Biography and Curriculum Vitae Alice Newton Alice Newton Curriculum Vitae Biography of Alice Newton Marine Scientist, Oceanographer Dr Alice Newton holds the position of Professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences (DCMA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FCT) of the University of Algarve (UAlg, Portugal). She is a member of Portugal’s Institute of Marine Research (IMAR); the Marine and Environmental Research Center (CIMA); a Senior Scientist leading as the Principal Investigator on the coastal zone at the Norwegian Institute of Air Research (NILU) in the Department of Environmental Impacts and Economics (IMPEC); and of the High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment (FRAM), Norway; a Council member of the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA); and the European Engagement Partner of Future Earth Coasts, (FEC, formally LOICZ). An internationally known Chemical Oceanographer, Dr Newton has made an important contribution to the assessment of eutrophication in coastal lagoons. She has also formulated and successfully implemented 7 multinational post-graduate Master and PhD joint programmes. She has more than 26 years of experience in coordinating several international and national research programmes across a number of scientific disciplines. The author or co-author of 76 scientific and academic publications since 2003, Dr Newton has given numerous presentations at international conferences over the last 10 years, including 50 keynote papers as an invited speaker. Additionally, she has co-chaired or convened 188 scientific events. She is an active member of several science societies. Dr Newton advises various national, international and multinational governmental and non-governmental organisations as well as research funding agencies, on aspects of science-policy implementation, (e.g. the Water Framework Directive, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and Regional Seas Commissions). ii Alice Newton Curriculum Vitae Examples of expert consultancies include: Joint Research Centre, Eutrophication in Transitional water bodies, Intercalibration of Water Framework Directive; INAG (Portuguese Ministry of Environment, Institute of Water Research), Implementation of Water Framework Directive in Transitional Waters and Coastal Waters; US Environmental Protection Agency, Nutrient criteria; KLIF (now Norwegian Environment Agency), Management plan for North Sea and Skagerrak; Direcao Geral Recursos Marinhos Portugal, Implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (SOPHIA project); United Nations Environmental Programme Regional Seas Conventions, Indicator Group (including Chlorophyll). She has also served on numerous national and international committees and boards, including 7 editorial boards, and has forged strong links with a range of industry and stakeholder organisations. Dr Newton was the Chairperson of LOICZ (Land ocean interactions in the coastal zone) a core project of IGBP (the International Biosphere-Geosphere Programme) and IHDP (the International Human Dimension Programme) from 2009 to 2011. She is the current Future Earth Coasts FEC European engagement partner and a council member of the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA); the chairperson of the EU DGR&I Bioeconomy Strategy expert group; member of the Working Group "Climate Change" de MedWet-STN. A former Head of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Algarve, she is now a tenured professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences. Dr Newton has contributed as visiting professor to the training of post-graduate students at several other Universities around the world: (Brazil) Universidade de Santa Cecília, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, (Colombia) University of Eafit, (Italy) University of Lecce and University of Bologna, (Morocco) Mohamed V University - Agdal, (Norway) University of Bergen, (Poland) University of Gdansk, Gdansk Technical University, University of Szczecin, University of Częstochowa, (Spain) University of Cadiz, University of Barcelona, (UK) University of Wales, University of Plymouth, University of Portsmouth. She has supervised and co-supervised 54 Master students, 20 Doctoral students and 7 Postdoctoral fellows from many different countries. iii Alice Newton Curriculum Vitae Dr Newton has been awarded 12 fellowships/scholarships since 2003, including a Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) fellowship for North Africa (2011), an Institute of Advanced Studies fellowship at the University of Bologna (2011) and an Erasmus Mundus scholarship in Brazil (2013) and China 2014, as well as Chinese Academy of Sciences Professorship (2014-6) at Institute of Coastal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key State Laboratory, Yantai, China. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PERSONAL INFORMATION ....................................................................................... 1 2. ACADEMIC DEGREES ............................................................................................... 1 3. KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES .................................................................................. 2 4. PRIZES, TITLES AND SCHOLARSHIPS ......................................................................... 2 5. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY ......................................................................................... 3 6. PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH MEMBERSHIPS ....................................................... 3 7. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................. 4 7.1. Teaching at the University of Algarve.........................................................................6 7.2. Post-Graduate Teaching at Host Universities (Erasmus Programme) .........................6 7.3. Post-Graduate Teaching at Host Universities (Erasmus Mundus and Other Programmes) ....................................................................................................................6 7.4. Activity of University Management and Leadership ...................................................6 7.5.Participation in International Education Projects ........................................................8 8. SUPERVISION AND EXAMINER BOARD ..................................................................... 9 8.1. Supervision of Researchers ........................................................................................9 8.2. Participation in Other Academic Examiners Boards ...................................................9 9. CAPACITY BUILDING IN HIGHER EDUCATION ........................................................... 9 10. QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION ........................................................ 9 11. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................ 9 11.1. Evaluation of Research Projects ............................................................................. 10 11.2. Participation in Research Projects .......................................................................... 10 12. PUBLICATIONS ..................................................................................................... 11 13. SCIENCE COMMUNICATION .................................................................................. 15 14. FUTURE PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES ............................................................ 15 15. ORGANIZATION OF MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ......................... 16 15.1. Organization of Scientific Meetings, Workshops and Conferences ......................... 16 iv Alice Newton Curriculum Vitae 15.2. Organization of Academic Meetings, Workshops and Conferences ........................ 16 16. REFEREES ............................................................................................................. 16 17. ANNEX ................................................................................................................. 18 Table 1. Teaching at the University of Algarve ................................................................ 20 Table 2. Post-Graduate Teaching at Host Universities (Erasmus and other Programmes) ....................................................................................................................................... 24 Table 3. Post-Graduate Teaching at Host Universities (Erasmus Mundus and Other Programmes) .................................................................................................................. 25 Table 4. Supervision of Postdoctoral Scientists ............................................................... 28 Table 5. Supervision and Examination of Doctoral Candidates ........................................ 28 Table 6. Supervision and Examination of Master Students ............................................. 30 Table 7. Supervision and Examination of First Cycle Research Projects ........................... 35 Table 8. Participation in Other Academic Examiners Boards ........................................... 35 Table 9. Capacity Building in Higher Education ............................................................... 36 Table 10. Quality Assurance in Higher Education ............................................................ 38 Table 11. Evaluation of Research Projects ...................................................................... 39 Table 12. Participation in National Scientific Research Projects ...................................... 39 Table 13.