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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina R Matos

Citation names

  • Matos, Catarina R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3213-CBC3-E573
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8381-9131
Scopus Author Id
57204236514
Education
Degree Classification
2022/06
Concluded
 Sustainable Energy Systems (Doutoramento)
Major in Energy Storage
MIT Portugal Program e Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Compressed Air Energy Storage Potential: Suitable Reservoirs, Economic Analysis, and Investment Assessment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Distinction and Praise by Unanimous Vote
2007
Attended
 Biology (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2003/07
Concluded
 Geological Cartography (Mestrado)
Major in Structural Geology
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
""Influences of Anisotropies in the Genesis of Associated Folds to Shear Zones"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Good with Distinction
1998
Concluded
 Geology (Licenciatura)
Major in Scientific Branch
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
Good - 14 (Best student of her course)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - Current Postdoc (Research) CIIAE - Iberian Energy Storage Research Center, Spain
2022/07 - 2023/08 Researcher (Research) Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal
Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2000/02/01 - 2002/09/30 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/07/01 - Current Energy Group Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
(...)
2021/11 - 2022/07 Researcher (Research Fellowship) at the European Project HYSTORIES - Hydrogen Storage Under the ground, HORIZON 2020 Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
(...)
2015/10 - 2022/06 PhD Student in Sustainable Energy Systems at MIT Portugal Doctoral Program MIT Portugal Program e Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
(...)
2016/01/01 - 2016/04/01 Researcher (Research Fellowship) in the European Project: ESTMAP - Energy Storage Mapping and Planning, HORIZON 2020 Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
(...)
2013/10/01 - 2014/04/30 Researcher (Research Fellowship) at EMSURE Project - Energy and Mobility for Sustainable Regions. Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2008/11/01 - 2012/09/01 Sales Representative in Medical Devices Industry Johnson & Johnson - Depuy Orthopaedics , Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2008/10/01 Sales Representative in Pharmaceutical Industry Laboratórios Vitória SA, Portugal
2001/09/01 - 2002/07/01 Professional Trainer for the Remote Sensing Module of the Cartography and Design Technical Course. Instituto Técnico, Artístico e Profissional de Coimbra (ITAP), Portugal
1999/02/01 - 2000/07/30 Researcher (scholarship holder) in the Project PRAXIS XXI /2/2.1/CTA/81/94 - Metallogenetic aspects of the Castelo Branco region: mineralization controlling parameters and approach of environmental im Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/11 - 2022/06 HYSTORIES - Hydrogen Storage in European Subsurface
GA 101007176
Research Fellow
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
2016/10 - 2020/10 Ph.D. Scholarship
SFRH/BD/117722/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015 - 2016 ESTMAP - Energy Storage Mapping and Planning
ENER/C2/2014-640/S12.698827
Research Fellow
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Concluded
2013 - 2014 EMSURE - Energy and Mobility for Sustainable Regions
CENTRO 07 0224 FEDER 002004
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
 Universidade de Coimbra
Concluded
1999 - 2000 Metallogenetic aspects of the Castelo Branco region: mineralization controlling parameters and approach to associated environmental impacts
PRAXIS XXI /2/2.1/CTA/81/94
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - 2023/08/31 ROADMAP2 - European Observatory on Disaster Risk and Crisis Management Good Practices: Way Ahead
101101690
Researcher
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial Laboratório de Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal
Ongoing
2021 - 2022 PilotSTRATEGY - CO2 Geological Pilots in Strategic Territories (HORIZON Europe)
10.3030/101022664
Investigadora
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
Ongoing
2017 - 2018 East Morocco Geothermal Potential Evaluation
Informal contributor (Volunteer - not funded)
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Monteiro, William; Pereira da Silva, Patricia; Matos, Catarina R. ; Soares, Nelson. "The Evolution of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage: Innovations, Challenges, and Pathways to a Low-Carbon Future". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Energy and Environment, ICEE 2024, Guimarães, 2024.
    Published
  2. Matos, Catarina R.. "Economic feasibility of compressed air energy storage: Portuguese pre-selected case studies". Paper presented in 5th International Conference on Energy and Environment: bringing together Engineering and Economics, ICEE 2022, 2022.
    Accepted
  3. Matos, Catarina R.. "REGULATORY FRAMEWORK BENCHMARK FOR ENERGY STORAGE: THE CASE OF COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Energy and Environment: bringing together Engineering and Economics, Guimarães, 2019.
    Published
  4. Matos, Catarina R.. "Assessment of Potential Geological Reservoirs for Compressed Air Energy Storage in Portugal". Paper presented in International Conference on Innovative Applied Energy - IAPE 2019, Oxford, 2019.
    Published
  5. Matos, Catarina R.. "Energy Storage in Geological Formations". Paper presented in VII Congress of Young Researchers in Geosciences, Évora, 2017.
    Published
  6. Matos, Catarina R.. "Opportunities for large-scale energy storage in geological formations in mainland Portugal". Paper presented in SDEWES 2017 - 12th International Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, 2017.
    Published
  7. Matos, Catarina R.. "PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS FOR COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE IN PORTUGAL". Paper presented in EFS 2017 - Energy for Sustainability International Conference 2017 Designing Cities & Communities for the Future, Funchal, 2017.
    Published
  8. Matos, Catarina R.. "The importance of studying deep boreholes for investigations of geothermal potential: the case of the Almeida deep borehole (Guarda, central Portugal)". Paper presented in VI Journeys of APG, 2016.
    Published
  9. Matos, Catarina R.. "Large Scale Underground Energy Storage for Renewables Integration: General Criteria for Reservoir Identification and Viable Technologies". Paper presented in SDEWES 2016 - 11th Conference on Sustainable Development on Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Lisboa, 2016.
    Published
  10. Matos, Catarina R.. "Revisiting Compressed Air Energy Storage". Paper presented in 2nd Meeting on Energy and Environmental Economics, Aveiro, 2015.
    Published • 10.13140/RG.2.1.1311.7923
  11. Matos, Catarina R.. "Thermal properties of a hercynian granitic rock: data from a deep borehole (Almeida, Central Portugal)". Paper presented in Energy for Sustainability (EFS 2015), Coimbra, 2015.
    Published
  12. Matos, Catarina R.. "Variscan deformation of the Western High Atlas (Morocco); the influence of large anisotropies". Paper presented in VII National Congress of Geology, 2006.
    Published • 10.13140/RG.2.1.5009.0085
  13. Matos, Catarina R.. "The Microthermometry of Fluid Inclusions". Paper presented in PANGEA 2000 - I Young Geologists Conference, 2000.
    Published • 10.13140/RG.2.1.1470.0645
Conference poster
  1. Matos, Catarina R.. "Compressed Air Energy Storage Benchmark and SWOT Analysis". Paper presented in XI EFS Meeting - Students and Companies, 2018.
  2. Matos, Catarina R.. "Compressed Air Energy Storage Potential Reservoirs in Portugal". Paper presented in MIT Portugal Conference 2016, 2016.
  3. Matos, Catarina R.. "Compressed Air Energy Storage Potential in Portugal and its Economic Analysis". Paper presented in IX Meeting EFS - Students and Companies, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Matos, Catarina R.; Pereira da Silva, Patrícia; Carneiro, Júlio F.. "Economic assessment for compressed air energy storage business model alternatives". Applied Energy 329 (2023): 120273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120273.
    10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120273
  2. Matos, Catarina R.; Silva, Patrícia P.; Carneiro, Júlio F.. "Overview of compressed air energy storage projects and regulatory framework for energy storage". Journal of Energy Storage 55 (2022): 105862. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.105862.
    10.1016/j.est.2022.105862
  3. Matos, Catarina R.; Carneiro, Júlio F.; Pereira da Silva, Patrícia; Henriques, Carla O.. "A GIS-MCDA Approach Addressing Economic-Social-Environmental Concerns for Selecting the Most Suitable Compressed Air Energy Storage Reservoirs". Energies 14 20 (2021): 6793. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14206793.
    Published • 10.3390/en14206793
  4. M. M. Miranda; C. R. Matos; N. V. Rodrigues; A. J. S. C. Pereira; J. J. Costa. "Effect of temperature on the thermal conductivity of a granite with high heat production from Central Portugal". Journal of Iberian Geology 45 1 (2019): 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41513-018-0096-9.
    10.1007/s41513-018-0096-9
  5. Matos, Catarina R.; Carneiro, Júlio F.; Silva, Patrícia P.. "Overview of Large-Scale Underground Energy Storage Technologies for Integration of Renewable Energies and Criteria for Reservoir Identification". Journal of Energy Storage 21 (2019): 241-258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2018.11.023.
    Published • 10.1016/j.est.2018.11.023
  6. Carneiro, J.F.; Matos, C.R.; van Gessel, S.. "Opportunities for large-scale energy storage in geological formations in mainland Portugal". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 99 (2019): 201-211. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85055024955&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.rser.2018.09.036
  7. Dias, R.; Hadani, M.; Leal Machado, I.; Adnane, N.; Hendaq, Y.; Madih, K.; Matos, C.. "Variscan structural evolution of the western High Atlas and the Haouz plain (Morocco)". Journal of African Earth Sciences 61 4 (2011): 331-342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.07.002.
    10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.07.002
Report
  1. Domingos Xavier Viegas; Fantina Tedim; Carlos da Câmara; João Nunes; Antero Teixeira; Pedro Monteiro; Miguel Almeida; et al. 2023. 3. Pré-Supressão e Supressão - Grupo de Trabalho B, in Relatório Final do Grupo de Peritos dos Incêndios Rurais.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Compressed Air Energy Storage Potential: Suitable Reservoirs, Economic Analysis, and Investment Assessment". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/101678.
  2. Matos, Catarina R.. "Influence of Anisotropies on the Genesis of Folds Associated with Shear Zones". Master, Universidade de Évora, 2003. http://catalogo.bnportugal.pt/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=138D216T1T843.142972&profile=bn&uri=link=3100018~!1179289~!3100024~!3100022&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!bnp&term=Matos%2C+Catarina+Alexandra+Rodrigues&index=AUTHOR.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06/27 “The Challenges of Energy Storage for Decarbonization – Large-Scale Energy Storage Technologies” as an invited speaker in the Greenalia Summer School for the Energy Transition (Universidad da Coruña). Greenalia Summer School for the Energy Transition
Facultade de Economía e Empresa, Universidade da Coruña (UDC) (Coruña, Spain)
2023/12/06 Geological Energy Storage: Reservoirs and Viable Technologies Webinar Advances in Geo-Energy / Seminários Online Avanços em Geo-Energia
University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2022/06 Economic Feasibility of Compressed Air Energy Storage: Portuguese pre-selected case studies 5th International Conference on Energy and Environment: bringing together Engineering and Economics, ICEE 2022
Faculty of Economics, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/05 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK BENCHMARK FOR ENERGY STORAGE: THE CASE OF COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE ICEE 2019 - 4th International Conference on Energy and Environment: bringing together Engineering and Economics
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2019/03 Assessment of Potential Geological Reservoirs for Compressed Air Energy Storage in Portugal International Conference on Innovative Applied Energy - IAPE 2019
(Oxford, United Kingdom)
2017/02 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS FOR COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE IN PORTUGAL EFS 2017 - Energy for Sustainability International Conference 2017 Designing Cities & Communities for the Future
(Funchal, Portugal)
2016/09 Large Scale Underground Energy Storage for Renewables Integration: General Criteria for Reservoir Identification and Viable Technologies SDEWES 2016 - 11th Conference on Sustainable Development on Energy, Water and Environment Systems
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/09 Revisiting Compressed Air Energy Storage 2nd Meeting on Energy and Environmental Economics
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2002/02 "Mountains of Fire" Symposium Days of Science and Geography
(Sabugal, Portugal)
2000/01 "The Microthermometry of Fluid Inclusions" PANGEA 2000 - I Young Geologists Conference
(Évora, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current "Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques and their applicability as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in depleted fields in the Campos Basin - Brazil"
Co-supervisor
 Energy for Sustainability (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 - Current "Economic Incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage: A Case Study of the Exploration and Production of Hydrocarbons in the Brazil’s Pre-Salt Area”
Co-supervisor
 Sustainable Energy Systems (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/04 - 2024/04 "Underground Energy Storage Technologies and Reservoirs", to the the Ph.D. in Sustainable Energy Systems at MIT Portugal Program Renewable Energy Systems (Doutoramento) Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/03/29 - 2023/03/29 "Subsurface Energy Storage: Viable Technologies and Reservoirs" within the Scope of the course of "Renewable Energy Systems" from the Ph.D. in Sustainable Energy Systems at MIT Portugal Program Renewable Energy Systems (Doctor of Philosophy) Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/11 - 2022/11 "Regulatory Framework for Energy Storage and Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) Economic Feasibility Assessment", within the scope of the course of "Energy Economics and Energy Markets" from the Ph.D. in Sustainable Energy Systems at MIT Portugal Program Energy Economics and Energy Markets (Doctor of Philosophy) Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/04 - 2021/04 "Underground Energy Storage: Viable Technologies and Reservoir Identification" within the Scope of the course of "Renewable Energy Systems" from the Ph.D. in Sustainable Energy Systems at MIT Portugal Program Renewable Energy Systems (Doctor of Philosophy) Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/05 - 2016/05 Geological Energy Storage Geological Engineering Master Degree (Mestrado) Universidade de Évora, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Departamento de Geociências, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2016 Ph.D. Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal