Positions Held:

President of the Board of Directors of LNEC (2021-...)

Director of the Geotechnical Department at LNEC, I.P. (2008-2021).

Head of the Dams and Earthworks Division at the Geotechnical Department of LNEC, I.P. (2003–2008).

Head of the Foundations Division at LNEC, I.P. (1998–2003).

Professional and Scientific Associations:

• AE — Academy of Engineering.
• OE — Order of Engineers.
• SPG — Portuguese Society of Geotechnics.
• ISSMGE — International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
• ELGIP — European Large Geotechnical Institutes Platform.
• ABMS — Brazilian Association of Soil Mechanics.

Scientific Research Activities:

Main scientific themes: Geotechnics; Embankment dams; Constitutive models; Laboratory and in situ soil characterization; Risk management; Seismic risk; Monitoring and behaviour of geotechnical structures.

• PhD Thesis: Dynamic Analysis of Earthfill Dams: Assessment Methods (1994).
• Habilitation Research Program: Risk Analyses in Geotechnics: Application to Earthfill Dams (2006).
• Participation in and coordination of several research projects in her area of expertise.
• Author or co-author of approximately 20 book chapters or books, around 200 articles published in journals, conferences, symposiums, and national and international meetings, and about 350 reports, technical notes, and expert opinions prepared within the scope of LNEC's activities.
• Supervision or co-supervision of five postdoctoral fellows, eight doctoral theses, and 26 master’s dissertations.
• Reviewer of scientific articles submitted for publication in national and international journals.

Teaching Activities:

• Monitor, Trainee Assistant, Assistant, and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, in the Structures Division of the Civil Engineering Department (1980–1996).
• Invited Assistant Professor and Invited Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, in the Structures Division of the Civil Engineering Department (1996–2008).
• Invited Full Professor at the Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Georesources Department of Instituto Superior Técnico, in the Geotechnics Section (2008–2017).

Other Activities:

• President of the Scientific Council of LNEC, I.P. (2014–2018).
• President of the Portuguese Society of Geotechnics (2008–2012).
• President of the European Large Geotechnical Institutes Platform (2010–2012)Member of the Scientific Council for Exact Sciences and Engineering of the Foundation for Science and Technology (2009–2012).
• Member of the Dam Safety Committee.
• Member of the Committee on Dam Regulations (2008–2014).
• Member of the Portuguese Technical Committee of IPQ CT 115 “Structural Eurocodes.”
• Coordinator of the Subcommittee for Geotechnical Engineering Regulations.
• President of the Portuguese Technical Committee of IPQ CT 156 “Geotechnics in Civil Engineering.”
• Member of the TC304 “Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and Management” of the ISSMGE (International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering).
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Portuguese Society of Geotechnics.
• Member of the Technical Committee on Dam Safety of ICOLD (International Commission on Large Dams).
• Member of the Board of the European Large Geotechnical Institutes Platform (ELGIP).