Biographical sketch

Born January 1981 in a small coastal village in the North of Portugal. First arrived in South Africa for a short visit to UKZN in February 2013 as a visiting post-doctoral fellow to collaborate on a coastal research project aimed at investigating storm-induced beach erosion. This collaboration has developed into a full research project on nearshore morphodynamics funded by the European Union, which led me to move to South Africa and be based at UKZN since February 2016.

Education:
University of Coimbra BSc Honours in Physical Geography (1999-2003)
University of Algarve PgDip Coastal and Marine Studies (2005-2007)
University of Algarve PhD Marine, Earth and Environmental Sciences (2008-2012)

• Research assistant (UAlg, 2005-2007)
• Doctoral fellow (UAlg & UUlster, 2008-2012)
• Postdoctoral Fellow in Coastal Geomorphology (UAlg & UUlster & UKZN, 2013-2015)
• Honorary Research Fellow (UKZN, 2014-2019)
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (UUlster & UKZN, 2016-2019)

 Professional Activities

• Member of the British Society for Geomorphology
• Member of the European Geosciences Union
• Member of the Scientific Commission UAlg Center for Marine and Environmental Research
• Reviewer for: Geomorphology; Earth Surface Processes and Landforms; Marine Geology; Continental Shelf Research; Ocean and Coastal Management; Ocean Dynamics; Climate Dynamics; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Coastal Engineering Journal; Journal of Coastal Research; Ocean Science Journal; Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management; Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Current Teaching /Courses

• EGM808 - Management of Coastal Land Resources (UUlster)
• SEAmester II – Wave climate analysis

Research Interests / Areas of specialty

• Geomorphology and dynamics of coastal and marine environments:
  
  
  • beach and nearshore morphodynamics
  • morphological impacts of extreme storms
  • exploratory numerical modeling of coastal dynamics
  • wave climate (observations and reanalysis)
  • GIS, remote sensing and marine surveying

Research Projects

• NEARControl – Nearshore Geological Control on Coastal Morphodynamics (European Union H2020-MSCA)
• EVREST – Evolution and Resilience of Barrier Island Systems (FCT-PTDC 2014, 2016-2019)
• RUSH – From Runup to Overwash (FCT-PTDC 2010, 2012-2017)
• Extreme storm impacts in the northeastern Atlantic (ESRI-Ulster)
• Beach nourishment and coastal processes in the Southern Coastal Mine-Namibia (UKZN-NAMDEB partnership)
• Shoreline change and coastal hazards in large-scale embayments (UKZN-CGS)
  

Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5dA2hgQAAAAJ&hl=en

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3117-3492

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=23667861200