**About the Editors**

### **Vicelina Sousa**

Vicelina Sousa has a PhD in Forestry Engineering and Natural Resources from the School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon. She is a researcher at the Forest Research Centre and Associate Laboratory TERRA – Laboratory for Sustainability of Land Use and Ecosystem Services, School of Agriculture at the University of Lisbon. Her area of expertise is wood science and technology, namely wood properties and variability, wood formation and structure, wood anatomy and wood identification. Her other research interests are related to bark anatomy and properties and tree and plant responses to different environmental conditions.

#### **Helena Pereira**

Helena Pereira is Emeritus Professor at the University of Lisbon, School of Agriculture, with a degree in chemical engineering (Instituto Superior Tecnico); a doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) from the ´ Biology Faculty, University of Hamburg; and habilitation from the School of Agriculture, Technical University of Lisbon. Her academic and scientific path included teaching and research, as well as several academic management positions in different institutions, namely as Rector and vice-Rector of the Technical University of Lisbon and President of the Nation Science Funding Agency. Her research interests cross several disciplines, from chemistry, biology and forestry to materials science and engineering, focusing on forests and forest products, biomass, bioenergy and biorefineries, with leading international expertise in barks, especially cork.

#### **Teresa Quilh ´o**

Teresa Quilho has a PhD in Forestry Engineering and Natural Resources from the School of ´ Agriculture, University of Lisbon. She is a researcher at the Forest Research Centre and Associate Laboratory TERRA – Laboratory for Sustainability of Land Use and Ecosystem Services, School of Agriculture at the University of Lisbon. Her area of scientific activity is wood science, and her domains of specialization include wood and bark anatomy, wood identification, fiber identification and tropical wood. Her present research interests include the anatomy and variability of bark and other tree components, as well as non-wood fiber raw materials, including their integration into eco-physiological studies.

#### **Isabel Miranda**

Isabel Miranda has a PhD in Forestry Engineering and Natural Resources from the School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon. She is a researcher at the Forest Research Centre and Associate Laboratory TERRA – Laboratory for Sustainability of Land Use and Ecosystem Services, School of Agriculture at the University of Lisbon. Her research interests are focused on the chemical and structural characterization of lignocellulosic materials, including wood, barks, cork and unconventional biomass wastes and residues of cork within a biorefinery approach.
