EQUIPA
Coordinator - zezere@campus.ul.pt
PhD in Physical Geography, University of Lisbon, 1998. Habilitation in Physical Geography, University of Lisbon, 1998.Associate Professor of IGOT-UL (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon). Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies, head of research group on Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management – RISKam. Member of the CERG (European Centre on Geomorphological Hazards, European Council) executive committee. Member of the Commission on Hazards and Risks (International Geographical Union); Regular member of the European Geosciences Union. Coordinator of the following research projects: MapRisk - Methodologies for assessing landslide hazard and risk applied to municipal planning (2008-11); DISASTER - GIS database on hydro-geomorphologic disasters in Portugal: a tool for environmental management and emergency planning (2010-13). Coordinator of the Risk and Civil Protection teams within the Territorial Management Regional Plans of the West and Tagus valley and the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.
Main research interests: Slope instability; Natural hazards and risks assessment; Applied Geomorphology; Spatial Planning.
aldinapiedade@campus.ul.pt
PhD in Earth Sciences, Cardiff University, UK, 2016 sponsored by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
MSc in Territorial Management, specialization in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing, New University of Lisbon, 2010. Thesis: “Modelling in Geographic Information Systems of Landslide Susceptibility Assessment in the Lousa-Loures area”
First degree in Geography, specialization in Physical Geography and Territorial Planning, University of Lisbon, 2006.
Main Research interests: Slope Instability; Landslides Susceptibility; Spatial modelling; Geographic Information Systems; 3D seismic Interpretation; Submarine landslides and Mass-transport deposits at salt tectonics margins.
afonseca.geo@gmail.com
PhD in Physical Geography with the thesis “Tectonic Geomorphology of the Montejunto Massif”. Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies, research group on Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management – RISKam.
Main research interests: Tectonic Geomorphology; Process Geomorphology; Slope Instability; Applied Geomorphology; Geomorphological Mapping; Geomorphological heritage evaluation.
angela.santos@campus.ul.pt
PhD in Civil Engeneering, Tohoku University, 2008 with the title “Tsunami Hazard Assessment in Portugal by the Worst Case Scenario: The November 1st, 1755 Lisbon Tsunami”.
Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies, research group on Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management – RISKam. Member of Centro de Geofísica de Évora, 01/2009-12/2010. Student of Disaster Control Research Center, 04/2003 – 09/2008. Colaborator of the Instituto Geofísico Infante D. Luiz, 10/2001 – 04/2003.
Projects: RIMAR (Riscos Naturais Associados à Variação do Nível do Mar) Project PRAXIS XXI, Contrato No. 2/2.1/MAR/1743/95, License Degree Theses, 2000 – 2001.
Schollaships: Post-Doc Fellow, FCT, since 01/01/2009. Mombukagakushou, MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology), 04/2003 – 09/2008. Prodep, concurso público No. 1/3.2/PRODEP/2001, Proded III – Acção Financiada pelo Fundo Social Europeu e Governo Português, during 3 months in 2001.
Main research interests: Numerical simulation of tsunamis. Tsunami hazard and risk assessment. Topography, Bathymetry and GIS. Historical evaluation and numerical simulation of the November 1st 1755 Tsunami. Scuba diving (PADI Open Water Diver).
Awards: Research Encouragement Award, Japan Society of Civil Engineer, 2008.
Artur Afonso
PhD fellow
cguillard@campus.ul.pt
PhD in Physical Geography in 2016 in the Lisbon University. Master in “Territorial Systems, Sustainable Development and Decision Help” by the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne; graduate by Engineering French School « Ecole des Mines d’Alès » in 2009. Researcher in the research group RISKam - Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management - of the Centre for Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon. Participation in the MapRisk project - Methodologies for assessing landslide hazard and risk applied to municipal planning and in the DO-SMS project - Development of instruments for the evaluation of movements of ground and sustainable management of SUDOE space.
Main research interests: Vulnerability assessment methodologies at regional scale and landslides risk analysis.
cristina.s.henriques@gmail.com
PhD in Physical Geography at the University of Lisbon (UL) supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) grant, developing the dissertation “Landslide susceptibility evaluation and validation at a regional scale”. Master in GIS and Modeling for the Territorial Management at the University of Lisbon (UL) in 2009, with the dissertation “Slope dynamics within the Ecological National Reserve: case study of the Caldas da Rainha county”. Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies in the research group on “Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management” (RISKam).
Main research interests: Slope instability; Natural hazards and risks assessment; Dynamic Geomorphology; Spatial Planning and Territorial Management; Cartography and GIS; Territorial Modeling and Spatial Analysis.
eusebioreis@campus.ul.pt
Master in Hydraulics and Water Resources (IST-UTL) and PhD in Physical Geography (FL-UL). Auxiliary Professor at Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT-UL) and researcher at Centre for Geographical Studies of the Lisbon University (CEG-UL).
Participation in 13 national and international scientific research projects, and participation in almost two dozen national consultancy projects, mainly related with Spatial Planning and Environmental Hazard Assessment, at national, regional and municipal scales.
Almost 3 dozens of PhD and master Thesis supervision, focused mainly in the next issues: flood susceptibility, landslide and debris flows and wildfire assessment, soil erosion dynamics, multi-hazard analysis, and invasive species diffusion using GIS modelling.
Participation in almost 3 dozens peer-reviewed works, including book chapters (8), national journals (8) and international journals (11), as well more than 40 abstracts publications in national (20) and international (23) scientific meetings, focused on thematic related with natural hazards (floods, landslides and soil erosion) and environmental modelling in GIS.
ivania.quaresma@gmail.com
After a degree in Geography and regional planning, with the University of Lisbon in 2001, got a Master’s degree in Physical Geography, Environmental Risks and Resources, also with the University of Lisbon, in March 2009. Worked as a research fellow for the DISASTER project, a GIS database on hydro-geomorphologic disasters in Portugal which aims to be a tool for environmental management and emergency planning (2010-13), financed by FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology. Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU).
Main research interests: Natural Disasters/Catastrophes, Natural Hazards and Risks, Spatial planning, among others.
joaoverde@campus.ul.pt
PhD in Physical Geography in 2015 in the University of Lisbon. Has a Masters degree, since January 2009, in Physical Geography, with the University of Lisbon. Has a degree in Geography and regional planning, since 2001. Worked with the National Forest Authority in 2001/2002 and 2006/2009, during which time coordinated a programme for risk management and statistics processing, and also as a liaison officer at the National Command for Relief Operations. He is working, since 2009, in Civil Protection.
In 2004/2005, worked on project management for the technical proposal of the National Plan for Forest Defense against Wildfires. Is an investigator with the RISKam research group (Environmental Hazard and Risk Assessment and Management) at the University of Lisbon. Is a member of the European Geosciences Union. Has experience in team coordination, spatial modeling, geographic information systems and IT solutions for relational databases on client/server environments.
Main research interests: Natural hazards and risk assessment, spatial planning.
jorge.rocha@campus.ul.pt
Phd in Geography, specialization area in Geographic Information Science, at Lisbon University in 2012. MSc in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at Superior Technical Institute (2003) and in Territorial Management, specialization area in GIS and Remote Sensing (RS) at Faculty of Social and Human Sciences (2012). Researcher and consulter in several projects, mainly: PTDC/CS-GEO/111929/2009, AutoMAPticS - Automatic MAPping of Soils; GOCE/CT/2003/010284/EDEN, EDEN - Emerging Diseases in Changing European Environment (coordenador da equipa do CEG-UL); GOCE 037095, PLEIADES - Participatory multi-Level EO-Assisted tool for Irrigation water management and Agricultural Decision Support. (coordenador da equipa do CEG-UL); PTDC/CTE-ATM/101931/2008, Lightning activity in Portugal: Variability patterns and socioeconomic impacts (RAIDEN); PTDC/CS-GEO/103231/2008, DISASTER - GIS database on hydro-geomorphologic disasters in Portugal: a tool for environmental management and emergency planning; PTDC/CTE-GIX/104035/2008, Fluvio-marine interactions over the last 5000yrs - FMI 5000; PTDC/CS-GEO/105452/2008, SPOTIA: Sustainable Spatial Policy Orientations and Territorial Impact Assessment - Contribution to Portuguese context.
Main research areas: Cartography, GIS, Remote Sensing, Geosimulation, Geocomputation and Complex Systems in Geography (artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, expert systems, cellular automata, multiagent systems and fractal geometry).
mfragoso@campus.ul.pt
PhD in Physical and Regional Geography, University of Lisbon, 2004. Assistant Professor of IGOT-UL (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning – University of Lisbon). Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies. Team member of the research groups CliMA – Climate and Environmental Changes (principal affiliation) and RISKam - Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management (secondary affiliation). Coordinator of the research project RAIDEN - Lightning activity in Portugal: variability patterns and socioeconomic impacts (2010-2013). Team member of the following research projects: Permantar - Permafrost and Climate Change in the Maritime Antarctic (2008-2010), MapRisk - Methodologies for assessing landslide hazard and risk applied to municipal planning (2008-2010) and DISASTER - GIS database on hydro-geomorphologic disasters in Portugal: a tool for environmental management and emergency planning (2010-2013). Regular member of the European Geosciences Union. Research interests: Climate change and climate variability, applied climatology, hydroclimatology, extreme weather and climate events (e.g. intense rainfall, thunderstorms, hail and strong winds).
margaridav@campus.ul.pt
PhD on Human Geography, University of Lisbon (2002). Auxiliary Professor of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon, and researcher of the RISKam and MOPT research groups. Was member of the coordination team of the technical proposal of National Spatial Programme; coordination member of the plan Regional Spatial Plan of Oeste and Tagus Valley (PROT OVT Regional Plan); and coordination member of the CEG team on the Study for Seismic Risk and Tsunamis in Algarve’s Region.
Main research domains and topics: spatial planning, governance issues, human vulnerabilities to risks and risk perception.
marioneves@campus.ul.pt
PhD in Physical Geography by the University of Lisbon at 2005. Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT) of the University of Lisbon (UL); Researcher, member of the Board and Head of the Photographic Archive at the Centre for Geographical Studies (CEG) – University of Lisbon. Referee of the scientific publications of the Portuguese Association of Geomorphologists and the Finisterra Journal. Member of the Portuguese Association of Geomorphologists (founding member) and the EuroCoast-Portugal Association. Has participated in several projects, emphasizing the more recent ones: (2010-2013) - ANAPOLIS - Analysis of polygonal terrains on Mars based on Earth analogues (PTDC/CTE-SPA/099041/2008-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia); member of the team; (2010-2012) - PERMANTAR 2- Permafrost and Climate Change in the Maritime Antarctic, (PTDC/AAC-CLI/098885/2008-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia); member of the team; BISHOP – Bioprotection and bioerosion on shore platforms in the Algarve and Estremadura - Portugal South and West coast (PTDC/CTE-GEX/70448/2006 - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia); member of the team.
Main research areas: Coastal geomorphology; Cliffs instability; shore platforms evolution; Evaluation of coastal risks.
monica.s.m.santos@gmail.com
PhD in Physical Geography. Thesis: Hydrometeorological analysis of floods in the northern region of Portugal. Approved unanimously with distinction and praise. Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa. Master in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Planning, Universidade do Porto, 2009. Researcher of the project FORLAND —Hydro-geomorphologic risk in Portugal: driving forces and application for land use planning (PTDC/ATP-GEO/1660/2014). Area of expertise: climate variability, extreme hidrometeorological and climate events, climate change and its impacts, GIS, natural hazards, spatial planning.
Main research interests: climate variability, extreme hidro-meteorological and climate events, GIS, natural hazards, spatial planning.
nfonseca@campus.ul.pt
PhD student of Geography - Geographic Information Sciences, at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território - IGOT), University of Lisbon (Universidade de Lisboa - UL), Portugal. Degree in Geography (Cartography and GIS variant) at IGOT-UL. Researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies (Centro de Estudos Geográficos - CEG),University of Lisbon, Portugal, at the research group Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management – RISKam.
Main research areas: technological hazards and risks assessment, natural hazards and risks assessment, spatial modeling and spatial analysis, geographic information systems (GIS), spatial planning.
raquel.melo@campus.ul.pt
PhD in Physical Geography (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - IGOT, University of Lisbon). Master in Physical Geography and Spatial Planning; Degree in Geography (specialized in Cartography and GIS) by the University of Lisbon. Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies and member of the research group on Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management (RISKam). Lecturer, as a PhD candidate, in the Geography Department (Faculty of Arts, UL) and in IGOT-UL (2009-2012). Invited Assistant Professor in IGOT-UL (2015-2019). Member of the “Risks and Civil Protection” team during the revision of the Regional Plan for the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon. Member of the team working on “Risks and Climate Change” for the Territorial Development Plan of Mozambique. Researcher in the research project “BeSafeSlide—Landslide Early Warning soft technology prototype to improve community resilience and adaptation to environmental change (PTDC/GES-AMB/30052/2017)”, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal (FCT).
Main research interests: Slope instability; Natural hazard and risk assessment; Statistical and deterministic modeling (static and dynamic); Spatial planning.
rgarcia@campus.ul.pt
PhD in Physical Geography, University of Lisbon (UL) in 2012. MSc in Physical Geography and Environment, UL (2003). Invited assistant of Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (UL).
Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies in the group of Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management (RISKam). Researcher of the following projects: MapRisk - Methodologies for assessing landslide hazard and risk applied to municipal planning (2008-10); DO-SMS - Development of tools to landslide assessment and sustainable management in the SUDOE region (2009-11); DISASTER - GIS database on hydro-geomorphologic disasters in Portugal: a tool for environmental management and emergency planning (2010-13). Member of the Risk and Civil Protection teams within the Territorial Management Regional Plans of the West and Tagus valley. Member of the responsible team to develop the website of Digital Educational Resources for the teaching of Geography (Geo-red).
Main research interests: Slope instability; Natural hazards and risks assessment; Applied Geomorphology; Spatial Planning. Cartography and GIS.
sandra.oliveira1@campus.ul.pt
Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies and member of the research group on Environmental Hazard and Risk Assessment and Management (RISKam) since November 2015. Post-doc fellowship, with a work plan focusing on vulnerability assessment applied to wildland fires and droughts, in different geographical contexts.
Ph.D in Forest and Natural Resources Engineering by the Instituto Superior de Agronomia of the University of Lisbon in 2013, with a thesis dedicated to the assessment of environmental drivers of fire occurrence in Mediterranean Europe. M.Sc. in Environmental Science by the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2004, graduated in Geography by the University of Coimbra in 2002. Regular member of the European Geosciences Union and of the Portuguese Association of Risks, Prevention and Safety.
Previously, researcher of the European project “PREFER – Space-based information support for prevention and recovery of forest fires emergency in the Mediterranean area”, between 2013 and 2015, in the University of Coimbra. Scientific consultant of the international organization Bioversity International in the project “Biodiversity and Cocoa farming: Ghana Case”, between 2012 and 2013. Scientific Offficer in the European Commission, Joint Research Centre, between 2009 and 2012, in Italy, integrated in the group EFFIS–European Forest Fire Information System. Grantholder of the project “UrbKlim – Climate and Urban Sustainability. Perception of comfort and climatic risks”, financed by FCT, in the Centre for Geographical Studies of the University of Lisbon, between 2006 and 2009.
Main areas of interest: Wildland fires; Assessment of Natural and Environmental Risks; Vulnerability assessment; Climatic risks; Environmental Conservation.
cruzdeoliveira@campus.ul.pt
Post-Doc fellow funded by FCT (since 2013). PhD in Physical Geography, University of Lisbon (2012) and FCT Grant student since 2006. MSc in Sciences and Earth Engineering, Faculty of Sciences UL, 2005. Graduation in Geography and Regional Planning, specialization in Physical Geography, Faculty of Arts UL, 2000. Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies, and of group on Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management – RISKam. Researcher in several scientific and spatial planning projects: MapRisk - Methodologies for assessing landslide hazard and risk applied to municipal planning (2008-10); DISASTER - GIS database on hydro-geomorphologic disasters in Portugal: a tool for environmental management and emergency planning (2010-13); member of the Risk and Civil Protection team within the Territorial Management Regional Plan of the West and Tagus. Invited Assistant, Faculty of Architecture, UTL (2004-06). Assistant as PhD Fellowship Dep. Geography Faculty of Arts UL (2006-09).
Main research interests: Slope instability; Natural hazards and risks assessment; Applied Geomorphology; Spatial Planning.
susana-pereira@campus.ul.pt
Principal Investigator of the national research project FORLAND - Disastrous floods and landslides in Portugal: driving forces and applications for land use planning (PTDC/ATP-GEO/1660/2014), financed by national funds through FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. Invited Scientist Research in the FORLAND project.
Post-Doc fellow funded by FCT (2010-2016). PhD in Physical Geography, University of Oporto (2010). GIS Post-Graduation in 2005 and Geography Graduation in 2004, University of Oporto. Member of the Centre for Geographical Studies, member of research group on Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management – RISKam. Member of the Portuguese Association of Geomorphology; Regular member of the European Geosciences Union.
Investigator of the following research projects: MapRisk - Methodologies for assessing landslide hazard and risk applied to municipal planning (2008-10); DISASTER - GIS database on hydro-geomorphologic disasters in Portugal: a tool for environmental management and emergency planning (2010-13).
Main research interests: Slope instability; Natural hazards and risks assessment; Applied Geomorphology; Spatial Planning.
tvaz@campus.ul.pt
PhD student in Physical Geography at the University of Lisbon, with an investigation grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, developing the project: “Triggering mechanism of landslides in Portugal mainland, the role of earthquakes and rainfall”. MSc in Physical Geography at the University of Lisbon in 2010. Degree in Physical Geography and Spatial Planning at the University of Lisbon in 2005. Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies, research group on Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment and Management (RISKam).
Main research interests: Slope instability; triggering factors; natural hazards; spatial planning.
PhD fellow