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Ricardo Teixeira

  • Main areas of activity:

Main domain of specializatio: economic-ecological impact assessment modeling within the context of product-level methods such as Life Cycle Assessment. I also have working experience on sustainable food products and agriculture.

  • Academic degrees:

• PhD in Environmental Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (2006-2010)
• Master in Economics at Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, University of Lisbon (2005-2008)
• Degree in Environmental Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (2000-2005)

  • Career highlights (before December 2015):

• Postdoctoral researcher at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/BPD/111730/2015 – “Contributions towards a consistent framework and methods for agricultural Life Cycle Assessment in Portugal”) (2015-Present).
• Postdoctoral researcher at University of Antwerp, Belgium, supported by the European Commission with Marie Skłodowska-Curie Intra-European Fellowship n° 331896 for project ‘Bio-LCA’: Introducing biodiversity in Life Cycle Assessment (2013-2015).
• Vice-President for tecnology at the multinational Life Cycle Assessment consultancy Carbonostics (http://www.carbonostics.com/) based in Paris, France (2011-2013).
• Authored 34 unique publications in international journals and proceedings, 10 of which in ISI/SJR-indexed journals with an accumulated impact factor of 27.745 and 16 papers in conference proceedings. Also authored 3 book chapters.
• Member of two UNEP/SETAC taskforces and land use impacts on biodiversity and socio-economic Life Cycle Assessment.
• Made 34 oral presentations (10 by invitation), 2 of which were keynote presentations, and 26 communications as posters in 37 national and international Conferences and events, and co-authored 28 other communications. Co-organized two scientific workshops with UNEP/SETAC taskforce.
• Participated in 5 major academic research projects and 8 private and public sector projects.
• Member of the Editorial Board at the journal Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1551-3793), impact factor 1.377.
• Teaching assistant in Industrial Ecology classes and co-supervision of 10 Master students in Environmental Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon.


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