Senior Researcher (Forest Sciences)

ForestWISE is a Collaborative Laboratory focused on fire and forest issues through the development of research, innovation and knowledge transfer and technology activities. Our goal is to increase and improve sustainable forest management in Portugal, the competitiveness of the Portuguese forestry sector and to reduce negative consequences of large rural fires.

ForestWISE currently leads or participates in national and international large scale and impact projects in the forest and fire areas, integrating the academy, industry, companies, public sector and society. 

ForestWISE opens positions for one Senior Researcher in the area of Forest Sciences in the scope of RN21 Integrated Project - Innovation in the Natural Resin Sector to Strengthen the Portuguese Bio-economy, funded by Fundo Ambiental through Component 12 - Promotion of Sustainable Bio-economy (Investment TC-C12-i01 - Sustainable Bio-economy No. 02/C12-i01/202), through European funds provided to Portugal by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), in the scope of the European Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), framed in the Next Generation UE, for the period from 2021 -2026.

Position: Senior Researcher

Summary description of the function:

Under the supervision of the ForestWISE’s CTO and the RN21 integrated project Director, the Senior Investigator will:

• Develop activities under the scope of RN21 Integrated Project;
• Ensure communication and information flow with project partners;
• Monitor the execution of the RN21 project, namely the achievement of targets and milestones;
• Support the scientific and commercial exploitation of the project results, namely, writing technical and scientific documentation about the project results, to increase, among others, resin’s profitability with other pine forest ecosystem services;
• Prepare activity reports associated with their tasks in the scope of the project activities;
• Perform project activities, as well as support project management activities, communication and results dissemination;
• Represent ForestWISE in relevant events and initiatives