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RESEARCH PROJECTS
IN PROGRESS

  • CorkShift (PT2030 – Regime Contratual de Investimento, MPr-2025-10)
    National project (expected start: March 2026) (expected start) INIAV Coordinator
  • CorkMED (PRIMA S2_2024)
    International project, INIAV partnership leader (2025 – present) (in progress) Principal Investigator and Coordinator
  • Biochar4@ll (COMPETE2030-FEDER-01471600, Proj. 18391)
    National project (2025 – present) (in progress) Team member
  • Guia do Montado – The Next Step
    National project, CENSE-NOVA UL & CHANGE (2025 – 2026) (in progress) Principal Investigator
  • TRANSFORM – P1.3 (PRR, Ref: 424402)
    Rede de Parcelas Florestais Experimentais (2022 – 2026) (in progress) Principal Investigator (INIAV)
  • Cork oak radial growth seasonal patterns and trends
    the relative role of environmental conditions (2010 – present). (in progress) Coordinator

FINALIZED

  • Field Guide to the Montado
    Connect, Create, Change – Exploratory Ideas Call (2023 – 2024) (finalized) Coordinator of the CENSE research team
  • NUTRISUBER (PDR2020-101-032010)
    Technical report on cork technological quality (2021 – 2022) (finalized) External consultant
  • SuberInStress (02/SAICT/2017/29704)
    Cork formation and suberin deposition: the role of water and heat stress (2018 – 2021) (finalized) Task Leader (INIAV Principal Investigator)
  • KeePace (02/SAICT/2017/029263)
    Selection of trees keeping pace with fast environmental changes, a science-based approach for sustainable XXI century oak forests (2018 – 2021) (finalized) Task Leader (INIAV Principal Investigator)
  • FCT I&D – Strategic Plan of R&D Units, CENSE-NOVA (UID/AMB/04085/2019)
    (2018 – 2023) (finalized) Principal Investigator (INIAV)
  • OakRegeneration (PDR2020-101-031071)
    Criação de áreas de regeneração natural de sobreiro e de azinheira nos montados nacionais (2017 – 2023) (finalized) Coordinator
  • Declínio do Montado (PDR2020-101-031496)
    Operational Group (2017 – 2023) (finalized) Task Leader (WP4 and WP5)
  • LIFE15 CCA/PT/000043 – MONTADO & CLIMATE
    A need to adapt (2016 – 2021) (finalized) Research collaborator
  • IsoCork
    Climate effects on cork growth assessed by isotope fingerprinting (EXPL/AGR-FOR/1220/2012) (2013 – 2014). (finalized) Coordinator

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