A time of grief for our ICCP Family

Dear Members of the ICCP,

Photography: André Tavares

it is with deep sorrow that we share the loss of our beloved friend and colleague Prof. Dr. Deolinda Flores, on last Wednesday, 12^th of November 2025, following a sudden illness.

Deolinda joined the ICCP in 1991 and remained an active member for 34 years. Her contributions were enormous in almost all thereafter milestones and achievements of our Organization. She held positions as a Member of the Council, Secretary and Chair of Commission I, Chair of the Accreditation Subcommittee; she convened numerous Working Groups, and co-authored several of our Maceral Classifications, which are the fundamentals of our discipline.

During her esteemed career, Deolinda achieved many national and international recognitions and held positions of responsibility, including this of the Editor of the International Journal of Coal Geology, and becoming a Corresponding Member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences. She was a tireless ambassador of Organic Petrology and Geology in general, strengthening the legacy of University of Porto.

Deolinda created a research school, through which she guided and mentored many of us with her lovely personality, offering mood and gently strength.

I am confident that her approach in both life and science will continue inspiring us, and her legacy will continue through her students in the years to come.

We all will definitely miss Deolinda! Our thoughts are with her family, Mário, Carolina and Mário José.

Stavros Kalaitzidis