Diamantino Manuel Ínsua Pereira
Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Earth Sciences Department of the University of Minho and Scientific Coordinator of the Terras de Cavaleiros UNESCO Global Geopark.
Member of the National Committee for the International Geoscience Programme IGCP-UNESCO, President of the Portuguese Association of Geomorphologists (2007-2009) and Vice President during 2005-2007. Teaches the courses of Regional Geology (Bachelor), Relief and Landscape Evolution, Depositional Environments, Protected Areas and Land-use Planning, Geotourism and Geoparks (master). Has participated in eleven funded research projects, supervised 2 post-doc scholarships, 8 doctoral theses and 18 master theses. Director of the Earth Sciences Department 2004-2005 and 2011-2013. Director of the Master Degree in Environmental Sciences (2006 and 2009), of the Degree in Geology (2001) and of the Biology and Geology Teachers Training (2002 and 2004).