Edna CABECINHA

Edna Cabecinha is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) in the Department of Biology and Environment. She completed her PhD in Environmental Sciences in 2008 (UTAD), MSc in Environmental Technology in 2002 at the University of Minho (School of Engineering), and BSc in Biophysical Engineering in 1998 at the University of Évora. She has been a member of the Centre for Research in Agro-Environmental and Biological Technologies (CITAB) since 2009, and from January 2025, she has coordinated the Thematic Group ‘R&D1: Natural Resources, Biodiversity & Climate Challenges’. She is also a collaborator at the Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Research Centre (CIBIO/InBIO) in the ‘Sustainability, Ecosystems & the Environment’ Research Group in the ‘FRESHCODE - Freshwater Conservation, Diversity and Evolution’ Sub-Group. She is the Director and Member of the Academic and Executive Committee of the International Doctoral Program in Marine Science, Technology, and Management (Do*Mar) and the Vice-Director of the Doctoral College of UTAD. She was Director of the MSc in Environmental Engineering (2013-2021) and BCs in Environmental Sciences at UTAD (2013-2021). Member of the Pedagogical Council of the School of Life and Environmental Sciences in UTAD (2013-2021). She is the Co-lead of the Nature-based Solutions Thematic Group of the Commission on Ecosystem Management of IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature. IUCN CEM Western Europe Regional Co-Chair. Member of the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP), ESP Working Group on Modelling ES, Member of the International Council for Exploration of the Sea, ICES Working Group on Resilience and Marine Ecosystem Services (ICES WG RMES), and Member of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER). She served as an Evaluator in International, European and National funding agencies and participated in several International and National projects (competitive fundraising, 59 M€). She has 38 publications in ISI journals (15 h-index), 7 book chapters, 6 books and 1 patent. She has Supervised 3 PhD thesis with success and has (7 ongoing). Supervised several MSc dissertations (28) and BSc reports (23). Her main research interests are Ecosystem approach management, Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Ecosystem services and Nature-based Solutions. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7308-5840

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