Maria Teresa Viseu

• Research Habilitation degree (2019), National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)
• PhD degree in Civil Engineering (2006), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon
• Master Degree in Hydraulics and Water Resources (1994), IST
• Degree in Civil Engineering, branch of "Hydraulics and Water Resources” (1987), IST

• Head of the Water Resources and Hydraulic Structures Unit at LNEC (since 2011)
• Research Officer with Habilitation at LNEC (since 2019)
• Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (since 2019)
• Research Officer at LNEC (2006-2019)
• Research Assistant at LNEC (1995-2006)
• Fellow Research Trainee at LNEC (1992-1995)
• Water Resources Planner in UNDP/UNDTCD Project MOZ/020/86 "Strengthening the National Directorate for Water Resources", Maputo, Mozambique (1990-1992)
• Hydraulic engineer at HIDROPROJECTO, Consultores de Hidráulica e Salubridade, Portugal (1988-1990)

• Hydrological modelling and application of statistical tools in hydrology
• Development and application of numerical models in river hydraulics and sediment transport; namely levee and dam failure floods
• Physical, experimental and numerical modelling of flows in hydraulic structures, in particular in spillways
• Inspection and monitoring of hydraulic structures and definition of methodologies in the scope of hydraulic and operational safety of dams
• Dam risk management support, definition of methodologies and development of instruments for emergency planning and warning systems at dam and in downstream valleys

• Participation in 39 national and international research projects with external funding (of the United Nation Development Program, World Bank, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 5th, 6th, 7th and Horizon 2020 of the European Commission Programs, US National Science Program as well as for Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology)
• Participation in 70 consultancy studies
• Coordination or co-coordination of 40 research projects (or work packages) and consultancy studies
• Elaboration or cooperation in the development of 150 proposals for research projects and consultancy studies
• Lecturer in more than 20 training courses in hydrology, river training, hydraulics and dam safety, in Portugal and abroad (Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde).

• 6 PhD Thesis (2 in progress) and 1 postdoctoral internship
• 16 Master Degree Thesis (1 in progress)
• 4 LNEC Fellow Research Trainee and 2 LNEC Fellow Experimentation Trainee
• 12 Degree Dissertations (all foreign:  Brazil, China, France, Vietnam and USA)
• Jury member of the scientific panel of 2 PhD Thesis and of 15 Master's degree thesis

• 1 Research Habilitation thesis and 1 LNEC Graduate Program
• 1 PhD and 1 MSc Thesis
• 6 books and 8 book chapters
• 164 LNEC Reports
• 78 papers presented at national and international scientific meetings
• 46 Reports in the framework of international research projects
• 26 articles papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals

• Peer review in international scientific journals
• Portuguese Engineers Association:

• Member (1994-2015) and Senior Member (since 2016)
• Expert Member in Hydraulics since 2008
• Member of the Executive Commission of the Speciality in Hydraulics and Water Resources of the Civil Engineering College (2010-2021)

• Portuguese Water Resources Association (APRH):

• Member since 1991
• Member of the Directive Board (2002-2003)

• Member of several Research and Technical Working Groups:

• Committee to revise the dam safety Portuguese regulations (2010-2018)
• Working Group "Dam risk analysis” of the Portuguese Committee on Large Dams (CNPGB)" (2003-2010)
• Portuguese "Working Group on Safety of Existing Dams of the European Club” of the ICOLD - International Commission of Large Dams (2010/2012)
• Working Group "Floods and Hydraulic Structures Safety” of the Portuguese-Spanish Committee for Implementation and development of the Convention on cooperation for the protection and sustainable use of the waters transboundary river basins (CADC), since 2007