Curriculum Vitae

ORCID 0000-0002-9926-1918

ResearcherID B-4583-2009

Scopus ID 14628062000

Ciência ID 301C-8F81-A95E

SITUAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL

Senior Researcher

GRAUS ACADÉMICOS E CIENTÍFICOS

• PhD in Biology, Specialist in Ecology, Biodiversity and Ecosystems Management, Universidade de Aveiro (2012)
• Master in Marine and Coastal Zones Sciences, Universidade de Aveiro (2008)
• Degree in Environmental Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (2003)

FUNÇÕES E CARGOS PÚBLICOS RELEVANTES

• Senior Researcher, LNEC (2025-)
• Assistant Researcher, LNEC (2018-2025)
• Research Fellow, LNEC (2005-2018)
• Environmental Engineer, Instituto do Ambiente (2005)
• Environmental Engineer, IPA – Inovação e Projectos em Ambiente (2003–2004)

PRINCIPAIS ÁREAS DE INVESTIGAÇÃO/INTERESSE

• Environmental quality in estuaries and coastal zones, namely water and ecological quality, including the effects of climate change in the water quality and ecological dynamics.
• Water quality and ecological modelling in estuarine and coastal areas, focusing on eutrophication, fecal contamination, effluent disposal and submarine outfalls
• Water quality monitoring, including in-situ data acquisition and online monitoring networks.
• Nowcast-forecast systems for water quality and coastal observatories.
• Hydrodynamics in estuarine and coastal areas (numerical modelling, data acquisition and nowcast-forecast systems).

ATIVIDADE DESENVOLVIDA

• Participation in several scientific research projects with national (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Agência de inovação) and international funding (Horizon Europe, H2020, EU Framework Programmes, Interreg). Recent examples iCoast (FCT, 2025-), WOLLF (UN Decade, 2023-), ATTRACT-DIH (Horizon Europe, IAPMEI, 2022-), WATER4ALL (Horizon Europe, 2022-), EGI-ACE (H2020, 2021-2023), SINERGEA (ANI, 2020-2022), AQUAMON (FCT, 2018-2022), EOSC-Hub (H2020, 2018-2021), UBEST (FCT, 2016-); BINGO (H2020, 2015-); RealQual (FLAD, 2013-); SPRES (Interreg Arco-Atlântico, 2012-2014); LTER-RAVE (FCT, 2011-2015); SI-GeA (AdI, 2012-2014); COALA (FCT, 2011-2014); PREPARED (FP7, 2010-2014).
• Participation in several consultancy projects for public and private clients. Recent examples are: CONNECT+ - Extending the CONNECT service to the Southern coast (2025-); CONNECT- Local coastal monitoring service for Portugal (2023-2024); Numerical modelling of the hydrodynamics and water quality in the waterside area of the city of Olhão - Ria Formosa (2021-); Strategic environmental assessment of the National Railway Plan (2022-2024; Strategic environmental assessment of the National Investments Program (2020-2022); Numerical modelling of the hydrodynamics and water quality in the Tagus estuary (2019-); Assessment of the influence of the urban wastewater discharges in the Ria Formosa (2019-2022); Strategic environmental assessment of the strategic infrastructure and transport plan (2014-2015); Evaluation of the reconfiguration of the inlet of the Portimão harbour and the dredging of the access channel (2013); Inundation in the Ria de Aveiro and the Mondego Estuary (2011-2013); Outflow of the thermal plumes from powerplants in Morocco (2006-2009).

PUBLICAÇÕES SELECIONADAS

• CEREJA R., BROTAS V., BRITO A.C., RODRIGUES M. (2023). Effects of droughts, sea level rise, and increase in outfall discharges on phytoplankton in a temperate estuary (Tagus Estuary, Portugal). Regional Environmental Change, 23(3), 111 (doi: 10.1007/s10113-023-02109-z).
• RODRIGUES M., MARTINS R., ROGEIRO J., FORTUNATO A.B., OLIVEIRA A., CRAVO A., JACOB J., ROSA A., AZEVEDO A., FREIRE P. (2021). A web-based observatory for biogeochemical assessment in coastal regions. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 38(1), 1-15 (doi: 10.3808/jei.202100450).
• RODRIGUES M., ROSA A., CRAVO A., JACOB J., FORTUNATO A.B. (2021). Effects of climate change and anthropogenic pressures in the water quality of a coastal lagoon (Ria Formosa, Portugal). Science of the Total Environment, 780, 146311 (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146311).
• OLIVEIRA A., FORTUNATO A.B., RODRIGUES M., AZEVEDO A., ROGEIRO J., BERNARDO S., LAVAUD, BERTIN X., NAHON A., JESUS G., ROCHA M., LOPES P. (2021). Forecasting contrasting coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics with OPENCoastS. Environmental Modelling & Software, 143, 105132 (doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105132).
• RODRIGUES M., CRAVO A., FREIRE P., ROSA A., SANTOS D. (2020). Temporal assessment of the water quality along an urban estuary (Tagus estuary, Portugal). Marine Chemistry, 223, 103824 (doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2020.103824).
• OLIVEIRA A., FORTUNATO A.B., ROGEIRO J., TEIXEIRA J., AZEVEDO A., LAVAUD L., BERTIN A., GOMES J., DAVID M., PINA J., RODRIGUES M., LOPES P. (2020). OPENCoastS: An open-access service for the automatic generation of coastal forecast systems. Environmental Modelling & Software, 124, 104585 (doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104585).
• RODRIGUES M., FORTUNATO A.B. (2017). Assessment of a three-dimensional baroclinic circulation model of the Tagus estuary. AIMS Environmental Science, 4(6), 763-787 (doi: 10.3934/environsci.2017.6.763 ).
• RODRIGUES M., FORTUNATO A.B., FREIRE P. (2019). Saltwater intrusion in the upper Tagus estuary during droughts. Geosciences, 9(9), 400 (doi: 10.3390/geosciences9090400).
• RODRIGUES M., OLIVEIRA A., GUERREIRO M., FORTUNATO A.B., MENAIA J., DAVID L.M., CRAVO A. (2011). Modeling fecal contamination in the Aljezur coastal stream (Portugal). Ocean Dynamics, 61(6), 841-856 (doi: 10.1007/s10236-011-0392-9).
• RODRIGUES M., OLIVEIRA A., QUEIROGA H., FORTUNATO A.B., ZHANG Y.J. (2009). Three-dimensional modeling of the lower trophic levels in the Ria de Aveiro (Portugal). Ecological Modelling, 220 (9-10), 1274-1290 (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.02.002).