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Miguel Araújo

Full Professor (Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning)

Employment contract in public functions indefinitely

Fotografia
Doctoral Degree: Geography/Biogeography (University of London - 2000)
Master Degree: Conservation/Conservation Biology (University College London - 1996)
Bachelor's Degree: Geografia e Planeamento Regional/Geografia (Universidade Nova de Lisboa - 1994)
Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning Assembly (Member)
Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair (Head)
Comissão de Curso do Curso de Valorização Profissional em Concepts and methods in spatial conservation prioritization-An integrative view on Marxan, Zonation, Multylink and Disp-C3 software (Director)
Scientific Council of IIFA (Advisor)
MED - Institute of Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Integrated Member with doctorate)
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Climate change
Conservation Planning
Ecology
Environmental Modelling
Geography
Global Change Biology
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Climate change
Conservation Planning
Ecology
Environmental Modelling
Geography
Global Change Biology
Editorial (sample)
Editor-in-Chief Ecography, (2014-). Deputy Editor-in-Chief Ecography (2007-2014). Associate Editor Journal of Biogeography (2004-2014). Editorial Advisory Board at Climate Change Responses (2013-), Frontiers in Biogeography (2010-), and “Natureza & Conservação” (2010-). Associate Editor Conservation Letters (2009-11), Geography Compass (2008-2010), and Ecography (2005-07)

Other service (sample)
• Member of panel for ERC Advanced Grants (2024-).
• President of the Scientific Committee (Natural Sciences) of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2023-).
• Member of Scientific Committee (Environmental Sciences) of the Spanish Gadea Foundation (2023-).
• Member of NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme's 'Independent Scientific Evaluation Group' (ISEG) (2022-).
• President of Scientific Committee and Vice-President of the Grand Jury of the Callouste Gulbenkian Foundation Prize for Humanity on Climate Change (supporting President Dr. Jorge Sampaio, then Dr. Angela Merkel), awarding €1 million annually to aglobal champion in the topic (2020-2024).
• Curator of the Opening of the EU Green Week, by appointment of the Mayor of the Municipality of Lisbon (Portugal, 2020)
• Member of the Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Council (CNADS), appointed by the Prime Minister (Portugal, 2019-);
• Scientific Advisory Board (Env. Sci.), Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) (2012-16);
• Member Peer Review College at the Spanish Ministry of Science (2012), FBBVA Foundation (2007, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021), and the FBBVA Biophilia Awards (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022);
• Consultancy to Council of Europe: Climate Change and Protected Areas (2009);
• Consultancy to Spanish and Portuguese governments, as well as EDP: Biodiversity and Climate Change (2009-11);
• Scientific Committee DIVERSITAS BioDiscovery programme (2007-2014);
• Vice-President, International Biogeography Society (2007-09).


Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. 

Fellowships



  • Visiting Scholar (2024-2025), at Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology, Japan.

  • Ramón and Cajal Research Fellowship (2005-2007) at MNCN-CSIC, Spain

  • Marie Curie Research Fellowship (2004-2005) at Oxford University, UK

  • FCT Post Doc (2001-2003) at CEFE-CNRS Montpellier, France

  • FCT PhD Studentship (1997-2000) at University College London, UK.

  • Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation & British Council Fellowships (1995) at Natural History Museum London, UK.

  • FCT MSc Studentship (1994-1995) at University College London, UK

  • EC Erasmus Studentship (1993-1994) at University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.


 

Awards
* British Ecological Society Marsh Award on Climate Change (2024).
* Visão Green Prize (Research Category) (2023).
* National Environmental Award “Fernando Pereira” (2019).
* European Ecological Federation Ernst Haeckel Prize (2019).
* Pessoa Prize (2018).
* CSIC Merit Research Award (2017).
* Rey Jaume I Award (2016).
* CSIC Merit Research Award (2016).
* CSIC Merit Research Award (2015).
* Royal Society, Wolfson Research Merit Award (2014).
* CSIC Merit Research Award (2013).
* Global Biodiversity Information Facility Ebbe Nielsen Prize (2013).
* International Biogeography Society MacArthur & Wilson Award (2013).

Honors
* Corresponding Membership to the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon (2023-).
* Honorary Membership to the Portuguese College of Biologists (2020).
* Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Scientist (yearly since 2014).
* Contributor to 4th IPCC Report sharing Nobel Peace Prize (2007).
101060429 / Comissão Europeia
acrónimo: NaturaConnect
em curso até 30/06/2026
PTDC/BIA-ECO/0207/2020 / FCT
acrónimo: UNRAVEL
finished in 28/03/2024
PTDC/BIA-CBI/6515/2020 / FCT
acrónimo: PARIS
finished in 29/02/2024
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030931 / Portugal 2020 ,FCT
acrónimo: ALIENTRADE
finished in 18/10/2021
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030793 / Portugal 2020 ,Portugal 2020 ,FCT
acrónimo: AdaptAlentejo
finished in 28/02/2022
PTDC/AAG-GLO/0463/2014 / FCT ,Portugal 2020
acrónimo: BIRDTRADE
finished in 31/12/2019
PTDC/AAG-MAA/3764/2014 / FCT
acrónimo: StateShifts
finished in 30/12/2019
BIODIVERSA/0003/2011 / FCT
finished in 30/03/2015
/ Comissão Europeia
finished in 02/02/2007


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