Gonçalo Correia Lopes was born on 1990 in Praia da Luz, Lagos. He has a master degree in Archaeology from the NOVA FCSH, Lisbon, with a dissertation on nautical archaeology entitled ¿Ria de Aveiro F (Ílhavo): an Early Modern shipwreck in the Aveiro lagoon.¿ His PhD thesis, with the subject "Boa Vista 1: an archaeological study of an Early Modern ship in Lisbon riverfront (17th-18th centuries)", focused on nautical archaeology and shipbuilding traditions from the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Since 2013 he is a researcher at CHAM (Centre for the Humanities), NOVA FCSH. His research is centred in the Early Modern shipbuilding traditions. He has also integrated national and international research projects about Portuguese Expansion in North Africa, namely Morocco and Ceuta. In parallel he has coordinated and participated in several urban archaeology excavations, mainly preventive and rescue contexts on Lisbon waterfront. Currently is a senior technician on the Directorate General for Cultural Heritage (DGPC), namely on the Nautical and Underwater Archaeology National Centre (CNANS). He won the last edition of the prize "Almirante Teixeira da Mota - 2022, awarded by the Academia de Marinha.