Gonçalo Miguel Pinto Pereira is an environmental engineering researcher and PhD student at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), Portugal. He holds an MSc in Environmental Engineering, where his thesis focused on bioremediation approaches for contaminated soils affected by forest fires, and a BSc in Environmental Engineering, also from FEUP. His research interests include degraded areas, both contaminated and affected by fires, as well as the evaluation of bioremediation approaches as a means of recovery.