Curriculum Vitae

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3175-7773

Professional Situation

Assistant Researcher

Academic and Scientific Degrees

• 2010 – PhD in Geophysical sciences and geoinformation, Oceanography, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
• 2005 -Master in Geophysical Sciences, Oceanography, Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
• 2002 -Degree in Geophysical Sciences, Meteorology Oceanography, Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.

Functions and Relevant Public Offices

• Assistant Researcher (2017-)
• Post-Doc Fellow research (2011-2017)
• Fellow research (2006-2010)
• Research Trainee, DHA/NEC, LNEC (2004-2005)
• Fellow Research, Instituto de Oceanografia (FCUL) (2001-2004)

Areas of Research / Interest

• Grid computing. Parallel programing in MPI and OpenMP.
• Oil spill transport and weathering modelling in oceans, coastal zones and estuaries.
• Remote sensing. Satellite images: RADAR-SAR and ASAR (satellites ERS1, ERS2 and ENVISAT), SeaWiFS, MERIS and MODIS AQUA.
• Numerical modelling applied to estuarine and coastal dynamics

Research and Professional Activity

• Participated in more than three dozen research and consultancy projects in Portugal and abroad. Within the scope of these projects, conducted research in the fields of physical oceanography, remote sensing, numerical modeling (hydrodynamics and hydrocarbon evolution), and methodologies for risk analysis of oil spill occurrences in coastal areas.
• Is (co-)author of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications (in journals and conferences) and technical reports.

Relevant Publications

• 2025 Coulet, P., Durand, F., Fassoni-Andrade, A., Khan, Md J.U., Testut, L., Toublanc, F., Santos, L.G., Moreira, D.M., Azevedo, A. (2025). Dynamics of Yearly Maximum Water Levels in the Amazon Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 48, 54. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-025-01483-7
• 2025 Pimenta, J., Fernandes, J. N., & Azevedo, A. (2025). Remote Sensing Tool for Reservoir Volume Estimation. Remote Sensing, 17(4), 619. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17040619
• 2023 Nahon, A., Fortunato, A. B., Oliveira, F., Azevedo, A., Henriques, M. J., Silva, P. A., Baptista, P., & Freire, P. (2023). 2DH modelling and mapping of surfbeat-driven flooding in the shadow of a jettied tidal inlet. Coastal Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104342
• 2023 Fassoni-Andrade, A. C., Durand, F., Azevedo, A., Bertin, X., Santos, L. G., Khan, J. U., Testut, L., & Moreira, D. M. (2023). Seasonal to interannual variability of the tide in the Amazon estuary. Continental Shelf Research, 255, 104945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2023.104945
• 2022 Krapez, J-C, J Sanchis Muñoz, C Mazel, C Chatelard, P Déliot, Y-M Frédéric, P Barillot, F Hélias, J Barba Polo, V Olichon, G Serra, C Brignolles, A Carvalho, D Carreira, A Oliveira, E Alves, AB Fortunato, A Azevedo, P Benetazzo, A Bertoni, I Le Goff, Multispectral optical remote sensing for water-leak detection, Sensors, 22: 1057, DOI: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/3/1057.
• 2022 Calatrava, A., Asorey, H., Astalos, J., Azevedo, A., Benincasa, F., Blanquer, I., Bobak, M., Brasileiro, F., Codó, L., Laura, D. C., Esteban, B., Ferret, M., Handl, J., Kerzenmacher, T., Kozlov, V., Křenek, A., Martins, R., Pavesio, M., Rubio-Montero, A. J., & Sánchez-Ferrero, J. (2022). A survey of the European Open Science Cloud services for expanding the capacity and capabilities of multidisciplinary scientific applications. arXiv.org. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2211.07738
• 2021 André B. Fortunato, P. Freire, B. Mengual, X. Bertin, C. Pinto, K. Martins, T. Guérine, A. Azevedo, 2021. Sediment dynamics and morphological evolution in the Tagus Estuary inlet. Marine Geology, Volume 440, October 2021, 106590, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106590.
• 2021 Anabela Oliveira, André B. Fortunato, Marta Rodrigues, Alberto Azevedo, João Rogeiro, Samuel Bernardo, Laura Lavaud, Xavier Bertin, Alphonse Nahon, Gonçalo de Jesus, Miguel Rocha, Pedro Lopes, 2021. Forecasting contrasting coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics with OPENCoastS. Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 143, September 2021, Part of ISSN: 1364-8152, DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105132, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364815221001754?via%3Dihub
• 2021 Fassoni-Andrade, A. C., Durand, F., Moreira, D., Azevedo, A., dos Santos, V. F., Funi, C., and Laraque, A.: Comprehensive bathymetry and intertidal topography of the Amazon estuary, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 2275–2291, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2275-2021, 2021.
• 2020 Oliveira, A., A.B. Fortunato, J. Rogeiro, J. Teixeira, A. Azevedo, L. Lavaud, X. Bertin, J., Gomes, M. David, J. Pina, M. Rodrigues, P. Lopes, 2020. OPENCoastS: An open-access service for the automatic generation of coastal forecast systems, Environmental Modelling and Software, 124: 104585. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104585, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364815219304967?via%3Dihub
• 2018 Rogeiro, J., Rodrigues, M., Azevedo, A., Oliveira, A., Martins, J.P., David, M., Pina, J., Dias, N., Gomes, J., 2018. Running high resolution coastal models in forecast systems: moving from workstations and HPC cluster to cloud resources, Advances in Engineering Software, March 2018, Pages 70-79. DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2017.04.002, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965997817301758?via%3Dihub
• 2018 Oliveira, A., Fortunato, A.B., Freire, P., Rogeiro. J., Azevedo, A., Rodrigues, M., David, L.M., Alves, E., Mendes, A., Teixeira, J.C., 2018. Plataforma interativa e integradora para gestão do risco de inundação costeira. Revista Recursos Hídricos, Vol. 39, No 1, 31-42. DOI: 10.5894/rh39n1-cti2, https://www.aprh.pt/rh/v39n1_cti-2.html
• 2017 Fortunato, A.B., Oliveira, A., Rogeiro, J., Costa, R.T., Gomes J.L., Li, K., Jesus, G., Freire, P., Rilo, A., Mendes, A., Rodrigues, M., Azevedo, A., 2017. Operational forecast framework applied to extreme sea levels at regional and local scales, Journal of Operational Oceanography, VOL. 10, NO. 1, 1–15. DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2016.1255471, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1755876X.2016.1255471
• 2017 Azevedo, A., A. B. Fortunato, B. Epifânio, S. den Boer, E. R. Oliveira, F. L. Alves, G. Jesus, J. L. Gomes, A. Oliveira. 2017. An oil risk management system based on high-resolution hazard and vulnerability calculations. Ocean & Coastal Management, Volume 136, Pages 1–18. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.11.014, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569116303015