2002 - PhD in Sciences of Engineering. Thesis: "Contamination / Decontamination of Soils with Gasoline - Influence of Soils Characteristics" by Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)
1993 - Master of Sciences in Engineering Geology. Thesis: "Zoning of the Liquefaction Potential: Attempted Application to Portugal" by Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT/UNL)
1990 - Specialization Post Degree - Post-Graduate Specialization in "Hydrogeochemistry and Contamination of Aquifers" by Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FC/UL)
1987 - Degree in Economic and Applied Geology - Branch Hydrogeology / Hydrogeochemistry by Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FC/UL)

FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC OFFICES

Associated Editor of the Soils and Rocks Journal from ABMS (since 2024).
Associated Editor of the Environmental Geotechnics Journal from ICE (2021-2024).
Representing LNEC on the General Council of Agrupamento de Escolas Rainha Dona Leonor (2017- present).
Representing LNEC, as member of NICOLE (Network for industrially contaminated land in Europe - http://www.nicole.org/), first between 1997 and 1999. More recently, from 2012 until 2023.
Head of the "Contaminated Land" Working Group (WG) of the Portuguese Commission for Environmental Geotechnics (CPGA) (2020-2024, 2024-2028).
Secretary General of the CPGA Board for the first four-year term (2012-2016). She was reappointed for the second four-year term (2016-2020).
Co-responsible for the contaminated soils area in the CPGA Board (2016-2020, 2020-2024).
Portuguese representative of IAEG Committees 20 (Risk-based contaminated land management) and 27( Environmental aspects of construction materials) (2014-present).
Member representing SPG (Portuguese Geotechnical Society) on ISSMGE Technical Committee TC208 - Stability of Natural Slopes (2014-present).
Portuguese Correspondent Member of ISSMGE Technical Committees TC304 - Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and Management - and TC215 - Environmental Geotechnics (2014-present).
Secretary of the Board of the General Assembly of the APG (Portuguese Association of Geologists) (2012-2014)
Member of the technical group for the Portuguese adaptation of European legislation (Discussion of the Directive 199/31/CE from the Council of 26th April 1999 – Landfill Wastes Disposal and Proposal of Decision from the Commission for the Waste European Catalog and Dangerous Wastes List) (1999-2000)
CLARINET (Contaminated Land Rehabilitation Network for Environmental Technologies http://www.commonforum.eu/publications_clarinet.asp) as expert representative member of Portuguese Government – Environmental Ministry
CARACAS Member (Concerted action on risk assessment for contaminated sites in the EU - http://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/7109_en.html) as expert representative member of Portuguese Government – Environmental Ministry

AREAS OF RESEARCH / INTEREST

Soil Contamination by hydrocarbons and other organic substances and respective mitigation
Contamination by explosives and metals
Perception and risk analysis in soil contamination
Perception, management and risk analysis in urban areas with stability problems (aptitude for construction)

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

The researcher initiated her career, in 1987, working in hydrogeology, geochemistry and aquifer

contamination, as a young researcher. In 1988, she changed from Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa –

Universidade de Lisboa to the Department of Geotechnics (DG) / Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil

(LNEC).

In 1990, LNEC decided to increase the knowledge of the researcher in the geotechnical area. By this way,

the researcher has done a master's in engineering geology, to acquire more skills related with DG. She

worked for several years in seismic engineering and geotechnical stability problems; passing by the

assurance control of tunnels, among other subjects.

In 1994, she embarked on the soil contamination area, returning to the environmental theme, already in the

perspective of environmental geotechnics. Since then, she has acquired competences in geoenvironmental

engineering and environmental geotechnics related with sites for waste disposal, soil contamination

research, environmental management, rehabilitation of degraded and contaminated sites, environmental

management and rehabilitation of old mining sites, and risk analysis (environment, slope stability and

urbanism - soil occupation).

In January of 2016, the researcher got in the Hydraulics and Environment Department of LNEC. In October

of the same year, she was transferred to the Advisory Group of Board of Directors. In May of 2023 she

returned to DG.

SCIENTIFIC ORIENTATION

Supervisor of Ph.D. and MSc. Theses
Supervisor of Trainees
Supervisor of training courses
Jury member of PhD and Masters' dissertations

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

Ph.D. thesis
MSc. thesis
Books: 2 (LNEC editor)
Book editor: 1
Chapter of books: 8
Papers in international and national peer review journals
Conference communications in international and national scientific meetings
Technical Reports of LNEC: more than 75

OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

Several lectures and courses by invitation
Member of the organizing committees of congresses/Seminars/Workshops and other scientific events
Member of scientific committees of national and international congresses
Member of review committees in national and international scientific journals
Member of review committees of national and international congresses

OTHER INFORMATION

2002 – to the present - Researcher Officer at LNEC
1993 – 2002 - Research Assistant at LNEC
1992 – 1993 - Research Trainee at LNEC
1990 – 1992 - Master Research Fellow of FCT at LNEC
1988 – 1990 - Research Fellow at LNEC
1987 – 1988 - Research Fellow of INIC at FCUL