Committees

The Chairman of the Conference

Domingos Xavier Viegas

Director of CEIF/ADAI. Emeritus Professor of the University of Coimbra, Portugal

 

The Co-Chairman of the Conference

Luís Mário Ribeiro

Senior Researcher, CEIF/ADAI

 

Members from CEIF/ADAI - University of Coimbra, Portugal

Miguel Almeida

Senior Researcher

Tiago Rodrigues

Senior Researcher

Carlos Viegas

Senior Researcher

Maria Teresa Viegas

Project manager

 Carlos Ribeiro

Researcher

MohammadReza Modarres

Researcher 

Daniela Alves

Researcher

Thiago Barbosa

Researcher

 

Co-organising members from the International Association of Wildland Fire

   
 

Ciaran Nugent

Vice President of IAWF

Mikel Robinson

Executive Director of IAWF

 

 


Nuno Luís

Technician

Joana Cardoso

Staff

João Carvalho

Technician

Fátima Guedes

Staff

Pegah Mohammadpour

Researcher

Babak Chehreh

Researcher

Edna Cardoso

Researcher

 


The Chairman of the Scientific Committee

Mike Flannigan

Professor and BC Innovation Research Chair for Predictive Services,

Emergency Management and Fire Science, Thompson Rivers University, Canada

 

Members

Adrian Cardil

Department of Vegetal Production and Forestry Science. Universitat de Lleida, Spain

Agoston Restas

Ludovika University op Public Service, Department of Fire Protection and Rescue Operation Management

Albert Simeoni

Department of Fire Protection Engineering. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Worcester, USA

Alexander Filkov

Ecosystem and Forest Sciences. The University of Melbourne, Australia

Ana Miranda

CESAM & Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Andrew Sullivan

National Bushfire Behaviour Research Laboratory, CSIRO, Australia

Antonio C. Batista

Department of Forestry Sciences, Paraná Federal University, Brazil

Bill De Groot

Great Lakes Forestry Centre. Canadian Forest Service, Canada

Bret Butler

Missoula Fire Laboratory, retired, USA

Carlos Borrego

CESAM & Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Chelene Krezek-Hanes

Great Lakes Forestry Centre. Canadian Forest Service, Canada

Claudia Berchtold

Fraunhofer INT, Germany

Craig Clements

Department of Meteorology. San Jose State University, USA

Cristina Santin

Spanish National Research Council, Spain

Cristina Vega-Garcia

Department of Forest and Agricultural Science and Engineering and CTFC-AGROTECNIO-CERCA Center, University of Lleida, Spain

David Caballero

Forest Fire Department. MeteoGrid, Spain

Elizabeth M. Tasker

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Elsa Pastor

CERTEC, Department of Chemical Engineering. University of Catalunya, Spain

Emilio Chuvieco

University of Alcala, Department of Geology, Geography and the Environment, Spain

Eulalia Planas

CERTEC, Department of Chemical Engineering. University of Catalunya, Spain

Fantina Tedim

Centre of Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Fernando Sedano

Joint Research Centre, Italy

Francesca Di Giuseppe

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK

Francis Fujioka

Forest Service, retired, USA

Frederique Giroud

Centre d'Essais et de Recherche, France

Gavriil Xanthopoulos

Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, Hellenic Agricultural Organization "DIMITRA", Greece

Gilberto Vaz

Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Guillermo Rein

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Hamish Clarke

University of Melbourne, Australia

Imma Oliveras Menor

UMR AMAP (Botanique & Modelisation des Plantes et Vegetations), Institute de Recherche pour le Developement, Montpellier, France

Ioannis Gitas

School of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Janice Coen

National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA

Jason Sharples

University of New South Wales, Australia

Jesus San-Miguel Ayanz

European Commission, retired

John Handmer

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

Juli Pausas

The Spanish National Research Council, Spain

Kelley Barsanti

National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA

Kirsten Thonicke

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany

Liu Naian

State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Lynn Johnston

Great Lakes Forestry Centre. Canadian Forest Service, Canada

María Isabel Manta Nolasco

Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru

María Lucrecia Pettinari

University of Alcala, Department of Geology, Geography and the Environment, Spain

Marielle Jappiot

National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture, France

Mark Finney

Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, Rocky Mountain Research Station. USDA Forest Service, USA

Marta Yebra

Australian National University, Australia

Martin Alexander

Wild Rose Fire Behaviour, Alberta, Canada

Martin Girardin

Laurentian Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Canada

Miguel Almeida

Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Miguel Cruz

Bushfire Behaviour and Risks. CSIRO, Australia

Mike Wotton

Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Canada

Mikhail Sofiev

Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland

Nancy French

Michigan Tech Research Institute, USA

Paulo Fernandes

Department of Forestry Sciences and Landscape Architecture. University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Vila Real, Portugal

Rachael Nolan

Western Sydney University.NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre, Australia

Raphaele Blanchi

Bushfire Adaptation Research - CSIRO Environment, Australia

Rodman Linn

Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Samuel L. Manzello

Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan

Sandy Erni

Canadian Forest Service, Canada

Sara McAllister

Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, Rocky Mountain Research Station. USDA Forest Service, USA

Sarah Harris

Country Fire Authority, Australia

Stefan Doerr

Department of Geography, College of Science, Swansea University, United Kingdom

Susan Conard

Rocky Mountain Research Station. USDA Forest Service, retired, USA

Thomas Hickler

Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Germany

Timothy Brown

Division of Atmospheric Sciences. Desert Research Institute, USA

Vivien Thompson

Board Member IAWF, Australia