The Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR) is based at Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, of the University of Lisbon (IGOT-ULISBOA).
It’s Coordinating Commitee is composed by 5 members from distinct portuguese research centers.
The Executive Team, with 2 permanent members, implement the committee’s decision-making in close connection with the FCT portuguese funding agency.
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Coordinating Commitee
Gonçalo Vieira
Head of PROPOLAR Coordination
Research Center: Centro de Estudos Geográficos (CEG), at the Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, University of Lisbon (IGOT-ULISBOA)
Scientific Domain: Permafrost, and Periglacial Environments
Email : vieira@campus.ul.pt
Adelino Canário
Research Center: Centro de Ciência do Mar (CCMAR), at the University of Algarve (Ualg)
Scientific Domain: fish physiology and endocrinology
Email: acanario@ualg.pt
Catarina Magalhães
Research Center: Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), at the University of Oporto (U.PORTO)
Scientific Domain: microbial communities and nitrogen biogeochemistry
Email: cmagalhaes@ciimar.up.pt
João Canário
Research Center: Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE), at the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisboa (IST-ULISBOA)
Scientific Domain: biogeochemistry of key pollutants in the environment
Email: joao.canario@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
José Xavier
Research Center: Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente (MARE), at the University of Coimbra (UC)
Scientific Domain: Marine food webs
Email: jxavier@zoo.uc.pt
Executive Team
Teresa Cabrita
Executive director
Research Center: Centro de Estudos Geográficos (CEG), at the Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, University of Lisbon (IGOT-ULISBOA)
Email: tcabrita@campus.ul.pt
Ana David
Secretariat, logistics and web development
Research Center: Centro de Estudos Geográficos (CEG), at the Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, University of Lisbon (IGOT-ULISBOA)
Email: anadavid@propolar.org
Institutional Support and Planning
Germana Santos
Public Agency: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
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