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Graduated in Biology (2013) at the University of Salamanca (USAL) with an MSc degree in Human Evolution and Biology (2015), a post-graduation degree in Forensic Anthropology (2016), and a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology (2022) at the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Coimbra, Álvaro M. Monge Calleja have experience in Bioarchaeology and Paleopathology. The main scope of his investigation is founded in the human fetal, infant, and juvenile remains, especially on the pathophysiological differentiation of subperiosteal new bone growth and bone porosity in prenatal and postnatal skeletonized individuals (up to 6 years of age). He highlights the interdisciplinarity of Bioarchaeology by combining these studies with historical and biocultural sources, and the application of complementary and innovative non-destructive laboratory techniques: X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). SEM application has also opened new approaches on Alvaro's research, namely in paleodiets through the study of micro-remains embedded in dental calculus. Since 2015, Álvaro integrates the Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS) as a member of the Past Cultures and Populations group. He has published several articles, has participated in, and has organized several national and international scientific meetings. Five of these presentations have been awarded the best podium presentation. Álvaro has field experience in several bioarchaeological excavations in and outside the country, and he is also the editorial member in the peer-review journal Revista de Arqueología Histórica Argentina y Latinoamericana (RDAHAYL). Currently, he has provided assistance in some classes regarding Biological and Forensic Anthropology. As such, he taught graduate students on paleopathological cases, on methods of estimating sex in non-adult individuals, and on how to collect dental calculus samples for extraction of plant starches and their microscopic visualization. Álvaro holds now a post-doctoral fellowship financed by FCT, I.P./MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC): PTDC/HAR-ARQ/6273/202 (2023-2024).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Álvaro Manuel Monge Calleja
Date of birth
1990/04/03
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4E1B-B97F-A250
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3345-5082
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=qfFILjgAAAAJ&hl=es&oi=sra
Researcher Id
https://cias.uc.pt/people/alvaro-m-monge-calleja/

Email addresses

  • alvaromonge23@gmail.com (Professional)
  • manu_alvaro16@hotmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

  • Research Centre for Anthropology and Health, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 , Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Anatomy and mMrphology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
German Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/09/16 - 2025/07/25
Ongoing
 M.Sc. in Teacher Training for Secondary and High School Education: Specialty in Biology and Geology (Master)
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Spain
2024/05/25 - 2024/07/20
Concluded
 Online course in Statistical Data Analysis with SPSS (42 hours) (Outros)
Associação para a Extensão Universitária (APEU), Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
18
2016/09/20 - 2022/01/10
Concluded
 Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology (Doutoramento)
Major in Biological Anthropology
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
"FINAIS DE VIDA PRECOCES: Estudo paleopatológico (macroscópico, microscópico e documental) das causas de morte infantis com especial interesse na porosidade extracortical " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Praise and Distinction ("Doctor Europaeus")
2016/07/15
Concluded
 Postgraduation in Forensic Anthropology (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Forensic Anthropology
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 17,22 (17)
2015/10/07
Concluded
 M.Sc. in Human Evolution and Biology (Mestrado)
Major in Human Evolution and Biology
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Reconstruindo a morte na Infancia: Resultados preliminares da microscopia de varrimento como ferramenta diagnóstica da porosidade em vestígios osteológicos dos séculos XIX-XX (18 valores)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17,475 (17)
2008/09/21 - 2013/06/21
Concluded
 B.S. in Biology (pre-Bologna) (Bachelor)
Major in Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology
Universidad de Salamanca Facultad de Biología, Spain
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16,1 (16)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/11/19 - Current Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09/15 - 2023/01/10 Archaeological excavations at the Colégio de Jesus, Universidade de Coimbra (Modern-Contemporary era) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/08/10 - 2022/08/22 Archaeological excavation at Rasaska (Eastern Croatia), Knights Templar church and fort (13th -16th centuries) Aita Bioarch, Spain
Aita Bioarch, Spain
2020/07/13 - 2020/09/29 Archaeological excavation - SAND: Sarilhos grandes entre dois mundos, Sarilhos Grandes (15th-17th centuries) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2016/07/21 - 2016/07/24 IX Course of Paleopathology: Children's Osteobiography (Archaeological excavation) GROB - Grup de Recerca en OSteobiografia, Spain
GROB - Grup de Recerca en OSteobiografia, Spain
2016/06/28 - 2016/07/08 Archeological excavation - Gruta do Morgado Superior, Tomar (Neolítico) Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História , Puerto Rico
Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História , Puerto Rico
2014/07/21 - 2014/07/27 Forensic excavation - Spanish Civil War, Estépar (Burgos, Espanha) Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, Spain
Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, Spain
2014/07/17 - 2014/07/20 VIII Paleopathology Course: Traumas and injuries due to violence (Archaeological excavation) GROB – Grup de Recerca en Osteobiografia, Spain
GROB - Grup de Recerca en OSteobiografia, Spain
2011/08/22 - 2011/10/31 Forensic Excavation - Spanish Civil War, Palencia (Espanha) Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, Spain
Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/10/01 - 2020/10/01 FINAIS DE VIDA PRECOCES: Estudo paleopatológico (macroscópico, microscópico e documental) das causas de morte infantis com especial interesse na porosidade extracortical
SFRH/BD/115691/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/02/03 - 2031/01/31 ResilBoneS – Sex-based differences in identified fetal and infant skeletons: macro/microscopic study of growth, frailty, and resilience
2023.09144.CEECIND
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/02/01 - 2024/02/01 Idanha-a-Velha: city, territory and population in ancient times (first century-twelfth century AC)
IT137-22-233
PTDC/HAR-ARQ/6273/2020
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/09/20 - 2021/10/01 SAND - Sarilhos Grandes entre dois mundos: Estudo histórico, arqueológico e bio-antropológico de uma população ribeirinha
n/a
Invited Scientist Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
 Câmara Municipal do Montijo
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde
UIDB/00283/2020
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2024/02/01 - 2024/11/30 Idanha-a-Velha: city, territory and population in ancient times (first century-twelfth century AC)
PTDC/HAR-ARQ/6273/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares do Século XX, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. González-Garrido, Laura; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Sarkic, Natasa; Zdral, Sofía; Pereira Coutinho, António Xavier; Catarino, Lidia Maria Gil; Herrerín López, Jesús; Santos, Ana Luísa (F114-E8BE-5FEC). "Unusual and exuberant dental calculus in a nun (18-19th century CE) from Santa Catalina de Siena, Belmonte (Cuenca, Spain)". In Reconstructing Past Monastic Life. Bioarchaeology, Life and Death: State of health and human remains, edited by Lloveras, Lluís; Rissech, Carme; Nadal, Jordi. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxbow Books, 2024.
    Accepted
Conference paper
  1. Soares, Sónia; Pereira Alves, Paula; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Santos, Ana Luísa (F114-E8BE-5FEC). "Sines na rota Atlântica entre a África e a América: Uma abordagem multidisciplinar aos indivíduos exumados da necrópole associada à igreja matriz de S. Salvador". Paper presented in 12º Encontro de história do Alentejo Litoral, Odemira, 2019.
    Published
  2. Alves Pereira, Paula; Sianto, Luciana; Augusto de Miranda Chaves, Sergio; Teixeira-Santos, Isabel; Gonçalves, David; Ana Luísa Santos; Toso, Alice; et al. "A Necrópole do Largo da Igreja (Sarilhos Grandes): Evidências bioarqueológicas de contato entre Portugal e o Novo Mundo.". Paper presented in Colóquio "Sines: O porto e o mar. História e Património", Sines, 2017.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Carvalho, Pedro C.; Ramos -Gaspar, Rosa; Silva, Ana Maria. "Echoes of unwoven breaks: A distal ulnar nonunion fracture from Roman Idanha-a-Velha (Portugal) and a paleopathological literature review". Paper presented in XVII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Paleopatologia (AEP), 2024.
  2. Solari, Ana; Pessis, Anne Marie; Martin, Gabriela ; Coutinho Nogueira, Dany; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.. "Hypertrophic porous lesions and endosteal skeletal alterations: a possible case of treponematosis in an infant (9±3 months) from prehistoric Brazil". Paper presented in International Meeting on Porous Skeletal Lesions (PSLMeet2023), 2023.
  3. Silva, Ana Maria; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Curate, Francisco. "Cribra orbitalia in a Portuguese Late Neolithic population: the sample of Cova das Lapas". Paper presented in International Meeting on Porous Skeletal Lesions (PSLMeet2023), 2023.
  4. Aranda, Claudia M.; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Ratto, N.; Santos, Ana Luísa (F114-E8BE-5FEC); Ubelaker, D.; Luna, L.H.. "Systemic pathological condition in an infant from the Inca period (15th century CE) found in La Troya area (Fiambalá, Catamarca, Argentina): infection, metabolic disease and/or anaemia?". Paper presented in International Meeting on Porous Skeletal Lesions (PSLMeet2023), 2023.
  5. Curto, Ana Rita Quito; Fernandes, Teresa; Lopes, Célia ; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.. "Possible ß-Thalassemia major in an infant from 17th century Portuguese countryside (Flôr da Rosa, Crato)". Paper presented in International Meeting on Porous Skeletal Lesions (PSLMeet2023), 2023.
  6. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M. (4E1B-B97F-A250); Sarkic, N.; Zdral, S; Herrerín López, J.; Coutinho, A.P.; Santos, A.L. "Alterações morfopigmentárias do cálculo dentário numa freira de Santa Catalina de Siena em Belmonte (Cuenca, Espanha): Cruzamento de análises macro/microscópicas e isotópicas.". Paper presented in Encontro com a Ciência e a Tecnologia em Portugal, 2018.
  7. Santos, A.L; Herrerín López, J.; Sarkic, N.; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M. (4E1B-B97F-A250); Antunes, W.D.T.; Alves de Matos, A.P. "Intrapelvic hollow calcified mass in a Medieval adult female (Prádena del Rincón, Madrid, Spain)". Paper presented in 43rd Annual North American Meeting of Paleopathology Association, 2016.
  8. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M. (4E1B-B97F-A250); Araújo, Â.; Alves de Matos, A.P.; Santos, A.L. "Rebuilding death in childhood: microscopy as a diagnostic tool of porosity in 19th-20th century archaeological remains". Paper presented in 1st International Congress of CiiEM: From Basic Sciences to Clinical Reserch., 2015.
  9. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M. (4E1B-B97F-A250); Araújo, Â.; Alves de Matos, A.P.; Santos, A.L. "Rebuilding death in childhood: microscopy as a diagnostic tool of porosity in 19th-20th century archaeological remains". Paper presented in 4th Joint Congress of the Portuguese and Spanish Microscopy Societies, 2015.
  10. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Araújo Â.; Alves de Matos, A.P; Santos, A.L. "A matter of life and death: a microscopic paleopathological study of Portuguese children's sample from 19th to 20th centuries". Paper presented in II Bioanthropological Meeting (II BAM); life, death and in between, 2015.
Edited book
  1. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Santos, Ana Luísa (F114-E8BE-5FEC); Gomes, Ricardo AMP. International Meeting on Porous Skeletal Lesions (PSL): Achievements and Future Directions. Programme - Abstract Book.. Coimbra, Portugal: Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde. 2023.
    Published
Exhibition catalog
  1. Toso, Alice; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Santos, Ana Luísa; Coutinho A.P; Sianto, Luciana. A alimentação contada pelos esqueletos. Câmara Municipal do Montijo, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Aranda, Claudia M.; Luna, Leandro H.. "Only photos on my best side, please! Implications of bilateral asymmetry of the iliac auricular surface in non-adult individuals for sex estimation". International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3361.
    Published • 10.1002/oa.3361
  2. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Carvalho, Pedro C.; Ramos -Gaspar, Rosa; Silva, Ana Maria. "Echoes of unwoven breaks: A paleopathological literature review of nonunion fractures". International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (2024):
    Accepted
  3. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Lourenço, Marina; Macedo, Marta; Ramos Gaspar, Rosa; Ribeiro, M. Letícia; Santos, Ana Luísa. "Possible thalassemia intermedia in a child (16th–18th century) from the westernmost part of Europe: potential association with malaria and past migrations". Anthropological Science 132 2 (2024): 133-142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1537/ase.231105.
    Published • 10.1537/ase.231105
  4. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Luna, Leandro H.; Aranda, Claudia M.; Santos, Ana Luisa. "Methods for sex estimation of prepubertal individuals (< 12 years old): bibliographic review and future directions". Anthropologischer Anzeiger 80 4 (2023): 439-469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2022/1607.
    Published • 10.1127/anthranz/2022/1607
  5. Partido Navadijo, Manuel; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Alemán Aguilera, Inmaculada. "Validation of discriminant functions from the rib necks in two Portuguese adult identified populations". International Journal of Legal Medicine 137 3 (2023): 851-861. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00414-023-02957-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s00414-023-02957-8
  6. Zdral, Sofía; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Catarino, Lidia; Curate, Francisco; Santos, Ana Luisa. "Elemental Composition in Female Dry Femora Using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF): Association with Age and Osteoporosis". Calcified Tissue International 109 2 (2021): 231-240. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00223-021-00840-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s00223-021-00840-5
  7. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Pereira Coutinho, António Xavier; Santos, Ana Luísa. "Novo método de extração de amidos do cálculo dentário e criação de uma coleção identificada para a reconstrução das dietas do passado". Antropologia Portuguesa 37 (2020): 99-129. https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/antropologiaportuguesa/article/view/8844.
    Open access • Published • 10.14195/2182-7982_37_5
  8. Luna, Leandro H.; Aranda, Claudia M.; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Santos, Ana Luísa. "Test of the auricular surface sex estimation method in fetuses and non-adults under 5 years old from the Lisbon and Granada Reference Collections". International Journal of Legal Medicine 135 3 (2020): 993-1003. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00414-020-02431-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s00414-020-02431-9
  9. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Aranda, Claudia M.; Santos, Ana Luísa; Luna, Leandro H. "Evaluation of the auricular surface method for non-adult sex estimation on the Lisbon documented collection". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 172 3 (2020): 500-510. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajpa.24012.
    Published • 10.1002/ajpa.24012
  10. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Sarkic, Natasa; López, Jesus Herrerín; Antunes, Wilson D.T.; Pereira, Manuel F.C.; Matos, António Pedro Alves de; Santos, Ana Luísa. "A possible Echinococcus granulosus calcified cyst found in a medieval adult female from the churchyard of Santo Domingo de Silos (Prádena del Rincón, Madrid, Spain)". International Journal of Paleopathology 16 (2017): 5-13. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1879981716300742?via%3Dihub.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijpp.2017.01.005
Magazine article
  1. Godinho, Ricardo Miguel; Magalhães, Bruno M.; Jesus, Roger Lee Pessoa de; Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Pereira Coutinho, António Xavier; Toso, Alice; Sianto, Luciana; et al. "SAND: Alguns resultados bioantropológicos preliminares do projecto de investigação.", Scientia Antiquitatis - IV Jornadas de Arqueologia do Norte Alentejano, 2022, http://www.scientiaantiquitatis.uevora.pt/index.php/SA/article/view/379.
  2. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M. "A investigação criminal face à Globalização e o Cibercrime", Revista de Investigação Criminal, 2017, http://www.dgsi.pt/bpjl.nsf/83cbe9acef94db5a8025730800549412/4fef21de1f6a0aa7802580d0004d1150?OpenDocument.
Report
  1. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.. 2024. RELATÓRIO FINAL DOS TRABALHOS ANTROPOLÓGICOS: Idanha-a-Velha: cidade, território e população na antiguidade (séc. I a.C. a XII d.C.).
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.. "FINAIS DE VIDA PRECOCES: Estudo paleopatológico (macroscópico, microscópico e documental) das causas de morte infantis com especial interesse na porosidade extracortical". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, 2022. https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/99272.
  2. Calleja, Álvaro. "Reconstruindo a Morte na Infancia: Resultados preliminares da microscopia de varrimento como ferramenta diagnóstica da porosidade em vestígios osteológicos dos séculos XIX-XX.". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/31298.

Other

Dataset
  1. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M.; Coutinho, A.P. Reference collection of vegetal starches. Department of Life Science, University of Coimbra.
Other output
  1. WORKSHOP: Aproximações à alimentação em Sarilhos Grandes : Microscopia e amidos vegetais na mesa portuguesa, na época moderna. Highlight the importance of diet in reconstructing the daily life of past populations, focusing on the extraction and identification of vegetal starches embedded in dental calculus. Genetic history and food dispersal based on past Portuguese diet was considered, showing Sarilhos Grandes starch analysis results.. 2020. Monge Calleja, Álvaro M. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30R8eS6mS8g.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/01/25 Unusual and exuberant dental calculus in a nun (18th-19th cent.) from Santa Catalina de Siena, Belmonte (Cuenca, Spain): oral/joint dysfunction or facial paralysis? MonBones - International Conference: Reconstructing past Monastic Life. Inferences from archaeological, bioanthropological and documentary perspectives
MonBones research team (Barcelona, Spain)
2023/09/01 When ancient Universities have burials on their premises: the example of the College of Jesus of the University of Coimbra Forgotten Bodies, Invisible Histories: Addressing Overlooked Human Narratives in the Archaeological Record; People of the Present – Peopling the Past
29th EAA Annual Meeting (Belfast, Ireland)
2023/08/09 Porotic lesions and new bone formation in two non-adult individuals from La Troya (Fiambalá, Catamarca, Argentina): possible etiologies and comorbidities IX Paleopathology Association Meeting in South America (PAMinSA)
Paleopathology Association (Cochabamba, Bolivia)
2023/08/09 Porous Skeletal Lesions: Pause, resume, and refresh IX Paleopathology Association Meeting in South America (PAMinSA)
Paleopathology Association (Cochabamba, Bolivia)
2023/07/07 Porous skeletal lesions in identified fetuses and infants: analysis by type, age at death, sex, and cause of death International Meeting on Porous Skeletal Lesions (PSLMeet2023)
Department of Life Science, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/05/17 Estimación sexual de individuos no-adultos mediante la superficie auricular del ílion: Efectividad y variación interobservadoren una muestra Medieval de Cerdeña (Italia) VI Taller Nacional de Bioarqueología y Paleopatología
Asociación de Antropología Biológica Argentina (AABA) (San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina)
2023/04/19 Improving the method for non-adult sex estimation using the auricular Surface of the ilium in Medieval individuals from Sardinia (Italy) 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists
American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) (Reno, Nevada, United States)
2023/03/01 The death that rocks the cradle: Studies of fetal and infant osteological remains. (by invitation). DCVTalks
Departamento de Ciências da Vida (DCV) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/11/09 Judging bone by its cover: Evaluation of children's growth and health through the cranial topography 14th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past
The Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past (SSCIP) (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain)
2022/09/09 Ambiguidades e incertezas na estimativa da idade-à-morte feto-infantil (<6 anos) e problematização do crescimento em bioarqueológica VIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia (APA)
Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia (APA) (Évora, Portugal)
2022/08/26 All the growth in bone is not always pathological: differentiating between ontogenic and pathological subperiosteal new bone and extracortical porosity in non-adult skeletons 23rd European Meeting of Paleopathology Association (PPA)
Institute of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine Vilnius University (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2022/04/28 El umbral entre lo fisiológico y lo patológico: Abordaje microscópico de los fenómenos porosos y proliferativos en fetos y niños de 6 años XVI Congreso Nacional e Internacional de Paleopatología
Asociación Española de Paleopatología (Girona, Spain)
2022/04/28 Posible caso de Bejel (sífilis endémica) en un individuo infantil de la Colección Identificada de San José, Granada XVI Congreso Nacional e Internacional de Paleopatología
Asociación Española de Paleopatología (Girona, Spain)
2021/10/14 Diet and health in Sarilhos Grandes in the early modern period: an interdisciplinary approach Sapiens, Health and Environment - Natural and Artificial Frontiers
REPORT(H)A - Portuguese Network of environmental History (Portugal)
2021/02/26 Predicting sex in non-adult skeletons: state of the art and the evaluation of the auricular surface method of Luna et al. (2017). (by invitation). 2021 workshop „Osteoanthropology of Children“ (Kinderskelette)
The German Society for Anthroplogy (Gesellschaft für Anthropologie (GfA) - Paläoanthropologie und Prähistorische Anthropologie (APPA) (Germany)
2020/02/29 Sarilhos Grandes entre dois mundos: Estudo histórico, arqueológico e bioantropológico de uma população ribeirinha Sarilhos Grandes entre dois mundos: Estudo histórico, arqueológico e bioantropológico de uma população ribeirinha
Câmara Municipal de Sarilhos Grandes (Sarilhos Grandes, Portugal)
2019/12/04 VIDAS RETIRADAS AO BERÇO: Estudo da mortalidade fetal e infantil através de esqueletos dos séculos XII-XX. (by invitation). Ciclo de conferências 25 anos do CIAS
CIAS (Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/10/18 Sines na Rota Atlântica entre a África e a América: uma abordagem multidisciplinar da Necrópole do Largo Poeta Bocage/Igreja de S. Salvador. XII Encontro de História do Litoral Alentejano
Câmara Municipal de Odemira (Odemira, Portugal)
2019/10/08 Estimación sexual de individuos inmaduros a través de la morfología de la superfície auricular: puesta a prueba en la Colección Documentada de Lisboa. XIV Jornadas Nacionales de Antropología Biológica
Asociación de Antropología Biológica Argentina (San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina)
2019/06/27 Posible caso de meningitis en dos individuos infantiles de la Colección Osteológica de San José, Granada. XV Congreso Nacional e Internacional de la Asociación Española de Paleopatología
Asociación Española de Paleopatología (Granada, Spain)
2019/06/27 Malformaciones óseas congénitas en un individuo perinatal de la Colección de San José, Granada. XV Congreso Nacional e Internacional de la Asociación Española de Paleopatología
Asociación Española de Paleopatología (Granada, Spain)
2019/03/25 Validation of the auricular surface method for sex estimation in non-adult human remains 46th Annual North American Meeting of Paleopathology Association
American Paleopathology Association (Cleveland (Ohio), United States)
2018/11/30 Primeiras evidências de hemoglobionaptía(s) e possível associação com malária em Portugal: estudo de duas crianças de Almeirim (séculos XVI-XVIII). VI Jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatologia
Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências da Vida (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/11/30 Composição elementar em osso seco e a sua relação com a osteoporose em esqueletos femininos da Coleção de Esqueletos Identificados de Coimbra. VI Jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatologia
Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências da Vida (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/11/30 Modificações dentárias intencionais e não intencionais em adultos e não-adultos exumados da Igreja de São Salvador (Sines) VI Jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatologia
Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências da Vida (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/10/27 Sarilhos Grandes na Expansão Portuguesa Sarilhos Grandes na Expansão Portuguesa
Câmara Municipal de Montijo (Montijo, Portugal)
2018/08/28 Diaphysometaphyseal pathological deformations and extracortical porosity in infants from the Discalced Trinitarian Convent, Madrid (Spain). 22nd European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association
European Paleopathology Association (Zagrebe, Croatia)
2017/11/08 Alteraciones morfopigmentarias del sarro dental en una monja de Santa Catalina de Siena en Belmonte (Cuenca, España): Cruzamiento de análisis macro, microscópica e isotópica. XIV Congreso Nacional e Internacional de Paleopatología: Cuidar, curar, morir. La enfermedad leída en los huesos
Asociación Española de Paleopatología (Alicante, Spain)
2017/10/25 Evidence for hemoglobinopathy(ies) and probable association with malaria in two children (16th-18th centuries) exhumed in Almeirim, Portugal. (by invitation) VII Paleopathology Association Meeting in South America (PAMinSA). Social Interaction and Diseases: Contributions of Paleopathology from an Interdisciplinary perspective
Paleopathology Association Meeting in South America (PAMinSA) (Arica, Chile)
2017/09/07 A Necrópole do Largo da Igreja (Sarilhos Grandes): Evidências bioarqueológicas de contato entre Portugal e o Novo Mundo Colóquio "SINES, O Porto e o mar. História e Património
Câmara Municipal de Sines (Sines, Portugal)
2016/06/15 The duality of childhood bone porosity: Potential of the Scanning Electron Microscopy analys 39th Annual Meeting of the Serbian Archaeological Society
Serbian Archaeological Society (Vršac, Serbia)
2015/10/01 ¿Qué nos quiere contar la porosidad ósea infantil? Potencialidad del análisis mediante Microscopía de Barrido XIII Congreso Nacional de Paleolopatología, Paleopatología y bioarqueología: contextualizando el registro óseo.
Asociación Española de Paleopatología (Écija (Sevilha), Spain)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/08/09 - 2023/08/11 Symposium: Could Porous Skeletal Lesions be useful to infer health disruptions related to weather events? IX Paleopathology Association Meeting in South America (PAMinSA). August 9-11th. Cochabamba (Bolivia) (2023/08/09 - 2023/08/11)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Paleopathology Meeting in South America (PAMinSA), Bolivia
2023/07/07 - 2023/07/08 International Meeting on Porous Skeletal Lesions (#PSLMeet2023): Achievements and future directions. July 7-8th. Coimbra (Portugal). (2023/07/07 - 2023/07/08)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
2022/09/06 - 2022/09/09 Panel coordinator: Preenchendo o vazio: Complexidade, intersecionalidade e diversidade da Bioarqueologia em indivíduos não-adultos. VIII Congress of the Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia (APA), 6-9th September. Évora (Portugal). (2022/09/06 - 2022/09/09)
Conference (Other)
 Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia, Portugal
2016/05/18 - 2016/05/22 Assistance in the organization of two workshops given by Dr. Emslie S.D. "An Introduction to the analysis of Faunal Remains in Anthropology". (2016/05/18 - 2016/05/22)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/03/18 - 2024/03/18 Oficina de Antropologia nas Escolas - Antropologia Biológica: do Micro ao Macro
Conference
 Oficina de Antropologia nas Escolas
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Escola Secundária Joaquim de Carvalho, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
2024/02/16 - 2024/02/16 Feira de Informação Escolar e Profissional (FIEP 2024: Apaixonadamente... Rumo ao futuro)
Exhibition
 Feira de Informação Escolar e Profissional (FIEP 2024: Apaixonadamente... Rumo ao futuro)
Escola Secundária de Jaime Cortesão, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
2023/06/07 - 2023/06/07 Curso de formação em TranScan C (Scanner 3D de alta resolução)
Workshop
 Curso de formação TranScan C
X3D – ISICOM, Portugal
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 Representação CIAS - Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde - na Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2021 (NightSciCli; NEICOIMBRA).
Exhibition
 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2021
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2021/05/22 - 2021/05/22 Assistente EMBIO21
Conference
 EMBIO21
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2019/04/03 - 2019/04/03 Representação de doutoramento para o Programa Operacional Capital Humano (POCH) - Futurália, Lisboa
Exhibition
 Futurália - Oferta Educativa, Formação e Empregabilidade, FIL (Lisboa)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2018/06/18 - 2018/06/18 Assistente no 1º Simpósio de investigação em Tuberculose e Micobactérias não tuberculosas em Portugal
Symposium
 1º Simpósio de investigação em Tuberculose e Micobactérias não tuberculosas em Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2015/10/29 - 2015/10/30 Assistente na II Conferência do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Conference
 II Conferência do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2015/04/17 - 2015/04/18 Assistente no International Symposium on Anthropology and Natural Disasters
Symposium
 International Symposium on Anthropology and Natural Disasters
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010/02/19 - 2010/02/21 El enigma del cerebro: Bases biológicas, psicológicas y médicas de los trastornos del sistema nervioso
Seminar
 El enigma del cerebro: Bases biológicas, psicológicas y médicas de los trastornos del sistema nervioso
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
2009/11/24 - 2010/02/20 Técnicas antropológicas de identificación: Uso de las nuevas tecnologías frente a métodos clásicos
Other
 Técnicas antropológicas de identificación: Uso de las nuevas tecnologías frente a métodos clásicos
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/12/17 Identidad infantil: alimentación, salud y crecimiento postnatal a través de esqueletos medievales de la Península Ibérica
Thesis Member
 Elvira Mangas-Carrasco (PhD)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2024/09/16 Association between bone mass and the state of preservation of individuals from a contemporary collection
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina de Oliveira Conde (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022/01/01 - Current Asociación Española de Paleopatología (AEP) Member
2017/04/25 - Current Paleopathology Association (PPA) Member
2021/11/22 - 2024/07/01 Asociación Española de Antropología y Odontología Forense (AEAOF). Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/11/15 - 2023/11/15 Editorial committee
Member
 Revista de Arqueología Histórica Argentina y Latinoamericana (RAHAYL), Argentina

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/12/09 - Current Estimativa do sexo biológico em indivíduos não-adultos (Mestrado em Antropologia Forense) Perfil biológico (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2022 - Current Advance course: Microscopy in Paleopathology (Online course) Microscopy Aita Bioarch, Spain
2021 - Current Bioarchaeology of children (Online Course) Paleopathology Aita Bioarch, Spain
2018 - Current First evidences of hemoglobinopathy(-ies) and possible association with malaria in Portugal (Mestrado em Evolução e Biologia Humanas). Paleopathology of Human Populations Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023/03/08 - 2023/03/08 Lo último en cuanto a lesiones porosas en el esqueleto en Paleopatología y Bioarqueología Antropologia biológica (Graduado) Universidad Nacional de Colombia Departamento de Biología, Colombia
2022/12/09 - 2022/12/09 Estimativa do sexo biológico em indivíduos não adultos (Mestrado em Evolução e Biologia Humanas) Avaliação do Perfil Biológico (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2022/11/03 - 2022/11/03 A análise de tártaro como método direto para inferir a dieta (Mestrado em Evolução e Biologia Humanas) Introdução às Paleodietas e à Mobilidade (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2021/04/27 - 2021/04/29 Paleopathology course - Porous phenomenon/syndrome and its multiethiological association. (https://osteoresearch.com/esp/curso-de-paleopatalogia/) Curso de Paleopatología (online) (Postgraduate Certificate) Asociación de Estudios Antropológicos y Paleopatológicos “OSTEO Research” , Spain

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/09/17 - Current The Igaedis Project documentary - contribution of biological anthropology Biological Anthropology
2020 - 2021 Teaser Projecto SAND - Sarilhos Grandes Entre Dois Mundos Labor da Antropologia e da Microscopia
2020 - 2021 SAND Álvaro - Dental calculus Dental calculus

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/03/25 - Current Comechingonia: Revista de Arqueología (0326-7911) Centro de Estudios Históricos (CEH)
2022/01/24 - Current Antropologia Portuguesa (0870-0990) Universidade de Coimbra
2020/05 - Current International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (1099-1212) Wiley Online Library
2017/04 - Current International Journal of Paleopathology (1879-9817) Elsevier BV

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/06/01 - 2023/08/01 ERASMUS+ Biological Anthropology Traineeship Nenad Andric (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/12 - 2025/01 Formal thesis assessment (degree of Doctor Europaeus) for Carolina Sandoval Ávila's Ph.D. "Reevaluación del infanticidio y selección del sexo en época ibérica" Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2024/05/22 - 2024/06/05 Formal thesis assessment (degree of Doctor Europaeus) for Elvira Mangas-Carrasco's Ph.D. "Identidad infantil: alimentación, salud y crecimiento postnatal a través de esqueletos medievales de la Península Ibérica" Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2018 Cockburn Student Award
22nd European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association (PPA), Croatia
2018 Award for the best oral communication (Coordination)
VI Jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatología, Portugal
2017 Award for the best oral communication
XIV Congreso Nacional e Internacional de Paleopatología, Spain
2015 Award for the best oral communication
XIII Congreso Nacional e Internacional de Paleopatología, Spain

Title

2018 Honorable mention
VI Jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatología, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 ERASMUS+ Scholarship
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016 Ph.D. Scholarship (Reference: SFRH/BD/115691/2016)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal