19/05/2026
The European Polar Board announces recent updates to its Member Representatives. After many years of dedicated service as representative of the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Professor Gonçalo Vieira has concluded his term at the EPB. We warmly thanks Professor Vieira for his valuable contributions, commitment, and longstanding service to the EPB and the European polar research community.
We welcome Associate Professor Catarina Magalhães as FCT’s new representative.
Catarina Magalhães, PhD, is Principal Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), where she coordinates the Global Changes and Ecosystems thematic line and leads the Microbiome Ecology and Biogeochemistry research team. She is also Associate Professor at the University of Porto and serves on the executive committee of the Department of Biology.
Dr Magalhães is a member of the coordination committee of the Portuguese Polar Program and currently serves as the Portuguese delegate to the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Marine Working Group. Since 2010, she has been actively involved in international polar research programmes and multidisciplinary Arctic expeditions contributing to the understanding of climate change impacts on microbial communities and biogeochemical processes, as well as to long-term Arctic Ocean monitoring initiatives.
We look forward to working with Dr. Magalhães and to continuing our strong collaboration with the Portuguese polar research community.
