curriculum vitae
Work experience
- Since 04/2021: Coordinating Lead Author / Post-Doc | Project "Faktencheck Artenvielfalt" (BMBF) | Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Since 04/2021: Scientific Manager / Post-Doc | Project "HES-GEO" (H2020) | Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 01/2018 – 03/2021: Researcher | Project “GEOEssential Variables workflows for resource efficiency and environmental management” (H2020 ERA-Planet) | Museum für Naturkunde Berlin - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
- 05/2016 – 01/2020: Researcher | Project “ENABLE – Enabling Green and Blue Infrastructure Potential in Complex Social-Ecological Regions” (BiodivERsA) | Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 09/2016 – 12/2017: Researcher | Project “LandSense – A Citizen Observatory and Innovation Marketplace for Land Use and Land Cover Monitoring” (H2020) | ECSA - European Citizen Science Association
- 05/2016 – 10/2017: Researcher | Project “GREENSURGE – Green Infrastructure and Urban Biodiversity for Sustainable Urban Development and the Green Economy” (FP7) | Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 02/2012 – 02/2016: Doktorand | Doctoral Program on Environment and Sustainability (Förderung von FCT - Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation) | CENSE – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal) & Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 02/2011 – 02/2012: Researcher | Project “SUSTAIN – Assessing sustainability and strengthening operational policy” (INTERREG IVC) | CENSE – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal)
- 07/2009 – 02/2011: Researcher | Project “SPICOSA – Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment” (FP6) | CIMA – Center for Marine and Environmental Research (Faro, Portugal)
- 03/2007 – 09/2009: Lecturer Social Ecology and Urbanism | Bachelor degree "Clinical Analysis and Public Health" | Escola Superior de Saúde Jean Piaget (Silves, Portugal)
- 01/2008 – 07/2009: Advisor | Administração da Região Hidrográfica do Algarve (regional water resources authority, Planning department, Faro, Portugal)
- 07/2005 – 12/2007: Advisor | Project "SIDS Algarve" (Sustainable Development Indicator System for the Algarve region) | Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Algarve (regional planning and environmental authority, Faro, Portugal)
Academic Training
- 2012 – 2017: Ph.D. Environment and Sustainability | Thesis: "Integration of ecosystem services in spatial planning: a mixed methods approach" | School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal & Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (as Guest Ph.D. student)
- 2006 – 2010: M.Sc. Environmental Engineering (Specialisation Environmental Assessment and Management) | Thesis: "Development of a conceptual model for monitoring regional spatial plans: the case of the Algarve region" | Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
- 1998 – 2004: Degree Environmental Engineering| Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal) (5-year honours bachelor's degree)