ISABELA DANTAS REIS GONÇALVES BASTO (3711-B656-C595)

Curriculum Vitae

ISABELA DANTAS REIS GONÇALVES BASTO

Isabela Basto is a Civil Engineer, Master in Environment, Water, and Sewage, and a Ph.D. student from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto with a scholarship granted by the FCT institution. She is also a member of the Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions research team at CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research. Her studies are related to Water Resources Management and Planning, Hydrological and Hydraulic Modeling. Her current research involves the development and improvement of methodologies for forecasting extreme weather events, focusing on Machine Learning techniques. She also has experience in projects and construction of water supply and sewage systems (2008-2011), construction budgets of Health Centers and Hospitals (2012-2015), and worked as a researcher in the Water Resources Group at the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil) (2015-2020).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: ISABELA DANTAS REIS GONÇALVES BASTO

Citation names

Basto, Isabela

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 3711-B656-C595

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
German	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019 - 2025 Ongoing	Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering (Doctor) Major in Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal " Flood forecasting for regularized river basins using machine-learning techniques" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/01/01 - 2018/11/01 Concluded	Master's Degree in Environment, Water and Sanitation (Master) Major in Water resources Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil "Estudo das regras de defluência do sistema de reservatórios no rio São Francisco e suas consequências para o atendimento às demandas da irrigação e outros" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2005/06/01 - 2010/12/10 Concluded	Degree in Civil Engineering (Bachelor) Major in Civil Engineering Universidade Salvador, Brazil "Gestão de conflitos gerados pelo uso múltiplo da água: O caso do Rio Verde e a região de Irecê" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/10/01 - 2025/10/01	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal (...)
2015/06/01 - 2019	Researcher (Research)	Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
	Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia, Brazil

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/10/01 - 2025/10/01	Flood forecasting for regularized river basins using machine-learning techniques https://doi.org/10.54499/2022.14109.BD PhD Student Fellow Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2015/06/01 - 2017/12/31	AIHA- Avaliação dos Impactos Hidrológicos da Implantação do Hidrograma Ambiental do Baixo Trecho do Rio São Francisco MCT/FINEP/CT-Hidro 01/2010 Researcher Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil	Finep Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper	Basto, Isabela; MENDES, JULIANA; Maia, Rodrigo Jorge Fonseca de Oliveira. "Study of ML techniques and input variables application for near real-time reservoir outflow forecasting". Paper presented in River Flow 2024, Liverpool, 2024. Accepted Basto, Isabela; MENDES, JULIANA; Maia, Rodrigo Jorge Fonseca de Oliveira. "Flood forecasting using machine learning techniques: application in a section of the Minho river basin". Paper presented in DCE23- Doctoral Congress in Engineering, Porto, 2023. Published Basto, Isabela; Alemi, Mahdi; Maia, Rodrigo Jorge Fonseca de Oliveira. "Simulação Hidrodinâmica de Cheias no Rio Minho, em Monção". Paper presented in 16º Congresso da Água, Lisboa, 2023. Published Da Silva, Kaique dos Anjos; Basto, Isabela; Fontes, Andrea Sousa; Medeiros, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto. "Análise da variação da salinidade a jusante do reservatório de Xingo sob a influência da alteração de vazões defluentes". Paper presented in XXIV-Simpósio Brasileiro de Recursos Hídricos, Belo Horizonte, 2021. Published Da Silva, Kaique dos Anjos; Basto, Isabela; Fontes, Andrea Sousa; Medeiros, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto. "Analysis of the salinity variation downstream of the Xingó reservoir under the influence of outflows alteration". Paper presented in DCE21 - Doctoral Congress in Engineering, Porto, 2021. Published Torres, Cassia Juliana Fernandes; Silva, Rodrigo Saldanha Xavier ; Basto, Isabela; Fontes, Andea Sousa; Ribeiro, Daniel Veras; Medeiros, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto. "Teoria dos nexus como planejamento estratégico para a alocação de água". Paper presented in XXIII SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE RECURSOS HÍDRICOS, Foz do Iguaçu, 2019. Basto, Isabela; Torres, Cassia Juliana Fernandes; Fontes, Andrea Sousa; Medeiros, Dantas Pinto Medeiros. "Operação de reservatórios de múltiplos usos com diferentes condições de restrição de vazão defluente". Paper presented in II SIMPÓSIO DA BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO RIO SÃO FRANCISCO- Desafios da Ciência para um novo Velho Chico, Aracaju, 2018. Published Basto, Isabela; Torres, Cassia Juliana Fernandes; Brambilla, Micol; Fontes, Andrea Sousa; Medeiros, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto. "Atendimento aos múltiplos usos da água considerando a demanda para a manutenção do ecossistema aquático do baixo curso do rio São Francisco". Paper presented in XXII Simpósio Brasileiro de Recursos Hídricos, Florianópolis, 2017. Published
Conference poster	Basto, Isabela; MENDES, JULIANA; Maia, Rodrigo Jorge Fonseca de Oliveira. "Flood forecasting for regulated basins with machine learning models: application in a section of the Minho River". Paper presented in the Blue Think Conference: Share Science, Spread Knowledge 2023, 2023.
Journal article	Basto, Isabela Dantas Reis Gonçalves; Fontes, Andrea Sousa; Medeiros, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto. "Effects of an outflow regime adoption of the São Francisco River reservoir system to meet water demands for multiple uses". RBRH 25 (2020): 1-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2318-0331.252020190110. Published • 10.1590/2318-0331.252020190110

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/09/04	Study of ML techniques and input variables application for near real-time reservoir outflow forecasting	River Flow 2024 Liverpool John Moores University (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
2023/06/16	Flood forecasting using machine learning techniques: application in a section of the Minho river basin	the Blue Think Conference: Share Science, Spread Knowledge 2023 Porto - Portugal
2023/06/16	Flood forecasting using machine learning techniques: application in a section of the Minho river basin	DCE23- Doctoral Congress in Engineering (Porto, Portugal)
2023/03/21	Simulação Hidrodinâmica de Cheias no Rio Minho, em Monção	16º Congresso da Água (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/11/26	Análise da variação da salinidade a jusante do reservatório de Xingó sob a influência da alteração de vazões defluentes	XXIV-Simpósio Brasileiro de Recursos Hídricos ABRH- Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2021/06/29	Analysis of the salinity variation downstream of the Xingó reservoir under the influence of outflows alteration	DCE21 - Doctoral Congress in Engineering Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018	Operação de reservatórios de múltiplos usos com diferentes condições de restrição de vazão defluente	II Simpósio da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio São Francisco (Aracaju, Brazil)
2017	Atendimento aos múltiplos usos da água considerando a demanda para a manutenção do ecossistema aquático do baixo curso do rio São Francisco	XX Simpósio Brasileiro de Recursos Hídricos ABRH (Florianópolis, Brazil)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018	8th World Water Forum participation Congress	8th World Water Forum
2017 - 2017	13º SILUSBA participation	13º SILUSBA Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2016	I Simpósio da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio São Francisco participation Symposium	I Simpósio da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio São Francisco

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2017/06/01 - 2017/12/31	Water Policy, Planning and Management	Water Policy, Planning and Management classroom
2017/06/01 - 2017/12/31	Ecohydrology	Ecohydrology classroom
2017/01/01 - 2017/05/31	Water Policy, Planning and Management	Water Policy, Planning and Management classroom
2016/06/01 - 2016/12/31	Hydrology	Hydrology classroom
2016/06/01 - 2016/12/31	Water Policy, Planning and Management	Water Policy, Planning and Management classroom