Mariana Marques Gonçalves (3315-486B-71B7)

Curriculum Vitae

Mariana Marques Gonçalves

Identification

Itecons - Institute for Research and Technological Development in Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Rua Pedro Hispano, s/d, 3030-286, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/09 - 2025 Ongoing	Sustainable Energy Systems (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/08/27 Concluded	Writing in the Sciences (Curso médio) Stanford University, United States
2014/09 - 2019/09 Concluded	Environmental Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Major in Technology and Environmental Management Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal ""Análise de fluxos materiais aplicada à biomassa floresta em Portugal / Material flow analysis applied to forest biomass in Portugal"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14.25

Affiliation

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/09/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

2024/10/01 - 2025/08/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/12/18 - 2024/09/30	Researcher (Research)	Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/03/24 - 2025/08/31	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/07/16 - 2018/07/27	Summer Internship	Centro Tecnológico da Cerâmica e do Vidro, Portugal
	Centro Tecnológico da Cerâmica e do Vidro, Portugal

Projects

	Designation	Funders
2020/10 - 2024	Doctoral Program in Sustainable Energy Systems - MIT Portugal Program 2020.07321.BD PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

	Designation	Funders
2025/09/01 - Current	Building LCA capacity - Capacitação das PME do setor da construção para a avaliação e comunicação do desempenho ambiental de ciclo de vida COMPETE2030-FEDER-01456900 Researcher Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal	Ongoing
2024/10/01 - 2025/08/31	ECLECTIC - Enabling CircuLar Economy aCTion plans for small and medium-sized Cities DUT/0009/2022 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Ongoing
2019/12/18 - 2020/09	Sustainability assessment of bioenergy systems: A life cycle multi-criteria decision-support approach, including land use change PTDC/AAG-MAA/6234/2014 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Journal article

Mariana Gonçalves; Fausto Freire; Rita Garcia. "Material flow analysis and circularity assessment of plastic packaging: An application to Portugal". Resources, Conservation and Recycling (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107795.
10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107795
Mariana Gonçalves; Fausto Freire; Rita Garcia. "Material flow analysis of forest biomass in Portugal to support a circular bioeconomy". Resources, Conservation and Recycling 169 (2021): 105507-105507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105507.
10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105507

Thesis / Dissertation

Gonçalves, Mariana. "Análise dos Fluxos Materiais Aplicada à Biomassa Florestal em Portugal". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, 2019.

Activities

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/04	Material Flow Analysis and Circularity Indicators: Application to Biomass and Plastic Packaging	Circular Economy course Universidade de Coimbra - Departamento de Engenharia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/11/14	Material Flow Analysis and Circularity Indicators: Application to Biomass and Plastics	Environmental Management course University of Coimbra - Mechanical Engineering (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/05/06	An assessment of circularity and efficiency indicators for forest biomass in Portugal through Material Flow Analysis	5TH meeting of the young researchers of LAETA Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)

Distinctions

2019	Merit Board of the Top 5% students Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018	Merit Board of the Top 5% students Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal