Curriculum Vitae

Paula Maria de Santos Freire

ORCID:     https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9801-6008

Ciência ID:     5417-8667-83D4

Web of Science     Researcher ID: M-8037-2013

Scopus Author ID: 56253587300

PROFISSIONAL SITUATION

Senior Researcher

ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES

• PhD in Geology, Lisbon University (2000)
• M.Sc. in Economic and Applied Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon (1993)
• Degree in Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon (1986)

FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC OFFICES

• Senior Researcher, LNEC (since 2024)
• Research Officer, LNEC (2000-2024)
• Research Assistant, LNEC (1998-2000)
• Fellow Research Assistant, LNEC (1993-1998)
• Fellow Research Trainee, LNEC (1991-1993)
• Fellow Research Trainee, National History Museum, Lisbon University (1987-1990)

RESEARCH AREAS/INTERESTS

• Coastal morphodynamics, including systems characterization and multi-temporal evolution analysis
• Flood and erosion vulnerability and risk assessment in coastal systems
• In situ and remote data acquisition and analysis
• Physical characterization of sediments in laboratory and experimental analysis of cohesive sediments
• Physical modelling of beach sediment transport and morphological evolution

ACTIVITY

• The activity includes the development and improvement of methodologies for coastal systems analysis through research projects, and their application in advanced consultancy.
• Participation in 46 research projects with national (Foundation for Science and Technology-FCT) and international funding (H2020, 7th Framework Program, 6th Framework Program, INTERREG IV, MASTII programs). Team coordinator of several research projects funded by FCT: MOSAIC.pt - Multi-source flood risk analysis for safe coastal communities and sustainable development, MOLINES - Modelling floods in estuaries. From the hazard to the critical management, MorFeed - Morphodynamic feedback of estuarine margins to climate changeand BERNA - Beach evolution in areas of restricted fetch: experimental and numerical analysis.
• The consultancy activity includes the participation in 48 projects for public and private clients, in Portugal and abroad (Brazil, Macao, United Kingdom, São Tomé e Príncipe, Angola, Cabo Verde). As team coordinator, two projects stand out: Hydrodynamic monitoring of the opening and channels dredging of the lower zone of Óbidos Lagoon for the Portuguese Environment Agency and Hydrodynamic valorization of the Ria Formosa and risk mitigation in the barrier islands for the Sociedade Polis Litoral Ria Formosa S.A.
• Authorship or co-authorship of 370+ publications, including 60+ indexed papers and book chapters, 140 conference abstracts or papers, and 85+ technical reports from the consultancy activity.

SCIENTIFIC ORIENTATION

Ph.D.: Ana Rodrigues Rilo (2020-2016); Ana Rita Carrasco (2012-2008).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Oliveira F.S.B.F., Fortunato A.B., Freire P., 2024. Beach Nourishment Protection against Storms for Contrasting Backshore Typologies. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2024; 12(9):1465. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12091465.
• Nahon, A., Fortunato, A.B., Oliveira, F.S.B.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, Volume 184, 2023, 104342, ISSN 0378-3839, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378383923000662.
• Barros, J.L., Santos, P.P., Tavares, O.A., Freire, P., Fortunato, A.B., Rilo, A., Oliveira, F.S.B.F., 2023. The complexity of the coastal zone: Definition of typologies in Portugal as a contribution to coastal disaster risk reduction and management, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 86, 2023, 103556, ISSN 2212-4209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103556.
• Rilo, A., Tavares, A.O, Freire, P., Zêzere, J. L., Haigh, I., 2022. Improving estuarine flood risk knowledge through documentary data using multiple correspondence analysis, Water, 2022, 14(19), 3161, https://doi.org/10.3390/w14193161.
• Freire, P., Rodrigues, M., Fortunato, A. B., e Freitas, A., 2021. Flood and drought risk assessment for agricultural areas (Tagus Estuary, Portugal), Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 2503–2521, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2503-2021.
• Fortunato, A.B., Freire, P., Mengual, B., Bertin, X., Pinto, C., Martins, K., Guérin, T., Azevedo, A., 2021. Sediment dynamics and morphological evolution in the Tagus Estuary inlet, Marine Geology, Volume 440, October 2021, 106590, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.10659.
• Tavares, A. O., Barros, J.L., Freire, P., Santos, P.P., Perdiz, L., Fortunato, A.B., 2021. A coastal flooding database from 1980 to 2018 for the continental Portuguese coastal zone, Applied Geography, Volume 135, 2021, 102534, ISSN 0143-6228, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102534.
• Rocha, M., Oliveira, A., Freire, P., Fortunato, A.B., Nahon, A., Barros, J.L., Azevedo, A., Oliveira, F.S.B.F., Rogeiro, J., Jesus, G., Martins, R.J., Santos, P.P., Tavares, A.O., Oliveira, J., 2021. Multi-Hazard WebGIS Platform for Coastal Regions. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 5253. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115253
• 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, Volume 223, 20 June 2020, 103824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2020.103824.
• 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, December 2016, Volume 84, Issue 3, pp 1705–1739, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-016-2510-y.