Vera Serrão Portugal vserrao@worldforestry.org Vera Serrão has a Forest and Natural Resources Engineering degree from Technical University of Lisbon. She previously worked in a forest producers association in Lisbon, Portugal. She was involved in various projects there, including forest management planning in a national forest surrounding the southern Portuguese village of Mértola, as well as a municipal plan for forest fire defense. During her 6-month fellowship, Vera will research about post-fire management in PNW region. She wants to explore and study the techniques of post-fire forest management in the PNW so that it can serve as a helpful contribution in decision making regarding the management of forests in Portugal after devastating fires.