Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Carla Maria dos Santos Gama da Silva
Citation names
- Gama, Carla
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 571E-B73B-E449
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9193-0374
- Researcher Id
- C-7607-2015
- Scopus Author Id
- 56681897100
Email addresses
- carlagama@ua.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Universidade de Aveiro. Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- http://www.cesam.ua.pt/cgama (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2012/09/21 - 2018/02/28
Concluded
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Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Contribuição das poeiras do deserto para o aerossol atmosférico em Cabo Verde e em Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado |
2007/09/20 - 2008/12/17
Concluded
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Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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16 |
2001/09/24 - 2007/07/17
Concluded
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Engenharia do Ambiente (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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15 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/08/01 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal | ||
2022/01/01 - 2022/07/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
2019/02/01 - 2021/07/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal | ||
2018/04/01 - 2019/01/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal | ||
2013/03/01 - 2017/07/01 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal | ||
2012/02/01 - 2013/01/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2011/01/17 - 2011/07/15 | Research Trainee (Leonardo da Vinci programme) | Wageningen University & Research Meteorology and Air Quality Group, Netherlands |
2009/08/01 - 2010/12/31 | Técnico superior de ambiente | UVW - Centro de Modelação de Sistemas Ambientais, Lda, Portugal |
2007/08/01 - 2009/07/31 | Técnico superior de ambiente | Sondar – Amostragens e Tecnologias do Ar, Lda, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/04/01 - 2019/01/31 | AIRSHIP - Impact of maritime and port emissions in the air quality of Portugal: present and future scenarios. A regional and
local scale approach.
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2012/02/01 - 2013/04/30 | CV-Dust - Atmospheric aerosol in Cape Verde region: seasonal evaluation of composition, sources and transport
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/08 - 2024/08 | ATLACE - ATLantic interactions via atmospheric water cycle: exploiting a unique dataset from the Antarctic Circumnavigation
Expedition for better understanding of clouds and precipitation
CIRCNA/CAC/0273/2019
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2021/02/01 - 2024/01/31 | Forecasting and communicating wildland fire smoke effects
PCIF/MPG/0147/2019
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2019/02/01 - 2021/12/25 | ARTUR - O impacte da qualidade do AR na competitividade de destinos TURísticos
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/03/01 - Current | PRUNING - Mapping open burning of agricultural residues from Earth Observations and modelling of air quality impacts
2022.01045.PTDC
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2023/03/01 - Current | ALICE - Air polLution: a stressor for environmental justICE
2022.04351.PTDC
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2021/10/15 - Current | FirEUrisk - Developing a holistic, risk-wise strategy for European wildfire management
Researcher
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2019/02/01 - 2023/01/31 | FIRESTORM - A Meteorologia e o Comportamento de Tempestades de Fogo
PCIF/GFC/0109/2017
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2018/09/01 - 2020/02/29 | ISY-AIR – An Integrated System for Urban Scale Air Quality Assessment and Forecast
MIT-EXPL/IRA/0023/2017
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2017 - 2020 | COST InDust- International Network to Encourage the Use of Monitoring and Forecasting Dust Products
COST Action CA16202
Other
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016/07/01 - 2018/06/30 | DOUROZONE - Risco de exposição ao ozono para a vinha Duriense em clima actual e futuro
PTDC/AAG-MAA/3335/2014
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2013/07/01 - 2015/06/30 | MAPLIA - Da poluição atmosférica à avaliação local integrada
PTDC/AAG-MAA/4077/2012
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2012/06/01 - 2015/05/31 | APPRAISAL - Air Pollution Policies foR Assessment of Integrated Strategies At regional and Local scales
Researcher
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European Commission
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Journal article |
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Report |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2024/06/26 | Exploring Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Dynamics in the Iberian Peninsula Using the WRF-Chimere Coupled Model | RICTA 2024 - 8th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology
(A Coruña, Spain)
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2022/11/28 | Implications of direct and indirect effects of aerosols during a strong dust outbreak over the Iberian Peninsula | Mediterranean Geosciences Union Annual Meeting (MedGU-22)
Mediterranean Geosciences Union (Marrakesh, Morocco)
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2022/10/10 | Modelling aerosol effects on clouds and precipitation during atmospheric river events in Portugal using the WRF-CHIMERE coupled model | International Atmospheric River Conference
(Chile)
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2021/11/12 | Forecasting atmospheric pollutants over Portugal | Workshop Previsão Numérica em Portugal 2021
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
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2019/10/23 | University of Aveiro overview on dust modelling activities | InDust COST Action General Meeting
(Porto, Portugal)
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2019/07/11 | Assessment of particulate matter levels in Central Portugal: what we learn from observations and models? | RICTA 2019 - 7th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2018/05/22 | Assessing desert dust contribution to regional PM10 and PM2.5 levels: a one-year study over Portugal. | 9th International Workshop on sand / dust storms and associated dustfall
(La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain)
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2018/05/08 | Episódios de poeiras do deserto e sua influência na qualidade do ar em Portugal. | Conferência Internacional de Ambiente em Língua Portuguesa
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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2017/11/27 | Studying a dust episode over Portugal with two different models. | 26th GLOREAM Workshop
(Berlin, Germany)
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2016/05/01 | Assessing the size distribution of dust in the NMMB/BSC-Dust model. | 8th InternationalWorkshop on Sand/Duststorms and Associated Dustfall
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2013/12/02 | Desert dust and sea-salt evaluation of the NMMB/BSC-CTM model for North Africa. | 7th International Workshop on Sand/Duststorms and Associated Dustfall
(Frascati, Italy)
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2013/11/06 | Modelação das poeiras atmosféricas provenientes do deserto: aplicação à região de Cabo Verde | 10ª Conferência Nacional do Ambiente. Repensar o ambiente: Luxo ou inevitabilidade?
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2024/01/01 - Current | Dusty Atmospheric Rivers: relationship between intense transport of water vapour and aerosols in the Iberian Peninsula
Supervisor
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MAP-fis (joint doctoral program in Physics of Universidade do Minho, Universidade de Aveiro and Universidade do Porto) (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2020/10/01 - Current | Aerosols and extreme precipitation: analysis of an Atmospheric River event affecting Portugal
Supervisor of Cátia Lavinia Gonçalves
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Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2023/09 - 2024/07 | Incêndios florestais em Portugal provocados por causa negligente: a contribuição da queima de amontoados e queimadas extensivas
Supervisor
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Projeto em Engenharia do Ambiente (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018/09 - 2024/01/22 | Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation: impact on heat island effect and air quality
Co-supervisor of Ana Filipa Ascenso
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Environmental Sciences and Engineering (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2022/09 - 2023/07 | Queima de material de poda e outros resíduos agrícolas em Portugal: impacte na qualidade do ar
Co-supervisor of Vital Francisco Faria Ferreira
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Environmental Engineering (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2021/11/12 - 2022/07/22 | Ozono troposférico em Douro Norte: variabilidade temporal, relação com óxidos de azoto e tendências
Co-supervisor of Vítor Hugo Matos Alves
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Environmental Engineering (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2020/09/01 - 2021/11/26 | Qualidade do ar e doença respiratória na Região Centro de Portugal: estudo exploratório
Co-supervisor of Maria Beatriz Salgado Martins
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Environmental Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019/09/01 - 2020/07/22 | Contribution of sea salt to PM10 concentration values in Portugal
Co-supervisor of Ana Rita Simões Carvalho
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Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2021/09 - 2022/12 | Member of the local organizing committee of the 21st International conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion
Modelling for Regulatory Purposes (HARMO21). HARMO conference is aimed towards model developers, model users, environmental
protection agencies and legislation experts. (2022/09/27 - 2022/09/30)
Conference
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2024/06/05 | Assessing the role of atmospheric rivers in Arctic precipitation in present and future climate | Carolina Parreira Viceto (PhD) |
2021/07/07 | Understanding tropospheric ozone episodes in the Atlantic Southern Europe with optimized photochemical modelling
(Thesis) Arguer
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Eduardo de la Torre Pascual (PhD)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2021/01/01 - Current | European Geophysical Union (EGU) | Member |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2022/09/27 - 2022/09/30 | 21st International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes | Universidade de Aveiro |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2022/12 - 2024/12 | Services Procurement/ Collaboration Protocol via UAVR - University of Aveiro with PACOPAR Companies: Estudo de avaliação da qualidade do ar no município de Estarreja com recurso a ferramentas de modelação. | PACOPAR - Painel Consultivo Comunitário do Programa Atuação Responsável de Estarreja, Portugal |
2019/10 - 2019/12 | Services Procurement/ Collaboration Protocol via UAVR - University of Aveiro with CCDRCentro: Realização de estudos da qualidade do ar, no âmbito do protejo "Melhor Ar no Centro". | Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro, Portugal |
2017 - 2018 | Services Procurement/Collaboration Protocol with APA (Portuguese Environmental Agency): Development and evaluation of an air quality forecasting system for Portugal | Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/09/01 - 2024/01/31 | Theoretical and practical classes on Air Quality Management for students of the Master on Environmental Engineering and the Master on Sustainable Energy Systems: 40% of the total schedule. | Air Quality Management (Mestrado) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2023/02 - Current | Member of the Earth and Environmental Sciences Scientific Evaluation Panel of the Call for Advanced Computing Projects (3rd
edition)
Evaluator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2021/07/14 | Pergunte a um cientista do CESAM: O que são rios atmosféricos e onde podemos encontrá-los? (Ask a CESAM scientist - atmospheric rivers) | Diário de Aveiro |
2020/04/15 | Article in a national newspaper about the air quality improvement in Portugal during COVID-19 lockdown. | Expresso |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2021 - Current | Transport Policy (0967-070X) | Elsevier |
2020 - Current | Atmospheric Pollution Research (1309-1042) | Elsevier |
2020 - Current | Environmental Research (0013-9351) | Elsevier |
2020 - Current | SN Applied Sciences (2523-3971) | Springer |
2019 - Current | Atmosphere (2073-4433) | MDPI |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2022/03/01 - 2022/07/31 | Assessment of particulate matter and benzo(a)pyrene levels in Poland and their relationship with meteorological variables | Alina Draczynska, Lodz University of Technology (Poland) |
2022/02/13 - 2022/02/28 | Air pollution episodes in Aveiro | Samuel MARCHANTE GIL, Université Paris Cité (France) |
2020/09/20 - 2021/02/18 | Investigating the relationship between traffic reduction and air quality values related to COVID-19 lockdown period in Porto | Ján Jankovic, Aalborg University (Denmark) |
2018/07/16 - 2018/07/20 | Estágio Ciência Viva: Forest fires, air quality and human health | Helena Sousa and Bárbara Sales Fonseca (pre-university students) |
2016/07/14 - 2016/09/09 | Tratamento de dados monitorizados na rede de qualidade do ar da Região Centro | Dulce Isabel Meneses Nogueira |
2014/07/21 - 2014/07/27 | Estágio Ciência Viva: Que tal é a qualidade do ar que respiras hoje? E a de amanhã? | Marcia Fernandes and Rui Pedro Gonçalves (pre-university students) |
Distinctions
Award
2022 | Researcher Award University of Aveiro - 2021 edition (honourable mention in the Engineering research area)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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