Ana Morgado Email and Phone Number

Senior Researcher at the Rectorate - Institutional Studies and Planning Office of University of Lisbon•Head of Delegation for PT at Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) (2016-2021)•Evaluator of R&I projects launched by the H2020 LEAP-Agri project (Long Term EU-Africa research and innovation Partnership on food and nutrition security and sustainable Agricultures) - Earth Observation applied to Agriculture•Coordinator of the External Review Panel (ERP) for the FP7 Project CAAST-Net Plus (2015-2017). Advancing SubSaharan-EU cooperation in research and innovation for global challenges•Contributed for coordination of the Joint Africa-Europe Strategy (JAES) - 8th Pertnership (Science, Information Society & Space)•EU Co-Chair of the 8th Partnership of the JAES and Member of the Bureau of High Policy Level Dialogue (HLPD) on ST&I (2013-2014)•EU Co-Chair of the Space component of the JAES - 8th Partnership (2009-2014)•EU Coordinator of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) & Africa Coordination Team (2010-2014). (GMES & Africa is a long-term EU-Africa cooperation on space science and technology to enable the two continents to jointly solve and address global challenges and promote sustainable development under the Copernicus programme)•Coordinator of the BRAGMA FP7 Project - “Bridging Actions for GMES & Africa” (2012-13), supporting EC and AUC to organise 4 pan-African Workshops to approve guidelines for implementation of 3 from 9 Thematic Areas of the GMES & Africa Action Plan: Marine and Coastal Areas WS (Kenya), Water Resources Management WS (Nigeria), Long Term Management of Natural Resources WS (Egypt) and GMES & Africa Consolidation-Validation WS (South Africa).•Coordinator of the Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) of the FP7 Project ERAfrica (2011-2014)While at the Tropical Research Institute (IICT), Portugal, servd as Management Board member of the Institute and coordinated/participated in research/cooperation projects on Earth Observation applied to African Portuguese Speaking CountriesHolds a PhD and an MSc on Photogrammetry / Remote Sensing both from University College London.