Personal identification

Full name

Nelson Edgar Viegas Rodrigues

Citation names

• Rodrigues, Nelson

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

721A-A651-09C8

ORCID iD

0000-0003-3765-7965

Email addresses

• nelsonr@ci.uc.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

• 239860555 (Professional)

Addresses

• Rua Silvio Lima, Universidade de Coimbra, Polo II, 3030-790, COIMBRA, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

• https://www.uc.pt/fctuc/dct/pessoas/fichaspessoais/nelsonrodrigues (Professional)

Knowledge fields

• Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Mining and Mineral Processing
• Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences
• Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Mining and Mineral Processing

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

	Degree	Classification
2009/12/18 Concluded	MBA para Executivos (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal	17
1995/03/15 Concluded	Doutoramento em Engenharia de Minas (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "The Interpretation of Tracer Curves in Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Reservoirs" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Distinção e louvor
1994/10/17 Concluded	PhD in Mining Engineering (Doctor) University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines, United Kingdom "The Interpretation of Tracer Curves in Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Reservoirs" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Pass
1991/02/14 Concluded	Mestrado em Ciências da Computação (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Problemas de Circulação em Arcos de uma Rede: Estudo de Alguns Casos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito Bom
1983/07/30 Concluded	Licenciatura em Engenharia de Minas (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal	Bom com distinção com 16 valores

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2000/04/07 - Current	Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
1995/03/16 - 2000/04/06	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
1990/02/07 - 1995/03/15	Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
1986/05/14 - 1995/03/14	Trainee Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2016/06/01 - 2019/12/31	A transição do Neandertal para o Homem Anatomicamente Moderno no Vale do Côa: ambientes, simbolismo e redes sociais PTDC/EPH-ARQ/0326/2014 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2009/03/01 - 2012/12/31	Biogeoquimica do ouro: da prospecção biogeoquimica à fitomineração PTDC/CTE-GEX/66710/2006 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Geociências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2008/03/01 - 2011/12/31	Perímetros de Protecção em Maciços Fracturados PTDC/ECM/70456/2006 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Geociências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2005/06/14 - 2008/06/13	Descontaminação de escorrências mineiras por plantas acumuladoras de metais POCI/ECM/60750/2004 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Geociências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Publications

Conference paper	Pita, F.A.; Menezes, L.A.; Castilho, A.M.; Rodrigues, N.; Pratas, J.A.. "Separation of plastics: Jigging versus froth flotation". 2015. Pratas, J.; Rodrigues, N.; Paulo, C.. "Uranium accumulator plants from the centre of Portugal - Their potential to phytoremediation". 2006.
Journal article	M. M. Miranda; C. R. Matos; N. V. Rodrigues; A. J. S. C. Pereira; J. J. Costa. "Effect of temperature on the thermal conductivity of a granite with high heat production from Central Portugal". Journal of Iberian Geology 45 1 (2019): 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41513-018-0096-9. 10.1007/s41513-018-0096-9 Favas, P.J.C.; Pratas, J.; Rodrigues, N.; D'Souza, R.; Varun, M.; Paul, M.S.. "Metal(loid) accumulation in aquatic plants of a mining area: Potential for water quality biomonitoring and biogeochemical prospecting". Chemosphere 194 (2018): 158-170. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85036460927&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.11.139 R. Lamas; M. M. Miranda; A. J. S. C. Pereira; L. J. P. F. Neves; N. Ferreira; N. V. Rodrigues. "3-D distribution of the radioelements in the granitic rocks of northern and central Portugal and geothermal implications". Journal of Iberian Geology 43 1 (2017): 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41513-017-0001-y. 10.1007/s41513-017-0001-y Dimuccio, L.A.; Rodrigues, N.; Larocca, F.; Pratas, J.; Amado, A.M.; de Carvalho, L.A.E.B.. "Geochemical and mineralogical fingerprints to distinguish the exploited ferruginous mineralisations of Grotta della Monaca (Calabria, Italy)". Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 173 (2017): 704-720. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994004753&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.saa.2016.10.021 Pratas, J.; Favas, P.J.C.; Paulo, C.; Rodrigues, N.; Prasad, M.N.V.. "Uranium accumulation by aquatic plants from uranium-contaminated water in Central Portugal". International Journal of Phytoremediation 14 3 (2012): 221-234. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052906744&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1080/15226514.2011.587849 Pratas, J.; Favas, P.; Rodrigues, N.; Prasad, M.; Freitas, H.. "Phytofiltration of uranium by aquatic plants of Central Portugal". 4th WSEAS International Conference on Waste Management, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Indoor Climate, WWAI '10 (2010): 77-80. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952563824&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Pratas, J.; Favas, P.; Rodrigues, N.; Prasad, M.. "Arsenic accumulation in aquatic plants (Central Portugal)". 4th WSEAS International Conference on Waste Management, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Indoor Climate, WWAI '10 (2010): 73-76. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952569475&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Pratas, J.; Rodrigues, N.; Alves, F.; Patricio, J.. "Uranium removal in artificial wetlands". 4th WSEAS International Conference on Waste Management, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Indoor Climate, WWAI '10 (2010): 112-117. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952566348&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Pratas, J.; Rodrigues, N.; Tavares, L.; Branches, A.. "Causes for uranium immobilization in a Portuguese stream". 4th WSEAS International Conference on Waste Management, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Indoor Climate, WWAI '10 (2010): 118-123. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952564760&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Rodrigues, N.; Pratas, J.; Tavares, L.; Branches, A.. "Natural immobilization of uranium in streams". WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development 6 7 (2010): 539-548. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954353608&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Rodrigues, N.E.V.; De Lima, J.L.M.P.; Cruz, F.F.. "Solute transport in fractured media - Analysis of non-reversibility in tracer tests". Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 15 5 (2008): 783-791. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-55049102460&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.5194/npg-15-783-2008 Hicks, T.W.; Pine, R.J.; Willis-Richards, J.; Xu, S.; Jupe, A.J.; Rodrigues, N.E.V.. "A hydro-thermo-mechanical numerical model for HDR geothermal reservoir evaluation". International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences and Geomechanics 33 5 (1996): 499-511. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030183151&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/0148-9062(96)00002-2 Rodrigues, N.E.V.; Green, A.S.P.; Barley, R.. "Modelling tracer tests in the Rosemanowes HDR reservoir". Geothermics 24 3 (1995): 375-384. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028976189&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/0375-6505(95)00015-I Jupe, A.J.; Bruel, D.; Hicks, T.; Hopkirk, R.; Kappelmeyer, O.; Kohl, T.; Kolditz, O.; et al. "Modelling of a european prototype hdr reservoir". Geothermics 24 3 (1995): 403-419. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0029416484&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/0375-6505(95)00017-K
Thesis / Dissertation	Rodrigues, Nelson. "The interpretation of tracer curves in Hot Dry Rock geothermal reservoirs". PhD, University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines, 1994. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239298.