Research Projects
2023 - 2026. THAWIMPACT - Antarctic Peninsula permafrost under a changing climate: sensitivity, fate and impacts. FCT (2022.06628.PTDC), Membro da equipa.
2023 - 2026. ReMonStar - Rede de monitorização climática e biológica no Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela. Promove - Projetos I&D Mobilizadores 2023. Co-Investigadora Principal.
2022 - 2024. THAWPOND-NWT - Remote sensing analysis of vegetation and thaw pond colour dynamics in the continuous permafrost zone: from local to regional (Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada). PROPOLAR – FCT. Investigadora Principal.
2020 - 2021. THAWPOND2021- Remote sensing analysis of vegetation and thaw pond colour dynamics in the discontinuous permafrost zone: from local to regional (Umiujaq, Hudson Bay, sub-Arctic Canada). PROPOLAR – FCT. Investigadora Principal.
2019 - 2020. THAWPOND2020 - Remote sensing analysis of vegetation and thaw pond colour dynamics at the tundra-forest zone: from local to regional scale (Whapmagoostui -Kuujjuarapik, Hudson Bay, sub-Arctic Canada). PROPOLAR – FCT. Investigadora Principal.
2018 - 2019. VEGETANTAR 2018-19 - Multitemporal vegetation mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula through multiscale remote sensing. PROPOLAR – FCT. 2018 – 2019. Membro da Equipa.
2018 - 2020. NUNANTAR – Analysis of nunataks of the Antarctic Peninsula as multiproxy data sources on environmental change and climate dynamics. FCT 02/SAICT/2017. Membro da Equipa.
2018-19. THAWPOND - Remote sensing analysis of vegetation and thaw pond colour dynamics at the tundra- forest zone: from local to regional scale (Whapmagoostui - Kuujjuarapik, Hudson Bay,bsub-Arctic Canada). PROPOLAR – FCT. 2018 – 2019. Principal Investigator.
2018-19. VEGETANTAR - Multitemporal vegetation mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula through multiscale remote sensing. PROPOLAR – FCT. 2018 – 2019. Team member.
2018-19. PERMANTAR 2018-19 - Permafrost and climate change in Western Antarctic Peninsula. PROPOLAR – FCT. 2018 – 2019. Team member.
2017- 2021 NUNATARYUK - Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast. H2020. Team member.
2016-2019 FIRE - Fogo Island volcano: multi disciplinary Research on 2014 Eruption
FCT. PTDC/GEOGEO/1123/2014. 2016-2019. Team member
2016-2017 SHRUBIFLY – Remote sensing characterization of vegetation formation changes in thaw lake catchments (Whapmagoostui - Kuujjuarapik, Hudson Bay, sub-Arctic Canada). PROPOLAR – FCT. 2016 – 2017. Team member.
2015-2016 COLDATLAS - Does permafrost occur in North Africa? FCT - CNRST. 2015 - 2016. Team member.
2015-2020 EU-PolarNET - CONNECTING SCIENCE WITH SOCIETY. Funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 programme Grant Agreement No: 652641. Team member.
2014 - 2017 TERRANTAR - Rede de estudos avançados em solos epermafrost na Antártica e alta montanha Sulamericana: monitoramento climático, teleconexões e dinâmica de carbono. MCTI/CNPq/FNDCT – Ação Transversal nº 64/2013. Brasil.Team member.
2014 - 2016 Balanço da energia superficial e seu controle no permafrost e camada ativa da península Fildes e Antártica Marítima. MCTI/CNPq/FNDCT – Ação Transversal nº 64/2013. Brasil. Team member.
2014 – 2016 Climate change impacts on vegetation and permafrost, their interactions and feedbacks for biodiversity along a latitudinal transect between 60º and 67ºS in maritime Antarctic. Programa Nazionale di Ricerca in Antartida. Itália. Team member.
2014 - 2015 3D ANTÁRTIDA. Monitoring of Antarctic Permafrost Environments. PPL Crowdfunding. 21,000 euro. Team member.
2013 - 2015. PERMANTAR-3 - Permafrost e Alterações Climáticas na Península Antártica (PTDC/AAG-GLO/3908/2012). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Team member.
2012 - 2014. HOLOANTAR - Holocene Environmental Change in the Maritime Antarctic. Interactions between permafrost and the lacustrine environment (FCT, PTDC/CTE-GIX/119582/2010). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.Team member.
2012 - 2014. KLIMHIST - Reconstruction and model simulations of past climate in Portugal using documentary and early instrumental sources (17th-19h century) (PTDC/AAC-CLI/119078/2010). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Membro da equipa.
2012 - 2013. HISURF - Very high resolution imaging for detailed surface mapping in ice-free areas of Maritime Antarctica. PROPOLAR 2012-2013. Team member.
2011 - 2012. SNOWCHANGE – Snowpatch dynamics and the changing permafrost environment. PROPOLAR. PROPOLAR 2011-2012. Team member.
2011 - 2012. Luso-Brazilean Programme for Research on Permafrost and Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Maritime Antarctic. Membro da equipa. FCT-CAPES. Team member.
2011 - 2014. INFIELD - InSAR versus field observations of mass wasting in the South Shetland islands, Antarctic Peninsula. LAN1276 – DLR – German Space Agency. Team member.
2010 - 2013. RAIDEN. Lightning activity in Portugal: Variability patterns and socioeconomic impacts. PTDC/CTE-ATM/101931/2008. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Team member.
2010 - 2013. Impact of Recent Climate Warming on Active-Layer Dynamics, Permafrost, and Soil Properties on the Western Antarctic Peninsula . Projecto coordenado por James Bockheim, Universidade de Wisconsin-Madison, financiado pela National Science Foundation (E.U.A.). Team member.
2010 - 2012. PERMANTAR-2 - Permafrost and Climate Change in the Maritime Antarctic, PTDC/AAC-CLI/098885/2008. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Team member.
2010 - 2013. ANAPOLIS - Analysis of polygonal terrains on Mars based on Earth analogues (PTDC/CTE-SPA/099041/2008) (2010-12). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Team member.
2008 - 2010. PERMANTAR – Permafrost and Climate Change in the Maritime Antarctic. PTDC/CLI/70020/2006. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Member of the team.
2008 - 2013. SNOWANTAR - ESA Category-1 Project (Proposal C1P.6202) (2008-11): Snow cover characteristics and regime in the South Shetlands (Maritime Antarctic). Principal investigator.
2007 - 2008. PERMADRILL – Permafrost Drilling in the Maritime Antarctic, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.Team member.
2006 - 2007. PERMAMODEL - Permafrost and Active Layer Monitoring and Modelling in Livingston and Deception Islands, Antarctic (2006-07). Accion Complementaria. Programa Nacional de Investigaciones Antartidas (Spain). Team member.
2005 - 2009. Clima e sustentabilidade urbana. Percepção do conforto e riscos climáticos. POCI/GEO/61148/2004. Team member.
2005 - 2006. PERMAMODEL - Permafrost and Active Layer Monitoring and Modelling in Livingston and Deception Islands, Antarctic (2005-06), Accion Complementaria. Programa Nacional de Investigaciones Antartidas (Spain). Team member.
2004 - 2007. HIMOCATCH - Role of High Mountain Areas in Catchment Water Resources, Central Portugal (2004-07). POCTI/CTA/44235/02. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Consultor.
2001 - 2002. ESTRELA II. Geomorphological and biophysical processes and landscape units in mediterranean mountain environments, Serra da Estrela - Phase II POCTI/P/CTA/11153/1998. Team member.
1999-01. ESTRELA. Geomorphological and biophysical processes and landscape units in mediterranean mountain environments (Serra da Estrela), PRAXIS/P/CTE/11153/1998. Team member.
