Teresa E. Leitão

Phone: 218 443 802

E-mail: tleitao@lnec.pt

Professional Situation

Principal Researcher

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

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

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

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

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

More than 400 different articles were published including:

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

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