Vanessa holds a MSc degree in environmental engineering. She is currently finishing her PhD in environmental engineering at FEUP, which has been developed in close collaboration with the EDP-Produção. Throughout her career, she worked on as researcher in several national/international projects, related with the effects of extreme events and climate change in water resources management and freshwater ecosystems. Currently, her main research interests focus on: i) integrated hydrological modelling, ii) environmental flows effects on the ecological condition of surface water bodies, and, iii) extreme events and climate change effects on water resources management.
