About

I am a Full Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Queen’s University in Canada. I was born and raised in Portugal, and hold a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering (1985) from the University of Porto, Portugal, and a M.Sc. (1991) and Ph.D. (1995) from Queen’s University. I previously worked for the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC), Lisbon, Portugal (1985-1989), the US Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi (1996-97), and the University of Windsor, Canada (1997-2000). My main research interests are Environmental Fluid Mechanics, River Mechanics, and Large-Scale River Morphology and Morphodynamics. I have published extensively in these topics, and especially on large-scale bed forms, resistance to flow, and the hydro-morphodynamics of meandering rivers. I first got involved in IAHR activities soon after attending as a young researcher the 1989 IAHR Biennial/World Congress in Ottawa, Canada, and became a member in 2001. I have since served IAHR as secretary, chair and past chair of the Fluvial Hydraulics Committee (2001-2013), co-opted Council member (2007-2009), member of the Council Nominating Committees for the 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2021 Council Elections, Council Task Force 4 on Gender Equity (2016-2017), Council Task Force for review of the publications portfolio (2021-2022), John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition selection panel (2009, 2013, 2015) and Awards Committee (2022-2023); I am currently serving as IAHR Vice-President. I organized River Flow 2022 as chair of the Local Organizing Committee. I am a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and presently serve as an Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Environmental Fluid Mechanics, River Mechanics, Large-Scale River Morphology and Morphodynamics, Hydraulic Physical and Numerical Modeling

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