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Francisco Campuzano, Researcher & Project Manager, +ATLANTIC CoLAB
Speaker in “Advanced Training Course to Explore and Uptake the Products of Copernicus Marine Services – FPCUP“
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Francisco Campuzano is an oceanographer and numerical modeller at +ATLANTIC CoLAB. He was formed in the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) and holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal) and an M.Sc. in Estuarine and Coastal Management and Science from the University of Hull (U.K.). He was involved in more than 20 European and national research projects. He is co-chair of the ICES WGOOFE WG, member of three EuroGOOS Working Groups: IBI-ROOS, MONGOOS and Coastal WG and member of Copernicus Marine Service Champion User Advisory Group (CUAG). In recent times, he has development water continuum operational systems linking watersheds, estuaries and open ocean.
Sofia Cordeiro, Coordinator of the Ocean Programme, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Speaker in “Towards a Blue Economy in the Atlantic area – Part I: Healthy oceans, seas & coasts“
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Sofia Cordeiro is the Coordinator of the Ocean Programme of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) since 2016, where she maximises the dialogue among the different scientific communities that are part of the ocean transdisciplinary area and supports the participation of Portugal and/or FCT in European and international organizations associated with ocean issues (JPI Oceans, EMB, ECORD/IODP, OECD Ocean Economy and Innovation Working Group). Sofia is currently deeply involved in science diplomacy activities in the Atlantic basin, being the coordinator of the H2020 project AANChOR CSA aimed at supporting the implementation of the Belém Statement.
Nuno Cota, Founding Partner at SOLVIT, Adjunct Professor at the ISEL- Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
Speaker in “Towards a Blue Economy in the Atlantic area – Part I: Healthy oceans, seas & coasts“
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Nuno Cota is the Vice-president of the Council of Profession of the Order of Technical Engineers. Adjunct professor at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, where he teaches in the area of telecommunications engineering in undergraduate and master’s courses since 1996. Founding partner of the company SOLVIT – Innovation on Telecommunications. Responsible for several consulting and R&D projects in information and communication technologies in critical systems, with public and private entities. Member of the CUSTODIAN consortium, a solution for a more sustainable and profitable fishing.
Gael Forget, Research Scientist, MIT
Speaker in “Advanced Training Course to Explore and Uptake the Products of Copernicus Marine Services – FPCUP“
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Currently works as a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. Research interests and expertise include satellite observations, ocean robots, marine ecosystems, ocean physics, numerical modeling, and estimation in general (incl. AI, ML, DA, & AD). Created the JuliaOcean and JuliaClimate organizations. Lead developer of a series of Julia packages focused on ocean and climate science. Involved with several NASA and ESA labs focused on remote sensing of the ocean (SST, SSS, sea level, gravimetry, ocean color).
Eva Giacomello, Assistant Researcher, Okeanos – University of the Azores
Speaker in “International Cooperation Addressing Global Challenges – Part I: Marine Protected Areas Services in IntAIRsect“
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Eva Giacomello is a biologist, working as an Assistant Researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences – Okeanos, University of the Azores. She has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Padua, Italy. Her research interests include fish ecology and biology, seamount management and conservation, and marine ecosystem services. Eva started her scientific career studying the reproduction of fishes at the University of Padua. She then moved to the University of the Azores, broadening her knowledge and expertise in deep-sea resource management and conservation issues. She is currently working on the ecology of demersal and deep- sea fishes, and responses of fish communities to ecological pressures, with special emphasis on the Condor seamount marine protected area.
Thorsten Kiefer, Executive Director, JPI Oceans
Moderator in “Towards a Blue Economy in the Atlantic area – Part I: Healthy oceans, seas & coasts” and “Towards a Blue Economy in the Atlantic area – Part II: Marine Resources & Biodiversity“
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Thorsten Kiefer is the Executive Director JPI Oceans. He has a vast experience in the management of international research and innovation programmes. Before joining JPI Oceans, he was at Future Earth as director of the Global Hub in Paris, working with researchers and innovators on the big societal challenge of transitioning the world to global sustainability. Previously, he was the Executive Director of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) programme in Switzerland. In his earlier days as a researcher, he had specialised in the field of palaeoceanography. At the Universities of Kiel, Germany, and Cambridge, UK, he analysed deep-sea sediments to study the substantial changes that occurred in ocean and climate over the past thousands to ten-thousands of years.
Adriano Lima, Senior Project Officer and MBON Scientific Programmer, AIR Centre
Speaker in “Towards a Blue Economy in the Atlantic area – Part II: Marine Resources and Biodiversity” and “International Cooperation Addressing Global Challenges – Part I: Marine Protected Areas Services in IntAIRsect“
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Adriano Lima is a Senior Project Officer and MBON Scientific Programmer at the Air Centre. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with emphasis on environmental hydraulics from Hokkaido University, Japan. He has experience working as assistant professor, principal researcher and team manager, with focus on computational fluid dynamics, data science, aquaculture and multiple sectors of the blue economy.
Cristina Ponte Lira, Researcher, Instituto Dom Luiz – IDL
Speaker in “Advanced Course on Sentinel-3 Image Processing – FPCUP“
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Cristina Lira is a Coastal Geologist working at Instituto Dom Luiz (FCUL). She holds a Licenciatura in Environmental and Applied Geology, and a MSc (2006) and PhD (2011) in Georesources from Instituto Superior Técnico (UL), specializing in Image Analysis and Remote Sensing applied to Geosciences.
Her main research activities are in coastal morphodynamics, with a strong background in surveying, monitoring and modelling the coastal system. She uses Remote Sensing, GIS and Image Analysis to study this extremely dynamic environment with the highest spatial and time resolutions possible. She has developed her activities mainly in I&D, but they have also been strongly linked with applied science and knowledge transfer to coastal managers and stakeholders.
She is also an invited lecture at the Department of Geology at FCUL since 2014 at the BSc and MSc level. She has more than 25 publications and is has supervised 3 PhD and 6 MSc students. She participated in 15 research projects, 3 of them as Principal Investigator, and 7 consultancy projects.
Jorge Magalhães, Senior Researcher and Invited Professor, CIIMAR and University of Porto
Speaker in “Advanced Course on Sentinel-3 Image Processing – FPCUP“
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Jorge M. Magalhaes is a physical oceanographer. He finished his PhD in 2012 (in the University Porto, Portugal), where he used satellite remote sensing to study internal waves in the ocean. Currently he is a senior researcher in CIIMAR and an invited professor at the University of Porto and Ocean University of China, where he continues to pursue sea surface processes via satellite remote sensing and numerical modelling, including internal waves, surface currents, river plumes, and eddies.
Ana Martins, Associate Professor, University of Açores (UAc)
Speaker in “Advanced Course on Sentinel-3 Image Processing – FPCUP“
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PhD (Doctor Communitatis Europeae) in Ocean Sciences (Applied and Fundamental Physics Program), Master in Oceanography and license in Biology. Associate Professor of Oceanography at the University of the Azores. Coordinator of the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries. Director of the Master Course in Integrated Studies of the Oceans and the License course in Ocean Sciences. Member: Institute Okeanos, IMAR, EO NEREUS Group, among others. Oceanography team leader. Responsible for installing the first HRPT satellite receiving station in the Azores. International fellowships or prizes include Fulbright, FLAD, AAUW, NASA, Space Girls Space Women, and team winners of the 2021 International Copernicus Masters competition.
Paulo Oliveira, Researcher, IPMA – Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Speaker in “Advanced Course on Sentinel-3 Image Processing – FPCUP“
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Paulo Brás de Oliveira completed the Licenciatura in Geophysical Sciences in 1990 and the PhD in Physical Oceanography in 2000 by the Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon University. He has been a Researcher at IPMA (Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera) since 2001. Published 35 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Co-supervised 2 PhD theses, 4 MSc dissertations) and 2 works of course completion of LSc/BSc. Participates and/or participated as Principal investigator or Team member in various national and international Research Projects in Marine Sciences and Technologies, mainly to study the role of the physical processes in phytoplankton dynamics and the variability of marine resources.
Natalia Ospina-Alvarez, Senior Project Officer and Innovation Manager in Blue Economy, AIR Centre
Host in “Towards a Blue Economy in the Atlantic area – Part I: Healthy oceans, seas & coasts“
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Natalia Ospina-Alvarez is a Marine Geoscientist and Environmental Researcher specialising in Coastal and Marine Systems. She holds a PhD in Marine Sciences from the University of Barcelona and has participated in more than 15 international research projects with multidisciplinary teams from different countries. Over the last 15 years, she has worked as a researcher at several research institutes and universities in Europe, having the opportunity to address various approaches and methodologies for analysis and monitoring of trace elements and emerging contaminants in the environment and participating in oceanographic cruises in diverse sea basins. Currently is a Senior Project Officer and Innovation Manager in Blue Economy at the AIR Centre.
Luz Paramio, Directive Board Member, Regional Science and Technology Fund (FRCT) – Azores Regional Government Vice Presidency
Speaker in “International Cooperation Addressing Global Challenges – Part I: Marine Protected Areas Services in IntAIRsect“
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Luz Paramio is a member of the Executive Board of the Regional Science and Technology Fund (FRCT), at the Vice-Presidency of the Azores Regional Government (Portugal), responsible for the Research & Innovation International Programs. Luz has developed research as a Postdoc in Ocean Governance & Economy, PhD in Geography: MSP & Ocean governance from the University of Azores, an MSc in Coastal and Marine Management from the University of Cadiz (Spain) and she has a Degree in Marine Sciences by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). Luz has worked on Marine Protected Areas, MSP, Ocean Governance & Blue Economy issues for more than 20 years. In the last years, Luz has coordinated several European projects of the Regional Government of the Azores regarding Maritime Affairs, Marine Biodiversity, and MSP.
Carolina Peralta, OBIS node manager for the Caribbean and northern South America
Speaker in “Towards a Blue Economy in the Atlantic area – Part II: Marine Resources and Biodiversity“
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Carolina Peralta has a Bachelor’s in Biology from Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina) (2004) and a PhD in Natural Science from Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela) (2012), with a background in Marine Biology. She is a marine biology researcher with many years of experience in the reproductive biology and feeding behaviour of marine Caenogastropoda. She has more than 10 years of academic experience in teaching, research and outreach activities related to Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Biodiversity associated with Seagrass Ecosystem and Marine Invasive Species. Since 2016 she has been involved with OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Observation Network, www.obis.org), a global data platform that acts as a data and information clearinghouse on marine biodiversity. Recently, she was selected as part of the Ocean Best Practices System, especially for Capacity Development, Communication and Outreach activities. She is starting to join the Institute for Marine Remote Sensing team at the University of South Florida (IMaRS -USF) as a postdoc, working on a project on nitrogen pollution in coastal waters.
João Pinelo, Head of Data Science, Cloud Infrastructure, and Development, AIR Centre
Speaker in “Opportunities in Earth Observation: AIR Centre EO Lab Experience“
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I am responsible for data pipelines, systems’ architectures and the datacentre, including the Direct Receiving Station, that processes Earth Observation satellite data in real-time. I create and develop custom GIS, and I am the Chief Architect of the Azorean IoT network. I earned a PhD from University College London and I was the Chairman and Chief Product Officer of Strategic Spatial Solutions Inc., which I co-founded in Berkeley, California.
Pedro Ribeiro, Technical Manager, DEIMOS
Speaker in “Towards a Blue Economy in the Atlantic area – Part II: Marine Resources & Biodiversity” and “Advanced Training Course to Explore and Uptake the Products of Copernicus Marine Services – FPCUP“
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Pedro Ribeiro is an oceanographer and Master in Geography, currently working as Technical Manager in Earth observation downstream services. His main area of expertise is physical oceanography, which involves remote sensing, field measurements and numerical modelling of waves, currents and tides. Over a broad career in both the public and private sectors, he developed several different activities that ranged from data acquisition and application design to team management and business development. Within his current role, he leads the identification and analysis of user requirements for EO-based maritime and coastal applications, acting as a liaison between the technical teams and all the engaged stakeholders.
Nieta Rocha, Manager, Circular Blue
Speaker in “Towards a Blue Economy in the Atlantic area – Part I: Healthy oceans, seas & coasts“
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Nieta da Ponte Rocha is a certified artisan by the Regional Centre of Handicrafts in Azores (CRAA), she left her hometown Angra do Heroísmo in Azores, to begin her academic journey at the University of Minho in Guimarães where she founded her first atelier providing architecture and interior decoration services. She is a promotor of the project Azores EcoBlue, which considers the socio-economic role of the fishing sector in the Azores, exploring the opportunity to use and develop new and innovative raw materials, transforming marine litter, which is currently little or no valued in this Region, into a market of excellence as a ‘supplier’.
Pedro Silva, Chief Technology Officer CTO, EO Lab, AIR Centre
Speaker in “Opportunities in Earth Observation: AIR Centre EO Lab Experience“
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Pedro Freire da Silva is the CTO of the AIR Centre’s Earth Observation Laboratory. Has a degree in Aerospace Engineering (Instituto Superior Técnico) and over 20 years’ experience in Space Systems, Project and Intellectual Property Management and Technology Transfer, focused on research, industrial, product and service development in various systems. His main interest is to promote new technologies and applications to address societal challenges.
Joana Soares, Executive Secretary for MBON and Project Officer for AIR Centre
Host in “Towards a Blue Economy in the Atlantic area – Part II: Marine Resources and Biodiversity” and “International Cooperation Addressing Global Challenges – Part I: Marine Protected Areas Services in IntAIRsect“
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Joana Soares has graduated in Aquatic Sciences and holds a PhD in Biomedical Science from the University of Porto. She has a solid research background in Ecotoxicology and Endocrine disruption and a strong experience in molecular biology and toxicogenomics. Over the last few years, she has worked as a researcher in several international research projects with multidisciplinary teams. Addressing global changes, in an integrative approach to space, climate, and ocean in the Atlantic, focusing on marine biodiversity conservation, are emergent topics of her work. Currently, she is the Executive Secretary of the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) and a Project Officer at the Earth Observation Laboratory of the Atlantic International Research Centre (AIR Centre).
