Guess Who?
interviews WITH IDL members
Cristina Catita
Cristina Catita works in IDL as a Geospatial Engineer, but she is also deeply involved in the organization of the Jobshop of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and other projects…
Ricardo Ramalho
“Islands are also excellent natural laboratories for the Earth Sciences, as they are more spatially confined and it is easier to isolate the parameters that drive their evolution. These are the very reasons why I study them so passionately…
Sofia Ermida
Last month, Sofia Ermida finished her PhD with the topic “Harmonization of Remote Sensing Land Surface Products: correction of clear sky bias and characterization of directional effects”…
Jorge Relvas
Jorge Relvas is not only researcher in IDL and Professor at the Geology Department of FCUL, but also President of the Centro de Ciência Viva (CCV) Lousal – Mina de Ciência…
José Madeira
researcher in IDL and Professor at the Geology Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. His research has led him to as close as 800 meters to an active volcano in 2014/2015…
Rodrigo Silva
Where have you heard of someone working on solar energy and sports analytics at the same time?
Rodrigo Silva, student of the Earthsystems PhD Program and member of the Energy transition group of IDL is currently a visiting scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, USA…
Mafalda Carapuço
ex- PhD student in IDL and FCUL – defended her PhD thesis on the 22th of December of 2016. The title of her thesis is “Improving the transfer of coastal scientific knowledge: from concept to implementation”…
Dorota Szalaj and Riccardo Hénin
Dorota Szalaj is a marine scientist and Riccardo Hénin an atmospheric physicist. They both started the Earthsystems PhD Program in 2016…
Ana Rita Montes
“My favorite thing is to be able to use the bicycle and the public transports to go everywhere (and always be on time). However, I really miss the Portuguese soul and our warm hearts”…
Joana Ribeiro
Joana Ribeiro recently delivered her PhD thesis in Geophysical Sciences and Geoinformation. She is often in the field collecting not only, research data, but also stories to tell about interesting people and beautiful landscapes…
Maria Antónia Valente
Maria Antónia Valente works in IDL’s Meteorological Observatory in the center of Lisbon. This Observatory is the climatological reference station for mainland Portugal, dating back to 1853.…
Luís Matias
Luís Matias is a senior researcher in IDL and Professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon since 1996. In this interview, he talks about his research, the evolution of research in Portugal…
Chiara Civiero
Chiara Civiero is a postdoctoral researcher and member of the Continent, Islands and Mantle group. After finishing her PhD at the Imperial College London (ICL) in 2016, she moved to IDL