Rui Figueira
Associate Professor
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolRui Figueira is an Associate Professor and longstanding biodiversity informatics leader based in Lisbon, serving as GBIF Portugal Node Manager since 2013 and with a PhD in Ecology from the University of Lisbon. His work bridges ecological niche modelling, geostatistics and multivariate analysis to advance species distribution modelling and scalable biodiversity data infrastructures. He has helped design and deploy standards-based systems (Darwin Core, DiGIR, TAPIR, GBIF IPT) and led or contributed to over 20 research projects, bringing practical experience in both hardware and software for data integration and sharing. Known for translating ecological theory into interoperable tools, he combines academic rigor with hands-on implementation and national-level coordination of biodiversity data mobilization.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Ecology, PhD, Ecology at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de LisboaMSc, Georesources, MSc, Georesources at Instituto Superior Técnico
Github Skills (24)
grails-plugin8
to-do7
biodiversity-informatics6
ansible5
structures4
terrain4
grails3
static-site3
yeoman3
yeoman-generator3
atlas3
qgis2
data-science2
raster2
publisher2
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
isa-ulisboa/greends-dms-exercises
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:31 commits, 79 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
to-doin-class
rpfigueira/testrepo
Nov 2020 - Sep 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 10 months
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