4. Professional experience

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4.1 Affiliation

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University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

         

                 2021 – Current

                          Researcher

                 2019 – 2021

                          Invited researcher

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Center for sci-tech Research in EArth sysTem and Energy (CREATE), Évora, Portugal
 

                 2025 – Current

                          Researcher

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Instituto de Ciências da Terra – ICT (Polo de Évora), Évora, Portugal

 

                 2019 – 2024

                          Researcher

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Earth Remote Sensing Laboratory (EaRS Lab), Évora, Portugal

 

                 2021 – Current

                          Researcher

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4.2 International mobilities

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​University of Corsica, Corte, Corsica, France.

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2023/06/05 - 2023/06/23

Visiting researcher

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2022/01/31 - 2022/03/30

Visiting researcher

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Centre Nationale de Recherches Meteorologiques – CNRM, Météo-France, Toulouse, France.

 

 2014 – 2015

Visiting PhD student

Duration of 4 stays of 2-3 months each one

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4.3 Teaching experience

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University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
                2021 – Current    

Collaborator professor at the Physics Department

(Course: Master in “Ciências da Terra e da Atmosfera”)

•    Lecture “Dynamic Meteorology” (FIS12542M) – official lecturer (2021-2023)
•    Lecture “Environmental Hazards” (FIS12544M) (2021-2022)

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4.4 Courses (lecturer)​

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2024 - 2024

Earth Systems Summer School 2024

Flavio Couto & Rui Salgado “Modelling wildfires and associated atmospheric phenomena”. In. Earth Systems Summer School 2024, ESSS2024, 16 July 2024, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

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2024 - 2024

Tutorial Meso-NH: Modelação de fenómenos atmosféricos

Flavio Couto & Rui Salgado (2024) Tutorial Meso-NH: Modelação de fenómenos atmosféricos, 16 and 18 January 2024, IIFA, Universidade de Évora, Portugal.

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2022 - 2022

CILIFO & FIREPOCTEP course “Use of different tools to assess the impact of rural fires on soils, biomass and the atmosphere”.

 

Jean-Baptiste Filippi & Flavio Couto (2022) “Numerical weather prediction, application to fire”, 18 October 2022. Universidade de Évora, Palácio do Vimioso, Évora, Portugal.

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2022 - 2022

EARTHSYSTEMS 2022 Summer School & CILIFO training action

 

Paulo Pinto & Flavio Couto (2022). Escoamentos associados a um Sistema Convectivo de Mesoescala e sua influência num grande incêndio florestal: Pedrógão Grande, 2017. Observações e simulação numérica. In: EARTHSYSTEMS 2022 Summer School “Land-Atmosphere-Ocean interactions in a changing planet. A hands-on approach to Earth System observation and modelling” & CILIFO training action “Surface-atmosphere interactions and forest fires'', 11 to 17 September 2022, Tavira, Portugal.

 

2021 – 2021

Tutorial MESO-NH, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

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Flavio Couto & Rui Salgado (2021) Tutorial MESO-NH: princípios de modelação atmosférica. 15-16 October 2021. Colégio António Luis Verney – Sala 138 | Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal. https://www.icterra.pt/index.php/2021/10/07/tutorial-meso-nh-principios-de-modelacao-atmosferica/

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4.5 Orientation

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PhD thesis

 

Campos C (start: sep/2023) Understanding wildfires in Portugal from fire-atmosphere coupled simulations. Scholarship within the scope of the project PyroC.pt. Doutoramento em Ciências da Terra e do Espaço, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal. [ongoing]

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Rio J (start: sep/2023) Estudo da interação entre a circulação atmosférica, topografia e os incêndios rurais em Portugal. Doutoramento em Ciências da Terra e do Espaço, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal. [ongoing]

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Andrade N (start: sep/2023) A perceção de risco de incêndios florestais dos visitantes de destinos turísticos com parques naturais. Análise comparativa entre as regiões do Alentejo (Portugal) e Extremadura (Espanha). Doctorado en Turismo. Universidad de Extremadura, Spain. [ongoing]

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Purificação C (start: sep/2021) “Study of pyroconvection environments in Portugal”. Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada (IIFA), Doutoramento em Ciências da Terra e do Espaço, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal. [Concluded on 7 March 2025]

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MSc thesis

 

Andrade N (2021-22) “Perceção de risco de incêndios florestais em Portugal: o caso dos agentes com intervenção turística no Parque Natural do Vale do Guadiana". Escola de Ciências Sociais (ECS), Mestrado em Turismo e Desenvolvimento de Destinos e Produtos, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal. [Concluded on 28 November 2022]

 

Campos C (2021-22) “Estudo da piro-convecção e das condições atmosféricas durante mega-incêndios em Portugal". Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia (ECT), Mestrado em Ciências da Terra e da Atmosfera (Área de especialização |  Meteorologia e Geofísica), Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal. [Concluded on 20 December 2022]

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Initiation Research Fellowships

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Campos C (2022) Análise das condições atmosféricas que favorecem a ocorrência da piro-convecção. “Verão com Ciência 2022” (Bolsa 1 | ICT-Évora), 15 August to 14 September 2022, Instituto de Ciências da Terra (ICT-Évora), Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal.

 

Custódio M (2022) Estudo da emissão de gases provenientes do fogo durante um período de intensa atividade piro-convectiva. “Verão com Ciência 2022” (Bolsa 1 | ICT-Évora), 15 August to 14 September 2022, Instituto de Ciências da Terra (ICT-Évora), Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal.

 

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4.6 Participation in selection committee

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2022

• Couto F.T. (President), Salgado R. (1st member), Monteiro M.J. (2nd member). Call for one Research Grant for a PhD student in the framework of the project "PyroC.pt: Advanced wildfire modelling for risk assessment and pyroconvection understanding in Portugal", PCIF/MPG/0175/2019, funded by the Portuguese Republic through the "Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia". Reference: PyroC.pt-1A. Application deadline: 11 January 2023. The research grant was open at University of Evora, Évora, Portugal.

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• Monteiro M.J. (President), Rio J. (1st member), Couto F.T. (2nd member). Call for applications for one Research Fellowship [Graduate], with the reference IPMA-2022-011-BI within the framework of the project “PyroC.pt - ADVANCED WILDFIRE MODELLING FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AND PYROCONVECTION UNDERSTANDING IN PORTUGAL”, totally funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through national funds, with reference PCIF/MPG/0175/2019. The offer was open at Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I.P. (Lisbon, Portugal), and available at: https://www.euraxess.pt/jobs/808957. Application deadline: 19 August 2022.

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• Lima A. (President), Couto F.T. (1st member), Teodoro A. (2nd member). Call for applications for one Initiation Research Fellowship, within the framework of project with the reference Verão com Ciência 2022 (Grant 1), financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P (FCT), by national funds. The offer was open at Universidade do Porto to be developed at University of Evora (Évora, Portugal), and available at: https://www.euraxess.pt/jobs/813538. Application deadline: 22 July 2022.

 

• Lima A. (President), Couto F.T. (1st member), Teodoro A. (2nd member). Call for applications for one Initiation Research Fellowship, within the framework of project with the reference Verão com Ciência 2022 (Grant 2), financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P (FCT), by national funds. The offer was open at Universidade do Porto to be developed at University of Evora (Évora, Portugal), and available at: https://www.euraxess.pt/jobs/813538. Application deadline: 22 July 2022.

​2021

• Couto F.T. (President), Salgado R. (1st member), Serra J. (2nd member). Call for one Research Grant for a Master student (Grant-2) within the scope of the project “FIREPOCTEP: Fortalecimiento de los sistemas transfronterizos de prevención y extinción de incendios forestales y mejora de los recursos para la generación de empleo rural posCovid-19”, “0756_FIREPOCTEP_6_E”, financed by “EP - INTERREG V A España Portugal (POCTEP)”. The offer was open at University of Evora (Évora, Portugal), and available at: https://www.euraxess.pt/jobs/676505. Application deadline: 31 August 2021.

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• Couto F.T. (President), Bortoli D. (1st member), Monteiro M.J. (2nd member). Call for one Research Grant for a PhD student in the framework of the project “PyroC.pt: “Advanced wildfire modelling for risk assessment and pyroconvection understanding in Portugal”, PCIF/MPG/0175/2019, funded by the Portuguese Republic through the “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia”. Reference: BI_Mestre_Uevora_PyroC.pt_bolsa 2. Application deadline: 23 April 2021. The research grant was open at University of Evora, Évora, Portugal.​