Cláudia Fernandes is a Landscape Architect with prior training in Agricultural Engineering and a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences. She is an assistant professor at the University of Porto and group leader of the Landscape Planning, Design, and Management (LPDM) Research Group at the CIBIO Research Center. Her research interests include assessing, planning, designing, and managing a wide range of habitats, ecosystems, and landscapes, especially in urban environments. She is concerned with cities' resilience and adaptation to global changes, the social and ecological challenges of the future, and the role of trees and urban green spaces in this process.