Prof. Dr. Paulo Branco is a biologist (FCUL, 2005) with a Doctorate in Forest Eng. and Nat. Res. (ISA ULisboa, 2013). His research subjects encompass connectivity infringement impacts, connectivity enhancement prioritization, multiple stressors, multifactorial experiments, water scarcity, organic load, freshwater fish biology, freshwater fish ecology, fish distribution models, fish biomechanics, fish movements, fish preferences, fishways, hydropeaking, and ecohydraulics. Prof. Paulo is the CEO of the Associate Laboratory TERRA (FCT, 1.1MEUR), which aggregates 400+ PhDs from different research centers in Portugal. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Forest Research Centre, which is part of the CEF-Outreach Strategy Group, and a member of the Ecosystems and Water Quality Committee of the Portuguese Association of Water Resources. In 2020 and 2021, he was awarded honorable mentions at the University of Lisbon Scientific Prizes due to his outstanding publication record.