Atmospheric physics laboratory
Climate Strategies:
o Maintenance and calibration of atmospheric instrumentation
o Preparation of instrumentation for field campaigns
Bioaerosol and aerobiology laboratory
Global Health Strategy:
o Bioaerosol monitoring
o Development of innovative systems for monitoring pathogenic bioaerosols
o Development of warning systems to prevent respiratory disease risk
Health and environment laboratory
Global Health Strategy:
o Health effects evaluation of air pollutants
o Multipollutant exposures (Exposome) assessment in a changing environment
o Public health intervention and communication strategies
Environmental contamination and risk research laboratory
o Soil Strategy: Characterize and restore soils for healthier and more resilient ecosystems
o Farm to Fork Strategy: Improve the sustainable food production
o Preserve our Environment Strategy: Protect the biodiversity; improve circular economy; reduce water and soil pollution
Water quality control laboratory
o Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation: Ensure that drinking water meets European safety and quality standards
o Circular Economy Strategy: Wastewater analysis and quality improve
o Increasing Water Efficiency: Contribute to conservation and sustainable water management
Water laboratory of the University of Évora
o Protecting and Restoring Aquatic Ecosystem: Development of new techniques for analyzing the physical-chemical and biological parameters of water and aquatic ecosystems
o Increasing Water Efficiency: Develop research on water management
o Protecting and Restoring Aquatic Ecosystem: Ecosystems conservation and restoration
Laboratory of chemical and environmental technologies
o Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation: Ensure that drinking water meets European safety and quality standards
o Circular Economy Strategy: Waste management, sustainable supply chains, and reduction of environmental footprints
o Energy Strategy: Renewable energy resource research for sustainable energy systems
Thermofluids & energy and solar radiation sensors labs
Energy Strategy:
o Thermofluids and energy research for sustainable energy systems development
o Characterization and calibration of solar radiation sensors
o Improve techniques for solar radiation monitoring and resource assessment
Precision optics lab
o Climate Strategies: Development and calibration of atmospheric optical instrumentation
o Energy Strategy: Development and calibration of optical instrumentation for solar energy resource assessment
Earth crust structure and subsurface geophysics imaging laboratory
Disaster Resilience Goals:
o Earth’s crust observation and modelling
o Subsurface feature identification (such as faults, stratigraphy and resources)
o Plate tectonics understanding, resource exploration, and geological hazard mitigation
Instrumentation and control laboratory
Technology for Climate, Energy and Water Strategies:
o Sensor’s conception and circuit conditioning
o Embedded system implementation
Electronic systems, signal processing and instrumentation laboratory
Technology for Water and Soil Strategies:
o Development of low-cost sensor systems for real time hydric resources and quality monitoring
o Conception of hydric stress sensors for agriculture monitoring