Biographic Info / Biografia

André R. S. Marçal

Academic degrees / Graus académicos :
1998 - PhD (Doutoramento), Remote Sensing and Image Processing
University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
1994 - MSc (Mestrado), Remote Sensing, Image Processing and Applications
University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
1991 - 1st degree in Physics – specialization in Solid State Physics (4 years)
Licenciatura em Física, Ramo Científico – Física do Estado Sólido e Ciência dos Materiais
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Publications and presentations / Publicações e comunicações :
Author (or co-author) of over 100 scientific publications
2189 citations in SCOPUS (78 papers listed), h-index=18
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8501-0974
35+ International Conferences, with 30 oral presentations (4 as guest speaker)

Prizes / Prémios :
2007 - Syngenta Innovation in Agriculture award / Prémio Inovação em Agricultura – "Avaliação da qualidade da pulverização através do processamento automático de imagem de papéis hidrossensíveis: Spr@y_Image" , Mário Cunha & André Marçal (10 000 euro)
1999 - Remote Sensing Society Student Award – Annual prize for the best PhD (£500)

Work as scientific referee / Revisor Científico :
Referee of 40 papers for 21 different Scientific Journals
Review of 115 Full Papers for 49 International Conferences
Review of over 130 Short Papers / Abstract

Series Editor, with Freek van der Meer (ITC, Netherlands), of the SPRINGER Book Series
'Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing' (2007-2014)

Work as project evaluator / Avaliador de projetos :
European Comission - FP7, H2020, HORIZON (2012-2023)
Latvia, Central Finance and Contracting Agency (2016)
Cyprus, Research Promotion Foundation (2009, 2011)
Portugal, MCES/GRICES (2004)
University of Mississippi, USA (2004)

Other activities / Outras actividades :
Secretary General (2005-2009) and Vice-Chairman (2009-2010) of the
European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL)

Organiser of the 25th EARSeL Symposium, General Assembly and Workshops, 6-11 June 2005, FCUP, Porto, Portugal.