Maria Manuel Salgueiro Romeiras

National Correspondent

Class
Sciences

Section
5th Section | Biological Sciences

Election

08.03.2018 (Corresponding Member)

Contact

mmromeiras [at] isa.ulisboa.pt

Areas of Interest

Conservation Biology; Tropical Biodiversity; Ecological Modelling; Plant Genetic Resources; Flora and Vegetation

Hyperlinks
ORCID: 0000-0002-9373-6302

Profile

Maria Romeiras completed her PhD in Molecular Biology in 2005 by University of Lisbon (ULisboa), her Master in Integrated Pest Management in 1996 by Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA – School of Agriculture), and her Bachelor in Biology in 1990 by Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon. Since, February 2017, Maria is Associate Professor at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), the largest and most qualified School of graduate and post-graduate degrees in the Agricultural Sciences, in Portugal. Currently, she is member of two Research Centres: full member in “Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF/ISA)” and collaborator in “Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c/FCUL)”. She is also member of the recently created “Tropical College (CTROP)”, which aims to foster tropical research among ten faculties of University of Lisbon. Maria has received some honours and/or awards, namely in March 2018, she joined the list of prestigious corresponding members of Academy of Sciences of Lisbon; and in March 2019 she was distinguished by Ciência Viva (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology – FCT) in the book “Women in Science”, which pays a tribute to women scientists in Portugal. Recently, she was invited to join the Vice-Chair of International network of “IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Macaronesian Islands Plant SG (MIPSG)” to lead the Cabo Verde group. Also, she has received a prestigious International award from the “Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund” for leadership in conservation initiatives, for her contribution to the study of Cabo Verde’s flora (in 2012). Moreover, Maria won several FCT grants, namely: Master fellowship at ISA; PhD fellow at FCUL, and Post-Doc at IICT. During five years (2009 -2014), she was Researcher at the Tropical Research Institute (IICT/ULisboa), within the framework of the Ciência2008 Programme/FCT. Maria has published over 3 books, 35 book chapters and more than ca. 100 peer-reviewed papers in reputed international journals. From 2019 – 2024, she was nominated curator of the “Tapada da Ajuda Botanical Park and Nature Botanical Reserve D. António Xavier Pereira Coutinho”, which represents a unique natural space of local vegetation of great floral significance in Tapada da Ajuda (ISA).