The PhD viva of José Manuel Rocha in Geography will be held on September 26 at 2.30 pm, at Sala de Atos of the Institute of Social Sciences.
The thesis, supervised by António Vieira and António Bento Gonçalves, is entitled Dinâmicas do solo em áreas ardidas: alterações nas propriedades físico-químicas e no uso do solo, a curto e longo prazo, no noroeste de Portugal [Soil dynamics in burnt areas: short- and long-term changes in physical-chemical properties and land use in north-west Portugal].
The jury, chaired by Paula Remoaldo, is made up of:
– José Lúcio Sobral da Cunha, Full Professor, Department of Geography and Tourism, Faculty of Letters, University of Coimbra;
– António Avelino Batista Vieira, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho;
– Francisco da Silva Costa, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho;
– Helena Maria Neto Paixão Vasquez Fernandez, Adjunct Professor, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve;
– Joaquim Farguell Pérez, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and History, University of Barcelona;
– Marcos Francos Quijorna, Permanent Labour Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and History, University of Salamanca.