrations, habitat use patterns, stock structure and growth. He published 66 SCI papers and 4 book chapters (Scopus h-index 25; 1701 citations / Google Scholar h-index 30; 2561 citations). He has reviewed papers for 29 journals, including prestigious ones like Global Change Biology, Scientific Reports and Journal of Applied Ecology, and is Associate Editor in Marine Biology, Frontiers in Marine Science, Editor in Fishes, and Section Editor at the Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He has participated in 3 projects with national/international funding as Principal Investigator, and as team member of 14 other projects with both national, EEA Grants and LIFE funding (global funding >8M Eur). He has 55 oral presentations and more than 20 posters presented at 29 scientific conferences, to which he has also contributed as part of the organising committee and as session chair. He has taught undergraduate and graduate students on the topics of marine ecology and fisheries in several Portuguese universities. Filipe Martinho currently supervises 5 PhD students, and has been involved in the supervision of 2 Postdocs, 10 MSc students and 6 research grants and internships. Filipe Martinho participated in several science dissemination activities, such as lectures, hands-on activities, photo exhibitions (also as photographer), review of science diffusion books and production of social media content. He was on the board of the Iberian Society for Ichthyology between 2014 and 2018, and is a member of the COST Action Sea-Unicorn, EMBRC, and of the ICES Working Group on the Value of Coastal Habitats for Exploited Species (WGHVES).

Filipe S. Dias is a Researcher at the Forest Research Centre (CEF) of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon. He holds a BSc in Biology (2007), an MSc in Conservation Biology (2008), and a PhD in Forestry and Natural Resources Engineering (2015). His research examines how management practices and climate change influence forest ecosystems (e.g., cork oak and holm oak woodlands) and has resulted in peer-reviewed scientific publications that support conservation strategies at regional and national levels. In parallel, he collaborates with environmental non-governmental organizations and contributes to the development of data-driven solutions for nature conservation and land-use planning.

Francisca Constança Frutuoso de Aguiar. Completed the Ph.D. in Forestry Engineering (2005), MSc in Integrated Pest Management (1996), and Pre-Bolonha graduation in Agronomic Engineering (1992) by Universidade de Lisboa-Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ULisboa-ISA). Is an Assistant Professor at ULisboa-ISA of Botany, Vegetation, Ecology, Weed Science and a Researcher at the Forest Research Centre (CEF) and LAboratory Associated TERRA on riparian and aquatic ecology. Published 58 articles in WoS journals (more than 80% in Q1 journals), has a h=29 (SCOPUS) and h=32 (Google citations). Has 6 magazine articles, 16 section(s) of books and 4 manuals/book(s). Supervised 4 Ph.D. theses (2 in course), 16 MSc dissertations/ 5 in course. She was a member of Ph.D. juries for 13 Ph.D. thesis, of which she acted as a rapporteur/external arguer of 11 (international thesis), and of 12 MSc. thesis. Has received 2 awards and/or honors. Has reviewed approx. 220 papers (validated by WoS) and she was editor of more than 150 papers, handled 6 Special Issues on the topics of conservation and ecology of forests and freshwaters. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Aquatic Botany (Elsevier) and acts as Associate Editor of Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers). She participated as invited speaker and moderator of around 40 events (Seminars, Webinars and Conferences), and has more than 50 oral and poster communications as the first author. She was the principal investigator of FCT projects, national protocols with the Portuguese Environmental Agency, and participated in research teams of numerous projects.

EDUCATION & AFFILIATION: graduated in Biology (2005; Fac. of Sciences of the Univ. of Lisbon–FCUL), post-graduated in GIS (2007; School of Agriculture–ISA-UL), MSc in Conservation Biology (2013; FCUL) & PhD in River Restoration & Management (scholarship won in an int. competitive call) with the European Doctorate label (2019; ISA-UL; Int. FLUVIO PhD Programme) approved with unanimous summa cum laude. Worked for 7years in environmental consultancy (2007-2014), and perfected my technical, professional & academic skills via multiple courses (30+courses). After the PhD, I secured my scientific career & funding by winning 3 competitive int. calls for Post-Doc positions. —-PROJECTS: collaborated on 6 projects before MSc (2013). MSc achieved by co-organising a project (Bats in the City) linking researchers from 2 universities (UL & UPorto) & a municipality (Cascais). Part of the core team proposing the creation of the 1st-ever Portuguese (PT) Bat Atlas, becoming a participant & co-organiser (involving researchers, technicians, governmental institutions & companies). During the PhD, participated in 3 projects, 2 involving int. partners (EU & Africa). After the PhD, was a post-doc researcher for the Optimus Prime project (PTDC/ASP-AGR/29771/2017) & member of the CERES project (Interreg IV-B SUDOE-SOE2/P5/F0551). In both, I led fieldwork planning, organisation & team management along with interaction with stakeholders, outreach events organisation & an invited lecturer to an int. workshop. Currently, team member of 2 other projects: Dammed Fish (PTDC/CTA-AMB/4086/2021) & H2020 MERLIN (grant No 101036337), leading outputs & assuming key roles in both. Helped the GIS component development of the project to update the PT freshwater fish data for the Red List of Vertebrates (POSEUR-03-2215-FC-000092). —-OUTPUTS: since 2018, published 12 articles in ISI journals (4 as 1st author; 5 as corresponding; 3 as 2nd author; 1 as last author), 10 in Q1 & 2 in Q2 journals. After the PhD (4 years), have an annual publication growth rate of 86% & an average IF of 6.7, leading to an overall H-index of 5 with 85+citations. Also, I have 11 articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, 9 scientific reports, 10 DB published, 1 scientific note in a non-ISI peer-reviewed journal, co-authored a book (PT Bat Atlas), 1 dissemination article in a stakeholder-led journal, 25 posters (2 best poster awards, int. conferences) & 1 Software(RivTool) with respective Manual & Website. —-DISSEMINATION: took part in scientific dissemination events on all 5 continents (47 events) having belonged to the scientific committee of 1 event. Authored 46 oral presentations (25 as lecturer, 12invited), co-organised 15 technical/scientific events, including 2special sessions at int. conferences & made 30+revisions for 22 int. scientific journals. —-OUTREACH: involved in project BioBlitz da Tapada, aiming to display urban biodiversity to the public; Silent Cities (ongoing), citizen science project to acoustically assess urban soundscapes across the world (38 nations; 300+participants) during the pandemic. Co-organised 2events about native & invasive freshwater species for non-university students. —-SCIENTIFIC NETWORK: member of the Research Laboratory TERRA (consortium with 400+ post-docs, 2 univ., 5 R&D centres) & H2020 Merlin (44institutions). Active collaboration with 90+personalities of distinct backgrounds (academic, administration, private entrepreneurs and stakeholders) from 38 distinct institutions (Univ., R&D institutions, governmental agencies, companies, NGOs, stakeholder associations) & 11 countries (EU & North America. —-TEACHING & SUPERVISION: since 2019, co-supervised 9 BSc (1 ongoing), 2 MSc student (1 ongoing) & 3 PhD (ongoing) students (part of 10 academic juris). Overall, maintain active collaboration with 25+students from all academic degrees. Since 2015 I collaborated in teaching activities at ISA UL for all academic degrees & multiple subjects.

Helena Castro. Completed the PhD in Biology, specialty in Ecology in 2008 by University of Coimbra, Master in Ecology in 2003 by University of Coimbra and graduated in Biology in 1999 by University of Coimbra. H. Castro works as Junior researcher at University of Coimbra Department of Life Sciences, linked to FLOWer Lab – Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants, Agri-Environment and Pollination Services at Centre for Functional Ecology. Published 18 articles in journals. Has 1 book chapter. Participated in 4 science communication events. Participates and/or participated as collaborator in 2 projects, Post-doc Fellow in 3 projects, Research Fellow in 4 projects and Researcher in 5 projects. Works in the areas of Natural sciences emphasis on Ecology and Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agroecology. In her professional activities interacted with 230 collaborators co-authorship of scientific papers. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Plant species; Functional traits; Ecosystem services; Agroecosystems; Climate change; Drought; Plant traits; Litter traits; Pollination services; Land use change; Plant functional traits; Litter decomposition; Plant physiology; Land management; Biodiversity; Land use; Pollination deficits; Vegetation; Crops. From 2018 on, while still maintaining research in plant diversity and traits, through collaborations, H. Castro has focused on plant-pollinator interactions and pollination services to crops.

Completed the Doutoramento in Engenharia Agronómica in 2004 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Mestrado in Nutrição Vegetal, Fertilidade dos Solos e Fertilização in 1996 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Licenciatura in Agronomia in 1990 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Is Assistant Professor in Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Published 43 articles in journals. Has 1 section(s) of books and 1 book(s). Supervised 4 PhD thesis(es). Supervised 16 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 2. Participates and/or participated as Principal investigator in 4 project(s) and Researcher in 14 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Agronomy. In their professional activities interacted with 66 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.

Isabel Maria Oliveira Abrantes, in 2002, got the “Agregação” in Zoology and, in 1989, the PhD in Animal Ecology from the “Universidade de Coimbra”. Presently, is an invited professor at University of Coimbra and a research integrated member of the NEMATO-lab, Centre of Functional Ecology-Science for People & the Planet (CFE) of this University. At University of Coimbra has lectured at undergraduate level (first, second and third years) and at post-graduate level: MSc (Animal Ecology, Animal Biology, Biology, Ecology, Cellular Biology, Teaching of Biology and Geology in the 3rd cycle of Basic and Secondary Education, European Master in Applied Ecology-EMAE, ERASMUS MUNDUS) and PhD (Biosciences, Teaching Sciences) and several advanced courses. It has supervised/co-supervised MSc/PhD theses, Post-Doctoral students, Short-term trainees of national/international researchers and participated in national and international juries (master/doctorate/access to the category of principal investigator, associate professor, professor). MSc/PhD students supervised (36 in Science Education) received their degrees. Her recent research activities include: 1) Morphoanatomy of plant parasitic nematodes asociated with several plants; 2) Biochemical and molecular characterisation of phytoparasitic nematodes; 3) Plant-nematode interactions; 4) Detection, identification and quantification of the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus.5) Sustainable strategies for the root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp.; 6) Root-lesion nematodes, Pratylenchus spp., management: development of alternative and innovative methodologies to obtain resistant plants; 7) Selection of genes related with the pathogenicity of the pinewood nematode, B. xylophilus, with potential to be used in the control of this nematode; 8) Identification of proteins, secreted by the pinewood nematode, involved in the migration of the nematodes in the plant tissues and in the interaction with the host plants with different susceptibility to the infection; 9) New ecological strategies for the biocontrol of the insect vector of the B. xylophilus: development of formulations based on phytochemicals. Has coordinated/participated in national/international research projects, organized national/international scientific events and training and dissemination actions. Participated in several national/international scientific events, presenting over 400 oral/poster communications and is author/co-author of more than 250 publications mainly in international/national scientific journals, international/national conference proceedings, books (co-author, co-editor) and book chapters. Has been acting as reviewer of manuscripts, submitted for publication in more than 15 scientific journals, as member of the editorial board and as senior editor. Has received 11 scientific awards, a Special Award of appreciation for supporting the Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA) activities and organizing the 43rd annual meeting held, in 2011, in Coimbra, Portugal, and in 2018 received the award “Fellow of the European Society of Nematologists (ESN)” for outstanding contributions to the Science of Nematology, at the 33rd ESN Symposium, Ghent, Belgium.

Isabel Luci Pisa Mata da Conceição. Completed a PhD in Biology in 2003 from the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Science and Technology (FCTUC), Pedagogical Aptitude and Scientific Capacity Tests in Biology in 1996 from the University of Coimbra, FCTUC and a Degree in Biology in 1988 from the University of Coimbra, FCTUC. She is an assistant professor at DCV, FCTUC, effective member of the Pedagogical Council of FCTUC from 2018-2022, effective member of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC) from 2017-2020, Coordinator of the master’s in biology at the Department of Science in Life (FCTUC) since 2007 till 2020 and coordinator of the Master for Biology/Geology teachers since 2023. After having acquired skills in the area of Phytopathology, during her PhD in Ecology (University of Coimbra), her current interests are focused on the biochemical and molecular characterization of root-knot nematodes (NGR-Meloidogyne spp.) and cyst nematodes potato (NQB-Globodera spp.); Interactions plants-nematodes; Detection and identification of NGR and NQB; Control of nematodes, including root lesion nematodes (NLR-Pratylenchus spp.) using more environmentally friendly methods, such as biofumigation, last generation nematicides, phytochemicals and trap crops, among others. Detection, identification and quantification of the pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Since 2015 she has been a researcher at NEMATO-LAB at the Center for Functional Ecology, DCV, FCTUC and since 2015 she has been scientific coordinator of Fitolab (IPN). FitoLab works to detect and research pests and plant diseases that affect horticulture, fruit production and forestry. It is an independent Phytopathology laboratory, supervised and managed by researchers and teachers from the University of Coimbra and one of its R & D units, the Centre for Functional Ecology, has the skills and knowledge to provide an immediate quality service, employing and monitoring the international market. Uses standard procedures from the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (OEPP). FitoLab is licensed by the Portuguese national authority DGAV – General Food and Veterinary Agency, for the detection of several organisms on the EPPO A2 quarantine list, such as: Fusarium circinatum, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wilt nematode), Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis (potato cyst nematodes) and citrus sadness. She is the author and co-author of several publications in international journals and communications at national and international meetings in the field of nematology. She was responsible for Coordination, as Principal Investigator, and for participating as a team member in several projects funded by the national funding agency and several International Projects. She has supervised 19 completed master’s theses (many of them on plant pathology topics) in different master’s programs (Biology, Ecology, Animal Biology and Agriculture) and is supervising three doctoral theses in nematology. Two of them will finish this year. She was also part of the organizing and scientific committees of several national and international scientific congresses. She is a reviewer of articles submitted to several international journals in the areas of phytopathology and nematology. Received 2 prize(s) and/or honors. She works in the area(s) of Natural Sciences with an emphasis on Biological Sciences. In its Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Nematodes; Globodera and Meloidogyne.

Assistant Researcher at the University of Coimbra and member of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, in the working group dedicated to risk assessment of environmental interactions in aquaculture (ICES – WGREIA).

Ivânia Esteves (IE) holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering, from the University of Évora, Portugal (2001) and a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Cranfield, England (2007). She is currently developing research activities in the NEMATO-lab, Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE), at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra (UC), Portugal. The majority of the research since her PhD has been centered in: 1) finding alternative strategies to manage plant-parasitic nematodes in agro-ecosystems through the use of fungal biocontrol agents and nematicidal phytocompounds, 2) development of diagnostic tools to detect and characterise important plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN), 3) assessment of PPN diversity and pathogenicity . At present, she is involved in national and international projects and is co-supervising 2 PhD students and 1 Msc student. She has authored/co-authored more than 25 articles in international journals, 5 book chapters and abstracts in ISI journals and / or ISSN / ISBN journals . She has been involved in the organization of 3 international scientific meetings in the field of phytopathology, 1 national colloquium, 2 workshops, supervision of students and regularly participates in various scientific outreach activities organized by her host institution.

Joana Cardoso da Costa (JC) holds an MSc in Cell Biology and a PhD in Biology (Microbiology) from the University of Coimbra (2008), completed within the framework of the Doctoral Program in Biomedicine and Experimental Biology. She is currently a Research Assistant at the Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE) in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Coimbra. Her research interests focus on the detection and study of plant diseases, with particular emphasis on diagnostics, microbial ecology, and epidemiology. In parallel, she studies soil and plant microbiota as providers of essential ecosystem services for the sustainability, restoration, and conservation of agroecosystems. These lines of research have been developed within several projects that she coordinates, including the Integrated R&D Program CULTIVAR (CEO, €2.3M – CENTRO2020), the i9kiwi Operational Group (PI, €470k – FEADER), and the XylOut project (PI, €290k – FCT), among others. She coordinated the Strategic Research Committee of the Ibero-American Network IBERXYFAS (CYTED) and was Work Group 1 leader of the COST Action CA16107 EuroXanth. She has served as evaluator for the FCT–La Caixa Mobilizing R&D Projects (2024–2025), for the final scientific reports of IC&DT projects 2019–2024 in the area of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (FCT, 2020–2023), and was an expert and rapporteur for the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for Agri-Food, Forestry, and Biodiversity (FCT, 2019–2021). She was also an evaluator for the European Commission within the Marie Curie Actions (IxF–PEOPLE, 2017–2019). She is the author of several peer-reviewed scientific papers, four book chapters, and two editorials. She has supervised 12 MSc students (completed), 1 PhD student (completed), 4 ongoing PhD students, and 2 completed postdoctoral fellows. She has served on the scientific committee of three international conferences and has organised three international conferences and two international workshops. Since 2016, JC has been Director and Technical Manager of FitoLab – Phytopathology Laboratory of the Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN), officially designated by the Portuguese Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary Affairs (DGAV) as an “Official Laboratory” for the detection of quarantine pests. In this capacity, she participates in transversal projects at IPN aimed at strengthening laboratory infrastructure. In recent years, she has coordinated several contracts related to the detection of regulated organisms, particularly Xylella fastidiosa, and to the characterisation of plant and soil microbiomes. In 2022, FitoLab was accredited by the Portuguese Accreditation Institute (NP EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018) and received authorisation from INFARMED to supply, for specific purposes, narcotic and psychotropic substances and their preparations, including cannabis plant derivatives, for research use. Currently, JC leads a team of 11 researchers and technicians in the areas of R&D, service provision, and scientific consultancy. In parallel, she is an elected member of several scientific and institutional bodies at the University of Coimbra, including the Scientific Committee of the Department of Life Sciences, the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, the Interdisciplinary Research Institute (III), and the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education.

Joana Moura e Sá Cardoso, graduated in Biochemistry from University of Coimbra (UC), Portugal (2002) and received a PhD in Biology from University of Évora, Portugal (2010). Is Contracted Researcher in UC, Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Functional Ecology- Science for People & the Planet with research lines in the scientific area of Agricultural Sciences, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries: genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics approaches for understanding the pathogenicity of the pinewood nematode, the causal agent of the pine wilt disease and recognised worldwide as a major forest pest, and other plant pathogens with high impact on important horticultural crops. Understanding the plant host defenses and contributing for the development of new plant pathogen detection methods and environmentally friendly management strategies.

Joana Ferreira has a degree in Chemistry (2005), a master’s degree in Organic Chemistry and Natural Products (2008) and a PhD in Chemistry (2014) from University of Aveiro. She is an integrated member of the LEAF – Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, belonging to the research group Food and Feed (G3). During her research career she has contributed for the elaboration of more than 30 articles in international journals with scientific referees and participated in several conferences with oral or poster communications. Joana main research areas focuses on food product nutritional and chemical characterization, food processing technologies, development of innovative food products incorporated with new sources of ingredients (microalgae, food processing industry wastes and by-processes), biorefinery and circular economy, improvement of technological and sensory properties of newly developed food, and analytical and organic chemistry (natural products synthesis, structural elucidation and characterization, green chemistry methodologies). Interest on Glyphosate uses and its impact on human health. She is also a Teacher/Lecturer in Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, teaching Physics, Instrumental Analysis (I and II), Certification, Physical and Rheological Analysis in Food, Human Nutrition and Biochemistry.

Joana Alves is a biologist and researcher at the Center for Functional Ecology of the University of Coimbra, where she coordinates the BEWild Lab, a research group focused on the ecology and behaviour of wildlife and their role in ecosystem services. With over 15 years of experience, her research interests include mammal ecology and behaviour, sexual behaviour, biodiversity assessment and conservation, vertebrates monitoring and management, landscape ecology and ecosystem services, especially those mediated by animals. In 2017, she began to work as a Post-Doc Fellow, funded by FCT, at CFE-UC in collaboration with the University of Calgary, focused on behavioural ecology of ungulates. Her expertise in terms of vertebrates monitoring, management and conservation of natural resources, landscape ecology, ecosystem services, data analysis, and GIS has been recognized by peers, resulting in her participation several international and national research projects, one of them as Co-PI and scientific coordinator (MultiForest) and another as PI of a pilot-project (PP6: MyFORESt – F4F), and 4 services rendering. Joana Alves is also a collaborator of the Mountain Mammal Research group from the University of Calgary. Currently, she is an Assistant Researcher at the University of Coimbra, developing her work in close collaboration with the UNESCO CHAIR in Biodiversity Safeguard for Sustainable Development of the University of Coimbra, including the scientific and/or technical coordination of research projects on mammal ecology and behaviour, biodiversity assessment and conservation, and ecosystem services. Published 30 papers in ISI journals in the last 5 years and is (co)author of 23 technical reports, 26 oral communications and 25 posters in scientific events. Participated in 19 scientific outreach events, and 17 academic juris. Supervises 3 PhD thesis and 24 MSc dissertations.

João Carlos Mano Castro Loureiro. Completed the Doutoramento in Biologia in 2007 by Universidade de Aveiro and Licenciatura in Biologia in 2002 by Universidade de Aveiro. Is Assistant Professor in Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciencias da Vida, co-PI – FLOWer Lab – Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants, Agri-Environment and Pollination Services in Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciencias da Vida, PI – Research Group “Biodiversity, Conservation and Ecosystem Services” in Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciencias da Vida and Associate Professor in Universidade de Coimbra. Published 108 articles in journals. Has 9 section(s) of books. Organized 12 event(s). Supervised 4 PhD thesis(es) e co-supervised 9. Supervised 3 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 13. Supervised 8 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc e co-supervised 6. Has received 3 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Other in 7 project(s) and Researcher in 21 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Evolutionary Biology, Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Biodiversity Conservation, Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Ecology and Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Agriculture. In their professional activities interacted with 402 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Sympatric speciation; Polyploids; Contact zones; Cryptic diversity; Diploid-Polyploid complexes; Biological Invasions; Threatened Plants; Red Lists; Pollinators; Plant-Pollinator Interactions; Plant Diversity; Water Stress; Climate Change; Species Distribution; Environmental Niche; Mating systems; Floral Polymorphisms; Heterostyly; Green Infrastructures; Pollination Ecosystem Services; Crop Yield; Agroecosystems; Eutrophication; Pollinator-friendly solutions; Kiwifruit; Sunflower; Apple; Pear; Prunus.

Ph.D. in Biosciences from the University of Coimbra, M.Sc. in Vegetal Biology from the same university, and B.Sc. in Agronomy from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Currently, agronomist and researcher specializing in grapevine phytopathology at the Portuguese National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research (INIAV) with primary focus in grapevine trunk diseases. Previously agronomist at the Centre Regional Directorate for Agriculture and Fisheries under the Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture and Sea. In this capacity, operated as a phytopathologist and phytosanitary inspector, overseeing EU plant pests’ quarantine programs, certification of grapevine nurseries at both phytosanitary and quality levels, as well as tree fruits certification. Led the regional agricultural pests warning system for major crops, including grapevine, kiwifruit, olive, apple, pear, potato, citrus, and chestnut. Agronomic consultant, planning and supporting field trials for phytopharmaceutical products and providing guidance to grapevine farms. Invited as speaker in dozens of technical talks for farmers and technicians and published dozens of technical brochures on phytosanitary problems. Regular collaborator in local newspapers on phytosanitary issues. 9 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 2 book sections, and 2 books. organized 1 event, co-supervised an M.Sc. dissertation, and received 4 awards. Participated as researcher in 3 projects and contributed to the technical development of 6 others. Collaborated with 80 peers in co-authorship of scientific papers. Integrated researcher in the Centre for Functional Ecology at the University of Coimbra. Sub-convenor of the IOBC-WPRS, Integrated Protection in Viticulture Group. Member of the International Council on Grapevine Trunk Diseases. Member of the editorial review board of “Ciência e Técnica Vitivinícola”; COST association external expert and rapporteur; expert for the National Commission of the International Organization of Vine and Wine; member of INIAV’s Scientific Council for viticulture and enology. Key words: Grapevine Trunk Diseases; Phaeomoniella chlamydospora; Esca; Petri Disease; Black rot, Guignardia bidwellii; Integrated Pest Management; Scaphoideus titanus; Flavescence dorée; Viticulture; Plant pathology

José António Tenedório is a Portuguese Geographer, Associate Professor at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH), Lisbon, Portugal, and Visiting Professor at Polytechnic University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Faculty of Architecture, CPSV, Spain. Integrated Researcher at História, Territórios, Comunidades (HTC), hub at NOVA FCSH for the Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra. He was Director of the PhD in Geography and Territorial Planning at NOVA FCSH. He was Director of Centre for Geographical and Regional Planning Studies (e-GEO, NOVA FCSH); between 2003 and 2008, member of the Executive Committee of the Department of Geography and Regional Planning of NOVA FCSH (2008-2013), Director of M.Sc. in Territorial Management at NOVA FCSH (2008-2013) and Director of M.Sc. in Spatial Planning & GIS (e-Learning) at NOVA FCSH (2010-2013). Graduated in Geography and Regional Planning (1984) at NOVA FCSH. He attended Sorbonne University, Faculty of Science & Engineering, where he post-graduate (DESS in 1991) in Remote Sensing and the Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC), École d’Urbanisme de Paris (EUP) to obtained Ph.D. (1998) in Urbanism. His main scientific area of research is Remote Sensing, GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Geographical Modeling. He has published more than 150 papers (book chapters, papers in periodic with scientific refereeing, papers in conference proceedings with scientific refereeing). In 2013 and 2015 (the latter, ex aequo) he received the SANTANDER Award (first prize) for the Internationalisation of the NOVA FCSH Scientific Production.

He completed his PhD in Agricultural Engineering in 1999 from the University of Lisbon – Instituto Superior de Agronomia, a Master’s Degree in Plant Production – academic part in 1988 from the University of Lisbon – Instituto Superior de Agronomia and a Degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1985 from the University of Lisbon – Instituto Superior de Agronomia. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon Higher Institute of Agronomy. Published 43 articles in specialized journals. Has 1 book(s). Received 1 award(s) and/or honors. In his professional activities he interacted with 98 collaborators in co-authorship of scientific works.

José G Borges. Completed the Licenciatura in Engenheiro Silvicultor in 1982 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Doktor (PhD) in Ph.D. in Forest Science in 1994 by University of Minnesota College of Food Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences. Is Coordenação ou direção de centro de investigação, departamento ou equivalente in Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Associate Professor in Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Published 67 articles in journals. Has 1 section(s) of books and 3 book(s). Has received 8 awards and/or honors. Works in the area(s) of Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Forestry, Exact Sciences with emphasis on Mathematics with emphasis on Applied Mathematics and Exact Sciences with emphasis on Computer and Information Sciences with emphasis on Information Science. In their professional activities interacted with 226 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.

José Maria Santos is an Assistant Professor from the School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon. He has been developing research mainly in Ecohydraulics, Water Resources, and River Restoration and Modelling for the last twenty years. He has 75 articles in SCOPUS (H-index = 30), and more than 2400 citations. He has 30 articles in international conference proceedings and is author of 4 articles in national journals and of 21 articles in national conference proceedings. He is also author of 164 oral communications (9 by invitation) and posters, at international (136) and national (28) meetings. He has reviewed 330+ manuscripts, edited 110+ manuscrits from 60+ ISI Web of Science journals. He is Associate Editor from Water (ISSN 2073-4441), the Journal of Ecohydraulics (ISSN: 2470-5365) and Frontiers in Environmental Science (2296-665X). He is also the Guest Editor of a Special Issue in Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). He recently coordinated an FCT exploratory project (IF/00020/2015) targeting the development of holistic fishways to restore fish passage, which followed the FishMove (PTDC/AGR-CFL/117761/2010), that he also coordinated. He is presently the Co-PI of the EcoPeak4Fish project funded by FCT, aiming to develop an integrated approach to support self-sustaining fish populations downstream hydropower plants. He participated in 4 European projects (the most recent the ongoing MERLIN project; https://project-merlin.eu/) and 10 national projects with research and development typology. He also participated in 13 knowledge transfer projects, of which 5 as Responsible, most of them financed by EDP (Energias de Portugal, S.A.), and focused on the area of rehabilitation and restoration of ecosystems, ecohydraulics and ecohydrology, particularly fishways and environmental flows. He supervised 5 PhD theses (2 ongoing) and 7 MSc dissertations (3 ongoing). He organized 8 scientific events (4 international), is member of 2 specialized committees (1 as President) of the Portuguese Association of Water Resources and coordinated 1 international workshop on Fish Passage and Barriers. He was member of the scientific committee of 5 international conferences. He is member of the Executive Board of the Forest Research Centre (a research unit funded by FCT, and classified as “Excellent”). He has received 9 distinctions, being the last one (2020), the ULisbon/CGD Scientific Award.

Promote interdisciplinary studies at morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular levels, aiming at to better understand important aspects of plant development and, mainly, of plant response to abiotic stresses (water deficit, extreme temperatures, salinity, etc.) associated with Climatic Changes issues. Globally, intend to contribute to the resolution of agronomic, ecological and industrialissues, with relevance mainly, but not restricted, to tropical and sub-tropical areas. – Work strongly associated with the impact of environmental (and oxidative) stresses on the photosynthetic metabolism, and the characterization of plant stress acclimation responses, mainly focused on the tropical Coffea species, but involving also many other species from cereals (rice, wheat) to perennials (carob, casuarina, oak, pear trees). – These are complemented with work associated to crops of national interest, in interaction with private (agro-food) companies, standing out the area of agronomic biofortification of food products, associated with and food security and safety issues. – Cooperate internationaly, mostly with Portuguese speaking countries (Brazil and Mozambique), through partnerships/projects, contributing to the sustainability of tropical agricultural systems (coffee) – Provide advanced training through supervision of works/thesis of national and international students, and classes in MSc and PhD programs. – All of these R&D activities were greatly supported by the ca. 84 research projects/action in which has been involved, which are also closely associated with his scientific record of publications. Among these, it should be highlighted the the authorship/co-authorship of ca. 250 research peer reviewed works (books, book chapters and papers in journals), as well as a high number of presentations/publications in scientific meetings (155 in proceedings, and 263 in book of abstracts).

Maria Leonor Mota Morais Ceclílio Degree in Biology (1982), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon. Master in Plant Production (1991), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. PhD in Biology (1998), Aberystwyth, University of Wales, United Kingdom. Teacher of Basic and Secondary Education (1982-84); Technician at Portucel, Aveiro (1984-85); Trainee Assistant at the University of Aveiro (1985-87) in the Department of Biology; Admitted at Instituto Superior de Agronomia as Trainee Assistant (1987) in the Department of Botany; Assistant (1990) and Assistant Professor (1998), currently in the Department of Natural Resources, Environment and Territory – DRAT Scientific Performance: 37 publications in scientific journals indexed in Web of Science (WoS) plus 2 in journals with scientific refereeing; 5 publications as first author and 15 as senior author or corresponding author; 18 with international collaborations; 14 open access publications. Most articles have been published in the Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology category of Scopus and Genetics and Heredity of WoS in quartile 1 and 2. 6 publications in international conference proceedings; 1 book chapter. More than 600 citations including self-citations Participation in 18 national and international FCT-funded projects: – Coordination as Principal Investigator – 4 – Principal Co-Investigator – 1 – Member of the research team – 13 Organization of 2 scientific meetings and dissemination of scientific knowledge to society. Reviewer of articles in 14 international scientific journals Supervising and mentoring activity 1 Post-doc; 4 PhD (plus one in progress); 6 master’s degrees; 26 final undergraduate and curricular internships; 9 research fellows; several internships of young students initiating their scientific research career.

Graduated in Biology at the University of the Azores (2005), with an MSc in Shellfish Biology, Culture and Fisheries from Bangor University (2006) and a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of the Azores (2012). He is an Assistant Researcher at the Center for Functional Ecology (University of Coimbra, Portugal; currently funded by a CEECIND/01986/2017 – FCT Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus. His research focuses on soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, with a particular interest in historical human-modified landscapes (e.g. Amazonian Dark Earth). He has been actively involved in several NGS-based genomic and transcriptomic projects on evolutionary ecology, phylogenetics and population genetics (and genomics) of metazoan organisms. Lately, he is interested in using animals closely associated with human activity, to infer ancient human movement (please see the “HookaWorm” research project). Luis Cunha is a molecular ecologist. During his PhD, he found that studying the particular and unique features of the reducing environments of geothermal biotopes was most interesting because the ephemeral nature of the geothermal field is expected to favour the colonization by species with remarkable colonization abilities. The volcanically active soil in Azores offered an ideal ‘natural laboratory’ to address such questions during his PhD project. A brief interruption due to parenthood and some extenuating circumstances impacted his publication record (during 2012-2013). Since his PhD completion, he has published >2.5 papers per year, and he has been actively communicating scientific achievements in international conferences & meetings. Currently, he is the joint-Director of the ‘Terra Preta de Indio’ international network. He has published in a range of different speciality journals in areas of ecotoxicology, invertebrate biology and soil biology with an impact factor, typically ranging between 4-10 (e.g., Scientific Reports, Heredity, GEB, STOTEN, GCB). He has one seminal chapter on soil fauna biology and currently shows an H-index of 15. Moreover, he has shown an extensive track record in taking personal initiative to forge collaborations, which have facilitated his personal development and delivered innovative and exciting science allowing him to secure more than ¿1.6M in research income (80% as co-I and 20% as PI), over the last 7 years. His research projects included 1 post-doctoral researcher and 2 PhD students, and he has supervised 9 MSc students and several undergraduate final-year projects. He has spent long periods dwelling in the Amazonia rainforest and in South African grasslands, preparing/ organising fieldwork and leading teams of both students and researchers (~20 members and 6 expeditions). He has been invited to give some seminal talks in subjects such ‘The use of transcriptomics in Ecotoxicology’ or for instance ‘Interculturality and knowledge in Life Sciences research’, which show how easy is for him to circulate around different research themes and public alike. The lack of funding for specific activities allowed him to engage with entrepreneurship and a case of crowdsourcing funding, which ended up featured in several media channels like Newsweek. He has also been an active reviewer (https://publons.com/a/149210), and he is a member of several societies such as SETAC, British Ecological Society, Systematic Biology Society, Society for the Study of Evolution and the International Society of Computational Biology.

PhD in Agronomic Engineering and Post-graduated in Sustainable Agriculture and Horticulture from the Technical University of Lisbon. Associate Professor at the School of Agriculture – University of Lisbon (ISA) focusing his research and teaching to link agriculture, food security and nutrition with Development outcomes. Vice-Dean of ISA-ULisboa since November 2022. Researcher at the “Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF”) unit, integrated in the Associated Lab “TERRA: Laboratory for the Sustainability of Land Use and Ecosystem Services”, being part of both Coordination Boards. Cocoordinator of redeAGRO and College Food, Farming and Forestry (F3); two interdisciplinary non-statutary networks of the University of Lisbon. Member of the Scientific Committee of Doctoral Programmes “Agricultural Innovation in Tropical Food Chains”, “Sustainability Science” and “Development Studies”. Currently, works as member of the Advisory Board of the “European Alliance on Agricultural Knowledge for Development” (Agrinatura EEIG), represents ISA-ULisboa as Consultative Observer of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP), represents the University of Lisbon as Focal Contact Point for the Partnership Work Plan with FAO and as participant in the Consultative Panel of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s National Commission on Food Wastage Mitigation (CNCDA). Coordinates the research component (WP2) of the “Nutrition Research Facility (NRF)”; a service contract between the EC and Agrinatura aimings at providing evidence-based research and Monitoring & Evaluation expertise to the Commission, to EU delegations, and to 42 low-and-middle-income EU partner countries in the field of nutrition and nutrition-sensitive policies and projects. Previously, he was a Researcher at the Tropical Research Institute (IICT) coordinating the “Agri4Safe” Research Group and and Visiting Lecturer at the Eduardo Mondlane University’s Centre of Biotechnology, in Mozambique. Worked as European expert for the High Level Policy Dialogue Working Group on “Science, Technology and Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture” in EU-Africa cooperation; an European Commission initiative towards a jointly funded EU-Africa Research and Innovation Partnership. Was member of the Experts Working Group working on the Thematic Agenda for Research and Innovation in Agrifood, Forestry and Biodiversity 2030, member of the directive board of Inovisa (an innovation interface structure positioned between the scientific/academic setting and the business framework), member of the Board of the Portuguese Horticulture Association (APH) and national representative at the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Council, and member of the Agricultural European Innovation Partnership (EIP-AGRI) Focus Group “Climate-smart (sub)tropical food crops in the EU”, among other appointments. Published more than 75 scientific or technical papers, book chapters, strategic briefs and documents of scientific evidence and more than 100 communications in congresses.

Luís Fonseca (LF) has degrees in Biology, Pedagogical and Scientific Area, from the University of Coimbra (UC), in 1999 and 2003, respectively. He completed his PhD in Biology/Ecology at UC in 2009. He is currently a PhD Researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE), Department of Life Sciences (DCV), Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FCTUC). LF has published 32 articles in international scientific journals, in collaboration with researchers from several national and international research teams, co-editor of a field/laboratory guide and author of 2 book chapters. LF participated in several national and international scientific congresses (47 oral communications and 38 poster communications) and received 6 scientific awards. LF has been involved in 2 international projects and 10 national projects. He was coordinator of a multidisciplinary project funded by POCI-FEDER-FCT “POINTERS – Host tree-pinewood nematode interactions: Searching for sustainable approaches for pine wilt disease management” (PTDC/ASP-SIL / 31999/2017) and nowadays is co-coordinator of a project financed by FCT PineWALL – Linking pine cell wall composition and structure to pinewood nematode resistance under climate change (FCT- PTDC/ASP-SIL/3142/2020). In addition, LF has participated in the teaching of several curricular units of Biology Degree and Masters, at DCV-FCTUC. Currently, LF is lecturing theoretical and practical lectures of the Phytopathology course of the Biotechnology and Plant Biology Master, Ecology Master and Biological Resources, Territory Valorisation and Sustainability Master and is co-coordinator of a non-degree course (Practical Phytonematology) at DCV-FCTUC. During his research he has guided several students at various levels of education including MSc and PhD students. Additionally, he acts as coordinator of nematological analysis services at the Institute of Environmental Technology and Life (IATV) and is technical and scientific coordinator of the Nematology area of the Plant Health Laboratory of the Pedro Nunes Institute (FITOLAB). Based on these coordinations, LF has been actively collaborating with Portuguese wood and bark heat treatment industries and with the General Directorate of Food and Veterinary Affairs (DGAV). Furthermore, LF has also actively collaborated with the National Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF) performing nematological analyses to detect pine wood nematodes in Portuguese forestry areas.

Luís Moreno is a PhD in Human Geography and a master in Human Geography and Regional and Local Planning from the University of Lisbon, where he is a teacher (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning – IGOT-ULisboa) and a researcher (Center of Geographical Studies – CEG/ IGOT-ULisboa). In the scope of teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels, at the University of Lisbon (at the Faculty of Letters and IGOT), but also in other higher education institutions (e.g. ESELX-IPL), has worked mainly in the domains of Economic and Social Geography and Territorial Development (Regional / Local / Rural), as well as those of Rural Geography and European studies / European Policies (Master Coordinator, until 2018). He belongs to the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Degree In Sustainability Science (REASOn | REsources, Food and Society), University of Lisbon (https://csustentabilidade.ulisboa.pt/index-en.html), since 2017, PhD course within the Ulisboa College Group “Food, Farming and Forestry” (F3, being Coordinating Council member in 2021-2024, https://colegiof3.ulisboa.pt/). In these areas, but also in others [e.g. Tourism (and Communication); Social Education and Community Intervention] has supervised Master’s theses and PhD. In CEG, besides being a current researcher in the Groups “Urban and Regional Dynamics and Polices” (ZOE) and “Migrations, Spaces and Societies” (Migrare), he was also a member of the Nucleus “Strategies and Territorial Policies” (NEST), as well as the secretary of the CEG Board in 2010-2014 . He has coordinated some scientific research projects and participated in international networks, collaborating with other universities. Regarding work on local and rural development, it has done academic and applied research and practical investigation as an individual associate of Animar and member of its board between 2000 and 2006. At this level it is also involved in associative / civic dynamization processes, and promotion of social, economic and territorial equity, having coordinated some projects, national and international. He was president of the Portuguese Society of Rural Studies (SPER), between 2007 and 2012, leading the organization of various national and international events. It has more than a hundred works published in the form of books, research reports, dictionary entrances, magazine articles and newspapers, national and foreign.

Luísa Cristina dos Mártires Ferreira de Carvalho. She published 50 papers in international journals with peer review , 7 book chapters and 51 communications in congresses. She has an h-index of 16, with 639 citations. Luísa Carvalho has participated in 16 research projects and 5 COST actions. She co-supervised 13 master theses, co-supervised one finished PhD thesis, specific tasks in two international PhDs and currently supervises two PhD students. She supervised one post-doc for 6 years. She is a researcher at Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), in ‘Group II: Plant Science and Crop Production’ and the Thematic Line ‘Grapevine and Wine’. Luísa Carvalho has a background in Agronomy, in the area of Plant Production, that, together with knowledge and practical experience acquired during her master and PhD research, are the basis for a specialization in Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology which cover her current areas of research: – Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; – Functional genomics; – Functioning of the anti-oxidative stress response system; – Study of gene expression and identification of genes of interest; – Physiological characterization of grapevine genotypes with high tolerance to abiotic stress, namely chronic water scarcity and heat waves. The most representative keywords present in her work are the following: ABA; aquaporins; berry quality; glutathione; deficit irrigation; yield; cluster analysis; transcription factors; transcriptome; Vitis vinifera; gene expression ; quantitative real-time PCR; light stress; heat shock proteins; oxidative and photo-oxidative stress; acclimation and recovery; chlorophyll fluorescence; photosynthesis; redox state; transcript expression; breeding strategies; climate change; clonal selection; genetic diversity; germplasm; stress tolerance; somatic variation; sustainable viticulture; ascorbate-glutathione cycle; hydrogen peroxide; Varietal diversity; micropropagation; plant biotechnology; ROS; peroxiredoxins; hormone stress signals; acclimation; sulfate transporter; sulfate uptake.

Manuela Branco has a PhD in Applied Biology, a Master degree in Probability and Statistics, and Graduation in Forestry. She has a broad background in insect ecology and forest protection. Her research focuses mainly on the ecology of insect populations and forest pest management. She is mostly interested in ecologically friendly and sustainable strategies, with an emphasis on biological control and management strategies based on the use of semiochemicals. She participated in more than 25 research projects, including national and EU-funded projects, being coordinator at ISA of 12. Research activities include collaborations with enterprises and Associations of the forest sector. She has directed the elaboration of technical and scientific publications, with more than 110 peer-reviewed publications (Scopus h=28). She published 5 books and 28 book chapters. She has received 3 awards. In her professional activities interacted with about 400 national and international collaborators and co-authors of scientific papers. She participated in consultant boards for organization and government policies. She has participated as panel member on the evaluation of Research Projects and Scholarships. She is deputy of an IUFRO working unit. She participated in the organization and scientific committees of national and international congresses. She is Associate Editor or Editorial member of international journals: Forest Ecology and Management, Phytoparasitica, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.

Manuela Gomes da Silva (MGS) has been an assistant professor in the Department of Natural Resources, Environment, and Territory (DRAT) at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) of the University of Lisbon (ULisboa) since 2021. She has a degree in Agricultural Engineering, a master’s degree in Plant Production with a specialization in Plant Breeding, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering, all from ISA. She has previously held several postdoctoral fellowships and two contracts as a principal researcher (IF, FCT) and an auxiliary researcher (ICiencia, FCT) at the Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura (CBAA) and the Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF) research units. There, she studied Plant Biology and several cereal and legume crops with a focus on how plants adjust to a changing environment. Recently, her research career at the LEAF Research Unit and the TERRA Associated Laboratory has focused on contributing to the knowledge of plant genome plasticity by integrating functional genomics and biodiversity assessments of cereal species. She has used wheat’s response to abiotic stresses, such as heat and drought, as a model system. MGS has coordinated three research projects funded by FCT and participated in thirteen others. She has published 41 peer-reviewed articles in international scientific journals, 22 of which were published under her name as the first or last author. Ten of these articles were published in WoS Top 10 journals, and she has a Scopus h-index of 16. Most of her articles have been published in WoS Q1 journals in the fields of Agronomy, Plant Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Heredity. She is a reviewer for 20 international WoS journals, a review editor for two Frontiers journals, and a member of the evaluation panel for final reports of FCT research projects in the area of Agronomy since 2014. MGS has supervised one postdoctoral fellow, two Ph.D. students, five master’s students, two students with research grants, and seventeen undergraduates. She participates in the TutorISA program and has always included students in her research activities, listing several undergraduates as co-authors of her published scientific articles. Currently, she teaches nine UCs in Molecular, Cellular, and Plant Biology, as well as Genetics and Plant Breeding, for the first and second cycles at ISA-ULisboa. MGS has been actively involved in scientific dissemination activities and has coordinated the Webinar Series for the FCT research units CBAA and LEAF since 2008. MGS is a member of the ISA Commission for Equality, Inclusion, and Non-Discrimination (CIGI-ISA) and the ISA Ethics Committee.

I serve as an Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, where I also lead the Forest Ecology Research Group and the Tree Ecophysiology and Breeding Lab within the Forest Research Centre. My educational background is in Forestry and Forest Production. Despite this, my PhD research focused on grasslands, enriching my understanding of species interactions and their critical role in ecosystem resilience and functioning, especially in response to disturbances like extreme droughts. My research takes an integrated approach to ecosystem functioning, emphasizing the synergy between trees, shrubs, and grasslands and their resilience to climate and land-use changes. I am particularly interested in how trees adapt to recurrent droughts, especially when influenced by other biotic and abiotic factors. Through my work, including a significant study on cork oak resilience within shrub-invaded oak woodlands, I’ve gained profound insights into ecosystem dynamics and the potential for trees to thrive under multiple stressors. This understanding is critical for the sustainable management of ecosystems. To date, I have authored over 70 scientific papers in ISI journals, achieving an h-index of 30 and with 4409 citations according to Scopus. My work has been published in high impact factor journals, including Science, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Global Change Biology, and Nature Communications. I have led over seven scientific projects and contributed to more than 20 international projects. In addition to my research, I play an active role in the academic community as an invited Editor of Forests and an Associate Review Editor for Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Agroecology and Ecosystem Services, and Frontiers in Plant Science-Functional Plant Ecology. I have supervised 4 PhD and 15 MSc students, with ongoing supervision of 3 PhD and 4 MSc students. I reviewed papers for over 30 scientific journals, including Nature Plants and Global Change Biology. I have also contributed to the Portuguese National Science Foundation and the European Union as a reviewer and coordinated the Evaluation Panel for PhD grants in Agriculture, Silviculture, and Fisheries for the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), underlying my engagement in the scientific community’s development and funding processes.

Experience in the planning of R & D projects in food safety and technology of agricultural products. Valorization of plant products and by-products from agro-industries. In vitro tests to evaluate biomolecules functional properties. Phytochemical identification of biomolecules enhancing product innovation. Encapsulation techniques: spray-drying, freeze-drying, emulsion, or solvent evaporation to develop nutritional/functional food ingredients. New packaging systems such as coatings and edible films. Food ingredients to reduce salt and sugar content and replace synthetic colors, antioxidants, and antimicrobials in food products.

Completed the Doutoramento in Engenharia Agronómica in 2000/09/27 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Mestrado in Engenharia da Rega e dos Recursos Agrícolas in 1994 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Licenciatura in Engenharia Agronómica in 1991 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Is Associate Professor in Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Published 34 articles in journals. Has 3 section(s) of books and 1 book(s). Supervised 2 PhD thesis(es) e co-supervised 1. Supervised 10 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 2. Has received 2 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Principal investigator in 3 project(s) and Researcher in 12 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Agrarian Sciences. In their professional activities interacted with 131 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Gestão de Recursos Hídricos; Envolvimento de Stakeholders; Reutilização de águas residuais tratadas; Culturas mediterrâneas; Necessidades hídricas das plantas ; Plantas autóctones ; Biocrusts ; cobertura ajardinada ; uso da água; ecossistemas mediterrânicos; contaminação por agroquímicos; stress hídrico; Modelação da Rega; Sistemas de apoio à decisão; Modelos operando pela Web; Tecnologias de informação e comunicação; Nitrates directive; vulnerable zones to nitrates; N surplus; spatialization; trend analysis; Monte Carlo; “irrigation”; “inovation”; “remote sensing”; “croping systems”; “water management”; “earth observation”; “fab lab”; “participatoy aproach”; Coberturas/fachadas verdes; Análise custo-benefício; Incerteza; Preferências dos investidores/utilizadores; Gestão da água; Recursos agrícolas; Tecnologias em horto-fruticultura; Engenharia dos alimentos; necessidades de rega; previsão metereológica; processo decisório; previsão e monitorização de secas; Sustentabilidade na produção e serviços da Terra; Economia circular e processamento; Sistemas socioecológicos e territórios; Saúde ambiental; Agricultura Sustentável; Biodiversidade; Recursos Naturais; Cadeia Agro-Alimentar; Bacia Hidrográfica do Tejo; zona vulnerável aos nitratos; recarga do aquífero; escoamento de base; modelo semi-distribuido; urban agriculture; allotment park; urban allotment gardens; heavy metals; portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometer (PXRF); agriculture; impact; measures; nitrogen; sensitive zones; Tagus river basin; vulnerable zones; Sistemas de Informação Geográfica; deteção remota; Gloogle Earth Engine; balanço hídrico do solo; necessidades globais de rega; cenários climáticos; disponibilidade de água para a rega; ISAREG; escoamentos; irrigation requirements; green roofs; stormwater management; mediterranean native plants; horticulture; diffuse pollution; N emissions; N leaching; mitigation strategies; fertigation management; crop management; N2O emissions; NO3 – leaching; mitigation measures; N emission factors; N leaching factors; system modelling; RZWQM2; winter oats; tomate de indústria; rega gota-a-gota; bolbo molhado; NDVI; modelação; crop coefficient; irrigation water requirements; irrigation scheme; Sentinel-2; soil water balance model; vegetation indices; Bacia do Tejo; balanço bruto do azoto; água subterrânea; Diretiva nitratos; urban gardens; nitrate leaching; irrigation; fertilization; RZWQM; Lisbon; contamination; vegetables; agri-environmental indicator; nitrates directive; nitrogen hazard; vulnerability; water surplus; lixiviação de nitratos; chorume bovino; acidificação de chorume; rega; milho; silagem; captação de águas pluviais; bacia hidrográfica; Modelo de Témez; dimensionamento hidrológico; dimensionamento hidráulico; Rapid Appraisal Process; indicadores de desempenho; perímetro de rega; rede distribuição em pressão; performance Indicators; irrigation perimeter;

Maria João Costa joined the Forest Research Centre as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the end of 2024. She completed her PhD in River Restoration and Management in 2019 from Instituto Superior de Agronomia, focusing on the impacts of hydropower production on fish communities and the subsequent development of morphological mitigation measures in experimental flumes. Her academic background and experience are deeply interdisciplinary, combining Freshwater Ecology and Ecohydraulics, with a particular focus on fish–flow interactions. Her research bridges the laboratory and the riverine ecosystem, enabling the practical application of flume-based knowledge to natural river conditions. During her PhD, she co-led the rehabilitation and certification of the experimental facilities at Instituto Superior Técnico for live-fish experiments and integrated the IST Animal Welfare Body. Her postdoctoral work further explored the impacts of hydropower production on freshwater fish communities through participation in competitive European and national projects, contributing to the planning, execution, and dissemination of Ecohydraulics research. This work resulted in numerous collaborations, the application of innovative monitoring technologies for fish communities, and even the proposal of a patent. Her experience also extends to WWF Portugal, where she coordinated the Freshwater team, and to the private sector, through her work at AQUALOGUS as a consultant and project coordinator in freshwater projects. She is the author of 22 papers indexed in the ISI Web of Science (h-index = 10) and has published and presented her research, including as an invited speaker, at numerous renowned national and international conferences and meetings. She has participated in several competitive national and international projects, highlighting the FCT-EcoPeak4Fish project, which developed solutions to ensure the sustainability of fish populations downstream of hydropower plants, where she coordinated two of the project’s main tasks. She has supervised undergraduate, MSc, and PhD students, fostering interest in this research field and contributing to capacity building in Ecohydraulics and Freshwater Ecology. Maria João Costa has been actively involved in co-organizing scientific meetings and conferences and in science communication. She maintains a well-established scientific network with whom she regularly collaborates on publications, student supervision, and competitive research proposals. She is an active reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals, a founding member of the HyPeak network, and an active participant in the Movimento Rio Douro, a civil society initiative dedicated to the protection of the Douro River.

Maria Otília de Almeida Carvalho. Published more than 8 articles in journals. Works in the area(s) of Agronomy and Engineering and Technology, Other Engineering and Technologies with emphasis on Food and Stored Product Protection and Insects edibility. In their professional activities interacted with 16 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. Member of the Permanent Committee of IWCSPP, and Member of the Scientific Committee of IOBC-wprs and IWCSPP. Supervised two MSc on edibility of insects associated to stored products. Principal Investigator of the project SafeGrains which includes the edibility of insects of stored grain.

Maria Romeiras completed her PhD in Molecular Biology in 2005 by University of Lisbon (ULisboa), her Master in Integrated Pest Management in 1996 by Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA – School of Agriculture), and her Bachelor in Biology in 1990 by Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon. Since, February 2017, Maria is a Professor at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), the largest and most qualified School of graduate and post-graduate degrees in the Agricultural Sciences, in Portugal. Currently, she is member of two Research Centres: full member of LEAF Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Center (ISA/ULisboa), Associate Laboratory TERRA¿, and a collaborator in ¿Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c/FCUL), Associate Laboratory CHANGE”. She is also member of “Tropical College (CTROP)”, which aims to foster tropical research among ten faculties of University of Lisbon. Maria has received some honors and/or awards, namely in March 2018, she joined the list of prestigious corresponding members of Academy of Sciences of Lisbon; and in March 2019 she was distinguished by Ciência Viva (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology – FCT) in the book “Women in Science”, which pays a tribute to women scientists in Portugal. Recently, she was invited to join the Vice-Chair of International network of “IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Macaronesian Islands Plant SG (MIPSG)” to lead the Cabo Verde group. Also, she has received a prestigious International award from the “Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund” for leadership in conservation initiatives, for her contribution to the study of Cabo Verde’s flora (in 2012). Moreover, Maria won several FCT grants, namely: Master fellowship at ISA; PhD fellow at FCUL, and Post-Doc at IICT. During five years (2009 -2014), she was Researcher at the Tropical Research Institute (IICT/ULisboa), within the framework of the Ciência2008 Programme/FCT. Maria has published over 3 books, 30 book chapters and more than 80 peer-reviewed papers in reputed international journals (e.g. Conservation Letters; Global Ecology and Biogeography; Journal of Biogeography; Biological Conservation; Scientific Reports; Frontiers in Plant Science; Plant Science; Biodiversity and Conservation; Taxon; Journal of Ethnopharmacology; or in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society). In their professional activities interacted with several international collaborator(s) in co-authorship of scientific papers. Maria also acted as reviewer for several ISI journals. Since 2008, she has actively disseminated her scientific research with more than 200 conference presentations, including 10 talks, several of which as invited speaker in international meetings. Maria has participated in several research projects, being in the last years Principal Investigator in 2 projects focused on the study of Macaronesia’s flora (i.e. 2018-2023 the project “CVAgrobiodiversity” funded (298kEUR) by Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and FCT; and PTDC/BIA-BIC/4113/2012: 110kEUR). Currently, she is supervising several graduate students (e.g. 14 PhD students, 5 already completed, and 20 MS-students. Over the last years, she organized several field-expeditions, particularly in Cabo Verde and Angola, and was member of the Organizing Committees of over 15 International Congresses. She has been also committed to dissemination and outreaching activities such as the “Open Day, the Plants Fascination Day”, and “European Researcher’s Night”. From 2010 to 2015, Maria was Deputy-Director of the Tropical Botanical Garden (IICT/UL) and from 2011 to 2015 was Vice-President of the Scientific Council of the IICT/ULisboa. Recently, she was nominated curator of the “Tapada da Ajuda Botanical Park and Nature Botanical Reserve D. António Xavier Pereira Coutinho”, which represents a unique natural space of local vegetation of great floral significance in Tapada da Ajuda (ISA).

Matilde Moreira-Santos has expertise in the scientific area Biological Sciences, sub-areas Ecology and Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, and specialization in Ecotoxicology, with emphasis on the reduction of uncertainties in extrapolations (e.g. from lab to field) inherent in prospective and retrospective Ecological Risk Assessment, specifically on exposure pathways and the effects of anthropogenic stressors (e.g. pesticides) and natural abiotic factors (due to global climate change, e.g. salinization), across levels of biological organization, freshwater and coastal areas and geographical regions. This path, strongly aligned with the global commitment to sustainability (particularly with UN SDGs 6, 14, 15) and at national/regional level with the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization (particularly axis 4: Natural Resources and Environment, in the topic Water and Environment), led her to acquire expertise in: (1) development and validation of standardized, ecologically relevant tests with organisms representing the main taxonomic (bacteria, microalgae, macrophytes, crustaceans, insects, amphibians, small fish) and functional groups and environmental compartments (pelagic, benthic); (2) contaminants as habitat disruptors with effects on the spatial distribution of aquatic organisms thus on ecosystems structure/function; (3) impacts of contaminants through the use of outdoor model ecosystems (mesocosms) and the integration of the consequences of soil contamination (through leaching, runoff); (4) tropical ecotoxicology; (5) provision of sound scientific knowledge to support the decision-making processes in the policy and management of aquatic systems; (6) network of national/international collaborations reflected in the co-supervision of students and funding of scientific projects; (7) teaching/supervision of national/international undergraduate/MSc/PhD/pos-graduate courses.

Patricia María Rodríguez González. Finished PhD in Forest Engineering in 2009 by Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal) , Master in Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (Biodiversidade e Conservación do Medio natural) in 2002, by Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Master in Applied Statistics in 2012 by Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain) and Bachelor Degree in Forestry Engineering in 2000 by Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Published 43 articles in especialized journals.

Paula Alvarenga completed a PhD in Environmental Engineering in 2009 (University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia), a MSc degree in Analytical Chemistry in 1998 (University of Évora) and a Degree in Chemical Engineering in 1992 (University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico). She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon Instituto Superior de Agronomia since 2017 and worked from 1993 to 2016 in the Polytechnic Institute of Beja, School of Agriculture. She has published over 53 articles in international indexed specialized journals, 9 book chapter(s) and 18 articles in Books of Proceedings of International Conferences. She was Associated Editor in 3 international journals, where she edited over 22 scientific manuscripts, and reviewed for different journals. She supervised 1 post-doctoral thesis(s), 1 doctoral thesis and 17 MSc thesis, and is now supervising 4 PhD students and 5 MSc students. She participated as an Investigator in 22 projects, both national and internationally funded, and as Principal Investigator in 1 project(s), FCT funded. She works in the areas of Natural Sciences with an emphasis on Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her main research interest are in soil quality and pollution; soil remediation; phytoremediation and phytomanagement; remediation of soils from mining areas; use of biowastes as soil amendments; risk assessment of using biowastes as agricultural soil amendments; water quality and pollution.

Completed the PhD studies in Biosystems Engeneering in 2014 by Universidade de Lisboa, MSc in Tropical Agricultural Production in 2008 by Universidade de Lisboa and Degree in Agronomic Engineering in 1998 by Universidade de Lisboa. She is Assistant Professor in Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Researcher in LEAF. Published 61 articles in ISI journals. Has 19 section(s) of books and 2 book(s). Organized 7 event(s). Supervised 1 PhD thesis(es). Supervised 5 MSc dissertation(s) and co-supervised 2. Participates and/or participated as Other in 3 project(s), Principal investigator in 2 project(s), Research Fellow in 5 project(s) and Researcher in 9 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. In their professional activities interacted with 230 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. She is Associate Editor of the Agricultural Water Management (Elsevier) jornal and Academic Editor of Agronomy (MDPI). She belongs to the Editorial Advisory Board CAB Reviews (CABI). She participated in several expert panels on the evaluation of project proposals for EU Horizon 2020 (since 2017), EUREKA EUROSTARS (since 2015), Czech Science Foundation (since 2018) and FONDECYT, Chile (since 2023). She was CEO and founding partner of IrrigAcqua, providing for consultant expertise on irrigation management. In hers curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Environment and Global Changes – Environment; Agricultural and Forestry Sciences – Agriculture and Environment; Irrigation systems performance; Participatory approach; Water management; Laboratório de inovação; Irrigation modeling; DSS; Web modeling tools; ICT; irrigation requirements; weather forecasts; decision-making; drought predictability; drought monitoring.

Paula Lorenzo Rodríguez. Completed the Doctor in Master in terrestrial ecosystems, sustainable management and environmental implications in 2010/06/29 by Universidade de Vigo Departamento de Bioloxía Vexetal e Ciencias do Solo, DEA in Biología de los organismos y ecosystemas (Organisms and ecosystems biology) in 2004 by Universidade de Vigo Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal and Bachelor in Biology in 2002/07/22 by Universidade de Vigo. Published 26 articles in journals. Has 9 section(s) of books. Organized 3 event(s). Participated in 12 event(s). Co-supervised 1 PhD thesis(es). Co-supervised 1 MSc dissertation(s). Co-supervised 1 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc. Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Master Student Fellow in 2 project(s), PhD Student Fellow in 2 project(s) and Researcher in 3 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Agronomy, Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Agronomy and Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Agronomy. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Allelopathy; Phytotoxicity; Natural compounds; bioherbicides; biostimulants; organic fertilizers; Sustainable agriculture; Plant invasions.

I am an all-round biologist with specialization and long-term experience in Entomology and Evolution. I have experience with Curatorship, Systematics, Phylogeny, Biogeography, Ecology, Agronomy, Ecotoxicology, Biological control, and Science Communication. In the last 10 years I have been engaged in different national projects in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Portugal, including European projects. In the last 5 years I have dedicated myself to studies in biological control of pests, and invasive species such as the Vespa velutina nigrithorax, in addition to collaborate in projects with ecotoxicology and ecology of honeybees. Since 2021, I have participated in three projects related with the V. v. nigrithoras invasion in Portugal: two regional projects for the assessment of the distribution of V. v. nigrithorax; and as researcher of one national project (CONTROLVESPA – Development of strategies for the CONTROL of VESPA velutina invasion, PTDC/CTA-AMB/2123/2020), that aims to develop new technology/techniques for the detection and elimination of nests, in a more effective and environmental conscious control of V. v. nigrithorax. I am a member of the COLOSS Vespid Taskforce, that aims to to discuss, coordinate, and implement practical actions to reduce damage to bees from vespid species of concern. Currently I am scientific researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra within the scope of FCT’s scientific employment.

He completed his PhD in Forestry Engineering in 2000 at the University of Lisbon – Instituto Superior de Agronomia. He has published 44 articles in national and international specialized and peer-reviewed journals. He has supervised 20 master’s dissertations and 1 doctoral dissertation. He is currently supervising three master’s theses and two doctoral theses. His area of ​​expertise is in the area of ​​Agricultural Sciences with an emphasis on Forestry. In his Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the contextualization of scientific production are: forestry; forest modeling; forest management; forest inventory; forest models; non-timber forest products; environmental changes; forest management and planning; adaptive forest management; decision support system; risk; aerial laser scanning; carbon balance; forest management scenarios; carbon sequestration; wood production; Maritime pine and eucalyptus; forestry; good practices.

Paulo Branco is a biologist (FCUL, 2005), with a Doctorate in Forest Eng & Nat Res (ISA ULisboa, 2013). He leads an innovative and very active research line on river network connectivity at Forest Research Centre, with several collaborating researchers and students. Paulo has developed work in fish ecology, river connectivity, ecohydraulics, fishways, habitat suitability modelling, fish historical records, animal behaviour, fish physiology and animal experimentation. Paulo is the CEO of the Associate Laboratory TERRA (FCT, 1.1MEUR) that aggregates 400+ PhDs from different research centres in Portugal. OUTPUTS & DISSEMINATION: 51 articles (37 in the last 5 years), 47 (92%) in Q1 or Q2 Journals, 27 (52%) in top 10%, 19 (37%) in top 3% and 3 (6%) in top 1% journals (Scimago), 1 highly cited article (WoS), and 3 in the top 5% of Almetric outreach score, with a cumulative IF of 255, average IF 5/article, 21% as first, 19% as last and 21% as corresponding author (Wos); and 30 conf. proceedings. Paulo has co-developed a free database for historical diadromous fish records, spanning one millennium of data, and a free software to deal with river network summarizations (RivTool – downloaded in 70+ countries). 106 oral presentations, of which 11 by invitation, and 30 posters. TEACHING: Invited teacher at ISA-ULisboa for the last 8 years on 6 different BSc, 1 MSc and 1 PhD, teaching Ecology, Animal Biology, Zoology, Population Dynamics, River and Blue-green connectivity. Invited teacher at the International Master in Applied Ecology, since 2020, at the University of Coimbra. COLLABORATIONS: Participation in several national and international projects establishing a research network, collaborating with over 300 researchers in all continents. ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVENTS: Paulo was involved in organizing scientific conferences (2 international conferences), specialized sessions (2 in international conferences), taking part in scientific boards (3 of international conferences), workshops and laboratory open days for the general public. REVIEWER/EDITOR: Active reviewer of scientific publications, contributing as a reviewer for 40 international journals. He co-edited a special issue for Water journal on the effects of multiple stressor on aquatic systems, and is co-editor of 2 special issues, 1 on river connectivity for IJERPH, where he is Topic Editor, and 1 on nature-based solutions for Hydrobiology, where he is part of the editorial board. FUNDING: Applied, and was successfully awarded, for project funding, national and international, both as PI and as partner. Currently PI of Dammed Fish (FCT, 244KEUR), funded under a very competitive call (6% success rate), and leading tasks in MERLIN (H2020, 22MEUR) and AQUADAPT (LaCaixa-FCT, 300KEUR). And led an 11 partners (9 countries) consortium on and Biodiversa proposal. SUPERVISION: 10 BSc, 4 MSc and 4 PhD. Took part at juries and thesis committees from different degree levels in Portugal and abroad (14 BSc, 9 MSc and 3 PhD). Hosted two scientific stays. FACILITIES: Planning and installation of an experimental mesocosm system, at the campus of ISA, and has been involved in the recovery and operation of a large scale ecohydraulic flume (50 m3 water) at the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering. RECOGNITION: Member of the Scientific council of the Forest Research Centre. Part of the CEF-Outreach strategy group. Publicly nominated, member, as a freshwater specialist, of the Observatory Board for the management of the oldest national planted forest in Portugal – XIII century (Observatório Local do Pinhal do Rei). Member of the Ecosystems and Water Quality Committee of the Portuguese Association of Water Resources. Recently invited to lead a regional group of Early Careers on Ecohydraulics Network supported by IAHR. Awarded in 2020 and 2021, with Honourable Mentions at the University of Lisbon Scientific Prizes due to his outstanding publication record.

Paulo Navarro-Costa is group leader of the Evolution, Reproduction & Medicine (EvoReproMed) Laboratory of the Lisbon Medical School (Portugal), and program coordinator at the European Molecular Genetics Quality Network (UK). His work is at the interface between basic and clinical reproductive research and has uncovered, among others, an ancient transcriptional program common to animal male germ cells (eLife, 2024), the molecular drivers responsible for the low spermatogenic efficiency of gorillas (eLife, 2024), a new model for transcript sharing in mammalian spermatogenesis (PLOS Biology, 2020), a transcriptional regulator essential for the unpacking of sperm chromosomes after fertilization (EMBO reports, 2018), and an epigenetic mechanism that temporally controls meiotic transcription (Nature Communications, 2016). At the clinical level, he coordinates a yearly external quality assessment program that evaluates the performance of more than 140 genetic diagnosis laboratories across the globe, as well as being responsible for the European Academy of Andrology best practice guidelines on the genetic testing of male infertility (Andrology, 2023). He is member of the Editorial Board of the official journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (USA), and Invited Assistant Professor at the Lisbon Medical School. He serves as referee for international funding agencies and scientific journals, and regularly contributes to scientific outreach activities. Paulo has 18 publications (10 as corresponding author), an average of 41 citations per publication, and 2 kids (data: Google Scholar and his wife).

Pedro Nogueira Brás de Oliveira accomplished his PhD in Agricultural Engineering on 2006 from the University of Lisbon Instituto Superior de Agronomia, his Master’s Degree in Plant Production on 1994 at the same University and his degree in Agricultural Production on 1989 from the University of the Azores. He is an Assistant Researcher (career) at the National Institute of Agricultural and Veterinary Research. Published 25 articles in specialized journals. Organized 20 event(s). Participated in more than 30 event(s). Co-supervised 18 master’s thesis(s). Received 4 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as a Research Fellow in 2 project(s), Master’s Fellow in 1 project(s), Researcher in 16 project(s), Responsible Investigator in 2 project(s) and other 5 protocols with enterprises. Works in the area(s) of Agricultural Sciences with an emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with an emphasis on Horticulture. In his professional activities, he interacted with 54 collaborator(s) in co-authoring scientific works. In its Science Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological production are: Rubus sp.; protected cultivation; double cropping; rooting; cutting; Corema album; vegetative propagation; small fruits; rooting; auxins; phenological scale; vegetative growth; flowering; dioecious; berry; Plant physiology; Improvement; Vaccinium sp.; Crop Physiology.

Peter TALHINHAS. Completed his PhD in Agricultural Engineering in 2002 from the University of Lisbon, PhD in Agricultural Engineering in 2002 from the University of Lisbon Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1994 from the University of Lisbon. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon Higher Institute of Agronomy. Published 53 articles in specialized journals. It has 4 book chapter(s). Organized 6 event(s). Participated in 1 event(s). Co-supervised 2 doctoral theses. Co-supervised 6 master’s dissertation(s). Co-supervised 4 undergraduate/bachelor’s degree completion projects. Received 1 award(s) and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as a Doctoral Fellow in 1 project(s), Researcher in 8 project(s) and Responsible Researcher in 3 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Agricultural Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Plant Production and Protection. In his professional activities he interacted with 186 collaborators in co-authorship of scientific works. In his Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the contextualization of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Biotrophy; Colletotrichum acutatum; RAPD; PR genes; Lupinus angustifolius; population structure; Hemileia vastatrix; genetic diversity; Lupinus spp.; hypersensitive reaction; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Portugal; histopathology; hypersensitive response; biogeography; Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation; basal immunity; ISSR; Asymptomatic Colonization; Germplasm Collection; Angola; AFLP; Coffee Berry Disease; Resistance to Hygromycin B; molecular markers; Pathogenicity mutants; coffee leaf rust; rRNA-ITS; aetiology; Real-time quantitative PCR; Colletotrichum kahawae; Insertional mutagenesis; Coffea arabica; genetic diversity; fungal plant pathogen; epidemiology; Epidemiology; olive domestication; Green fluorescent protein expression; PCR-RFLP; defense gene expression; olive anthracnose; Coffea canephora; colletotrichum acutatum; evolution; fungal lifestyle; pathogenicity; anthracnose; coffee berry disease; Colletotrichum taxonomy; Colletotrichum gloesporioides species complex; Colletotrichum kahawae subsp. kahawae; Colletotrichum kahawae subsp. cigarette; lupin; Lupine; Colletotrichum lupini; anthracnose; Andean lupin, tarwi, protein and oil; crop adaptability; Andean lupine; tarwi; protein and oil; Lupinus mutabilis; cytogenomics; flow cytometry; rust; Fungi; genome size; fungi; Karyotype; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Germ tube burst method; Coffee plants; Leaf rust; Master’s Theses, 2011; colletotrichum gloeosporioides; agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation; hygromycin B resistance; green fluorescent protein expression; insertional mutagenesis; pathogenicity mutants; germplasm collection.

Raquel Lobo-do-Vale completed a PhD in 2012, entitled “Carbon assimilation by Amazonian rain forest trees: seasonality, inter-annual variation, and drought”. Is Assistant Researcher in Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia. She published 33 articles in journals, of which two were highly cited, with total citations of 1.485. Her h-index is 17. Organized 7 events. Co-supervised 3 MSc dissertations. Has received 3 awards and/or honours. Participates and/or participated in 10 projects and Principal investigator in 4 projects. In their professional activities interacted with 510 collaborators co-authorship of scientific papers. She is very experienced in field work, including experimental set-up and maintenance and data analysis. During the last years, the focus of her research has been on tree ecophysiology of the Mediterranean ecosystems in the context of climate change (drought, warming), both in adult trees, in the field, and in seedlings, in the greenhouse. She is currently studying the foliar water uptake of cork oak leaves and the impact of drought and shrub encroachment on Mediterranean cork oak growth and resilience. She is particularly interested in the drought effects on the water, carbon, and nutrient dynamics of Mediterranean ecosystems. She is looking forward to contributing to the improvement of sustainable management practices that promote the efficient use of water.

Assistant Professor at ISA, PhD in Agro-industrial Engineering, Degree in Technological Chemistry. Develops her main research activity in waste and wastewater treatment/valorisation, particularly focusing on resource recovery. Bioenergy production from agro-industrial waste using anaerobic co-digestion is also an addressed thematic. European Commission Expert (EX2013D147861) on FP7 Projects in the thematic ¿ICT for water resources management¿ (ICT-2013.6.3). Has published several book chapters and research papers in peer-reviewed international journals. Throughout her teaching career, she has taught several curricular units in the disciplinary area of Environmental Engineering, in undergraduate and master’s degree courses. Has supervised numerous Master’s and PhD dissertations, and been part of Juries in Environmental Engineering. It is also important to highlight the experience of teaching abroad in Cape Verde and East Timor.

I am a coordinating researcher at INIAV I. P. Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, The Portuguese National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research, PhD in Plant Biotechnology from Science Faculty, University of Lisbon, Head of Plant Biotechnology Laboratory of Forest Research Unit. My research interests are focused on Forest Genetics, Molecular Biology and Genomics of Woody Species, including Castanea sativa Mill, Quercus suber L, Pinus pinea L and P. pinaster Ait. The work developed in recent years has focused on the use of molecular markers to assess the genetic structure of populations of chestnut, maritime and stone pines and the use of genomic tools to understanding the genetics underlying various aspects of the Trees¿ Biology that condition, namely: the quality of wood in pine, yield and quality of cork in cork oak and disease resistance in chestnut and maritime pine, namely chestnut root rot, caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi and pine wilt disease caused by the pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Currently I am the coordinator of the research program: “Understanding disease resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in Castanea spp”. I was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Clemson University, University of Kentucky and Southern Institute of Forest Genetics – USA in the academic year of 2015-2016. Currently I am the scientific coordinator of The Chestnut Breeding Program at INIAV and of the reserach program “Understanding resistance of Castanea spp to Phtytophthora cinnamomi Rands”.

Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, University of Lisbon, and at TERRA – Associate Laboratory for Sustainable Land Use and Ecosystem Services. She is a Landscape Architect (University of Évora, 1994) with over 30 years of scientific and professional experience. The first decade of her career was devoted to professional practice and consultancy, primarily in land-use planning, sustainable development, nature conservation, protected areas, and cultural landscape management. Between 2000 and 2008, she participated in national and international research projects as a Research Assistant at the University of Évora, where she completed an European PhD in Arts and Techniques of Landscape (2008). Her doctoral thesis, “Integrative Landscape Management: New Parameters for the Implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy. A Case Study in Southern Portugal”, was developed across five European universities (Nottingham, Paris, Arlon, Wageningen, and Copenhagen), fostering a transdisciplinary approach integrating natural and social sciences. From 2010 to 2015, she served as a Guest Professor at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. In 2015, she initiated a research collaboration with the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa). Throughout her postdoctoral trajectory, she has combined research and teaching across six universities, having taught 18 courses, supervised 16 postgraduate students, and currently supervising six PhD theses. She has authored approximately 100 scientific and technical publications. Since 2020, she has contributed to the design and implementation of four Horizon projects in the fields of nature-based solutions, water-smart management, sustainability transitions, and food systems planning. Her research is grounded in action research and solution-oriented approaches, aiming to contribute to innovative knowledge production in the field of planetary health. Her work integrates natural and social sciences at the environment–health interface and is underpinned by participatory and collaborative research processes. Her current research focuses on two main lines: food systems transitions and nature-based prescribing, framed within the context of the climate emergency and biodiversity loss. These research lines promote transformative processes that integrate scientific knowledge, public policy, and active governance, with positive impacts on human health and well-being, the economy, and landscapes as living systems. She has participated in several public policy design and implementation processes as a consultant to public administrations, including the National Architecture and Landscape Policy (2015) and the National Programme for Spatial Planning Policy (2019). She is co-founder and co-coordinator of FoodLink – the Food Transition Network of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (2019–present) and coordinator of the Food Transition Strategy for the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (2025). As both a researcher and a citizen, she considers creativity an essential driver of scientific innovation and knowledge production, supporting healthier and more equitable societal transformations. Her research has been recognised with awards from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2014) and ICS-ULisboa (2022).

Rossana Estanqueiro is a Geographer. Graduated in Geography and Regional Planning (2002), Master in Territorial Management (2007) and PhD in Geography and Territorial Planning, specialization area in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (2012). Researcher integrated in History, Territories and Communities NOVA FCSH Hub of CFE – CENTRE FOR FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY – Science for People & the Planet of Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra (since March 2022) & Laboratory TERRA. Between 2015 and 2022 was researcher integrated in CICS.NOVA (Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa). Between 2016 and 2020 was Coordinator of the Research Team (RT): Geographic Modelling, Remote Sensing and Data Infrastructures, integrated in Research Group(RG4): Socio-Spatial Modelling and Planning of the CICS.NOVA, and also representative member of the RG4 in the dynamic committee of the CICS.NOVA Ideas Laboratory. Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Regional Planning (DGPR) of NOVA FCSH, where since 2012 she teaches aggregate subjects in the area of geographic analysis, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for territorial and urban planning, and between 2017 and 2023 was the Departmental Mobility Coordinator (ERASMUS +) of the DGPR (NOVA FCSH). In 2023 and 2024 was the Coordinator of Geography and Regional Planning Undergraduate (DGPR, NOVA FCSH) and member of the Department’s executive committee.

His research team has been pursuing several approaches aiming mainly at: (i) reducing uncertainties in Ecological Risk Assessments of contaminated sites, particularly in the tropics; (ii) evaluating microevolution due to pollution in both soil and aquatic populations and studying inheritance of resistance to metals; (iii) developing both laboratory and in situ ecologically relevant short-term sublethal toxicity assays, representing different functions in freshwater and estuarine ecosystems; (iv) appraising contaminant-driven emigration/recolonisation (repellence versus attractiveness) and contaminant-caused habitat-fragmentation: contaminants as habitat disturbers alongside as physiological toxicants.

Rui S. Oliveira is a Microbiologist that has been contributing to the advancement of scientific knowledge on plant-microbe interactions for sustainable agricultural production and for remediation of degraded soils.

Sara Isabel Falcão Navarro Leston Ferreira is a contracted researcher at the Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra (Portugal), where she also obtained her Degree in Biology, Masters in Ecology and PhD in Biology (area of Ecology). Currently, she develops her work activity at the CFE-Center for Functional Ecology, focusing on environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in animal production systems, especially aquaculture. Moreover, she also focuses her research on the development of new analytical methodologies for the detection and quantification of contaminants in environmental and food related matrices such as fish, algae, water, sediment and soil. In the course of her PhD and thereafter she has gained expertise in environmental monitoring and risk assessment, while developing in-house research on exposure effects of non-target organisms to pharmaceuticals commonly used in aquaculture. Moreover, due to the lack of appropriate tools for quantification of such contaminants in environmental matrices such as algae, she has gathered expertise on method development and analytical analyses, with special focus on liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Furthermore, her research also focuses on food security and safety, an area interconnected with environmental health. In addition to developing active research, she provides consultancy in terms of ecological risk assessment of plant protection products. Her scientific career includes over 40 published articles in indexed journals and 6 book chapters on her area of expertise and she also participated as a team member in several research projects. She has several participations in international conferences and has been actively involved in the supervision of PhD, MSc and graduate students.

Sílvia Castro. Completed the PhD in Biology in 2007/12/17 by University of Aveiro, Graduation in Biology in 2002 by University of Aveiro, Postgraduate Certificate in Workshop in Flow Citometry by INTECMAR – Xunta de Galicia, Postgraduate Certificate Sattistical analyses: diseño experimental y análisis de efectos abordados con modelos GLM in 2005/10 by Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), Postgraduate Certificate in Introduction to Ecological Niche Modelling in 2020/08/07 by Tranzmitting Science, Postgraduate Certificate in COST Academy: Leadership course in 2019/09 by COST Association and Postgraduate Certificate in Herbivory: the plant perspective in 2008/02 by Charles University in Prague. Is Invited Auxiliary Researcher in Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida and Group Leader – FLOWer Lab – Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plants, Agri-Environment and Pollination Services in Centro de Ecologia Funcional. Published 93 articles in journals. Has 5 section(s) of books. Organized 25 event(s). Supervised 5 PhD thesis(es) e co-supervised 8. Supervised 7 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 9. Supervised 8 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc e co-supervised 8. Has received 6 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Other in 4 project(s), Principal investigator in 5 project(s) and Researcher in 26 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Evolutionary Biology, Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Biodiversity Conservation, Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Reproductive Biology, Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Ecology and Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Agriculture. In their professional activities interacted with 411 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Plant-pollinator interactions; diploid-polyploid complexes; Sympatric speciation; Polyploids; Contact zones; Cryptic diversity; Biological invasions; Threatened plants; Endemic plants; Red Lists; Conservation actions; Pollinators; Bees; Mating systems; Self-incompatibility; Heterostyly; Floral polymorphisms; Species distribution; Plant diversity; Environmental niche; water stress; Green infrastructures; Pollination ecosystem services; crop yield; Agroecosystems; Eutrophication; Pollinator-friendly solutions.

Sofia Cerasoli Salvatori. Completed the Doutoramento in Engenharia Florestal e dos Recursos Naturais in 2002 by Universidade de Lisboa and Licenciatura in Ciências Agrarias in 1991 by Università degli Studi di Perugia. Is Assistant Professor in Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Published 25 articles in journals. Has 3 section(s) of books. Organized 6 event(s). Participated in 2 event(s). Supervised 1 PhD thesis(es) e co-supervised 1. Supervised 2 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 1. Participates and/or participated as Principal investigator in 4 project(s) and Researcher in 5 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Forestry and Natural sciences with emphasis on Earth and Environmental Sciences. In their professional activities interacted with 195 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: biodiverse pastures; fertilization; remote sensing; precision agriculture; climate change; greemhouse gases; carbon balance; eddy covariance; cork oak woodland; plant physiology; elevated CO2; Mediterranean forest; proximal sensing; stable isotopes; UAV; Net Ecosystem Exchange; Carbon balance; respiration; tree rings chronology; within tree variability; microclimate; leaf acclimation; Gross Primary Productivity; soluble sugars; fotossintése; hyperspectral optical measurements; spectral vegetation indices; ESFRI; spectroradiometry; NDVI; automated optical sensors; carbon biogeochemical cycle; carbon sinks/sources; carbon flux models; Upscaling of proximal measurements; silvopastoril ecosystems; optical sensors; montado; ground spectroscopy; phenology; pinheiro bravo; pinus pinaster; stress hidrico; resposta da planta.

Researcher at Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon, Portugal. She has a degree in Forestry Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (2000), a Master’s Degree in Forestry Sciences from the Federal University of Viçosa (2004) and a PhD in Technology and Use of Forest Products from the Federal University of Viçosa (2010). Post-doctorate (2012) at UFV and ISA (2018). She received a scientific research scholarship during her undergraduate degree in the area of Pulp and Paper, has experience in the area of Forest Resources, working mainly in the following areas: Biomass Energy (Pellets, Briquettes and Charcoal), Wood Panels, Adhesives and Heat Treatment of Wood. Has published 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals (8 as leading author and 7 last author), participated in 15 projects (the last project as PI) and is a Guest Editor on Forests and Polymers Journals (MDPI). She is currently supervising two Environmental Engineering students MSc thesis besides supervising (both in the past and present) part of the lab work of several PhD students.

Susana C. Gonçalves, PhD (Biology, Ecology) has founded and now coordinates the MyCoLAB at the Centre for Functional Ecology, after joining the University of Coimbra in 2019 as a junior researcher. Her laboratory generates knowledge about fungi: their biodiversity, ecology and conservation (including extinction risk), and their use in applied contexts for sustainability. Since the start of her contract, Susana has published three times in top journals: Science, Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, and Nature Communications. Of the papers published since 2019, 78 % are in the top 25 % of the most cited papers worldwide, with a total of 459 citations. The number of co-authors has increased to 129, of which 73 % are international. She has co-authored an international report and edited a book. She has also organized and participated in several scientific meetings as a member of the respective committees, session organizer or guest speaker. Since 2019, she has coordinated or been part of the team of different kinds of research projects (African Union, Erasmus+), including citizen science-based. Susana is currently supervising two PhD students, and has supervised several undergraduate internships and three master thesis. She has taken part in several juries for master’s and doctoral theses. She teaches a second cycle course offered at the Department of Life Sciences of the University of Coimbra for various master degrees and also as a non-degree course. She is a member of the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (www.iucn.org), the current chair of the European Council for the Conservation of Fungi (www.eccf.eu) and an associate researcher of SPUN (www.spun.earth) and the Pringle Lab (https://pringlelab.botany.wisc.edu).

Susana Rodríguez Echeverría. Completed the Doctor in Doctorado en Biología in 2002/06/23 by Universidad de Salamanca and Graduado in Licenciatura en Ciencias Biológicas in 1996/06/30 by Universidad de Extremadura – Campus Badajoz. Published 79 articles in journals. Has 1 book(s). Co-supervised 2 PhD thesis(es). Co-supervised 6 MSc dissertation(s). Has received 6 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Pos-doctoral Fellow in 2 project(s), Principal investigator in 7 project(s), Research Fellow in 1 project(s) and Researcher in 6 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Ecology. In their professional activities interacted with 149 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: mutualism; legumes; mycorrhiza; plant community; rhizobia; biological invasion.

Susete Maria Gonçalves Marques. She’s a researcher at Forest Research Center and Associated Laboratory TERRA at School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon. She works in the areas of fire risk and damage models, forest management planning, multiple criteria optimization and trade-off analysis. Principal investigator in ISA in 2 national research projects and actively participates in 8 national and international projects (e.g., FCT FP7, Cost, Marie Curie, H2020). Since 2021 she is part of the MEDfOR scientific course committee at ISA. Co-author of 29 international peer/reviewed publications and 6 book chapters. Has 19 years of experience in forestry-related research and has supervised 2 PhD students and 8 MSc students. Her Scopus H index is 15.

Completed the Doutoramento in Evapotranspiration Modelling in Discontinuous Canopied Crops. Irrigation scheduling in peach orchard in 2004/01/23 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Licenciatura in Agronomy/Engenharia Agronómica in 1991/11 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Is Assistant Professor in Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Published 52 articles in journals. Has 12 section(s) of books. Supervised 2 PhD thesis(es) e co-supervised 1. Supervised 15 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 3. Has received 6 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in 2 project(s), Post-doc Fellow in 1 project(s), Principal investigator in 8 project(s) and Researcher in 14 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Agronomy. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Olival super intensivo e intensivo; Parâmetros fisiológicos; crop coefficient; Relações hídricas; Metric; Deteção remota; Alentejo; produção; Regime hídrico; evapotranspiration; Clima Mediterrânico; crop transpiration coefficient; Arbequina; qualidade; Rega; Modelação; olival super intensivo; mapping transpiration; Pegada hídrica; transpiration; Olea europaea; Regadio; Satellite images; irrigation; green infrastructures; green roof; olive; Gestão de Recursos Hídricos; Envolvimento de Stakeholders; Reutilização de águas residuais tratadas; Culturas mediterrâneas; estratégias de gestão da água; monitorização do continuum solo-planta-atmosfera; criterios de rega deficitaria; tecnicas de monitorização minimimamente invasivas; evapotranspiração; alterações climáticas; rega; Cobrançosa; water relations; vegetation indexes; sap flow; eddy covariance; NDVI; olivais; temperatura do solo; Temperatura do ar; sombreamento; irrigação; Gestão da água; Recursos agrícolas; Tecnologias em horto-fruticultura; Engenharia dos alimentos; Agricultura Sustentável; Biodiversidade; Recursos Naturais; Cadeia Agro-Alimentar; Sustentabilidade na produção e serviços da Terra; Economia circular e processamento; Sistemas socioecológicos e territórios; Saúde ambiental; necessidades de rega; previsão metereológica; processo decisório; previsão e monitorização de secas; Uso da água; detecção remota; rega deficitária; sistema radicular; nature-based solutions; biodiversity; climate change; Wheat; Climate Change; Irrigation Requirement; ISAREG Model; Olive grove; Precision irrigation; Remote sensing; Vegetation indices; Soil water balance; green roofs; mosses; native species.

M. Teresa FERREIRA is Full Professor at the Department of Natural Resources, Environment and Landscape at the University of Lisbon. She has a biologist background, a post-graduation on Freshwater Ecology, and a PhD and Habilitation in Forest Engineering and Natural Resources Management. She works on freshwater ecology and management, with special interest on ecological quality, fish community ecology, fish habitat requirements and riparian ecology. She is responsible for the MSc in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources and the international PhD on River Restoration and Management. Teresa developed research activities in 56 national and European competitive projects, and was involved in an identical number of applied studies (ecohydraulics, ecological monitoring, fisheries, river restoration). She published 200 peer-reviewed papers (h-index 39, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3900-1460) and presented over 400 oral communications. Teresa acts as administration advisor for water management affairs and is a member of the National Water Council and of the Science Council for the Portuguese National Science Foundation.

I am a Biologist at the Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Portugal. My research interest is to use Microbial Biotechnology in both sustainable agriculture and environmental decontamination under global climate-change scenarios, with a focus on the mechanisms underlying plant-microbe-soil interactions, which comprises the combination of fundamental biological principles with applied technologies. I work in an interdisciplinary manner to effectively address complex problems and emerging threats that challenge agricultural production and bioremediation efficiency.