JOÃO MANUEL MARCELINO MATEUS DA SILVA completed his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in December 1996 at the University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering. He obtained his Master's degree in Soil Mechanics in 1989 from the New University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, and his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering in 1985 from the University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico. He is the Head of the Geotechnical Engineering Core of Hydraulic Works at the Geotechnics Department of the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering. He holds the position of Senior Researcher at the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering and serves as the President of the Scientific Council at the same institution. He has published 8 articles in specialized journals, authored 1 book chapter, and written 2 books. He has supervised 1 doctoral thesis, 6 master's dissertations, and co-supervised 4. Additionally, he has supervised 2 undergraduate thesis projects. He has received 3 awards and/or honors. He participates or has participated as a researcher in 1 project. His research interests lie in the areas of Engineering Sciences and Technologies with a focus on Civil Engineering, particularly in the fields of Dams, Geotechnics, Soil Mechanics, Instrumentation, and Monitoring. In his Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific and technological production include Dams, Geotechnics, Soil Mechanics, Instrumentation, and Monitoring.