Curriculum Vitae
Steffi Vassallo
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Steffi Vassallo
Citation names
- Vassallo, Steffi
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- A314-7D20-CC14
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-8627-9043
- Scopus Author Id
- 57221690728
Email addresses
- svassallo@campus.fcsh.unl.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Laboratory of Biological Anthropology and Human Osteology (LABOH), Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA), Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, NOVA University Lisbon, Avenida de Berna 26C, 1069-061, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://pt.linkedin.com/in/steffi-vassallo-a1718a187 (Professional)
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steffi-Vassallo?ev=hdr_xprf (Scholar)
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=c3Ct1h8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences - Forensic Science
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Anatomy and mMrphology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English (Mother tongue) | |||||
| French | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Italian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Dutch | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| Portuguese | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2023/08 - 2028/09
Ongoing
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Anthropology (Doutoramento)
Major in Biological Anthropology
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal 3D Printing Center for Health, Portugal "Visualising the past, feeling the present: exploring emotional and perceptual responses to 3D palaeopathological models in
contemporary audiences" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2025/10 - 2025/11
Ongoing
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Dental Anthropology in Forensic Context (Outros)
Aita Bioarchaeology, Spain
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2025/10 - 2025/11
Ongoing
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Bioarchaeology of Children (Outros)
Aita Bioarchaeology, Spain
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2025/09 - 2025/10
Concluded
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Emotion: an introductory picture (Outros)
The Open University, United Kingdom
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2025/02 - 2025/02
Concluded
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An Introduction to Paleoradiography (Outros)
Paleoimaging, United Kingdom
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2024/10 - 2024/12
Concluded
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An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death - module 1 (Outros)
Utrecht University - N.W. Posthumus Institute, Netherlands
COST Action CA22116 The Great Leap, Portugal |
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2024/10 - 2024/11
Concluded
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Paleopathology (Outros)
Aita Bioarchaeology, Spain
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2024/10 - 2024/11
Concluded
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Statistics in Bioarchaeology using R (Outros)
Aita Bioarchaeology, Spain
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2022/10 - 2023/06
Concluded
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Diploma in Forensic Medical Sciences (Postgraduate Certificate)
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, United Kingdom
"The future role of the invasive autopsy in the investigation of deaths, and possible alternatives." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2022/10 - 2022/12
Concluded
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Analysis of Organismal Form (CPD accredited) (Outros)
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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2018/09/03 - 2019/09/05
Concluded
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Anatomy and Advanced Forensic Anthropology (Master)
University of Dundee, United Kingdom
"Estimation of sex from metric measurements of the human scapulae from a modern Italian population. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2018/09/17 - 2018/11/19
Concluded
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Comparative Osteology Certificate (Outros)
University of Dundee, United Kingdom
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2018/07 - 2018/08
Concluded
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Skeletal Pathology & Traumatology: An Advanced Course (CPD accredited) (Outros)
Odyssey Fieldschool, Cyprus
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2015/10 - 2018/06
Concluded
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Anthropology (Bachelor)
Durham University, United Kingdom
"Untangling decomposition: determining the effect of meteorology, materials, burial depth and soil properties on the decay
rate of pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) trotters." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2017/06/26 - 2017/07/08
Concluded
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Human Remains Training Certificate (CPD accredited) (Outros)
Odyssey Fieldschool, Cyprus
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Affiliation
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2025/05 - Current | COST ACTION member - CA23141 - Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology (MAIA) | European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium |
| 2024/12 - Current | COST ACTION member - CA22116 - The Great Leap. Multidisciplinary approaches to health inequalities, 1800-2022 (GREATLEAP) | European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2025/10/01 - Current | Visualising the past, feeling the present: exploring emotional and perceptual responses to 3D palaeopathological models in
contemporary audiences
2025.03540.BDANA
PhD Student Fellow
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), Portugal
3D Printing Center for Health, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2023/08/01 - 2025/09/30 | O Porto in Times of Cholera and War: A Bioarchaeological Approach to Human Fragility (BeFRAIL)
2022.02398.PTDC
PhD Student Fellow
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference paper |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Manual |
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| Report |
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Other
| Other output |
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| Physical object |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2025/09/20 | Diving into the accuracy and reliability of four 3D imaging techniques when assessing palaeopathological cases | The 26th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology
(Leicester, United Kingdom)
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| 2025/06/14 | Memórias da fragilidade: arqueologia da vida e morte no Porto do século XIX | European Archaeology Days
Museo do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2025/06/14 | Desenterrar o passado na Ordem do Carmo: A perspetiva da genética populacional | European Archaeology Days
Museo do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2024/04/16 | Exploring biological anthropology's definition, significance and contributions (invited) | Seminar on Biocultural Anthropology
Núcleo de Estudantes de Antropologia do Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/11/06 - 2025/11/06 | Through the 3D lens of ancient diseases and trauma: emotional and ethical reflections / Doença e trauma a três dimensões:
reflexões sobre emoção e ética (2025/11/06 - 2025/11/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Conferência Doutoral e Encontro de Doutorandos do CRIA , Portugal |
| 2024/12 - 2025/11 | Co-organiser of the second BeFRAIL webinar series, which covered topics on ethical considerations and social impacts within
bioarchaeology and biological anthropology (2025/04 - 2025/06)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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LABOH - LAboratório de Antropologia Biológica e Osteologia Humana (CRIA), Portugal, Portugal Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal |
| 2025/07/17 - 2025/07/18 | Through the 3D lens of ancient diseases and trauma: emotional and ethical reflections / Doença e trauma a três dimensões:
reflexões sobre emoção e ética (2025/07/17 - 2025/07/18)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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9th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association, Portugal |
| 2024/01 - 2024/07 | Co-organiser of the first BeFRAIL webinar series, which aimed to introduce and contextualise research related to the study
of epidemics and diseases via the assessment of human remains and their contexts. (2024/03 - 2024/06)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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LABOH - LAboratório de Antropologia Biológica e Osteologia Humana (CRIA), Portugal, Portugal Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal |
| 2016/11 - 2017/04 | Assisted with the organisation of the RAI Postgraduate Conference (People in Context: Anthropological Reflections in a ‘Post
Truth’ World) (2017/04/20 - 2017/04/22)
Conference (Other)
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Durham University, United Kingdom |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/09/18 - 2025/09/18 | A gentle introduction to R for bioarchaeologists
Workshop
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The 26th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology
British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, United Kingdom
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| 2025/09/18 - 2025/09/18 | Understanding dental data with R
Workshop
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The 26th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology
British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, United Kingdom
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| 2023/04/29 - 2023/04/29 | Trauma analysis
Workshop
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British Association for Forensic Anthropology Spring Conference
British Association for Forensic Anthropology, United Kingdom
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Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2025/09 - Current | Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences | Taylor & Francis |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2025/03 - Current | International Society for Research on Emotion | Associate member |
| 2024/03 - Current | American Association of Biological Anthropologists | Student member |
| 2024/02 - Current | International Academy of Legal Sciences | Member |
| 2024/02 - Current | Forensic Anthropology Society Europe | Member |
| 2023/12 - Current | Paleopathology Association | Student member |
| 2020/01 - Current | British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology | Student member |
| 2022/07 - 2024/07 | Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences | Associate |
| 2019/08 - 2024/04 | British Association for Forensic Anthropology | Member |
| 2019/08 - 2024/02 | British Association for Human Identification | Member |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/09 - 2024/12 | Teaching assistant for the BeFRAIL_Caring for Human Remains in the Laboratory/BeFRAIL_ Curadoria de Remanescentes Humanos em Laboratório class (1° ciclo, ref. 01108867) | (Licenciatura) | LABOH - LAboratório de Antropologia Biológica e Osteologia Humana (CRIA), Portugal, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal |
| 2024/09 - 2024/12 | Teaching assistant & co-organiser of the BeFRAIL_Photogrammetry and 3D modelling as a conservation practice in heritage: from theory to practice/ BeFRAIL_Fotogrametria e modelação 3D enquanto tecnologias de salvaguarda do património: da teoria à prática class (1° ciclo, ref. 01108878) | (Licenciatura) | LABOH - LAboratório de Antropologia Biológica e Osteologia Humana (CRIA), Portugal, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2019 | Runner-up best poster award
British Association for Human Identification , United Kingdom
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Other distinction
| 2025 | Conference registration, travel and accommodation grant - used for BABAO 2025
Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory (IN2PAST), Portugal
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| 2025 | PhD studentship (ref. 2025.03540.BDANA)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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