Tiago Domingos is an associate professor in Environment and Energy at IST, the engineering school of the University of Lisbon. He received his M.Sc. in Physical Engineering (IST) and his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering (IST). He has taught courses such as Thermodynamics, Environmental Modelling, Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development and is the coordinator of the MSc in Environmental Engineering. His research aims at creating a theoretical, mathematical basis for sustainability assessment, integrating contributions from Ecology, Thermodynamics and Economics. He has most notably worked on DEB theory for the metabolism of organisms, the useful exergy approach to energy accounting, energy and economic growth, carbon responsibility indicators, ecosystem services, comprehensive accounting and sustainable agriculture. He is President of MARETEC - Marine, Environment and Technology Centre, Coordinator of IST-Ambiente, the Platform for Environmental Sciences and Engineering at IST, and member of the board of LARSyS - Laboratory for Robotics and Engineering Systems. He is the founder and CEO of Terraprima—Environmental Services, an IST Spin-off, considered Dryland Champion by the United Nations Convention to Combat Climate Change and winner of the European Commission’s “A World You Like with a Climate You Like” competition for the best climate solution in Europe in 2013.
Instituto Superior Técnico
Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
MARETEC/LARSyS