Director, Intelligent Pest and Disease Monitoring

PhD in Geographic Information Systems, University of Stirling, United Kingdom (UK)

Areas of expertise:

Geographic Information Systems; WebGIS Services; AI Models; Spatial Data; Data Management; Remote Sensing; Drones for plant monitoring; Satellites; Open Source Software

Previous functions:

Project Manager - Data Manager and GIS Specialist at the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) in Stanley, Falklands

Marine Support Officer (responsible for GIS analysis and mapping for the Scottish MPA Project) at the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

3 scientific publications; h-index (Scopus): 4

Two relevant publications:

Rodrigues, I., Aguiar, A., Mateus, C., Serra, C., Figueiredo, E., Borges da Silva, E., Sheikhnejad, H., Marengo, I., Calha, I., Franco, J.C., Almeida, M., Branco, M., Faria, N., Sá-Pereira, P. and Pereira, J.A. (2025). XVectors.pt: Biology of xylem-sap feeding insect vectors and potential vectors of Xylella fastidiosa in Portugal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9718

Hornero, A., Zarco-Tejada, P.J., Marengo, I., Faria, N., Hernández-Clemente, R. (2024). Detection of oak decline using radiative transfer modelling and machine learning from multispectral and thermal RPAS imagery, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 127, 103679. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.103679