About

He has taken part in 16 research projects funded by the European Union, the Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal and LNEC. Examples: -European Partnership Water4All – Water Security for the Planet (Horizon Europe, 2022-2027); -MorFeed - Morphodynamic feedback of estuarine margins to climate change (Foundation for Science and Technology, 2010-2012); -Murano - Rehabilitation of saltpan walls of Aveiro lagoon (Foundation for Science and Technology, 2008-2010). He has taken part in 60 consultancy projects in Portugal, Angola, Cabo Verde, Mozambique and Macau, often as project leader. Examples: -Monitoring programme of the dredging of the upper zone of Óbidos Lagoon (Portugal, 2021); -Improvement of the maritime accessibility to the Port of Aveiro (Portugal, 2021); -Modelling to support the interventions at the beaches of Costa da Caparica (Portugal, 2019); -Accretion near the Silopor quay at Trafaria (Portugal, 2018); -DGRM multiannual port dredging plan 2018-2022 (Portugal, 2017); -Resort in Santa Maria Islet, Praia: numerical modelling studies (Cabo Verde, 2016); -Assessment of scour monitoring at Vasco da Gama Bridge (Portugal, 2015); -Effect of connecting Luanda Bay and Chicala Lagoon (Angola, 2013); -Evaluation of the reconfiguration of the inlet of the Portimão harbour and the dredging of the access channel (Portugal, 2013); -Modelling of currents, tides, waves and sediment transport in Nacala Bay (Mozambique, 2012). He Has also taken part in several specialized commissions. Examples: -Sediment Working Group (Secretary of State for the Environment, 2015). Academic awards: -1998/99 Portuguese Water Resources Association Prize, awarded to Ph.D. thesis: ‘Mathematical modelling of hydrodynamic and water quality processes in the Tagus Estuary’. -1992 Young Engineer Innovation Prize, awarded by Order of Engineers. Author of 68 scientific publications and 129 reports and technical notes.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Research Institutes and Centers

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Numerical modelling of estuarine and coastal processes. Experimental study of cohesive sediments. Conservation and environmental management of coastal systems.

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