PhD from Universidade Nova de Lisboa working on bottom-up versus top-down energy models to assess economic, environmental and technological impacts of low carbon pathways up to 2050, in particular on the linkage between the technological TIMES and the computable general equilibrium GEM-E3 models for Portugal. Patrícia Fortes has participated in the implementation of TIMES model for Portugal and developed materials and energy services demand scenarios within the impact assessment of the EU climate and energy targets for Portugal for 2020 commissioned by the Portuguese Ministry of Environment. She has a BSc. in Environmental Engineering (2003).