José M.C. Pereira is Full Professor at the Department of Natural Resources, Environment, and Land, School of Agriculture (ISA), University of Lisbon, where he teaches courses in forest ecology and management, and environmental remote sensing. He has an undergraduate degree in forestry from ISA and a Ph.D. in Renewable Natural Resources Studies from the University of Arizona. His research focuses on pyrogeography, including remote sensing of fire, risk mapping, and anthropogenic vegetation burning.