Apresentação Pessoal

Rui Figueiredo is a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). His main research interests include natural hazard damage and loss modelling, risk assessment, and risk management, with a focus on hydro-meteorological phenomena. He has (co-)authored, among other publications, over 15 articles on these topics in Web of Science-indexed scientific journals.

Rui graduated in Civil Engineering from FEUP in 2006. Between then and 2013 he worked as a multidisciplinary engineering designer and project manager, having participated in over one hundred national and international engineering projects. In 2015, he obtained his Master's degree in Risk and Emergency Management from the University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia, Italy. In 2018, he obtained his Doctoral degree from the same institution within the Understanding and Managing Extremes PhD program with a grade of "Excellent". He has also worked as a catastrophe risk analyst in the development of risk models for several international stakeholders involved in disaster risk management activities.

Rui has participated in several research projects, including as Principal Investigator of a 2-year project supported by the highly competitive Disaster Risk Financing Challenge Fund. He has co-supervised MSc and PhD theses on the development of novel methods to support the risk assessment of different types of hazards and exposed elements.