Luciana das Neves holds a PhD degree in Civil Engineering from the UPorto. She is an Engineer-Advisor at IMDC nv – Belgium and a Guest Assistant Professor at UPorto – Faculty of Engineering in the fields of hydraulic engineering and fluid mechanics. She is an experienced project manager having managed and carried out numerous projects around the world related to coastal climate risk and resilience and marine engineering. Luciana specialises in designing and implementing projects concerned with coastal protection and defence structures and strategic coastal planning and management. Her research interests involve climate change adaptation, resilience in development strategies and nature-based solutions in flood- and coastal-risk management.
