Current activity
Full Professor at the Forestry Department of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD).
Head of the Laboratory of Fluvial Ecology - UTAD.
Member of the General Council of UTAD.
Lecturing subjects related to Ecology of Aquatic Sciences, River Restoration, Riparian Ecology, Forest Ecology, and Environmental Impact Assessment.
Research Centre
Research Center for Agro-Environmental Technologies (CITAB; position: vice-director from 2008 to 2017).
Current research interests
Monitorization of aquatic ecosystems, with special relevance to bio-indicators based on benthic fauna and fishes; forest ecology and sustainable management of afforested catchments;; development of hydromorphological survey systems; ecology and restoration of riparian layers; river restoration with particular incidence on soil engineering techniques for erosion control; mitigation measures on regulated rivers: environmental flows and fish passes; environmental impact assessment studies and compensation measures on the effects of river damming.
For more detailed information:
http://www.citab.utad.pt/researcher.php?ID=53
ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8602-7663
Researcher ID: K-1896-2013
SCOPUS author ID: Author ID: 7102279405