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Principal Researcher

Academic and Scientific Degrees

• Habilitation degree with the work "Integrated and Sustainable Management of Groundwater Quality in Portugal. Contribution for a Good Status in 2015", Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2010
• Ph.D. in Hydrogeology with the work "Methodologies for the Rehabilitation of Polluted Aquifers", Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, 1997
• Degree in Geology, Scientific and Technical University of Coimbra, 1988

Functions and Relevant Public Offices

• Senior Research Officer with Habilitation degree, since May 2009
• President of the Directive Board of the Portuguese Water Association, from March 2004 to March 2006
• Member of the Water National Council, from March 2004 to March 2006
• Vice-President of LNEC’s Scientific Council, from July 2002 to May 2004
• Vice-President of the Directive Board of the Portuguese Water Association (APRH), from March 2002 to March 2004
• Trainee at the Sondagens e Fundações A.CAVACO, Lda. Firm, from December 1988 to February 1989

Areas of Research / Interest

• Integrated management of water quality, specially groundwater
• Hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical studies, including MAR
• Groundwater monitoring and numerical and physical modelling (laboratory scale and prototype scale)
• Pollution prevention, control and rehabilitation (soil, vadose zone and groundwater) of:
  • diffuse pollution (agriculture, road and traffic sources, forest fires, golf) and
  • point pollution (airports, landfills, several industry types)
  • Managed aquifer recharge

Research and Professional Activity

• Participation in 39 national and European research projects (13 for the EU, since the 4th Framework programme)
• Participation in 50 consultancy projects
• Coordination or co-coordination of 17 research projects or work packages
• Elaboration or cooperation in the development of 129 proposals

Scientific Orientation

• Of 18 trainees since 1996, 8 being Portuguese
• Of 4 master degree
• Orientation of 2 PhD theses (ongoing)
• Member of the scientific panel of 1 Habilitation degree (in LCPC, France), of 3 PhD (1 in ETH, Switzerland), of 3 Master degrees, and of several scientific committees in various events

Relevant Publications

More than 400 different articles were published including:

• 1 Habilitation thesis
• 1 PhD thesis
• 146 LNEC Reports
• 20 books and book chapters
• 1 LNEC Memoir
• 89 papers presented at national and international scientific meetings
• 42 articles in national and international journals
• 16 posters presented in international meetings
• 95 Other Technical Reports
• 23 Other Publications

Other scientific and technical Activities

• Member of the scientific and technical review panel for the:
  • Slovenian Research Agency, SRA (2012)
  • EU 7th Framework programme (2013)
  • Agence National de la Recherche, ANR, France (2014)
    • The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, NWO (2015)
• Peer review in 19 international scientific journals
• Co-coordinator of "MAR to MARket" WG from IAH-MAR Commission (International Association of Hydrogeologist), since April 2014
• Member of the jury from "Prémio APRH", 2004/05 and 2012/13
• Director of "Boletim Informativo da APRH", between January/96 and September/99
• Member of the Groundwater Commission (CEAS) of  APRH, between May/92 and May/96
• Activity dissemination done with more than 185 communications in scientific meetings (96 with paper), 20 courses and 7 participations in roundtables
• Organization of 32 scientific events
• Participation in 280 congresses or seminars
• Frequency of 24 training activities / courses

Other Information

Award in the framework of APRH prizes for the biennium 1996/1997, with the Ph.D. thesis "Methodologies for the rehabilitation of polluted aquifers"