PhD funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
Scientific Domain: Earth Sciences and Environment - Geosciences and Multidisciplinary Studies.
Title: Cabeço de Vide (Portugal) mineral water as a possible analogue to Mars: a water / rock integration approach.
Supervisor: José Manuel Vaz Velho Barbosa Marques . Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon.
Co-Supervisor: Paula Maria Mimo Carreira Paquete. Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies / Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon.
Master: Geosciences;
Branch: Operational Geology. Coimbra University. Graduation: Geology. Coimbra University.
Current research interests: Development of hydrogeological studies, within the framework of water-rock interaction and biogeochemical contribution;
Extra planetary geological studies, with particular attention on studies of Mars surface, geomorphology, soils and Martian rocks. Operational Geology, namely in Geophysical
Prospecting, Geotechnics, Stratigraphy and Paleontology.
Geological Resources, namely in Geochemistry, Hydrogeology and Petrology (Igneous Metamorphic and Sedimentary rocks).