Isabel Maria Milagre Martins
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7116-7543
Web of Science ResearcherID: B-6784-2014
CIÊNCIAVITAE: 8E1D-E1B2-CA77
Scopus Author ID: 53867030900
Google Scholar ID: Isabel Milagre Martins
Research Gate ID: Isabel Milagre Martins
Assistant Researcher
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, 2015.
Master in Polymer Engineering – Polymer Technology, Universidade do Minho (UM), 2003.
Degree in Chemical Engineering – Applied Chemistry, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), 1991.
Assistant Researcher at Cementitious Materials Unit (2015- )
Coordinator of the Concrete and Cement Unit, Chemical Testing Area (UBC/AEQ) (2023-2025)
Member of the Scientific Board of c5Lab – Sustainable Construction Materials Association (2019- )
Member of the following Technical Commissions:
- RILEM TC 281 CCC: Carbonation of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials
- RILEM TC 283 CAM: Chloride transport in alkali-activated materials.
- RILEM TC 309 MCP: Accelerated mineral carbonation for the production of construction materials
- RILEM TC 321 UMW: Upcycling powder mineral wastes
- RILEM TC 329 CUC: Carbon dioxide uptake by concrete during and after service life.
Member of Standardisation Technical Commissions:
- CEN/TC 351 – Construction Products - Assessment of release of dangerous substances, WG4 - Terminology.
- CEN/TC 104/WG14 – Concrete in contact with drinking water.
- CT 115 – Eurocódigos Estruturais – Grupo de Trabalho relativo a Agregados reciclados em estruturas de betão (Anexo N da EN 1992-1-1).
- Perita da Organização Europeia de Aprovação Técnica (EOTA).
Member of the Working Groups
- CDW, Associação Smart Waste Portugal - Business Development Network (ASWP).
- Materials and Sustainability, Plataforma Tecnológica Portuguesa de Construção (PTPC).
- Promotion of non traditional materials use at embankments and structural layers, Comissão Portuguesa de Geotecnia nos Transportes (CPGT/GT 1).
- Environment, Centro Rodoferroviário Português (CRP).
- Sustainable construction and circular economy.
- Valorisation of wastes and industrial byproducts in building materials.
- Construction materials: Fix and release of dangerous substances and ecotoxicity.
- Mitigation of CO2emissions by mineralisation of construction materials and products.
- Chemical characterisation of building materials and constituents.
- Properties of mortars and concrete with different binders.
- Durability of cement-based materials.
- Designing, participating in and coordinating national and international scientific research projects in the main areas of research and interest.
- Conduction or collaboration on studies and expert reports, primarily in the areas of chemical degradation of construction materials, particularly concrete, and in the evaluation and characterisation of materials.
- Establishment and consolidation of testing facilities.
- Author or co-author of LNEC reports and technical notes, as well as test reports.
- Author or co-author of 1 book, 6 book chapters, 7 LNEC technical specifications and 16 articles published in peer-reviewed international journals.
- Authoring and contributing to 4 articles in national technical journals for the dissemination of science and technology.
- Editor of scientific and technical publications issued by LNEC and RILEM.
- Supervisor of interns, scholarship holders, master’s and doctoral students, and coordinator of postdoctoral work.
- Collaboration in the development of strategic networks with national and international institutions.
- Delivery of lectures and presentations at conferences and other technical and scientific events.