Project Team

Joana Cardoso-Fernandes

Email: joana.fernandes@fc.up.pt
Orcid ID: 0000-0001-8265-3897
Ciência ID: D318-068B-3398

Joana Cardoso-Fernandes has completed her Ph.D. in Geosciences in 2021 by Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto and Universidade de Aveiro, the Master's degree in Geology in 2018 by Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto and the Bachelor's degree in Geology in 2016 by Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto. She works in the area of Natural sciences, namely on Earth and Environmental Sciences with an emphasis on Geology. In her curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific output are: Reflectance spectroscopy; Spectrometer; Geological exploration; Remote sensing; Pegmatite; Lithium. She also has experience in Python programming and machine learning applications; Petrography; Geochemistry applied to mineral exploration (including stream sediment analysis); and fieldwork related to pegmatite exploration. Since January 1, 2022, she has been working a Ph.D. research in the GREENPEG project (https://www.greenpeg.eu/), at the Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Planning - FCUP, University of Porto. She is also an integrated researcher at the ICT - Institute of Earth Sciences.

Julia Tucker Vasques

Email: juliatuckervasques@gmail.com
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-6944-2734
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MSc: Master in geology by the Faculty of Sciences of the Porto University
Current position: Consultant on geology projects
Scientific interests: Passionate about fieldwork and intricate about new technologies, the main interests are about the application of the classical and the new methods to the economic geology/mining field.

Ana Cláudia Teodoro

Email: amteodor@fc.up.pt
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-8043-6431
Ciência ID: 5617-E041-5C54

Ana Cláudia Teodoro is Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Dep. Geosciences, Environment and Land Planning (DGAOT) in FCUP, and a senior researcher at the Earth Sciences Institute (ICT). Her research interests include remote sensing, image processing, GIS, coastal zones, and geological and environmental applications. She has published more than 145 papers (ISI WoS and Scopus), one book and 13 book chapters. She is editor of two journals and guest editor in several special issues of different international peer-review journals. She is also a member of the Scientific Committee of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) and SPIE Europe Remote Sensing. She is a reviewer for more than 60 peer review journals, having reviewed more than 350 manuscripts in total. Currently, she participates as a researcher, where she coordinates tasks, in four international projects (H2020 and ERA-MIN) and six national projects (FCT). She has also experience in project evaluation (EU Projects). She is vice-director of the DGAOT; Director of the first degree in Geospatial Engineering (FCUP) and a member of the direction board of the North Region of Engineers Association.

Douglas Santos

Email:douglas.santos@fc.up.pt
Orcid ID: 0000-0003-1529-1448
Ciência ID: CE14-E257-61A5

Affiliation: Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Planning
Student pursuing a Ph.D. in Geosciences; Master's in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Planning; Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering
Current Position: research fellow at FCUP
Scientific interests: Remote Sensing, machine learning algorithms, mineral exploration, mineral spectroscopy and pegmatite exploration

Antonio Azzalini

Email: antonioazzalini@hotmail.com
Orcid ID: 0000-0003-1058-5463
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Antonio Azzalini holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and a Master’s of Science in Geomaterials and Geological Resources from Aveiro University and Porto University. After several years of experience in the industry, he is currently working as a research fellow at the University of Porto.

Ariane Mendes

Email: arianemendesp@gmail.com
Orcid ID: 0000-0003-2397-2024
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Ariane Mendes is an exploration geologist, who graduated in geology from the University Center of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in 2018 where she carried out her final course project in the field of geosciences and environmental education. She moved to Europe where she spent a period in Ireland and then moved to Portugal where she obtained a Master's degree in Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Porto, where she is currently a research fellow at the Faculty of Sciences in the InovMineral project. During her Master's degree, she had greater contact with studies focused on the energy transition and the resources used for it. Her research was focused on prospecting methods for Lithium-bearing pegmatites in the northern region of Portugal, in addition to consulting on greenfield projects in Lithium-bearing pegmatites in Norway.

Alexandre Lima

Email: allima@fc.up.pt
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Ciência ID: 221D-C715-565B

Ph.D. – Ph.D. in Geology, University of Porto, Portugal, co-tutelle INPL, Nancy,France, 2000.
Current position : Associate Professor
Scientific Interests: Geological Exploration. Research in mineral resources, principally in the development of Au exploration and in the industrial rocks and minerals based in pegmatites as their possible metals: Li, Sn, Ta, Nb and W. Public understanding of Earth Science.

Filipa Dias

Email: up201107709@edu.fc.up.pt
Orcid ID: 0000-0001-5425-3626
Ciência ID: 8919-A18C-BDFB

Exploration Geologist is currently on a PhD Scholarship at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto which started in 2020, studying the litiniferous pegmatites of the Iberian Peninsula. From 2018 to 2020 she was on a scholarship research in a project entitled Iberian Tin. She completed 1 year of PhD where she studied pegmatites at Central Michigan University, from 2017 to 2018. She completed her Masters in Geology in 2016 from the University of Porto Faculty of Sciences studying the lithiniferous mineralizations of the Aplito-Pegmatitic Field of Barroso-Alvão, North from Portugal. She finished her Degree in Geology in 2014 from the University of Porto Faculty of Sciences. She works in the area of Natural Sciences with an emphasis on Geology.

Cátia Rodrigues de Almeida

Email: up201600831@fc.up.pt
Orcid ID: 0000-0003-4455-9407
Ciência ID: 211C-F413-CCC

António Mateus

Email: amateus@ciencias.ulisboa.pt
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António Manuel Nunes Mateus has been a full professor at the Department of Geology at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon since 2006. His scientific interests are mainly in the areas of interface between mineralogy, geochemistry and metallogeny. He obtained his PhD at the University of Lisbon in 1995. He was vice-president of the Scientific Council of FCUL (2000-02), vice-president of the National Institute of Industrial Engineering and Technology (INETI, 2003-04) and president of the Geology Department at FCUL (2007-09). Between 2013-15 he was a special visiting researcher at the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil). He is a member of the Operational Group 1 (Exploration) of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials (EIP-Raw Materials), of the Technical Support Group on Portuguese Priorities for the 1st Calls of Horizon 2020 under the Societal Challenge Climate Action, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials , and the Ad hoc Working Group on Critical Raw Materials, representing Portugal, European Commission (Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General).

Miguel Gaspar

Email: lmgaspar@ciencias.ulisboa.pt
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Carreira Docente Universitário
Categoria Professor Auxiliar na Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa.

Jorge Figueiras

Email: jfigueiras@ciencias.ulisboa.pt
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Carreira Docente Universitário
Categoria Professor Auxiliar na Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa.