Portugal is now a member of SCOR with this membership being supported by AIR Centre.

SCOR is an international non-governmental non-profit organization that focus on promoting international cooperation in planning and conducting oceanographic research and solving methodological and conceptual problems that hinder research.
SCOR also conducts several different activities to build the capacity for ocean science in developing countries and every SCOR activity includes members from developing countries.
Scientists from thirty-three nations have formed national SCOR committees as a foundation for international SCOR. Approximately 600 scientists from nearly 60 countries currently participate in SCOR activities.

SCOR National Committee members

DivGM Researcher, IPMA — Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere and President of the Portuguese Executive Committee

Email: fabrantes22@gmail.com

CQE, DQB, FCiências, University of Lisbon

Email: mfcamoes@fc.ul.pt

CIMA – Center for Marine and Environmental Research, University of Algarve

Email: anewton.ualg@gmail.com

Researcher at CCMAR — Center for Marine Sciences, University of Algarve

Email: prelvas@ualg.pt

Director of CCMA — Center for Marine Sciences, University of Algarve

Email: acanario@ualg.pt

Scientific Coordinator CESAM — Center for Environmental and Sea Studies, University of Aveiro

Email: lillebo@ua.pt

President of CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Center for Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto

Email: vmvascon@fc.up.pt

Director of MARE – Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences

Email: jcmimar@ci.uc.pt

Coordinator CIMA,- Center for Marine and Environmental Research, University of Algarve

Email: mbebian@ualg.pt

CP-COI: Portuguese Committee for the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

Email: lmp@ua.pt

Visiting Scholar, University of Algarve

Email: tborges@ualg.pt

Co-chair of SCOR WG #159 on DeepSeaDecade, University of Aveiro and Vice-Chair of the Portuguese Executive Committee

Email: ahilario@ua.pt

Member of the SCOR Capacity Development Committee, University of Porto

Email: ruisea@gmail.com

University of the Azores

Email: joana.b.ramos@uac.pt

IPMA – Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere

Email: cbartilotti@ipma.pt

University of Aveiro

Email: pesquete@ua.pt

University of Algarve

Email: pesquete@ua.pt

University of Algarve

Email: jmsilva@ualg.pt

University of Aveiro

Email: clara.rodrigues@ua.pt

President + Atlantic CoLAB

Email: nuno.lourenco@colabatlantic.com

IMAR/OKEANS Researcher

Email: telmo.af.gomes@uac.pt

CESAM – University of Aveiro

Email: jdubert@ua.pt

CEO AIR Centre ( Interino)

Email: emir.sirage@aircentre.org

Secretary of Portuguese Executive Commitee

Email: catarina.duarte@aircentre.org

  • 16 December 2022

    First National Committee Meeting in Aveiro.

    Coming soon!

  • 9 March 2022

    SCOR welcomes Portugal as a new member.

    This membership is to be supported by AIR Centre and the three nominated members are:

    • Fátima Abrantes: senior scientist of the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere – IPMA, and leader of the Ocean and Climate Change Group of the Centre of Marine Sciences at the University of Algarve – CCMAR
    • Ana Hilário: Assistant Researcher of the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies of the University of Aveiro – CESAM, and co-chair of the SCOR WG DeepSeaDecade
    • Catarina Duarte: AIR Centre’s Events and Network Manager

  • 31 January 2022

    A meeting was held to form the National Committee of SCOR.

    With a wide participation rate, an executive committee was nominated, and a document was compile with the good practices, rights and duties of the National Committee. This final document can be read here.

  • 2021

    AIR Centre moves forward with the proposal of becoming the institution that represents Portugal as the new National Committee of SCOR

    Which was approved. https://scor-int.org/scor/committees/