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Mariana Reis Monteiro da Cruz is a PhD student in Environmental Sciences and Technology at University of Porto, with a FCT research scholarship. She has a Master's degree in Environmental Sciences and Technologies - specialization branch: energy - at the University of Minho, Portugal. She also has a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), properly recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution (University of Porto). Following her master research, her doctoral thesis and main academic publications regard the application of numerical hydrodynamic modelling techniques to assess estuarine regions under climate change scenarios.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
MARIANA REIS MONTEIRO DA CRUZ

Citation names

  • Cruz, Mariana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5E1E-1E9A-0A95
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5051-2117

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Petroleum Engineering, Energy and Fuels
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Climatic Research

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/10 - 2027/10
Ongoing
 Ciências e Tecnologia do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Nature-based solutions for estuarine conditions improvement considering present and future scenarios." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020/10 - 2023/01
Concluded
 Ciências e Tecnologias do Ambiente (Mestrado)
Major in Energia
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Assessment of the potential of hydrokinetic energy production in the Douro River estuary under climate change scenarios" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2012/07 - 2018/06
Concluded
 Engenharia de Recursos Hídricos e do Meio Ambiente (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
"A geração de energia eólica no Brasil e o seu potencial de expansão no setor elétrico" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 8,3 de 10,0
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03 - 2022/05 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2015/02 - 2015/07 Research Trainee (Research) University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, United States

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/06 - 2023/10 Técnico Superior Área Metropolitana do Porto, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09 - 2019/11 Analista Júnior EDP, Portugal
2016/09 - 2018/07 Estágio Grupo Neoenergia, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/12 - 2027/12 Nature-based solutions for estuarine conditions improvement considering present and future scenarios.
2023.03248.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia, Brazil
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/03 - 2022/06 Estuarine and coastal numerical modeling ensembles for anthropogenic, extreme events and climate change scenarios (Esco-Ensembles)
PTDC/ECI-EGC/30877/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. I. Iglesias; J.L. Pinho; Melo, W. W.; Avilez-Valente, Paulo; A. Bio; Cruz, Mariana; A. Gomes. "Utilização de técnicas de ensembles na melhoria do desempenho de modelos hidrodinâmicos estuarinos na previsão de níveis da água". Paper presented in 7JEH - 2JLEH, 2022.
    Published
  2. I. Iglesias; J.L. Pinho; Melo, W. W.; Avilez-Valente, Paulo; A. Bio; Cruz, Mariana; A. Gomes. "Exploiting ensembles techniques for improving numerical hydrodynamic models for estuarine regions". Paper presented in LITTORAL22, 2022.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Isabel Iglesias; Pinho, J.L.S.; Melo, W. W.; Avilez-Valente, Paulo; Bio, Ana; Cruz, Mariana; Ana Gomes; et al. Corresponding author: Isabel Iglesias. "Exploiting ensembles techniques for improving numerical hydrodynamic models for estuarine regions". Paper presented in Littoral22, 2022.
    Published
  2. Isabel Iglesias; Pinho, J.L.S.; Melo, W. W.; Avilez-Valente, Paulo; Bio, Ana; Cruz, Mariana; Vieira, José; Bastos, Luisa; Veloso-Gomes, F.. "Melhoria do desempenho de modelos hidrodinâmicos estuarinos para previsão de níveis da água utilizando técnicas de ensembles". Paper presented in 7.as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica / 2.as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Hidrografia, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  3. Isabel Iglesias; Pinho, J.L.S.; Bio, Ana; Avilez-Valente, Paulo; Melo, W. W.; Cruz, Mariana; A. Gomes; et al. "EsCo-ENSEMBLES: Ensembles de modelos hidrodinámicos aplicados en áreas estuarinas y costeras". Paper presented in AEC 2022, 2022.
    Published
  4. I. Iglesias; J.L. Pinho; Melo, W. W.; Avilez-Valente, Paulo; A. Bio; Cruz, Mariana; J. P. P. Vieira; Veloso-Gomes, F.; Bastos, Luisa. "Hydrodynamic models ensembles to improve estuarine forecasting under climate change scenarios". Paper presented in Oceans from Space Venice 2022, 2022.
    Submitted
Conference poster
  1. I. Iglesias; J.L. Pinho; Melo, W. W.; Avilez-Valente, Paulo; A. Bio; Cruz, Mariana; J. P. P. Vieira; Veloso-Gomes, F.; Bastos, Luisa. "Hydrodynamic models ensembles to improve estuarine forecasting under climate change scenarios". Paper presented in Oceans from Space 2022, 2022.
Journal article
  1. M. Cruz; R. Henriques; J.L. Pinho; P. Avilez-Valente; A. Bio; I. Iglesias. "Assessment of the potential for hydrokinetic energy production in the Douro river estuary under sea level rise scenarios". Energy (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.126960.
    10.1016/j.energy.2023.126960
  2. Isabel Iglesias; Ana Bio; Willian Melo; P.aulo Avilez-Valente; José Pinho; Mariana Cruz; Ana Gomes; et al. "Hydrodynamic Model Ensembles for Climate Change Projections in Estuarine Regions". (2022): https://hdl.handle.net/10216/144251.
    10.3390/w14121966