Glória Catarina Cintra da Costa Pinto

G Pinto, age 43, conducts research in the areas of plant physiology and biotechnology. Current research interests include physiological and molecular responses to abiotic/biotic stress combination in trees. Outcomes of this research represent key results to decipher the impact of climate change in forest and support selection decisions. Author of 50 papers in SCI journals. Scientific network is supported by publications with more than distinct authors (national/ international nature). Co- author of: 4 book chapters, 10 conference proceedings and 59 communications in international /national meetings. Was principal investigator (2010) of 1 FCT project (Ecophysiolyptus with ≥190K?). Local coordinator of one other, team member of 9. Currently is PI of 1 research project recently approved by FCT (URGENTpine start 01/2016; with ≥199K?). Team member of 2. Participate in the Portuguese field work experiments of the EU project CASCADE (ALTERRA- Netherlands). Supervised 9 MSc, 9 graduations students, 8 grant holders and 9 final professional traineeship students. At present supervises 2 MSc, 5 PhD students (co-tuttelle with James Hutton Institute/UK and University of Oviedo/Spain; University of Tocantins; University of Cordoba/Spain ), 2 Post-doc. Examiner in national/international thesis for PhD/ MSc degree. Reviewer of 13 SCI journals. Tight collaboration with forestry stakeholders. Reviewer of international projects (Netherlands Org. Scientific Research, ERA-CAPS, Czech Science Foundation, ANR/France). Was awarded with a Special Visiting Researcher grant, financed by the Brazilian government (Science Without Borders program) to supervise a project at the Federal University of Tocantins (Brazil). Nominated as national delegate to the management committee on the COST action FP1403 (NNEXT) and substitute in the action FP1406 (PINESTRENGTH). Participated in COST Action FP1202 (MaP-FGR). Special Visiting Researcher grant (PVE), financed by the Brazilian government through the Science Without Borders program. PVE to the Post-Graduation Programn in Ciências Florestais e Ambientais da UFT. This project aims to decipher the plant-insect interaction using eucalyptus and Leptocybe invasa as a model