APECS Permafrost Discipline Coordinator

University of Lisbon, Portugal

I Graduated in Physical Geography at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. At the moment I’m a Master student in Geography (Speciality in Physical Geography, Resources and Natural Hazard), were I’m finishing my thesis on “Radiation Balance and Thermal Regime of the Ground in the Hurd Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica). I’m also a Researcher at Centro de Estudos Geográficos, University of Lisbon and I’ve participated in the Antarctic campaigns of 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 in Livingston Island, integrated in the Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition.  I’m also the Portuguese National Representative of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN).

My research interests’ focus on permafrost and climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula region. I am mainly interested on the geomorphodynamics of periglacial environments, permafrost temperature monitoring and modelling and environmental monitoring.