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Bruna has experience in using satellite Earth data and technologies to address socio-environmental challenges by exploring the interactions between natural ecosystems, climate change and human activities. Her expertise includes developing methodologies to assess Green-Blue Ecosystems using satellite imagery, machine learning, and spatial modelling. Bruna's research findings and outcomes emphasize her commitment to bridging scientific knowledge with practical applications for a healthier Planet and society.
Currently she is working in the “Systemic Sustainability” (LL SYSTAIN) Leibniz-Lab conducting the systemic sustainability assessment of biodiversity, climate, agriculture and food within Planetary Boundaries.
Scientific Merit Award for the best publication in the field of Science and Technological Engineering produced in the last six years.
Awarded date: Oct 2025; Granting Organisations: Scientific Merit Award of the University of the Azores, promoted by the Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation and sponsored by the Caixa de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo dos Açores.
https://noticias.uac.pt/premio-de-merito-cientifico-da-uac-reforca-compromisso-com-a-investigacao-e-o-talento-nos-acores/
Distinguished paper: Top 10+1 indicators for assessing forest ecosystem conditions: A five-decade fragmentation analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177527
- Join the dots on planetary boundary interactions. EGUsphere [preprint]. Gerten, D., Almeida, B., Lade, S. J., and Norberg, A.: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4761, 2025.
- Insights into landslide susceptibility: a comparative evaluation of multi-criteria analysis and machine learning techniques. / Ferreira, Zuleide; Almeida, Bruna; Costa, Ana Cristina et al. In: Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2471019, 31.12.2025, p. 1-32.doi: 10.1080/19475705.2025.2471019
- The land use-climate change-biodiversity nexus in the perceptions of European islands stakeholders. / Moustakas, Aristides; Christoforidi, Irene; Zittis, George et al. In: Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 117, 108199, 03.2026. doi: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108199
- Spatially explicit assessment of carbon storage and sequestration in forest ecosystems https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101544
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Insights into landslide susceptibility: a comparative evaluation of multi-criteria analysis and machine learning techniques. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2025.2471019
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Top 10+1 indicators for assessing forest ecosystem conditions: A five-decade fragmentation analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177527
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Satellite-based Machine Learning modelling of Ecosystem Services indicators: A review and meta-analysis https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103249
- A hybrid modelling approach for detecting seasonal variations in inland Green-Blue Ecosystems
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2023.101121
- Framing the Forest: A Comparative Analysis of Google Earth Engine Classifiers for Accurate Species Extraction https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-61440-8_13
- Data-Driven Modelling of Freshwater Ecosystems: A Multiscale Framework Based on Global Geospatial Data
10.5220/0012037800003473 - Water Yield Modelling, Sensitivity Analysis and Validation: A Study for Portugal 10.3390/ijgi10080494
- Estudo hidrogeológico no sistema aquífero aluviões do Tejo: contributo para a sustentabilidade da massa de água subterrânea - Thesis
- Satellite-Based Data-Driven Modelling of Inland Green-Blue Ecosystems - Dissertation
- WebGIS for Marine Coastal Ecosystems: A Dynamic Interface for Communicating and Collaborating on Nature-Based Solutions in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-2018.html
- Leibniz-Lab “Systemic Sustainability” (LL SYSTAIN) – Biodiversity, Climate, Agriculture and Food within Planetary Boundaries. Postdoc researcher
- MaSOT - Mapping Ecosystem Services from Earth Observations. PhD Student Fellow
Project IDs: EXPL/CTA-AMB/0165/2021
Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - Portugal - ASEBIO - Assessment of Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, and Well-Being in Portugal. Researcher
Project IDs: PTDC/CTA-AMB/28438/2017
Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - Portugal - WATERSENSE - Making SENSE of the Water value chain with Copernicus Earth Observation, models and in-situ data. Researcher
Project IDs: 870344; 10.3030/870344
Funding: Horizon 2020 (H2020) - MACOBIOS - Marine Coastal Ecosystems Biodiversity and Services in a Changing World. Researcher
Project IDs: 869710; 10.3030/869710
Funding: Horizon 2020 (H2020)
Applied Hidrogeology course I - Advanced Hidrogeology II - Water information and geostatistics III - Aquifer systems characterization IV - Groundwater quality V - Case studies
https://ingeoexpert.com/pt/cursos/curso-de-hidrogeologia-aplicada/
