Geographer Main stays abroad:Sweden (Katedralskolan in Lund and Gullstarndskolan in Ladskrona, Skåne)Germany (Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)Germany (Universität Trier)USA (University of California at Davis)Germany (Seckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Molekular Labor)Teaching Assistant at IGOT-UL in Climatology, Quaternary Science and Biogeography. Member of the International Biogeography Society, the Portuguese Association of Geographers and the Geographical Society of Lisbon.Former Board Member of the NGO 'Liga Para a Proteção da Natureza' Ph.D. student at the Research Group on Biogeographical Change and Predictive Modelling (BIOCHANGE) within the Center for Geographical Studies (CEG) of the Institute of Geography and Regional Planning - University of Lisbon (IGOT-UL). Active collaboration: 1) Greifswald Mire Centre (Universität Greifswald, Germany)2) Centre for Functional EcologyMain research interests: - Peatland Science- Palaeoecology- Phylogeography- Pleistocene Landscape Reconstruction- Mountain/Polar Research- Global Change- Soil Systems Science- Geobotany, Genetics and Evolution- Land Use Planning, Public Law & the Proposal and Management of Protected Areas