Rodrigo Maia has a PhD in Civil Engineering by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He is an Associate Professor at FEUP and the Vice-President of EWRA (European Water Resources Association). He is a Research Project coordinator on: hydrology, extreme events, water resources management, fluid mechanics and fluvial rehabilitation. He is involved in research on international rivers basins, namely of the Iberian Peninsula. He is also a Research Group coordinator in several national and international projects and was involved in the creation of a Drought Early Warning Management System for the Portuguese National Water Authority.
