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Catarina Paz pursued her studies in Geophysical Sciences, at the Department of Physics - Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (UL). This 5-year degree included a final one-year internship, which she completed as a visiting scientist at University of Barcelona, Spain (2004). She was then awarded a seed funding from the Portuguese State to create a startup that provided services of applied geophysics, mostly in groundwater and environment-related projects for companies and academia. At the same time, she obtained a MSc in Environmental Engineering (2009) from Instituto Superior Técnico, UL, and ended up dedicating completely to academia by engaging in a PhD in Earth Resources (2017) at the same institution. During those years, she focused her research on groundwater-dependent ecosystems modelling, improved by applied geophysical techniques. She later moved to Instituto Dom Luiz, UL, to work on soil salinity risk assessment using applied geophysical techniques. Since 2019 she's been developing her research at Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (IPS), mainly focusing on ecosystem modelling and monitoring of the subsurface. At IPS, she's also engaged in the development of the E³UDRES² European university alliance (Erasmus+ funded) through research activities and through project E³UDRES² Ent-r-e-novators (Horizon Europe funded), on the improvement of the research and innovation strategy of the alliance.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Catarina Custódio da Paz

Citation names

  • Paz, Maria Catarina
  • Paz, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3B1E-D7FD-6BB8
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8411-0896
Google Scholar ID
zvqSMS0AAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id
I-3384-2018
Scopus Author Id
8940652000

Email addresses

  • catarina.paz@estbarreiro.ips.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geophysics
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Hydrology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Chinese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Catalan Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2011/10/01 - 2017/12/04
Concluded
Earth Resources (Doutoramento)
Major in Hidrogeology / Hidrogeophysics
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Geophysical techniques applied to shallow aquifers characterization" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Approved with distinction
2007/09 - 2009/11
Concluded
Environmental Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Environmental management
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
" Modelação matemática do escoamento e da poluição do sistema aquífero Caldas da Rainha–Nazaré" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15
1998/09 - 2004/07
Concluded
Geophysical Sciences (Licenciatura)
Major in Internal Geophysics
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
" The magnetotelluric method: Study of a profile throughout the Ossa Morena zone and the Central Iberian zone contact" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
14.4
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/12/01 - Current Researcher (Research) RESILIENCE - Centre for Regional Resilience and Sustainability, Portugal
2019/11/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro, Portugal
2017/03 - 2018/06 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal
2011/10 - 2017/12 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2003/09/01 - 2004/07/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Geologia, Spain
2003/03 - 2003/06 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/11 - 2022/10 Collaborator Social-Ecological Systems Simulation Centre - Aarhus University, Denmark
Social-Ecological Systems Simulation Centre - Aarhus University, Denmark
2018/06/15 - 2020 Collaborator Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal
2005/07 - 2011/09 Own name trader (Geophysicist) Self-Employed, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/03 - 2024/05 RURAL WATER - Innovative Digital Water Management for Rural Areas
S2/2.5/P0166
Researcher
INTERREG IVC

European Union
Submitted
2017/03 - 2018/06 SALTFREE - Salinization in irrigated areas in the Mediterranean basin - risk evaluation using geophysical methods
SALTFREE - Arimnet2/0004/2015
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2011/10 - 2017/12 Geophysical techniques applied to shallow aquifer characterization
SFRH/BD/75327/2010
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003/03 - 2003/06 SESAME - Site effects assessment using ambient excitations
EVGI-EV-2000-00026
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal
N/A
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/11/01 - Current E3UDRES2 - Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Ongoing
2022/11/01 - Current E3UDRES2 Ent-r-e-novators: Cooperating for excellence and impact in research and innovation
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
Horizon Europe Excellent Science
Ongoing
2020 - Current Caracterização dos recursos hídricos subterrâneos do Jardim Botânico de Lisboa, e determinação da sua importância no bom estado da vegetação (Characterization of groundwater resources in the Lisbon Botanical Garden and determination of their importance in the good state of the vegetation)
FUNDEC PS nº 54/2021
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
FUNDEC - Associação para a Formação e Desenvolvimento em Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura
2022/11 - 2023/09 Change Corner
101004069
Researcher
Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Concluded
2019/11/01 - 2022/10/31 OLIVESIM - Managing ecosystem services in olive groves using advanced landscape agent-based models
PTDC/ASP-PLA/30003/2017
Post-doc
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability
UID/ECI/04625/2019
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Instituto Dom Luiz
UID/GEO/50019/2019
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/07 - 2011/09 WG-Westgeophysics
Iniciativa Local de Emprego
Technical development
Institute for Employment and Vocational Training
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2017/08/01 - Current Permafrost and Climate Change in the Maritime Antarctic (PERMANTAR-2)
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2023/12 - 2024/02 CIRCLE4TOUR - Circular Solutions for the Tourism Industry: Business Perspective, Tourists and Citizens' Practices
HORIZON-CL6-2024-CIRCBIO-01
Researcher
Horizon Europe
Not funded
2023/06/01 - 2023/09/30 LiveSoilLab25 - A collaborative model for Living Labs for Soil health inside a simulation environment of twenty-five European and the Southern Mediterranean region rural and urban areas and their working landscapes
HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-08
Researcher
Horizon Europe
Not funded
2023/01/01 - 2023/09/30 iGov4Water - Innovative Governance Models for Sustainable Water Management and Conflict Mitigation
PRIMA S2 Call multi-topics 2023 STEP 2
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
Horizon Europe
Not funded
2023/01/01 - 2023/03/31 WATER4AGRI - Water quality and quantity in agricultural areas: towards an enhanced policy based on the integrated water resources management concept
HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-1
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
Horizon Europe
Not funded
2019/11 - 2022 ECOSTACK - Stacking of ecosystem services: mechanisms and interactions for optimal crop protection, pollination enhancement, and productivity
773554
Other
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Paz, Maria Catarina; Santos, Sónia A.P.. Limitação natural de pragas: um valioso serviço do ecossistema no olival. Setúbal, Portugal: Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal. 2022.
Conference abstract
  1. Paz, Maria Catarina; Barreira, Raquel; Amaro, Luís; Sousa, José Paulo; Benhadi-Marín, J.; Rasko, Mykola; Alves da Silva, António; et al. Corresponding author: Paz, Maria Catarina. "Construção de um sistema de modelos para simulação computacional da limitação natural de pragas". Paper presented in IX Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura, Oeiras,
  2. Mendes, Maria Paula; Ana Paula Falcão; Afonso, Nuno; Esteves, Miguel; Paz, Maria Catarina. Corresponding author: Mendes, Maria Paula. "Avaliação da profundidade das raízes das árvores e do nível piezométrico no Jardim Botânico de Lisboa". Paper presented in 13.º Seminário sobre Águas Subterrâneas - "O papel das águas subterrâneas na sustentabilidade das cidades do século XXI", Lisboa, 2022.
  3. Paz, Maria Catarina; Farzamian, Mohammad; Paz, Ana Marta; Castanheira, Nádia Luísa; Gonçalves, Maria Conceição; Santos, Fernando Monteiro. Corresponding author: Paz, Maria Catarina. "Regional calibration and electromagnetic conductivity imaging for assessing the dynamics of soil salinity". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2021, Viena, 2021.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu21-16296
  4. Farzamian, Mohammad; Martínez-Moreno, F.J.; Ramos, T. B.; Castanheira, Nádia L.; Paz, Ana Marta Marques Duarte da; Monteiro Santos, Fernando Acácio ; Alexandre, C. A.; et al. "Evaluation of soil salinity and sodicity using electromagnetic conductivity imaging". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2021, 2021.
    https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-2872
  5. Castanheira, N.L.; Paz, Ana Marta Marques Duarte da; Farzamian, Mohammad; Paz, Maria Catarina; Monteiro Santos, Fernando A.; Fernandes, M.L.; Pires, F.P.; Gonçalves, M.C.. "Modelação da dinâmica da água e de sais no solo e previsão de riscos de salinização na Lezíria em resposta a diferentes qualidades da água de rega". Paper presented in Encontro Anual das Ciências do Solo, Évora, 2019.
  6. Paz, Ana Marta Marques Duarte da; Castanheira, N.; Gonçalves, M.C.; Fernandes, M.; Pires, F.; Farzamian, Mohammad; Paz, Maria Catarina; Monteiro Santos, Fernando A.. "Determinação da salinidade e sodicidade do solo por métodos de indução eletromagnética". Paper presented in Encontro Anual das Ciências do Solo, Évora, 2019.
  7. Paz, Maria; Alcalá, Francisco J.; Medeiros, A.; Martínez-Pagán, P.; Pérez-Cuevas, J.; Ribeiro, L.. "Characterization of shallow aquifer materials in W Portugal". Paper presented in 12º Seminário sobre Águas Subterrâneas, Coimbra, 2019.
    Published
  8. A. Monteiro Santos, F.; Farzamian, M.; Vieira, G.; Yaghoobi Tabar, B.; Hauck, C.; Paz, Maria Catarina; Bernardo, I.; Ramos, M.; de Pablo, Miguel A.. "Detecting the impact of short-lived extreme meteorological events on soil horizon using an A-ERT system, Deception Island, Antarctica". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2019, Viena, 2019.
  9. Paz, M.C.; Alcalá, F.J.; Martínez-Pagán, P.; Pérez-Cuevas, J.; Ribeiro, L.. "Combining Geophysical Techniques to Assess Geometry and Stream-Aquifer Interactions in a Coastal Alluvial Aquifer¿". 2018.
    10.3997/2214-4609.201802598
  10. Farzamian, M.; Vieira, G.; Monteiro santos, F.; Yaghoobi Tabar, B.; Hauck, C.; Catarina Paz, M.; Bernando, I.; Ramos, M.; Pablo, M.A.. "Automatic ERT Monitoring System Installation at Crater Lake, Deception Island, Antarctica". 2018.
    10.3997/2214-4609.201802470
  11. Farzamian, M.; A. Monteiro Santos, F.; Catarina Paz, M.; C. Gonçalves, M.; Marta Paz, A.; Castanheira, N.; Triantafilis, J.. "Soil Salinity Assessment Using Electromagnetic Induction and Inversion Technique – A Case Study in Portugal". 2018.
    10.3997/2214-4609.201802516
  12. Farzamian, M.; A. Monteiro Santos, F.; Paz, Maria Catarina; Gonçalves, M.C.; Basil, A.; Bouksila, F.; Salim, T.; et al. "Inferring soil’s dynamic parameters using Electromagnetic instrument and time-lapse inversion algorithm". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2018, Viena, 2018.
    Published
  13. Paz, Maria Catarina. "SALTFREE- Salinization in irrigated areas in the Mediterranean basin; risk evaluation using geophysical methods". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2018, Viena, 2018.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Ludovico-Marques, Marco ; Paz, Maria Catarina. "Source of stones on walls of Santiago fortress in Sesimbra". Paper presented in International Conference on Resilience and Sustainable Regions, Setúbal, 2023.
    Published
  2. Paz, Maria Catarina; Barreira, Raquel; Amaro, Luís; Sousa, José Paulo; Benhadi-Marín, Jacinto; Rasko, Mykola; Silva, António Alves da; et al. Corresponding author: Paz, Maria Catarina. "Construção de um sistema de modelos para simulação computacional da limitação natural de pragas". Paper presented in IX Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura - "Tecnologia e Circularidade na Olivicultura", Oeiras, 2021.
Conference poster
  1. Afonso, Nuno; Mendes, Maria Paula; Paz, Maria Catarina; Falcão, Ana Paula. "Modelo 3D em ambiente SIG na integração de dados geofísicos e topográficos na avaliação do sistema radicular de espécies exóticas do Jardim Botânico de Lisboa". Paper presented in X Conferência Nacional de Cartografia e Geodesia - "Informação geoespacial para os objetivos de desenvolvimento sustentável", 2023.
  2. Paz, Maria Catarina; Serralha, F. N.; Carriço, Nelson. Corresponding author: Paz, Maria Catarina. "A bibliometric analysis of the plastic waste". 2023.
  3. Paz, Maria Catarina; Santos, Sónia A.P.; Barreira, Raquel. Corresponding author: Paz, Maria Catarina. "Processamento de dados de temperatura do solo para simulações computacionais de um agro-ecossistema". Paper presented in IX Congresso Ibérico de Ciências do Solo, 2022.
    10.5281/zenodo.6784372
  4. Paz, Maria Catarina; Farzamian, Mohammad; Paz, Ana Marta Marques Duarte da; Castanheira, Nádia L.; Gonçalves, Maria Conceição; Monteiro Santos, Fernando Acácio . Corresponding author: Paz, Maria Catarina. "Regional calibration and electromagnetic conductivity imaging for assessing the dynamics of soil salinity". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2021, 2021.
Edited book
  1. Costa, Maria Teresa; Carriço, N.; Paz, Maria Catarina; Galvão, Susana C. Brito. Proceedings book of the 1st International Conference on Resilience and Sustainable Regions. Setúbal, Portugal: Polytechnic University of Setúbal. 2024.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.60546/8m7f-g369 • Editor
  2. Alcalá, Francisco Javier; Paz, Maria Catarina; Martínez-Pagán, Pedro; Monteiro Santos, Fernando Acácio. Integrated Geophysical Methods for Shallow Aquifers Characterization and Modelling. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. 2022.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Soares, Sara; Serralha, F. N.; Paz, Maria Catarina; Carriço, Nelson; Galatanu, S.V.. "Unveiling the Data: An Analysis of Plastic Waste with Emphasis on the Countries of the E³UDRES² Alliance". Heliyon 10 7 (2024): E28375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28375.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28375
  2. Paz, Maria Catarina; Castanheira, Nádia L.; Paz, Ana Marta Marques Duarte da; Gonçalves, Maria Conceição; Monteiro Santos, Fernando Acácio ; Farzamian, Mohammad. Corresponding author: Farzamian, Mohammad. "Comparison of Electromagnetic Induction and Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Assessing Soil Salinity: Insights From Four Plots With Distinct Soil Salinity Levels". Land 13 3 (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/3/295.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030295
  3. Paz, Maria Catarina; Serralha, Fátima; Carriço, Nelson. "1st International Conference on Challenges in Engineering, Medical, Economics & Education: Research & Solutions (CEMEERS-23) June 21-22, 2023 Lisbon (Portugal)". (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/64190374/.
    10.17758/EIRAI19
  4. Alcalá, Francisco Javier; Paz, Maria Catarina; Martínez-Pagán, Pedro; Monteiro Santos, Fernando. "Integrated Geophysical Methods for Shallow Aquifers Characterization and Modelling". Applied Sciences 12 5 (2022): 2271. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12052271.
    10.3390/app12052271
  5. Paz, Ana Marta Marques Duarte da; Castanheira, Nádia L.; Farzamian, Mohammad; Soares, Pedro; Paz, Maria Catarina; Gonçalves, Maria Conceição. Corresponding author: Paz, Ana Marta Marques Duarte da. "How does climate change affect soil salinity? The case study of a Mediterranean pasture with saline groundwater". Revista de Ciências Agrárias 45 4 (2022): 532-536.
    Open access • Published • 10.19084/rca.28627
  6. Paz, Maria Catarina; Santos, Sónia A.P.; Barreira, Raquel. Corresponding author: Paz, Maria Catarina. "Processamento de dados de temperatura do solo para simulações computacionais de um agro-ecossistema". Revista de Ciências Agrárias 45 4 (2022): 215-219.
    Open access • Published • 10.19084/rca.28405
  7. Francisco J. Alcalá; Pedro Martínez-Pagán; Manuel Navarro; Maria Catarina Paz; Francisco Domingo; Alcalá, Francisco Javier; Martínez-Pagán, Pedro; et al. "Combining of MASW and GPR Imaging and Hydrogeological Surveys for the Groundwater Resource Evaluation in a Coastal Urban Area in Southern Spain". Applied Sciences (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3154.
    10.3390/app11073154
  8. Paz, Maria Catarina. "Processing of high-resolution temporal climate data for daily simulations of a complex agro-ecosystem.". Revista de Estudios Andaluces 42 (2021): 202-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/rea.2021.i42.10.
    10.12795/rea.2021.i42.10
  9. Paz, Maria Catarina; Santos, Sónia A.P.; Barreira, Raquel; Rasko, Mykola; Xiaodong, Duan; Alves, Joana; Silva, António Alves da; et al. "Developing a subpopulation-based model for the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae): conceptual model out-line". (2021): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/37967.
    10.3390/IECAG2021-09680
  10. Paz, Maria Catarina; Barreira, Raquel; Paz, Maria Catarina; Amaro, Luís; Sousa, José Paulo; Benhadi-Marín, Jacinto; Rasko, Mykola; et al. "Developing an Agent-Based Model for Haplodrassus rufipes (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), a Generalist Predator Species of Olive Tree Pests: Conceptual Model Outline". Biology and Life Sciences Forum 4 1 (2020): 45-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/iecps2020-08745.
    10.3390/iecps2020-08745
  11. Paz, Maria Catarina; Alcala, Francisco J.; Ribeiro, Luis. "Ground Penetrating Radar Attenuation Expressions in Shallow Groundwater Research". Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (2020): https://publons.com/publon/32225768/.
    10.2113/JEEG19-039
  12. Paz, Maria Catarina; Javier Alcala, Francisco; Medeiros, Ana; Martinez-Pagan, Pedro; Perez-Cuevas, Jaruselsky; Ribeiro, Luis. "Integrated MASW and ERT Imaging for Geological Definition of an Unconfined Alluvial Aquifer Sustaining a Coastal Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystem in Southwest Portugal". Applied Sciences (2020): https://publons.com/publon/33496267/.
    10.3390/APP10175905
  13. Paz, Maria Catarina; Farzamian, Mohammad; Paz, Ana Marta; Castanheira, Nadia Luisa; Goncalves, Maria Conceicao; Santos, Fernando Monteiro. "Assessing soil salinity dynamics using time-lapse electromagnetic conductivity imaging". Soil (2020): https://publons.com/publon/38420840/.
    10.5194/SOIL-6-499-2020
  14. Paz, Ana Marta; Castanheira, Nadia; Farzamian, Mohammad; Paz, Maria Catarina; Goncalves, Maria Conceicao; Monteiro Santos, Fernando A.; Triantafilis, John; Castanheira, Nádia; Gonçalves, Maria Conceição. "Prediction of soil salinity and sodicity using electromagnetic conductivity imaging". Geoderma (2020): 114086. https://publons.com/publon/21251865/.
    10.1016/J.GEODERMA.2019.114086
  15. Farzamian, Mohammad; Vieira, Gonçalo; Monteiro Santos, Fernando A.; Yaghoobi Tabar, Borhan; Hauck, Christian; Paz, Maria Catarina; Bernardo, Ivo; Ramos, Miguel; de Pablo, Miguel Angel. "Detailed detection of active layer freeze¿thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica)". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10451/43247.
    10.5194/tc-14-1105-2020
  16. Paz, Maria Catarina; Farzamian, M.; A. Monteiro Santos, F.; Gonçalves, M.C.; Paz, A.M.; Castanheira, N.L.; Triantafilis, J.. "Potential to map soil salinity using inversion modelling of EM38 sensor data". First Break (2019): http://fb.eage.org/publication/content?id=98267.
    Published • 10.3997/1365-2397.2019019
  17. Farzamian, Mohammad; Vieira, Gonçalo; Monteiro Santos, Fernando A.; Yaghoobi Tabar, Borhan; Hauck, Christian; Paz, Maria Catarina; Bernando, Ivo; et al. "Detailed detection of fast changes in the active layer using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica)". The Cryosphere Discussions (2019): 1-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-2019-39.
    10.5194/tc-2019-39
  18. Farzamian, Mohammad; Paz, Maria Catarina; Paz, Ana Marta; Castanheira, Nadia Luisa; Goncalves, Maria Conceicao; Monteiro Santos, Fernando A.; Triantafilis, John; Castanheira, Nádia Luísa; Gonçalves, Maria Conceição. "Mapping soil salinity using electromagnetic conductivity imaging-A comparison of regional and location-specific calibrations". Land Degradation & Development (2019): 1-14. https://publons.com/publon/19217191/.
    Published • 10.1002/LDR.3317
  19. Paz, Catarina; Alcalá, Francisco J.; Carvalho, Jorge M.; Ribeiro, Luís; Alcala, Francisco J.; Ribeiro, Luis. "Current uses of ground penetrating radar in groundwater-dependent ecosystems research". Science of The Total Environment 595 (2017): 868-885. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.210.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.210
  20. Muñoz, G.; Heise, W.; Paz, C.; Almeida, E.; Santos, F.M.; Pous, J.. "New magnetotelluric data through the boundary between the Ossa Morena and Centroiberian Zones". Geologica Acta 3 3 (2005): 215-223. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-25144473567&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Journal issue
  1. Alcalá, Francisco J.; Paz, Maria Catarina; Martínez-Pagán, Pedro; Monteiro Santos, Fernando A.. "Integrated Geophysical Methods for Shallow Aquifers Characterization and Modelling". Applied Sciences (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/shallow_aquifers_characterization_modelling.
    Invited editor
Magazine article
  1. Paz, Marta; Castanheira, Nádia; Pires, Fernando; Fernandes, Manuel Luís; Gonçalves, Maria Conceição; Farzamian, Mohammad; Paz, Maria Catarina; Santos, Fernando. "Mapeamento da salinidade do solo: casos de estudo na Lezíria Grande de Vila Franca de Xira", Vida Rural, 2018
Report
  1. Mendes, Maria Paula; Paz, Maria Catarina; Falcão, Ana Paula; Afonso, Nuno. Corresponding author: Mendes, Maria Paula. 2021. Caracterização dos recursos hídricos subterrâneos do Jardim Botânico de Lisboa, e determinação da sua importância no bom estado da vegetação.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Paz, Maria. "Geophysical techniques applied to shallow aquifer characterization". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2017.
  2. Paz, Maria. "Modelação matemática do escoamento e da poluição do sistema aquífero Caldas da Rainha–Nazaré". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2009. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/downloadFile/395139419479/dissertacao.pdf.
  3. Paz, Maria. "The magnetotelluric method: Study of a profile throughout the Ossa Morena zone and the Central Iberian zone contact". Degree, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2004.
Website
  1. Paz, Maria Catarina. Project Olivesim. 2020. https://sites.google.com/view/olivesimproject/home.

Other

Other output
  1. Evaluation of soil salinity and sodicity using electromagnetic conductivity imaging. 2021. Paz, Maria Catarina; Farzamian, Mohammad; Moreno, Francisco José Martinez; Ramos, Tiago B.; Castanheira, Nádia Luísa; Paz, Ana Marta; Santos, Fernando A. Monteiro; et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-2872.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu21-2872
Software
  1. Paz, Maria Catarina; Santos, Sónia A.P.; Barreira, Raquel. "Hourly to Daily (Version v1)". 1. Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal. R. 2022.
    10.5281/zenodo.6787634
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/12/04 Source of stones on walls of Santiago fortress in Sesimbra International Conference on Resilience and Sustainable Regions
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (Setúbal, Portugal)
2023/09/25 Ciência Aberta - O percurso da investigação Workshop Ciência Aberta e Empreendedorismo
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (Santiago do Cacém, Portugal)
2023/06/21 A bibliometric analysis of the plastic waste 1st International Conference on Challenges in Engineering, Medical, Economics & Education
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/03/30 O que faz um investigador Semana do Agrupamento
Agrupamento de Escolas do Cadaval (Sobrena, Cadaval, Portugal)
2022/06/22 Processamento de dados de temperatura do solo para simulações computacionais de um agro-ecossistema IX Iberian Congress of Soil Sciences (CICS 2022)
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (Oeiras, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Member of the organizing commitee of the 1st International Conference on Resilience and Sustainable Regions (2023/11/04 - 2023/11/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
2023 - Current Member of the scientific committee of the 1st International Conference on Resilience and Sustainable Regions. (2023/11/04 - 2023/11/06)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
2023 - Current Presenter of water level and water temperature probe in the European Researcher's Night at Setúbal (2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29)
Other (Other)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
2022 - Current Presenter of OLIVESIM project results in the European Researcher's Night at Setúbal (2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30)
Other (Other)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/03/21 International workshop for closure of project SALTFREE (ARIMNET funded) (2019/03/18 - 2019/03/21)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/05/22 - 2024/05/22 Workshop TARGET (Interreg Sudoe), as a representative of Barreiro School of Technology - Setúbal Polytechnic University
Workshop
Workshop TARGET - Territorial Strategy for Water Scarcity
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Câmara Municipal do Barreiro, Portugal
2023/12/04 - 2023/12/06 1st International Conference on Resilience and Sustainable Regions
Conference
International Conference on Resilience and Sustainable Regions
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
2023/10/24 - 2023/10/24 Technological showcasing at Vila Nova de Santo André, Portugal
Exhibition
Desenvolvimento do Alentejo Litoral, contributos para o trabalho em rede
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal

Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
2023/10/24 - 2023/10/24 Seminar on Continuous Development Training for Smart Open Networks Development Acceleration
Seminar
Desenvolvimento do Alentejo Litoral, contributos para o trabalho em rede
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal

Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
2023/10/18 - 2023/10/18 Interinstitutional Science Day: Event to promote cooperation between the Polytechnic Universities of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Meeting
1st Interinstitutional Science Day
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
2023/09/25 - 2023/09/25 Workshop about open science and entrepreneurship
Workshop
Workshop Ciência Aberta e Empreendedorismo
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
2023/06/21 - 2023/06/22 1st International Conference on Challenges in Engineering, Medical, Economics & Education: Research & Solutions (CEMEERS-23)
Conference
1st International Conference on Challenges in Engineering, Medical, Economics & Education: Research & Solutions (CEMEERS-23)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/06/22 - 2022/06/24 IX Iberian Congress of Soil Sciences (CICS 2022)
Congress
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/19 Contribuição do estudo de formações análogas para o conhecimento sobre o armazenamento de gás natural
Thesis Member
Kenety Abdula Perdigão (Other)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current Springer Nature Springer
2022 - Current Leading Edge ScholarOne
2022 - Current Soil Research ScholarOne
2021/11 - Current Sustainability MDPI
2021/03 - Current Hydrology
2020 - Current Applied Sciences MDPI
2020 - Current Water MDPI
2020 - Current Scientific Programming Hindawi

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020 - Current European Geosciences Union Member
2018 - 2019 European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Member
2007/01/08 - 2018 Society of Exploration Geophysicists Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023 - Current 1st International Conference on Resilience and Sustainable Regions Setúbal
2022/04/01 - 2022/04/28 13.º Seminário sobre Águas Subterrâneas Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Arquitectura e Georrecursos (DECivil)

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/05/08 - Current Characterization of groundwater dynamics in an agricultural system using time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography and ground-penetrating radar
2020/10/01 - 2021/11/01 Characterization of the groundwater resources of Jardim Botânico de Lisboa (Lisbon Botanical Garden) and their importance on vegetation health status. Universidade de Lisboa Jardim Botânico da Ajuda, Portugal
2005 - 2011 Determination of subsurface hydrogeological characteristics through electrical resistivity tomography in several areas of Portugal.

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/12/06 - 2023/12/06 Ciência à Conversa IPS Talk about digitization at the service of soil research
2021/04/07 - 2021/04/07 Ciência à Conversa IPS Talk about agent based models - the example of a ground runner spider

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019/06 - 2022/01 Applied Sciences (2076-3417) MDPI

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/04/14 - Current Project Change Corner scientific publishing activities Sara Moura Soares

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/04/13 - 2023/04/13 Member of juri to select a MSc fellowship for Change Cornner project

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2015/06/04 - 2015/06/12 Geophysical and hydrogeological campaign: electrical resistivity tomography, ground-pentrating radar, and hydrogeological data acquisition at several points of Andalucía, Spain. Coordinator of the geophysical campaign.
2004/04/13 - 2004/04/25 Geophysical campaign: magnetotelluric data acquisition in Alentejo region, Portugal. Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2003/03/01 - 2003/03/10 Geophysical campaign: seismic noise data acquisition in Angra do Heroísmo city, Terceira island, Azores, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2011 PhD scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology - international call
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal