Nuno Vaz has finished his PhD in Physics in 15/02/2007 at the University of Aveiro and his degree in Physics ¿ Meteorology and Oceanography in 2001 at the University of Aveiro. Currently he is a researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) of the University of Aveiro. Since 2005, he published 52 research papers (indexed journals), 1 book chapter and 1 book. He organized 4 scientific events and participated in 36 scientific events. As a supervior (or co-supervisor), he was co-responsible for 3 PhD thesis (co-supervisor), 7 MSc Thesis (as co-supervisor) and 13 BSc projects (as supervisor) and 2 BSc projects (as c-supervisor). He was a research fellow in 1 research project and post-doctoral research fellow in 1 research project. He participated as a researcher in 16 research projects and was PI of one national research project. His scientific interests are in the areas of Earth Science (Physical oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences), Climatic and Environmental Sciences. In his professional activities, he interacted with 167 collaborators in research works. In is CV, the most frequent terms are: Hydrology and transport processes; Estuarine circulation and dynamics; Sediment dynamics in estuaries; Estuarine Circulation; Estuarine plumes; hydro-biogeochemical interactions; Estuaries; Coastal Ocean; Satellite imagery; Hydro-biogeochemical numerical modelling; Numerical modelling of estuary-coastal continnums; Hydrodynamic models (MOHID, ELCIRC, Delft3D); turbulence and wave models (GOTM and SWAN); Physical models in fluid dynamic (rotating table experiments); ¿ Field work in estuaries (instruments: ADCPs, CTDs and current meters, multi-parametric probes);