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Sandra Heleno. Completed the PhD in Engenharia Física Tecnológica in 2001 by Universidade de Lisboa. Published 42 works: 21 journal articles; 17 conference papers; 3 book chapters, and 1 book. Has received 4 awards. Participates and participated as Principal investigator in 3 projects and Researcher in 9 projects. Works in the areas of Remote Sensing and Environmental Sciences, with emphasis on Natural Hazards.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sandra Heleno

Citation names

  • Heleno, Sandra; Heleno, SIN; Heleno, S; Heleno da Silva, SIN

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3314-96A7-ADB9
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1633-0218

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Remote Sensing
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Climatic Research
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Hydrology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Volcanology
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2001
Concluded
 Engenharia Física Tecnológica (Doutoramento)
Major in Geophysics
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal
"Seismological Study of Fogo Volcano" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1995
Concluded
 Engenharia Física Tecnológica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Vigilância Geofísica de Vulcões Activos:o Vulcão do Fogo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/12/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2013/04/01 - 2018/11/30 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2002/02/01 - 2007/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2000/04/03 - 2002/01/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/09/01 - 2011/07/01 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/10/01 - Current Assessment of Low-cost Aerial Intelligent systems for natural Terrain 3D mapping
PTDC/EAM-REM/30475/2017
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018 - Current SHAZAM - Seismicity and Hazards of the sub-saharian Atlantic Margin
PTDC/CTA-GEO/31475/2017
Researcher
FCT Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - Current UNTIeD - Unlocking the megatsunami deadlock: using the near-source impacts to constrain tsunami generation by volcanic flank collapses
FCT LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-028588
Researcher
FCT Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2015/10 - 2019/12 Fogo Island volcano: multi disciplinary Research on 2014 Eruption
Provided by PTCRIS: 139748
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/05 - 2016/05 SEICHE - SEismicity of plate Interiors - Challenges for Hazard Evaluation
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 128698
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2012/09 - 2015/12 AULIS - Automated landslides inventory based on very high spatial resolution images
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 116611
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2011/05 - 2014/11 FINDER - Fault INvestigation with LiDAR for Earthquake Reassessment
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 113866
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2010/04 - 2013/10 RIVERSAR - Exploiting SAR imagery to improve floodplain inundation models in the Tagus River
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 99085
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2007/09 - 2010/07 SUBSIn - InSAR detection and characterization of subsidence and landslides in the Lisbon region
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 65261
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2000/09 - 2003/09 DESIGN OF A PRE-ERUPTION ALERT-LEVEL TABLE FOR THE FOGO VOLCANO, CAPE VERDE
Provided by PTCRIS: 32730
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Other

Designation Funders
2018 - Current VEGETANTAR - Multitemporal vegetation mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula through multiscale remote sensing
VEGETANTAR
Researcher
FCT Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017 - Current CIRCLAR - Mapping and monitoring sorted stone circle fields with ultra-high resolution imagery in Maritime Antarctica
CIRCLAR
Researcher
FCT Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/03 - 2018/03 Study of Tectonics and Hydrology in the Urema Rift, Mozambique
JAXA (Japonese Spatial Agency) project ALOS PALSAR RA4 (ID 1296)
Principal investigator
Concluded
2011/06 - 2014/06 Exploration of SAR imagery to improve floodplain inundation models in the Tagus river
European Space Agency CAT-1 project ID 9441
Principal investigator
Concluded
2007/07 - 2010/07 InSAR detection and characterisation of subsidence in the Lisbon region
European Space Agency CAT-1 Project ID 4385
Principal investigator
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Heleno, Sandra. O Vulcão do Fogo - Estudo Sismológico. Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto Português de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento, Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Lisboa. 2003.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Pina, Pedro; Pereira, Francisco; Marques, Jorge S.; Heleno, Sandra. "Detection of Stone Circles in Periglacial Regions of Antarctica in UAV Datasets". In Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, 279-288. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-31332-6_25
  2. Day, S.J.; Carracedo, J.C.; Guillou, H.; Pais Pais, F.J.; Rodriguez Badiola, E.; Fonseca, J.F.B.D.; Heleno, S.I.N.. "Comparison and cross-checking of historical, archaeological and geological evidence for the location and type of historical and sub-historical eruptions of multiple-vent oceanic island volcanoes". In The Archaeology of Geological Catastrophes, Geological Society Special Publication, 281-306. Geological Society, London, 2000.
    Published • 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.171.01.21
Conference paper
  1. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Hong, Soon Gyu; Lee, Hyoungseok; Vieira, Goncalo. "Assessment of Antarctic Vegetation Classification as a Function of the Spatial Resolution (Barton and Weaver Peninsulas, King George is)". Paper presented in International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Kuala Lumpur, 2022.
    Published • 10.1109/igarss46834.2022.9883579
  2. Miranda, V.; Pina, P.; Heleno, S.; Gouhier, M.; Dumont, S.. "Reconstruction of the 2014-2015 FOGO Volcano (Cape Verde) Eruption Through Thermal Remotely Sensed Imagery". Paper presented in IGARSS 2019 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Yokohama, 2019.
    Published • 10.1109/igarss.2019.8899859
  3. Heleno, S.; Silveira, M.; Matias, M.; Pina, P.. "Assessment of supervised methods for mapping rainfall induced landslides in VHR images". Paper presented in IGARSS 2015 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Milan, 2015.
    Published • 10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7325898
  4. Seixas, F.; Silveira, M.; Heleno, Sandra. "Segmentation of SAR images using textons". Paper presented in IGARSS 2014 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Québec, 2014.
    Published • 10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6945952
  5. Heleno, Sandra; Matias, M.; Vasconcelos, M; Sousa, A. J.. "Automated OBIA mapping and classification of rain-induced landslides with VHR post-event optical images and HR pre-event LiDAR DEM". Paper presented in GEOBIA 2014 : 5th International Conference on Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis, Thessaloniki, 2014.
    Published
  6. Canelas, R.; Heleno, Sandra; Ferreira, R.. "Flood Mapping at River Tagus. A Methodology Based on Mathematical Modelling and SAR Imaging". Paper presented in 3rd International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research Europe Congress, Oporto, 2014.
    Published
  7. Seixas, F.; Silveira, M.; Heleno, Sandra. "Land and water segmentation of SAR images using textons". Paper presented in 19th edition of the Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, Lisbon, 2013.
    Published
  8. Heleno, Sandra; Lousada, M.; Pereira, M J; Pina, Pedro. "Automated detection of small and shallow landslides after the 2010 Madeira Island flash-floods in VHR imagery". Paper presented in ESA Living Planet Symposium 2013, Edinburgh, 2013.
    Published
  9. Roque, Dora; afonso, nuno; Fonseca, A.M.; Heleno, Sandra. "Building a Database of Flood Extension Maps using Satellite Imagery". Paper presented in ESA Living Planet Symposium 2013, Edinburgh, 2013.
    Published
  10. Matias, Magda P.; Falcão, A.P.; Gonçalves, A. B.; Alvares, Teresa; Pestana, Rita; Van Zeller, Emilia; Rodrigues, V.; Heleno, Sandra. "A methodology to generate a digital elevation model by combining topographic and bathymetric data in fluvial environments". Paper presented in ESA Living Planet Symposium 2013, Edinburgh, 2013.
    Published
  11. Pestana, Rita; Matias, M; Canelas, R; Araújo, A; Roque, D.; Van Zeller, Emilia; Trigo-Teixeira, Antonio; et al. "Calibration of 2D Hydraulic Inundation Models in the Floodplain Region of the Lower Tagus River". Paper presented in ESA Living Planet Symposium 2013, Edinburgh, 2013.
    Published
  12. Lira, C.; Lousada, M.; Falcão, A.P.; Gonçalves, A.; Heleno, S.; Matias, M.; Sousa, A.J.; et al. "Automatic detection of landslide features with remote sensing techniques: Application to Madeira Island". Paper presented in IGARSS 2011 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Vancouver, 2011.
    Published • 10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049520
  13. Heleno, Sandra; Henriques, M.; Falcão, A.P.; Lima, J.N.P.; Fonseca, A.; Fonseca, J.F.B.D.; Mancuso, M.; Pinheiro, A.. "Measuring subsidence in the centre of Lisbon with Persistent Scatterers Interferometry (PSI), CGPS and leveling surveys". Paper presented in ESA Living Planet Symposium 2010, Bergen, 2010.
    Published
  14. Silveira, M.; Heleno, S.. "Classification of water regions in SAR images using level sets and non-parametric density estimation". Paper presented in ICIP'09 - IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2009.
    Published • 10.1109/ICIP.2009.5413391
  15. Heleno, Sandra; Loureiro, A.; Fonseca, J; Matos, J; Carvalho, João; Cooksley, G.; Falcão, A.P.; Ferretti, A.. "Detection of Ground Motion in the Lisbon Region with Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI)". Paper presented in Measuring the Changes 2008 – 13th FIG Symposium on Deformation Measurement and Analysis and 4th IAG Symposium on Geodesy for Geothecnical and Structural Engineering, Lisbon, 2008.
    Published
  16. Silveira, M.; Heleno, S.. "Water/land segmentation in sar images using level sets". Paper presented in ICIP'08 - IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2008.
    Published • 10.1109/ICIP.2008.4712150
  17. D'Oreye, N.; Fernández, J.; Gonzalez, P.; Kervyn, F.; Wauthier, C.; Frischknecht, C.; Calais, E.; et al. "Systematic InSAR monitoring of african active volcanic zones: What we have learned in three years, or an harvest beyond our expectations". Paper presented in Second Workshop on Use of Remote Sensing Techniques for Monitoring Volcanoes and Seismogenic Areas, USEReST, Naples, 2008.
    Published • 10.1109/USEREST.2008.4740361
  18. Carvalho, J.P.; Pinto, C.; Costa, M.; Heleno, S.; Silva, M.; Rabeh, T.; Cooksley, G.; Carrilho, F.. "Improving the seismic hazard evaluation of the Lisbon and Lower Tagus Valley area". Paper presented in Near Surface 2008 - 14th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Kraków, 2008.
    Published • 10.3997/2214-4609.20146275
Conference poster
  1. Pereira, Francisco; Pina, Pedro; Marques, J.S.; Heleno, Sandra. "Automated detection of sorted stone circles in elevation models derived from UAV surveys (Barton Peninsula, King George Island)". Paper presented in XI Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares, 2019.
  2. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; Hong, S G. "Monitoring vegetation in Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica (2006-2019)". Paper presented in XI Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares, 2019.
  3. Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; Mora, Carla; Mirandra, Vasco; Hong, Soon Gyu. "Extensive mapping of sorted stone circles with ultra-high resolution imagery: Preliminary results from the 2018 field campaign in Barton Peninsula, King George Island". Paper presented in 10th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, 2018.
  4. Pina, Pedro; Vieira, Gonçalo; Branco, Joao; Bandeira, Lourenço; Heleno, Sandra; Mora, Carla; Kim, Hyun-Cheol; Hong, Soon Gyu. "Mapping and characterizing sorted stone circles fields with UAV imagery in Barton Peninsula, King George Island". Paper presented in 8th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, 2016.
  5. Foroutan, M.; Vilanova, S.P.; Heleno, Sandra; Pinto, L.; Far, A.S.; Falcão, A.P.; Canora, C.; et al. "New evidence for large earthquakes in mainland Portugal: paleoseismology of the Lower Tagus Valley fault". Paper presented in 35th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, 2016.
  6. Fernandes, R.; Faria, B.; C4G Team. "FOGO-2014: Monitoring the Fogo 2014 Eruption, Cape Verde". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2015.
  7. Pestana, R.; Matias, M.; Canelas, R.; Roque, D.; Araújo, A.; Van Zeller, E.; Trigo-Teixeira, A.; et al. "Calibration of 2D hydraulic inundation models with SAR imagery in the floodplain region of the Lower Tagus River". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2014.
  8. Canora, C.; Vilanova, S.P.; Besana-Ostman, G.M.; Heleno, Sandra; Fonseca, J.F.B.D.; Domingues, A.; Pinheiro, P.; Pinto, L.. "Paleoseismic results of the east strand of the Lower Tagus Valley Fault Zone, Central Portugal". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2014.
  9. Canelas, R.; Heleno, Sandra; Pestana, R.; Ferreira, R.. "Validation of 2DH hydrodynamic and morphological mathematical models. A methodology based on SAR imaging.". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2014.
  10. Falcão, A.P.; Pestana, R.; Matias, M.; Gonçalves, A.; Heleno, Sandra. "Analysis of the influence of the digital elevation model characteristics on hydrodynamic simulations: the case of the Tagus River". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly, 2014.
Journal article
  1. Bruno Miguez Moreira; Gabriel Goyanes; Pedro Pina; Oleg Vassilev; Sandra Heleno. "Assessment of the Influence of Survey Design and Processing Choices on the Accuracy of Tree Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) Measurements Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry". Drones (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/5/2/43.
    10.3390/drones5020043
  2. Canora, Carolina; Vilanova, Susana P.; De Pro-Diáz, Yolanda; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra. "Evidence of Surface Rupture Associated With Historical Earthquakes in the Lower Tagus Valley, Portugal. Implications for Seismic Hazard in the Greater Lisbon Area". Frontiers in Earth Science 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.620778.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/feart.2021.620778
  3. Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Heleno, Sandra; Vieira, Gonçalo; Mora, Carla; Schaefer, Carlos. "Monitoring recent changes of vegetation in Fildes Peninsula (King George Island, Antarctica) through satellite imagery guided by UAV surveys". Science of The Total Environment 704 (2020): 135295.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135295
  4. Pereira, Francisco; Marques, Jorge S.; Heleno, Sandra; Pina, Pedro. "Detection and Delineation of Sorted Stone Circles in Antarctica". Remote Sensing 12 1 (2020): 160.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/rs12010160
  5. Silveira, Margarida; Heleno, Sandra; Pina, Pedro. "Texton-Based Ensemble Classification of Landslide Source and Transport Areas in VHR Imagery". Ieee Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 13 12 (2016): 1787-1791.
    Published • 10.1109/LGRS.2016.2610003
  6. Araujo, M. A.; Pestana, Rita; Matias, Magda; Roque, Dora; Trigo-Teixeira, Antonio; Heleno, Sandra. "Using simplified bathymetry and SAR imagery in the validation of a hydraulic model for the Tagus River floodplain". Journal of Coastal Research 1 75 (2016): 13-17.
    Published • 10.2112/SI75-003.1
  7. Heleno, Sandra; Matias, M.; Pina, P.; Sousa, A. J.. "Semiautomated object-based classification of rain-induced landslides with VHR multispectral images on Madeira Island". Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 16 4 (2016): 1035-1048.
    Open access • Published • 10.5194/nhess-16-1035-2016
  8. Falcao, Ana Paula; Matias, Magda P.; Pestana, Rita; Goncalves, Alexandre B.; Heleno, Sandra. "Methodology to Combine Topography and Bathymetry Data Sets for Hydrodynamic Simulations: Case of Tagus River". Journal of Surveying Engineering 142 4 (2016):
    Published • 10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000192
  9. Canora, Carolina; Vilanova, Susana P.; Besana-Ostman, Glenda M.; Carvalho, João; Heleno, Sandra; Fonseca, Joao. "The Eastern Lower Tagus Valley Fault Zone in central Portugal: Active faulting in a low-deformation region within a major river environment". Tectonophysics 660 (2015): 117-131.
    Published • 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.08.026
  10. Roque, D.; Afonso, N.; Fonseca, A.M.; Heleno, S.. "OBIA flood delimitation assisted by threshold determination with principal component analysis". Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 80 6 (2014): 551-557.
    Published • 10.14358/PERS.80.6.551
  11. Lira, C.; Lousada, M.; Falcão, A.P.; Gonçalves, A.B.; Heleno, S.; Matias, M.P.; Pereira, M.J.; et al. "The 20 February 2010 Madeira Island flash-floods: VHR satellite imagery processing in support of landslide inventory and sediment budget assessment". Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 13 3 (2013): 709-719.
    Published • 10.5194/nhess-13-709-2013
  12. Besana-Ostman, G.M.; Vilanova, S.P.; Nemser, E.S.; Falcao-Flor, A.; Heleno, S.; Ferreira, H.; Fonseca, J.D.. "Large holocene earthquakes in the lower tagus valley fault zone, central Portugal". Seismological Research Letters 83 1 (2012): 67-76.
    Published • 10.1785/gssrl.83.1.67
  13. Heleno, S.I.N.; Oliveira, L.G.S.; Henriques, M.J.; Falcão, A.P.; Lima, J.N.P.; Cooksley, G.; Ferretti, A.; et al. "Persistent Scatterers Interferometry detects and measures ground subsidence in Lisbon". Remote Sensing of Environment 115 8 (2011): 2152-2167.
    Published • 10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.021
  14. Heleno, S.I.N.; Frischknecht, C.; d'Oreye, N.; Lima, J.N.P.; Faria, B.; Wall, R.; Kervyn, F.. "Seasonal tropospheric influence on SAR interferograms near the ITCZ - The case of Fogo Volcano and Mount Cameroon". Journal of African Earth Sciences 58 5 (2010): 833-856.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.07.013
  15. Silveira, M.; Heleno, S.. "Separation between water and land in sar images using region-based level sets". IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 6 3 (2009): 471-475.
    Published • 10.1109/LGRS.2009.2017283
  16. Heleno, S.I.N.; Faria, B.V.E.; Bandomo, Z.; Fonseca, J.F.B.D.. "Observations of high-frequency harmonic tremor in Fogo, Cape Verde Islands". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 158 3-4 (2006): 361-379.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.06.018
  17. Helffrich, G.; Heleno, S.I.N.; Faria, B.; Fonseca, J.F.B.D.. "Hydroacoustic detection of volcanic ocean-island earthquakes". Geophysical Journal International 167 3 (2006): 1529-1536.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03228.x
  18. Fonseca, J.F.B.D.; Faria, B.V.E.; Lima, N.P.; Heleno, S.I.N.; Lazaro, C.; d'Oreye, N.F.; Ferreira, A.M.G.; et al. "Multiparameter monitoring of Fogo Island, Cape Verde, for volcanic risk mitigation". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 125 1-2 (2003): 39-56.
    Published • 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00088-X
  19. Heleno, S.I.N.; Fonseca, J.F.B.D.. "A seismological investigation of the Fogo volcano, Cape Verde islands: Preliminary results". Volcanology and Seismology 20 2 (1999): 199-217. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032838538&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
  20. Day, S.J.; Heleno Da Silva, S.I.N.; Fonseca, J.F.B.D.. "A past giant lateral collapse and present-day flank instability of Fogo, Cape Verde Islands". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 94 1-4 (1999): 191-218.
    Published • 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00103-1
  21. Heleno Da Silva, S.I.N.; Day, S.J.; Fonseca, J.F.B.D.. "Fogo Volcano, Cape Verde Islands: Seismicity-derived constraints on the mechanism of the 1995 eruption". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 94 1-4 (1999): 219-231.
    Published • 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00104-3
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/10 How the very high detailed imagery of UAV can guide the classification of satellite imagery to detect accurate changes on the Antarctic Peninsula vegetation (2006-2017) [presented by P. Pina] XI Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/07 Avaliação de sistemas aéreos inteligentes na modelação tridimensional do terreno [invited, presented by P.Pina] Ciência 2019
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/07 Reconstruction of the 2014-2015 FOGO Volcano (Cape Verde) Eruption Through Thermal Remotely Sensed Imagery [presented by S. Heleno] IGARSS2019 - 2019 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
(Yokohama, Japan)
2019/06 Multitemporal change detection of vegetation on VHR satellite imagery guided by UAV surveys (Fildes Peninsula, King George Island) [presented by P. Pina] VII Conference of the Iberian Section of the International Permafrost Association
(Jaca, Spain)
2018/12 Deciphering magma plumbing system at Fogo volcano using Geodetic (InSAR, GNSS and Gravimetric) data [presented by R. Fernandes] American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2018
(Washington DC, United States)
2018/10 Recent change detection of vegetation in Fildes Peninsula through multiscale remote sensing [presented by P. Pina] 10th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/11 Multiscale image integration for vegetation mapping in Maritime Antarctica [presented by P. Pina] IX Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences
Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2017/10 Integrating UAV and WorldView imagery to improve vegetation mapping accuracy in Maritime Antarctica [presented by P. Pina] 1st International Workshop on Antarctic permafrost, periglacial processes and soils (ANTPAS)
(Varese, Italy)
2017/06 From UAV to satellites in Antarctica: Integrating multiscale imagery to improve vegetation mapping [presented by P. Pina] VI Congreso Ibérico de la International Permafrost Association
(Mieres, Spain)
2017/06 Identification and characterization of sorted stone circles fields with UAV imagery [presented by P. Pina] VI Congreso Ibérico de la International Permafrost Association
(Mieres, Spain)
2016/07 A utilização de imagens SAR para modelação de cheias [invited, presented by S. Heleno] CIÊNCIA 2016 - Encontro com a Ciência e a Tecnologia em Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016 Satellite remote Sensing for hazard assessment and disaster response [invited, presented by S. Heleno] Colóquios do Departamento de Física
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/11 Um ano após a erupção do Fogo em Cabo Verde: uma síntese científica e um olhar fotográfico [invited, presented by S. Heleno & P. Narra] Aniversário da Erupção de 2014 do Vulcão do Fogo
Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015 Mapping landslide source and transport areas in VHR images with Object-Based Analysis and Support Vector Machines [presented by S. Heleno] European Geosciences Union General Assembly
(Vienna, Austria)
2014/06 Automated OBIA mapping and classification of rain-induced landslides with VHR post-event optical images and HR pre-event LiDAR DEM. [presented by S. Heleno] GEOBIA 2014 : 5th International Conference on Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki)
2013/12 Inventariação automática de deslizamentos com recurso a imagens de satélite: aplicação ao caso das cheias rápidas de 2010 na Madeira [invited, presented by S. Heleno] III Colóquio Detecção Remota: Observação da Terra
Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/11 As cheias do Tejo vistas do Espaço [invited, presented by S. Heleno] European Space Expo
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2013/09 Landslide classification in VHR satellite imagery: application to Madeira Island 2010 flash-floods [presented by S. Heleno] International Association of Mathematical Geosciences
(Madrid, Spain)
2010 Persistent scatterers interferometry detects and measures ground subsidence in Lisbon [invited, presented by S. Heleno] 96th Journees Luxembourgeoises de Geodynamique
European Centre for Geodynamics and Seismology (Luxembourg)
2009/04 Major (active?) fault zones in the Lisbon area show signature in PS interferometry maps [invited, presented by S. Heleno] Second International Seminar on Prediction of Earthquakes
Ordem dos Engenheiros (Lisboa, Portugal)
2009/03 PSI Reveals Deformation Associated with Groundwater Withdrawal in the Lower Tagus Valley Tectonic Setting [invited, presented by S. Heleno] GMES Terrafirma 5th Workshop
ESRIN - European Space Agency (Frascati, Italy)
2009/02 Projecto subsin: utilização do INSAR na detecção e caracterização de subsidência e deslizamentos do solo na região de lisboa [invited, presented by S. Heleno] Workshop “Contributos para a cooperação científica em Águas Subterrâneas com Angola e com o Brasil”
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (Lisboa, Portugal)
2008/05 Detection of Ground Motion in the Lisbon Region with Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI) [presented by S. Heleno] Measuring the Changes 2008 – 13th FIG Symposium on Deformation Measurement and Analysis, 4th IAG Symposium on Geodesy for Geothecnical and Structural Engineering
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (Lisboa)
2007/11 Further investigation on the use of PSInSAR data to characterize the active tectonics of the Lower Tagus Valley [invited, presented by S. Heleno] GMES TERRAFIRMA Workshop 4
ESRIN - European Space Agency (Frascati, Italy)
1997 Volcano-tectonic interpretation of the seismicity associated with the 1995 eruption on Fogo, Cape Verde Islands [presented by S. Heleno] International Workshop on Volcanism and Volcanic Hazards in Immature Intraplate Oceanic Islands
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (La Palma, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2017/01 - 2018/06 Reconstituição da erupção de 2014/2015 do vulcão do Fogo (Cabo Verde) através de imagens de detecção remota
Co-supervisor of Vasco Miranda
Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Engenharia Civil Arquitectura e Georrecursos, Portugal
2013/12 - 2014/11 Exploiting SAR imagery to improve floodplain inundation models in the Tagus River
Supervisor of Rita Pestana
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/09 - 2019/10 Field mission in Sintra, Portugal. Co-organized with Sintra City Council and Sintra Parks. Two forest areas were mapped with unmanned aerial vehicles. (2019/09 - 2019/10)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2019/08 - 2019/08 Field mission in Serra da Estrela, Portugal. Co-organized with Estrela GeoParks and IGOT (Universidade de Lisboa). Four geosites were mapped in the Natural Park with unmanned aerial vehicles. (2019/08 - 2019/08)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2019/05 - 2019/06 Field mission in Santarém, Portugal. Several areas were mapped with drones, to guide the opening of paleoseismological trenches. (2019/05 - 2019/06)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2018/11 - 2018/11 Field mission in Aveiro Lagoon, Portugal. Co-organized with GEOBIOTEC (Univ. Aveiro). A 4 km square area adjacent to the lagoon dykes was mapped with unmanned aerial vehicles. (2018/11 - 2018/11)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2008/02 - 2008/02 I chaired the organizing committee of the workshop “Monitoring ground deformation with Persistent Scatterers Interferometry (PSInSAR)”. (2008/02/29 - 2008/02/29)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
1999/07 - 1999/08 I coordinated the deployment and test of 10 seismometers and repeater stations in 3 islands of the Cape Verde archipelago. (1999/07 - 1999/08)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018/01 - 2018/02 Field mission to King George Island, Antarctica, as a member of the portuguese polar team, to work in the project CIRCLAR - “mapping and monitoring sorted stone circle fields with ultra-high resolution imagery in Maritime Antarctica”.
Other
 Portuguese Polar Programme Mission to Antarctida
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/01 - 2017/02 Field mission to King George Island, Antarctica, as a member of the portuguese polar team, to work in the project VEGETANTAR - “Multitemporal vegetation mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula trough multiscale remote sensing”.
Other
 Portuguese Polar Programme Mission to Antarctida
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2014/11 - 2014/11 Emergency-response mission to support the instrumental monitoring of the Fogo volcano eruption, by request of the capeverdean authorities
Other
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
1997 - 2001 Geophysical and geodetic permanent instrumentation of the Fogo and Brava Volcanoes in the Cape Verde Islands.
Other
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal
1999 - 2000 Training in volcano monitoring to staff of the Cape Verdean Civil Engineering Laboratory.
Other
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2010/01 - Current ANICT - Associação Nacional de Investigadores em Ciência e Tecnologia” (anict.wordpress.com) Founding member, secretary of General Assembly (2010-2015)

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2010 - 2015 Participation in consultancy project requested by Madeira Autonomous Region Government, for the study and evaluation of landslide risk in Madeira Island. Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Coordination of consultancy work requested by SOLVAY Portugal (subsidence detection with SAR interferometry) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2009/09/01 - 2011/07/01 Electromagnetism & Optics and Thermodynamics Electromagnetism & Optics (Bacharelato) Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2011/05 Interviews given following the publication of project SUBSIn’s final results (involving the discovery of urban subsidence in Lisbon and Vialonga) Publico and Correio da Manhã

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2011/05 - Current News Reports (Rádio Renascença) detection of urban subsidence in Lisbon and Vialonga with satellite thecnologies
2011/05 - 2011/05 News Reports (RTP, SIC, TVI) detection of urban subsidence in Lisbon and Vialonga with satellite thecnologies

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2020/02 - Current MSc fellowship - Assessment of Low-cost Aerial Intelligent systems for natural Terrain 3D mapping Bruno Miguez
2019/09 - 2020/01 MSc fellowship - Assessment of Low-cost Aerial Intelligent systems for natural Terrain 3D mapping Vasco Miranda
2019/01 - 2019/03 BSc fellowship - Assessment of Low-cost Aerial Intelligent systems for natural Terrain 3D mapping Vasco Miranda
2012/02 - 2013/12 MSc fellowship - Exploiting SAR imagery to improve floodplain inundation models in the Tagus River Rita Pestana
2010/12 - 2013/10 MSc fellowship - Exploiting SAR imagery to improve floodplain inundation models in the Tagus River Ricardo Canelas
2010/10 - 2013/10 MSc fellowship - Exploiting SAR imagery to improve floodplain inundation models in the Tagus River Magda Matias
2010/05 - 2010/10 MSc fellowship - Evaluation of debris flow hazard in Madeira Island Magda Matias
2008/02 - 2010/07 MSc fellowship - InSAR detection and characterization of subsidence and landslides in the Lisbon region Luís Oliveira
Distinctions

Award

2002 First Prize "Cooperation for Development"

Other distinction

2013 Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2002 Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
1996 PhD Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal