Ana Rita Quito Curto (C210-3F99-8D26)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Rita Quito Curto

Ana Curto holds a PhD in Biological Anthropology from the University of Kent (2019), supported by the University of Kent 50th Anniversary Research Scholarship. Currently, she has a fellowship funded by FCT (2020.02110.CEECIND) to conduct her research at the HERCULES Laboratory, University of Évora. Ana also leads the InOsteo project (2022.03576.PTDC) and is part of the team of the Holy Bodies project (2022.01486.PTDC), both funded by FCT. She published 9 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals, 1 book chapter and 1 science communication book. She also presented podium communications and posters at several international conferences. Ana's accolades include winning the 2019/2020 Scientific Text - Young Anthropologists category and securing 2nd place for the Scientific Text Prize from the Portuguese Association for Anthropology in 2018. She supervises a PhD student and previously mentored an MSc student and several BSc students in biological anthropology projects. Recognized as an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, by accomplishing the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education, she taught Foundations of Biological Anthropology, Biology and Human Identity and Forensic Anthropology to BSc and BA students at the University of Kent (UK). Currently, Ana teaches Biological Anthropology, Human Biology and Human Histology II at the University of Évora. She was also an Academic Ambassador at the University of Kent, the University of Évora and the University of Coimbra.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Rita Quito Curto

Citation names

Curto, Ana Rita Quito
Curto, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: C210-3F99-8D26
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3568-9322
Researcher Id: O-6849-2015

Email addresses

ana.curto@uevora.pt (Professional)

Websites

https://dranacurto.wixsite.com/dranacurto (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - History and Archaeology - Archaeology
Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015/09/21 - 2019/11/22 Concluded	Biological Anthropology (Doctor of Philosophy) University of Kent, United Kingdom "The Impact of Diet and Health on Bone Stable Isotope Ratios: A Comparative Study " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018 - 2018 Concluded	FRUITS workshop (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Arqueologia, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Concluded	Workshop on stable isotope and mercury analysis (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Concluded	R software 3 days Course (Outros) University of Kent, United Kingdom
2018 - 2018 Concluded	Routes into Academia & Writing Research Grant Workshop (Outros) University of Kent, United Kingdom
2016 - 2016 Concluded	Fundamentals of Statistics 2 days Workshop (Outros) University of Kent, United Kingdom
2016 - 2016 Concluded	Managing your Research Data Workshop (Outros) University of Kent, United Kingdom
2016 - 2016 Concluded	Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe workshop (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Concluded	Workshop on archaeozoology (Outros) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2009/09 - 2011/09 Concluded	Human Biology and Evolution (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "[In Templar Lands. Osteological study of human remains from Santa Maria dos Olivais] Por Terras Templárias. Estudo paleobiológico de uma amostra osteológica humana inumada em Santa Maria dos Olivais, Tomar" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011 - 2011 Concluded	Workshop of archaeothanatology and bioarchaeology (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Concluded	Anthropology and Health: trends for the next decade” (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2006/09 - 2009/09 Concluded	Biology (Bachelor) Universidade de Évora, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008 - 2008 Concluded	Exploring all the potential of Web of Knowledge (ISI) (Outros) Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/07/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
	Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal
2019/06 - 2019/12	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/12/28 - 2021/06/28	Lecturer (University Teacher)	University of Kent, United Kingdom
	University of Kent, United Kingdom
2015/09/21 - 2017/07/21	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	University of Kent, United Kingdom
	University of Kent School of Anthropology and Conservation, United Kingdom

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2011/10 - 2021/05	Collaborator	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal

2018/10 - 2019/06	Osteologist	Archeo'Estudos, Portugal

2011/05/05 - 2015/07/30	Collaborator	Universidade de Évora, Portugal

2015/04/01 - 2015/05/31	Excavation at Tomar, Portugal (Morgado Shelter, Neolithic necropolis)	Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal

2014/07/07 - 2014/08/09	Excavation at Perdigões Enclosure, Portugal (Neolithic funerary pit with cremated bones)	ERA Arqueologia Conservacao gestao do Patrimonio, Portugal

2014/06/02 - 2014/06/14	Excavation at Muge, Portugal (Cabeço da Amoreira’s shellmidden, Mesolithic)	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

2014/05/14 - 2014/05/25	Excavation at Torres Vedras, Portugal (Sauropod, Upper Jurassic)	Sociedade de História Natural, Portugal

2014/03/10 - 2014/05/10	Osteological analysis, Project LARES	Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal

2013/09/15 - 2013/10/18	Excavation at Évora, Portugal (medieval/modern necropolis)	Câmara Municipal de Évora, Portugal

2012/08/20 - 2012/08/31	Excavation at Mértola, Portugal (medieval necropolis)	Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/01 - 2026/03/11	InOsteo: Interdisciplinary Approach to the Osteological Collection from the Military Hospital of St. George’s Castle (17th – 18th centuries), Lisbon 10.54499/2022.03576.PTDC 2022.03576.PTDC Principal investigator Universidade de Évora, Portugal Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de História, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/06 - 2019/12	CIAS database UID/ANT/00283/2013 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
2015/09/21 - 2019/01/14	The Impact of Diet and Health on Bone Stable Isotope Ratios: A Comparative Study na PhD Student Fellow University of Kent, United Kingdom	University of Kent Concluded
2008/12 - 2009/12	BII/ICAM/07/2008 BII/ICAM/07/2008 Integration into Research Grant Fellow Universidade de Évora, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/07/01 - 2027/06/30	HD-TEC: The impact of childhood Diet on adult Health, comparing three Portuguese archaeological collections: Tomar, Estremoz and Crato 2020.02110.CEECIND 2020.02110.CEECIND/CP1593/CT0005 10.54499/2020.02110.CEECIND/CP1593/CT0005 Post-doc Fellow Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/03/12 - 2026/03/11	Holy Bodies \| An Atlas of the Corpi Santi in Portugal 2022.01486.PTDC 10.54499/2022.01486.PTDC Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal Republica Portuguesa Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Research Centre for Anthropology and Health UID/ANT/00283/2019 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Curto, Ana. Osteologia Humana: livro para colorir e aprender. Évora, Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Évora. 2023. Published
Book chapter	Cruz, Ana; Senna-Martinez JC; Santos L; Relvado C; Ribeiro C; Fernandes T; Curto A. "Upper Morgado Shelter, Still a Peripheral Funeral Context, or Perhaps Not? (Tomar, Central Portugal)". In Interchange in Pre- and Protohistory Case Studies in Iberia, Romania, Turkey and Israel, edited by Cruz, Ana; Gibaja, JF, 117-132. United Kingdom: BAR International Series, 2018. Published
Conference abstract	Leirião, Carina; Carvalho, Liliana Matias de; Amarante, Ana; Henriques, Susana; Gaspar, Rosa R; Curto, Ana; Wasterlain, Sofia N.. "Traumas of life – Exploring the traumatic lesions in individuals from collective burials from the Miliary Hospital of São Jorge Castle, Lisbon (16th-18th centuries)". Paper presented in 51st Annual North American Meeting (Online), Los Angeles, 2024. Carvalho, Liliana Matias de; Henriques, Susana; Amarante, Ana; Curto, Ana Rita Quito; Wasterlain, S.N.. "Bioarqueologia, do campo ao laboratório: o caso da necrópole Moderna do Hospital dos Soldados (Castelo de São Jorge, Lisboa)". Paper presented in Fragmentos de Arqueologia de Lisboa 22: entre vibos e mortos - mar, rios, os vivos e a barca de caronte, Lisboa, 2022. Published Curto, Ana; Fernandes, Teresa; Relvado, Cláudia; Lopes, Célia. Corresponding author: Curto, Ana. "The many faces of a disease: five possible cases of treponematosis from Tomar (11th - 17th centuries), Portugal". Paper presented in 7th Portuguese Conference on Paleopathology: health and disease in the past, Évora, 2021. Published Relvado, Cláudia; Lopes, Célia; Curto, Ana; López, Judith; Luzia, Isabel; Fernandes, Teresa; Maurer, Anne-France. Corresponding author: Relvado, Cláudia. "Evidence of short-limbed dwarfism in an Islamic osteological sample from the Hospital da Misericórdia, Loulé, Portugal (10/11th-13th AD)". Paper presented in 7th Portuguese Conference on Paleopathology: health and disease in the past, Évora, 2021. Published Relvado, Cláudia; Curto, Ana; Lopes, Célia; Fernandes, Teresa. "Endocranial bone lesions in non-adults: Four study cases from the church of Santa Maria do Olival, Tomar, Portugal (11th -17th centuries)". Paper presented in XV Congreso National e International de Paleopatología, Granada, 2019. Published Curto, Ana; Relvado, Cláudia; Lopes, Célia; Fernandes, Teresa. "A troubled relationship: Five cases of treponematosis from Tomar, Portugal (11th-17th centuries)". Paper presented in XV Congreso National e International de Paleopatología, Granada, 2019. Lopes, Célia; Curto, Ana; Relvado, Cláudia; Fernantes, Teresa; Nogueira, Susana. "Os mistérios da arca dos fundadores da Igreja de São Francisco de Évora: confrontação entre a lenda e os dados paleobiológicos". Paper presented in VII Congresso APA, Lisboa, 2019. Published Relvado, Cláudia; Curto, Ana; Fernandes, Teresa. "Um possível caso de poliomielite num esqueleto masculino proveniente da Necrópole Medieval/Moderna de Santa Maria do Olival, Tomar". Paper presented in V Jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatologia, Coimbra, 2016. Published
Conference paper	Curto, Ana; Fernandes, Teresa. "A possible case of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in Medieval Tomar, Portugal". Paper presented in Actas del Congreso Nacional de Paleopatología, 2013. Published
Conference poster	Pires, Miguel; Nunes, Margarida; Ana Manhita; Curto, Ana; Palmeirão, Joana; Vieira, Eduarda ; Ferreira, Teresa. "Analytical study of religious simulacra". Paper presented in 14th edition of Inorganic & Bioinorganic Chemistry Conference, 2024. Curto, Ana Rita Quito; Fernandes, Teresa; Lopes, Célia; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.. "Possible ß-Thalassemia major in an infant from 17th century Portuguese countryside (Flôr da Rosa, Crato)". Paper presented in International Meeting on Porous Skeletal Lesions (PSLMeet2023), 2023. Curto, Ana. "Did military orders influence the general population diet?". Paper presented in Skeletons, Stories, and Social Bodies Conference, 2018. Curto, Ana. "Diet in a Templar town: Medieval Portuguese diet from carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios". Paper presented in UK Archaeological Science Conference, 2017. Curto, Ana. "Sexual dimorphism in a medieval/modern Portuguese sample: estimating biological sex and stature from long bone length". Paper presented in BABAO Conference, 2016. Curto, Ana. "A possible treponemal infection in a young adult from medieval/modern Tomar, Portugal". Paper presented in 2nd BioAnthropological Meeting: life, death and in between, 2015. Curto, Ana. "A slipped capital femoral epiphysis case study from medieval Estremoz, Portugal". Paper presented in 2nd BioAnthropological Meeting: life, death and in between, 2015. Curto, Ana. "Multiple lesions in a male skeleton from the necropolis (medieval/modern) of Santa Maria dos Olivais, Tomar, Portugal". Paper presented in 4th Portuguese Conference of Paleopathology, 2014. Curto, Ana. "Spondyloarthropathy in medieval/modern Tomar, Portugal". Paper presented in 4th Portuguese Conference of Paleopathology, 2014. Curto, Ana; Relvado, Cláudia; Fernandes, Teresa. "Múltiplas lesões num esqueleto masculino proveniente da necrópole (medieval/moderna) de Santa Maria dos Olivais, Tomar". Paper presented in IV Jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatologia, 2014.
Edited book	Curto, Ana; Lopes, Célia; Relvado, Cláudia; Silva, Filipa Cortesão; Curate, Francisco; Assis, Sandra; Fernandes, Teresa; et al, ed. 7th Portuguese Conference on Paleopathology: health and disease in the past. Program-Abstracts. Coimbra, Portugal: Centro de Investigação em Antroplogia e Saúde. 2021. Published Curto, Ana; Lopes, Célia; Relvado, Cláudia; Silva, Filipa Cortesão; Curate, Francisco; Assis, Sandra; Teresa Matos Fernandes; Matos, Vítor MJ, ed. VII Jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatologia: a saúde e a doença do passado. Programa-resumos. 24-25 de setembro de 2021. Évora: Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Universidade de Coimbra. 2021. Published
Journal article	Curto, Ana; Navarrete, Vanessa; Maurer, Anne-France; Dias, Cristina Barrocas; Fernandes, Teresa. "Health and well-being in Medieval Estremoz, Portugal: Uncovering the diet and longevity of a distinct and thriving community". Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 62 (2025): 105011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105011. 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105011 Palmeirão, Joana; Nunes, Margarida; Manhita, Ana; Curto, Ana Rita Quito; Piorro, Luis; Vieira, Eduarda ; Ferreira, Teresa. "Exploring a Forgotten Heritage: The Case Study of Saint Vincent Martyr's Simulacrum". The European Physical Journal Plus (2025): Submitted Curto, Ana; Fernandes, Teresa; Relvado, Cláudia; Ferro, Sónia; Lopes, Célia. "Variability of lesions and lesion patterns in possible treponematosis cases: Insights from an archaeological site in Tomar, Portugal". Anthropologischer Anzeiger (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2024/1764. Published • 10.1127/anthranz/2024/1764 Cláudia Gomes; Ana Curto. "Family in Medieval Society: A Bioarchaeological Perspective". Genealogy (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy8010020. 10.3390/genealogy8010020 Curto, Ana Rita Quito; Lopes, Célia; Ferreira, Cristiana; Tereso, João; Almeida, Nelson; Monteiro, Patrícia; Godinho, Ricardo Miguel; Navarrete, Vanessa. "Grupo de Trabalho em Bioarqueologia Portuguesa". Al-madan 27 1 (2024): 178-178. Published Tereso, João; Curto, Ana; Lopes, Célia; Detry, Cleia; Ferreira, Cristiana; Almeida, Nelson; Monteiro, Patrícia; Godinho, Ricardo Miguel; Navarrete, Vanessa. "A Investigação Bioarqueológica Portuguesa. Nota introdutória a um dossiê". al-madan 27 (2024): 70-71. Published Curto, Ana; Ferro, Sónia; Santos, Cláudia; Lourenço, Marina; Fahy, Geraldine E.; Anselmo, Daniela; Fernandes, Teresa. "Comparing morphological (os coxae) and metric (long bone length) sex estimation methods in archaeological collections". Anthropologischer Anzeiger (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2023/1730. Published • 10.1127/anthranz/2023/1730 Curto, Ana; Fernandes, Teresa. "Clubfoot and its implications for the locomotion of a medieval skeleton from Estremoz, Portugal". International Journal of Paleopathology 38 (2022): 13-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2022.05.004. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.ijpp.2022.05.004 Curto, Ana; Mahoney, Patrick; Maurer, Anne-France; Barrocas-Dias, Cristina; Fernandes, Teresa; Fahy, Geraldine E.. "Effect of different healing stages on stable isotope ratios in skeletal lesions". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 171 2 (2019): 285-297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23958. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23958 Ana Curto; Patrick Mahoney; Anne-France Maurer; Cristina Barrocas-Dias; Teresa Fernandes; Geraldine E. Fahy. "Diet and disease in Tomar, Portugal: comparing stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios between skeletons with and without signs of infectious disease". Journal of Archaeological Science 105 (2019): 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23958. Under revision • 10.1016/j.jas.2019.03.005 Curto, Ana; Maurer, Anne-France; Barrocas-Dias, Cristina; Mahoney, Patrick; Fernandes, Teresa; Fahy, Geraldine E.. "Did military orders influence the general population diet? Stable isotope analysis from Medieval Tomar, Portugal". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-018-0637-3. Open access • 10.1007/s12520-018-0637-3 Ana Curto; Teresa Fernandes. "A possible Madura foot from medieval Estremoz, southern Portugal". International Journal of Paleopathology 13 (2016): 70-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2016.01.006. 10.1016/j.ijpp.2016.01.006
Report	Neves, Dulce; Curto, Ana Rita Quito. 2021. Abertura de vala para implantação de infraestrutura elétrica, Rua da Ilha, Coimbra. Relatório de Antropologia Biológica. Curto, Ana. 2020. Osteology Report: Intervention in the Bronze Age burial of Santa Vitória, Beja. Curto, Ana. 2019. Osteology Report: Intervention in a Bronze Age burial at Torrão, Alcácer do Sal. Curto, Ana. 2019. Osteology Report: Intervention in a graveyard of unknown chronology at Alpendres, Serpa. Curto, Ana. 2019. Osteology Report: Excavation and laboratory study of osteological remains from genus Sus. Curto, Ana. 2019. Osteology Report: Study of osteological faunal remains recovered in Alvalade do Sado. Curto, Ana. 2019. Osteology Report: Intervention in the Roman Necropolis of Quintos, Beja. Curto, Ana. 2019. Osteology Report: Human and faunal osteological remains from a Medieval pit at Silves' Castle. Curto, Ana. 2018. Osteology Report: The Medieval Islamic graveyard of Safara. Curto, Ana. 2017. Osteology Report: Intervention in the Neolithic funerary cave at Morgado Shelter, Tomar (2016 Campaign). Curto, Ana. 2016. Osteology Report: Intervention in the Neolithic funerary cave at Morgado Shelter, Tomar (2015 Campaign).
Thesis / Dissertation	Curto, Ana. "The Impact of Diet and Health on Bone Stable Isotope Ratios: A Comparative Study". PhD, University of Kent, 2019. Curto, Ana Q.. "Por terras templárias. Estudo paleobiológico de uma amostra osteológica humana inumada em Santa Maria Olivais, Tomar". Master, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/31528.

Other

Other output

Health and Well-Being in Medieval Estremoz, Portugal: Uncovering the Diet and Longevity of a Distinct and Thriving Community. 2024. Curto, A.; Navarrete, V.; Maurer, A.-F.; Dias, C.B.; Fernandes, T.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85206448279&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.21203/rs.3.rs-4983453/v1
Academic ambassador. I was an Academic ambassador at the University of Kent from 2015 to 2018. During this time I did outreach at different schools and at the university for visiting students.. 2015. Curto, Ana.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021	Are we what we eat? Other factors affecting stable isotope ratios	EMBIO2021: New approaches to Early Medieval funerary contexts in the Centre and North of the Iberian Peninsula University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021	The many faces of a disease: five possible cases of treponematosis from Tomar (11th - 17th centuries), Portugal	7th Portuguese Conference on Paleopathology University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2021	On the Zooarchaeology of Warfare: data from Medieval Pits in Silves (Portugal)	II Encuentro de Zooarqueología Ibérica (Spain)
2019	A troubled relationship: Five cases of treponematosis from Tomar, Portugal (11th-17th centuries)	15th Spanish Congress of Paleopathology University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
2019	Can stable isotope analysis become a tool for paleopathological studies?	15th Spanish Congress of Paleopathology University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
2019	Endocranial bone lesions in non-adults: Four study cases from the church of Santa Maria do Olival, Tomar, Portugal (11th -17th centuries)	15th Spanish Congress of Paleopathology University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
2019	The mysteries of the Ark of the Founders of Saint Francis Church in Évora: comparing legend and biological anthropology	7th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019	Stable isotope analysis in the study of Paleopathology	Conference cycle celebrating 25th Anniversary of CIAS University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018	Using stable isotope analysis as a tool for paleopathology, examples from Tomar, Portugal	6th Portuguese Conference of Paleopathology Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
2018	Intrabone stable isotope variation in skeletons with infectious diseases	Annual European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association European Paleopathology Association (Zagreb, Croatia)
2018	Diet and disease in Tomar, Portugal	Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists European Association of Archaeologists (Barcelona, Spain)
2017	Bone remodelling during infections	Lecture series in Human Biology and Biochemistry Universidade de Évora (Portugal)
2017	Stable isotope comparison between apparently healthy and unhealthy adult individuals from medieval Tomar, Portugal	BABAO Annual Conference University of Liverpool (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
2016	A possible case of poliomyelitis in an adult male from medieval Tomar	5th Portuguese Conference of Paleopathology Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
2015	A possible Madura foot from medieval Estremoz, southern Portugal	2nd BioAnthropological Meeting: life, death and in between Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
2014	Talipes equinovarus: a case study from a medieval necropolis in Estremoz, Portugal	4th Portuguese Conference of Paleopathology Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
2011	A POSSIBLE CASE OF LEGG-CALVÉ-PERTHES’ DISEASE IN AN ADULT MALE FROM MEDIEVAL/MODERN TOMAR, PORTUGAL	XI Congreso Nacional de Paleopatología Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Andorra la Vella, Andorra)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	- Co-supervisor	Antropologia Biológica (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 - 2024	Microanálise de ossos humanos por LA-ICP-MS para deteção de mercúrio, indicador de tratamentos de doenças infecionas em populações do passado Supervisor	Bioquímica (Degree) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021 - 2023	Diet and oral health at medieval Flôr da Rosa Supervisor	ERASMUS MUNDUS in ARCHaeological MATerials Science (Master) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Traumas, periostite e osteomalacia na Coleção de Esqueletos Identificados de Évora Co-supervisor	Ciências Biomédicas (Degree) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Análise de indicadores de stress na coleção de esqueletos identificados de Évora Supervisor	Biologia Humana (Degree) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Contribuição para a Caracterização do Perfil Biológico e de Saúde de uma Amostra Populacional Medieval-Moderna de Palmela Supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Caracterização do perfil biológico e de saúde de uma amostra osteológica medieval-moderna proveniente da Igreja Santa Maria de Palmela Supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021 - 2021	Skeletal Evidence for a Change in Pathology Prevalence in London between the Medieval and Post Medieval Periods Supervisor	Biological Anthropology (Degree) University of Kent, United Kingdom
2021 - 2021	Dissertation, BSc. in Biological Anthropology Supervisor	Biological Anthropology (Degree) University of Kent, United Kingdom
2021 - 2021	Dissertation, BSc. in Biological Anthropology Supervisor	Biological Anthropology (Degree) University of Kent, United Kingdom
2017 - 2018	Paleobiologia de uma Amostra Populacional Antiga de Santa Maria do Olival, Datado do Século XIII-XVIII Co-supervisor	Project in Biological Sciences (Degree) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2017 - 2018	Estudo de entesopatias numa amostra de população medieval/moderna de Santa Maria do Olival em Tomar. Co-supervisor	Project in Biological Sciences (Degree) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2014 - 2015	Análise morfológica comparativa de lesões ósseas relacionadas com espondiloartropatias e DISH em populações humanas Co-supervisor	Project in Biological Sciences (Degree) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2014 - 2015	Estudo Paleobiológico de uma amostra osteológica humana de uma necrópole medieval-moderna em Tomar Co-supervisor	Project in Biological Sciences (Degree) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2013 - 2014	Estudo do perfil biológico de uma amostra osteológica medieval/moderna Co-supervisor	Project in Biological Sciences (Degree) Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019/09/01 - Current	Organising Committee of the Portuguese Conference on Paleopathology (2020/09/04 - 2020/09/05) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2023 - 2024	Organization of session 931: Tracing Human Stories through Stable Isotopes: Unravelling the Dynamics of Health and Identities (2023) Call (Member of the Organising Committee)	European Association for Archaeologists, Czech Republic
2023 - 2023	Workshop on Compared Osteology in Bioarchaeology (2023/06/30) Workshop (Co-organisor)
2009 - 2009	9th European Course on Basic Aerobiology (2009 - 2009) Workshop	Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023	Muelas y Molinos Salud dentomaxilar en el norte de la península ibérica (siglos IX-XIX) Thesis Member	Laura González-Garrido (PhD) Universidad de León, Spain
2023	Diet and oral health at medieval Flôr da Rosa Supervisor	Meiirzhan Abdrakhmanov (Master) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022	Late Antiquity in Tróia: isotopic investigation of husbandry practices and early childhood diet (Thesis) Main arguer	Ayoola Oladele (Master) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021	Estudo Paleobiológico e Análise de Isótopos Estáveis de Carbono e Azoto de uma População Proveniente da Necrópole Islâmica de Beja (Portugal) séc. IX-X (Thesis) Main arguer	Catarina Cândido (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021	Real Hospital de São João de Deus - Análise de uma série osteológica moderna da Rua do Recolhimento, Lisboa, Portugal (Thesis) Main arguer	Carina Leirião (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019	Normal and pathological foot bones variability in historical and modern series	Eduardo Enrique Saldías Vergara (PhD) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2019 - Current	GEEvH - Grupo de Estudos em Evolução Humana (Study Group in Human Evolution)	Fiscal council reporter
2017 - Current	European Paleopathology Association	Member
2017 - Current	European Association of Archaeologists	Member
2017 - Current	Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia	Member
2016 - Current	European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)	Member
2015 - Current	British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology	Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2021 - Current	Scientific Committee of the HERCULES Laboratory Member	Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2019 - Current	Portuguese Conference on Paleopathology – International Meeting
2009 - 2009	XIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia	Universidade de Évora

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2015 - 2015	Scientific advisor for the documentary “Os nossos Dinossauros”, RTP2

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021 - Current	Biological Anthropology	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021 - Current	Human Biology	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021 - Current	Human Histology II	Biologia Humana (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/06	Research Design and Advanced Analytical Methods	Forensic Osteology and Field Recovery Methods (Master)	University of Kent, United Kingdom
2021/01 - 2021/06	Field Excavation and Recovery Methods	Forensic Osteology and Field Recovery Methods (Master)	University of Kent, United Kingdom
2021/01 - 2021/06	Current Debates in Human Biology and Behaviour	Anthropology (Bachelor)	University of Kent, United Kingdom
2020/12 - 2021/01	Paleopathology	Anthropology (Bachelor)	University of Kent, United Kingdom
2020/12 - 2021/01	Growth and Disease of the Human Skeleton	Anthropology (Bachelor)	University of Kent, United Kingdom
2015 - 2017	Foundations of Biological Anthropology - Autumn and Spring term	Foundations of Biological Anthropology (Bachelor)	University of Kent, United Kingdom
2015 - 2017	Biology and Human Identity - Spring term	Biology and Human Identity (Bachelor)	University of Kent, United Kingdom
2015 - 2017	Forensic Anthropology - Spring term	Forensic Anthropology (Bachelor)	University of Kent, United Kingdom

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2017/02/06	Interview about the skeleton I studied with a Madura foot infection: "Vivia na Idade Média em Estremoz e o fungo que tinha num pé era raro na Europa"	Público
2016/12/21	The skeleton I studied, and published, with a Madura foot infection was considered on of the 10 Most Intriguing Skeletons Of 2016 by Forbes	Forbes
2016/02/23	One of my scientific papers was featured in Forbes: "Archaeologists Find Medieval Foot Fungus In Portuguese Cemetery"	Forbes

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2023 - Current	Podcast UE com ciência	Antropologia Biológica: Ossos a revelar o passado
2022 - Current	Podcast GPS da RTP	Ana Curto - Antropologia Biológica na Universidade de Évora

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Jury of the Plurianual Projects in Archaeology	Republica Portuguesa Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Jury of a Competition Procedure for Research Fellowship Recruitment (PhD scholarship) in Biological Anthropology. Project Interdisciplinary Approach to the Osteological Collection of the Military Hospital of Castelo de São Jorge (17th-18th centuries), Lisbon.	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 - 2022	Junior and Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship evaluations	Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen, Belgium

Distinctions

Award

2020	2019/2020 Scientific text - Young Anthropologists (Biological/Forensic Anthropology) Portuguese Association of Anthropology, Portugal
2018	2nd place for the 2017/2018 Scientific text - Young Anthropologists Portuguese Association of Anthropology, Portugal
2017	Runner-up student poster prize University College London Institute of Archaeology, United Kingdom
2015	University of Kent 50th Anniversary Research Scholarship University of Kent, United Kingdom

Title

2016	Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education The Higher Education Academy (HEA), United Kingdom