Ana Margarida da Silva Vilas-Boas (1913-EB15-C3B2)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Margarida da Silva Vilas-Boas

Ana Margarida da Silva Vilas Boas, 29 years old, born in Barcelos, Braga, Portugal. PhD from the University of Algarve, approved with outstanding distinction and praise on 2024/04/19. Completed the Master's Degree in Geosciences on 2018/07/25 and the Degree in Geology on 2017/02/02, both courses at the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Science and Technology. Works in the area of ¿¿Natural Sciences with an emphasis on Earth and Environmental Sciences, more specifically Geology. During the development of the Master's degree, in the preparation of the thesis, entitled "Palynostratigraphy of the Upper Triassic transition - base of the Jurassic in the northern sector of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal)", she specialized in Palynology, acquiring all the laboratory and field techniques necessary in the execution of the area. The work carried out proved to be productive, which led to the same problem being analyzed throughout the doctorate, results published in the dissertation entitled "Palynology of the Triassic - Jurassic of the Silves Group in Portugal - Its implications on a changing world" where more once proved to be very productive and with innovative results! In her professional activities, she interacted directly with four excellent collaborators, Zélia Pereira (LNEG), co-supervisor of the master's and doctoral theses and with whom she had the opportunity to intern for 6 months in the year of her master's dissertation at the National Laboratory of Energy and Geology, Luís Vítor Duarte (DCT-UC), supervisor of the master's thesis, Paulo Fernandes (CIMA-UAlg) supervisor of the doctoral thesis and Simonetta Cirilli (UniPG) co-supervisor of the doctoral thesis. The collaboration with these excellent geological scientists has resulted in publications in renowned international journals, where innovative data obtained from joint research is shared. She is currently associated with a project at the Università Degli Studi di Perugia, under the supervision of Drª. Simonetta Cirilli, once again with the main focus being the application of palynological studies on material from the Upper Triassic - Lower Jurassic, together with the application of other proxies in this frontier. The main objective is to associate ages and paleoenvironmental events with the materials studied.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Margarida da Silva Vilas-Boas
Gender: Female

Citation names

Vilas-Boas, Margarida

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1913-EB15-C3B2
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8501-7052

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
French	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/10/15 - 2024/04/19 Concluded	Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (Doutoramento) Major in Palinologia Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy "Palynology of the Triassic - Jurassic of the Silves Group in Portugal, its implications on a changing world" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovada com Muito bom com Distinção e Louvor
2016/09/19 - 2018/07/25 Concluded	Geociências (Mestrado) Major in Especialização em Geologia do Petróleo Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Palinostratigrafia da transição Triásico Superior - base do Jurássico do setor norte da Bacia Lusitânica (Portugal)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2013/09/14 - 2017/02/02 Concluded	Geologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal	12

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/10/21 - 2025/10/20	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
	Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/01/21 - 2024/08/28	Docente Biologia e Geologia no Ensino Secundário	Escola Secundária de Loulé, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/10/01 - 2023/09/30	Palynology of the Triassic - Jurassic of the Silves Group in Portugal, its implications on a changing world SFRH/BD/144125/2019 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Fernandes, Paulo; Pereira, Zélia; Cirilli, Simonetta. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "Novos dados palinostratigráficos da Transição Triássico-Jurássico no Grupo de Silves, Bacia do Algarve". Paper presented in II PaleoPT, Lourinhã, 2023. Vilas Boas, Margarida; Fernandes, Paulo; Pereira, Zélia; Cirilli, Simonetta. "New palynostratigraphical data of the Silves Group, Algarve Basin". Paper presented in XI Congresso Nacional de Geologia Geociências e Desafios Globais, Coimbra, 2023. Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Paterson, Niall W.; Pereira, Zélia; Fernandes, Paulo; Cirilli, Simonetta. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "Idade do primeiro pulso de rifting continental associado com a separação da Pangeia no Sudoeste da Península Ibérica: novas evidências". Paper presented in I PaleoPT, Lourinhã, 2022. Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Fernandes, Paulo; Pereira, Zélia; Cirilli, Simonetta; Duarte, Luís Vítor; Paterson, Niall W.. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "New data of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in Portugal". Paper presented in XXXVII Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y V Congreso Ibérico de Paleontología, Cuenca, 2022. Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Paterson, Niall W.; Pereira, Zélia; Fernandes, Paulo; Cirilli, Simonetta. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "The age of the first pulse of continental rifting associated with the breakup of Pangea in Southwest Iberia: new palynological evidence". Paper presented in 3rd Palaeontological Virtual Congress, 2021. Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Pereira, Zélia; Cirilli, Simonetta; Duarte, Luís Vítor; Fernandes, Paulo. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "Palynostratigraphy of the Triassic-Jurassic of the Silves Group, Lusitanian Basin, Portugal". Paper presented in 53rd Annual Meeting of the AASP-The Palynological Society. AASP – The Palynological Society, INC., 2021. Vilas Boas, Margarida; Paterson, Niall W.; Pereira, Zélia; Fernandes, Paulo; Cirilli, Simonetta. Corresponding author: Vilas Boas, Margarida. "A idade do primeiro pulso de rifting continental associado à fragmentação da Pangeia no sudoeste da Península Ibérica". Paper presented in XIX Encontro de Jovens e Investigadores em Paleontologia, 2021. Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Paterson, Niall W.; Pereira, Zélia; Fernandes, Paulo; Cirilli, Simonetta. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "Constraining the age of the first pulse of continental rifting associated with the breakup of Pangea in Southwest Iberia". Paper presented in vEGU21: Copernicus Meetings e European Geosciences Union, 2021. 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-1346 Vilas Boas, Margarida; Pereira, Zélia; Duarte, Luís Vítor; Fernandes, Paulo. Corresponding author: Vilas Boas, Margarida. "Palinostratigrafia da transição Triássico – Jurássico na região de Coimbra (Bacia Lusitânica, Portugal)". Paper presented in IV Congresso Ibérico de Paleontologia e XXXIV Jornadas de Paleontologia, Vila Real, 2018. Published Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Pereira, Zélia; Duarte, Luís Vítor; Fernandes, Paulo. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "Palynological analysis of the Triassic– Jurassic Boundary on the Western Iberian Margin. Evidence from the onshore of the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal". Paper presented in IX Simpósio da Margem Ibérica Atlântica, Coimbra, 2018. Published
Conference poster	Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Fernandes, Paulo; Pereira, Zélia; Cirilli, Simonetta. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "News from the Undergound". Paper presented in Ciência 2023, 2023. Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Fernandes, Paulo; Pereira, Zélia; Cirilli, Simonetta; Duarte, Luís Vítor; Paterson, Niall W.. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "Palynology of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in Portugal". Paper presented in Ciência 2022, 2022. Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Paterson, Niall W.; Pereira, Zélia; Fernandes, Paulo; Cirilli, Simoneta. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "The age of the first pulse of continental rifting associated with the breakup of Pangea in Southwest Iberia: new palynological evidence". Paper presented in Ciência 2021, 2021. Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Pereira, Zélia; Cirilli, Simonetta; Duarte, Luís Vítor; Fernandes, Paulo. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "Palynostratigraphy of the Triassic Jurassic of the Silves Group, Lusitanian Basin, Portugal". Paper presented in Ciência 2020, 2020.
Journal article	Rucinski, Maciej; Ruiz, Lope Ezquerro; Campos, Hugo; Mateus, Octávio; Fernandes, Paulo; Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Atfy, Haytham El; Werneburg, Ingmar. "Palaeoenvironments, stratigraphy and taphonomy of an Upper Triassic vertebrate-bearing unit, Silves Group, central Algarve, southern Portugal". Lethaia 59 3 (2026): 1-31. https://doi.org/10.18261/let.59.3.3. Published • 10.18261/let.59.3.3 Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Pereira, Zélia; Cirilli, Simonetta; Fernandes, Paulo. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "New Insights on the Upper Triassic Silves Group in Algarve Basin, Portugal: Palynological, paleophytogeography and paleoclimatology advances". Geobios 86 (2024): 49-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2024.08.001. Published Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Pereira, Zélia; Cirilli, Simonetta; Duarte, Luís Vítor; Sêco, Sérgio Luis Rodrigues ; Fernandes, Paulo. Corresponding author: Vilas-Boas, Margarida. "Palynology and palynofacies studies in the lowermost Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin (Pereiros Formation of the Silves Group), Portugal: evidence of the first transgressive episode". Acta Palaeobotanica 63 2 (2023): 129-150. https://doi.org/10.35535/acpa-2023-0008. 10.35535/acpa-2023-0008 Vilas Boas, Margarida; Paterson, Niall W.; Pereira, Zélia; Fernandes, Paulo; Cirilli, Simonetta. "The age of the first pulse of continental rifting associated with the breakup of Pangea in Southwest Iberia: new palynological evidence". Journal of Iberian Geology 48 (2022): 181-190. ttps://doi.org/10.1007/s41513-022-00189-0. Published • 10.1007/s41513-022-00189-0 Vilas-Boas, Margarida; Pereira, Zélia; Cirilli, Simonetta; Duarte, Luís Vítor; Fernandes, Paulo. Corresponding author: Pereira, Zélia. "New data on the palynology of the Triassic–Jurassic boundary of the Silves Group, Lusitanian Basin, Portugal". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 290 104426 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104426. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104426
Thesis / Dissertation	"Palynology of the Triassic : Jurassic of the Silves Group in Portugal, its implications on a changing world". PhD, Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, 2024. https://repositorio.lneg.pt/entities/publication/2d558cc8-4915-4d1f-8ed7-1a7ce01ef3bb. Vilas Boas, Margarida. "Palinostratigrafia da transição Triásico Superior - base do Jurássico no setor norte da Bacia Lusitânica (Portugal)". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2018.

Activities

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/02/03 - 2023/02/03	Workshop “Time Management: strategies and tools for researchers”, organizado por Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental Workshop	Time Management: strategies and tools for researchers Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/10/28 - 2021/10/28	Awareness Raising Action - Laboratory Waste Management, coordinado por A Carmona – Sociedade de Limpeza e Treatment de Combustíveis, S.A.. Workshop	Awareness Raising Action - Laboratory Waste Management Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2020/11/16 - 2020/11/20	“International Course on Organofacies Analysis” lecionado pelo Dr. Hartmut Jäger (GeoResources STC) Workshop	International Course on Organofacies Analysis
2020/10/27 - 2020/10/27	Prospecting Seminar IV-Mining companies/Universities. Neves-Corvo near mining exploration scenarios. EXPLORA Project-Definition of new vectors of geological, geophysical and geochemical knowledge for the northern region of Neves-Corvo, Operation ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000025 Alentejo 2020, coordinated by Doctor João Matos Seminar	Neves-Corvo near mining exploration scenarios. EXPLORA Project-Definition of new vectors of geological, geophysical and geochemical knowledge for the northern region of Neves-Corvo Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Portugal
2018/09/09 - 2018/09/09	Workshop "Organic matter characterization in anoxic marine facies: palynofacies and organic geochemistry approaches" lecionado pelo Professor João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Workshop	Organic matter characterization in anoxic marine facies: palynofacies and organic geochemistry approaches Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
2018/09/06 - 2018/09/09	2nd Internacional Workshop on the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (IW-TOAE), Coimbra; Workshop	2nd Internacional Workshop on the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (IW-TOAE)
2018/09/04 - 2018/09/07	IX Symposium on the Iberian Atlantic Margin, Coimbra Congress	IX Symposium on the Iberian Atlantic Margin
2018/05/18 - 2018/05/19	Seminário “On our Earth, history is being written since the Jurassic”, em Tomar Seminar	Na nossa Terra, a história escreve-se desde o Jurássico
2017/04/19 - 2017/04/19	Micropaleontology Workshop – Chitinozoans, lecionado pelo Professor Nuno Vaz; Workshop	Micropaleontology Workshop – Chitinozoans Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
2017/01/25 - 2017/01/30	Micropaleontology Workshop - Limestone nanofossils, lecionado pela Professora Gatsby López-Otalvaro Workshop	Micropaleontology Workshop - Limestone nanofossils Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
2017/01/17 - 2017/01/24	Micropaleontology Workshop – Foraminifera, lecionado pela Professora María Luisa Canales Workshop	Micropaleontology Workshop – Foraminifera Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
2016/11/14 - 2016/11/17	Workshop "Deepwater interpretation of continental margin basins- Salt Tectonics and Basins without Salt - Seismic exploration drilling – Risk economics – Deepwater reservoirs", lecionado pelo Professor Roberto Fainstein Workshop	Deepwater interpretation of continental margin basins- Salt Tectonics and Basins without Salt - Seismic exploration drilling – Risk economics – Deepwater reservoirs Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2016/10/01	Seminário Geologia no Outono “The sedimentary geology of Penela. Singularities and similarities in the context of the evolution of the Atlantic Ocean.”, em Penela; Seminar	Seminário Geologia no Outono
2016 - 2016	Conferência "High resolution sequence stratigraphy and its application for the zoning of oil reservoirs" lecionado pelo Doutor António Jorge Campos Magalhães em Coimbra Conference	High resolution sequence stratigraphy and its application for the zoning of oil reservoirs Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2015/11 - 2016/10	Núcleo de Geociências da Associação de Estudantes da Universidade de Coimbra	Vice-Presidente
2014/11 - 2015/10	Núcleo de Geociências da Associação de Estudantes da Universidade de Coimbra	Vogal

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2025/10/28 - 2025/10/29	Saída de Campo na Mina de Sal Gema de Loulé para apresentar as unidades do Grupo de Silves presentes na mina. No âmbito do XVIII Encontro de Professores de Geociências do Alentejo e do Algarve, Loulé.	Geoparque Algarvensis, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2025	Prémio Paleontologia e Estratigrafia Portuguesa para o melhor artigo científico de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia no ano de 2024 SPdP - Sociedade Portuguesa de Paleontologia, Portugal

Other distinction

2023	Menção Honrosa Paleontologia e Estratigrafia Portuguesa - Melhor artigo 2022 SPdP - Sociedade Portuguesa de Paleontologia, Portugal