Curriculum Vitae

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7035-1381

Ciência ID: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/201A-1CE0-0FD6

Professional Situation

Senior Technician

Academic and Scientific Degrees

PhD in Territory, Risk and Public Policy, University of Lisbon

M.Sc. in Geosciences (environment and spatial planning branch), University of Coimbra

Degree in Geology, University of Coimbra

Functions and Relevant Public Offices

Senior Technician at Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (2020 - present)

Doctoral Research Fellow at Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (2016-2020)

Research Fellow at Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (2011-2016)

Areas of Research / Interest

• Dynamics and sedimentary evolution of coastal systems at different spatial and temporal scales
• Characterization and assessment of hazard, susceptibility, vulnerability and risk in coastal areas due to extreme events and climate change effects
• Public policies for risk management and spatial planning

Activity Developed

Participation in several research and consultancy projects with national and international funding.

Research projects:

• iCOAST: Innovation ecosystems for climate resilience in high-risk coastal communities funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) – coordinated by University of Coimbra.
• Water4All- Water security for the Planet- European Commission (EC), Grant agreement ID: 101060874, coordinated by French National Research Agency (ANR).
• MOSAIC.pt: Multi-source flOod riSk AnalysIs for safe coastal Communities and sustainable development – funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), (PTDC/CTAAMB/ 28909/2017), coordinated by LNEC.
• FORLAND: Disastrous floods and landslides in Portugal: driving forces and applications for land use planning, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), (PTDC/ATP-GEO/1660/2014), coordinated by IGOT (ULisboa).
• MOLINES: Modelling floods in estuaries. From the hazard to the critical management -funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), (PTDC/AAG-MAA/2811/2012), coordinated by LNEC.
• MORFEED: Morphodynamic feedback of estuarine margins to climate change, funded by Fundação para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT), (PTDC/AAC-AMB/100092/2008), coordinated by LNEC.

Selected Publications

Authorship or co-authorship of circa 70 publications spanning from indexed papers, conference abstract or papers to technical reports from consultancy work.

Selected publications:

• Rilo, A. Tavares, A.O. Freire, P. Zêzere, J.L. Haigh, I.D. (2022b). Improving estuarine flood risk knowledge through documentary data using multiple correspondence analysis. Water, 14, 3161.
• Rilo, A. Tavares, A. Freire, P Zêzere, J.L. (2022a). Dealing with Multisource Information for Estuarine Flood Risk Appraisal in Two Western European Coastal Areas. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 13, 199–213
• Rilo, A. Tavares, A. Freire, P. Santos, P.P. Zêzere, J.L. (2017) The contribution of historical information to flood risk management in the Tagus estuary. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 25, 22-35.
• Freire, P., Tavares, A., Sá, L., Oliveira, A., Fortunato, A., Santos, P., Rilo, A., Gomes, J. L., Rogeiro, J., Pablo, R., Pinto, P.L., (2016). A local scale approach to estuarine flood risk management. Natural Hazards, 84: 3, 1705-1739.
• Rilo, A., Freire, P., Guerreiro, M., Fortunato, A.B., Taborda, R (2013). Estuarine margins vulnerability to floods for different sea level rise and human occupation scenarios. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 65, 820-825. ISSN 0749-0208
• Rilo, A.R, Freire, P., Nogueira Mendes, R., Ceia, R., catalão, J., Taborda, R., Melo, R., Caçador, M.I., Freitas, M.C., Fortunato, A., B & Alves, E (2014). Metodologia para o traçado da Linha de Máxima Preia-Mar de Águas-Vivas Equinociais em ambientes de transição: aplicação ao estuário do Tejo (Portugal). Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada /Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, 14 (1): 95-107.

Other scientific and technical Activities

The work was presented through 9 oral communications at congresses and conferences and 1 oral communication by invitation

Acted as reviewer for Natural Hazards (2024) and Journal of Coastal Research (2013)

Other Information

Awarded with the Santander Totta/University of Coimbra Grant, Banco Santander Portugal, in 2006.