Samuel Niza has over 20 years of experience in industrial ecology and corporate sustainability having coordinated and developed many environmental and energy assessment projects, particularly focusing on sustainable resource management and the life cycle of products and services. He also has extensive experience in regional planning projects and environmental policies.

He graduated in Environmental Engineering at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1998) and started his research (1999) at the Centre for Sustainable Business Development of INETI. In 2007, he obtained a PhD in Environmental Engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST).

Niza is the founder of Circular – Consultoria em Sustentabilidade Lda, and an integrated member of IN+, IST’s Centre for Center for Innovation, Technologies and Policy Development.

Between 2008 and 2018 he was a lecturer at IST teaching the discipline of Industrial Ecology. He was also a lecturer in the PhD Program in Sustainable Energy Systems of the MIT Portugal Program. He has supervised Master and PhD theses and published in peer-reviewed journals.