Bio
Education and work:
2021-2024. Postdoctoral researcher. University of Turin (Italy).
2020. Postdoctoral researcher. University of Naples (Italy).
2019. Postdoc. Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (Switzerland).
2014-2017. Ph.D. in Forest Sciences. University of Turin (Italy).
2016. Visiting graduate researcher. Oregon State University (USA).
2015. Field assistant. Perućica Strict Nature Reserve (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
2012-2013. Research assistant. Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission.
2009-2011. M.Sc. in European Forestry. University of Eastern Finland. 2-year double-degree Erasmus Mundus program. 2nd year at the University of Freiburg (Germany), M.Sc. in Forest Ecology and Management.
2011. Field assistant. Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Natural Park (Italy).
2009. Project assistant. Office of Forest Fire Prevention of Barcelona (Spain).
2005-2008. M.Eng. in Forestry. University of Valladolid (Spain).
2001-2005. B.Eng. in Forestry. University of Oviedo (Spain).
Participation in projects:
2024-2026. FIRESKY - Lightning-ignited wildfires: thunderstorms and extreme events. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. PI.
2024. SylvAFoRes (Adaptive Silviculture for Forest Resilience). University of Turin. Collaborator.
2024. FIRE-BOX (Essential tools for wildland fire risk management in Italy). University of Turin. Collaborator.
2024. REWILD-FIRE (Rewilding policies for carbon sequestration under increasing fire risk). University of Turin. Collaborator.
2022-2023. FIRESKY - Fire from the sky: understanding lightning fires in the Pyrocene. University of Turin. PI.
2021. PRe-FEu (Forest fire prevention for wood supply chains). University of Turin. Collaborator.
2020-2021. MAST-NET (Masting responses to climate change and impacts on ecosystems). University of Liverpool. Data collector.
2020. PREVAIL (PREVention Action Increases Large fire response preparedness). University of Naples. Collaborator.
2019. Summer drought influence on lightning-induced fires. WSL. Collaborator.
2014-2017. Resilience of larch forests to global change. University of Turin. PhD student.
2012-2013. Development of LULUCF projections at country level for each individual EU Member State. JRC. Research Assistant.
Theses:
Moris JV. 2017. Resilience of larch forests to global change. PhD Dissertation. University of Turin, Grugliasco, 139 pp.
Moris JV. 2011. Small-scale habitat selection of capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in the Italian Alps. MSc Thesis. University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, 94 pp.
Moris JV. 2008. Forest management plan to improve the habitat of Cantabrian Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus) in the eastern Asturian Mountains. MEng Project. University of Valladolid, Palencia, 250 pp. (In Spanish)
Moris JV. 2005. Actions to improve the habitat of Cantabrian Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus) in the western Asturian Mountains. BEng Project. University of Oviedo, Mieres, 358 pp. (In Spanish)