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Ana Margarida Sousa holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Petroleum Engineering from Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, which she completed in 2023. She earned her Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering in 2018 from Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Petroleum Engineering in 2016 from Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, and Civil Engineering in 2007 from Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico. Currently, Ana is an Adviser in the Cabinet of the Secretary of State of Energy and Climate within the Government of the Portuguese Republic, alongside her role as an Invited Assistant Professor at Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico. She has made significant contributions to academia and research, publishing 16 articles in journals, organizing events, and actively participating in 10. Ana also supervised one MSc dissertation and has been honored with three awards for her outstanding achievements. Throughout her career, Ana has been involved in various research projects. Ana's expertise spans several key areas, with her scientific output focusing prominently on Paraffinic oils, Wax deposition, Flow assurance, Energy, Renewable resources, Raw Materials, and Environmental problems.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Margarida Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, A. M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7B17-3156-B88B
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2869-2195
Researcher Id
AAB-3319-2019
Scopus Author Id
57205565146
Education
Degree Classification
2018/02/09 - 2023/04/19
Concluded
 Petroleum Engineering (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Wellbore wax deposition studies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Distinction and Honor
2022/05/05 - 2022/05/05
Concluded
 Hydraulic and Water Resources Specialist (Especialista em Hidráulica e Recursos Hídricos) (Título de especialista)
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2020/08/17 - 2020/08/17
Concluded
 Energy Specialist (Especialista em Energia) (Título de especialista)
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2018
Concluded
 Mechanical Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
"Dimensionamento das redes de água de segunda intervenção " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2016/11/23
Concluded
 Petroleum Engineering (Master)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Simulação Numérica da deposição de ceras em poços e pipelines" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18/20
2002/09/30 - 2007/10/22
Concluded
 Civil Engineering (Master)
Major in Hidráulica e Recursos Hídricos
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Erosão localizada junto do pilares cilíndricos complexos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/08/22 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01/06 - Current Adviser - Cabinet of the Secretary of State of Energy and Climate Governo da República Portuguesa, Portugal
Secretaria de Estado da Energia e Clima, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/10/08 - 2016/06/30 Enginner Atkins, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/09 - 2022/11 COVID/BD/152590/2022
COVID/BD/152590/2022
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
2018/04/01 - 2022/09/29 Study of wax deposition in oil wells (Estudo da deposição de ceras em poços petrolíferos)
SFRH/BD/131005/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/09/22 - 2018/03/21 Numerical simulation of wax deposition in vertical wells (Simulação numérica da deposição de ceras em poços verticais)
5179
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Partex Oil and Gas Holdings Corp
Concluded
2006/08/01 - 2007/06/30 CEHIDRO - Scour around Complex Shape Bridge Piers (Erosão localizada junto a pilares de pontes complexos)
79FS0B/1970-CEHIDRO
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Center for Natural Resources and Environment
UID/ECI/04028/2019
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Sousa, Ana (7B17-3156-B88B); Azevedo, Leonardo; Maria João Pereira; Matos, Henrique A.. "The influence of solar heating upon ground temperature". Paper presented in 8th European Thermal Sciences Conference (EUROTHERM 2021) 20-22 September 2021, Lisboa, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Sousa, Ana (7B17-3156-B88B); Matos, Henrique A.; Maria João Pereira. Corresponding author: Sousa, Ana (7B17-3156-B88B). "Stochastic Analyses on Relative Viscosity of Water-in-oil". Paper presented in ESCAPE-30, 2020.
  2. Sousa, Ana; Henrique A. Matos; Maria J. Pereira. "Modelling Paraffin Wax Deposition Using Aspen HYSYS and MATLAB". Paper presented in ESCAPE-29, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Rodrigo Sarroeira; João Henriques; Ana M. Sousa; Catarina Ferreira da Silva; Nuno Nunes; Sérgio Moro; Maria do Carmo Botelho. "Monitoring Sensors for Urban Air Quality: The Case of the Municipality of Lisbon". Sensors (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/s23187702.
    10.3390/s23187702
  2. João Godinho; Ric Hoefnagels; Catarina G. Braz; Ana M. Sousa; José F.O. Granjo. "An economic and greenhouse gas footprint assessment of international maritime transportation of hydrogen using liquid organic hydrogen carriers". Energy (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.127673.
    10.1016/j.energy.2023.127673
  3. Ana M. Sousa; Tiago P. Ribeiro; Maria J. Pereira; Henrique A. Matos. "How Do Methane, Carbon Dioxide or Fatty Acids Affect Waxy Crude Oils?". Energies (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010406.
    10.3390/en16010406
  4. Ana M. Sousa; Tiago P. Ribeiro; Maria J. Pereira; Henrique A. Matos. "Review of the Economic and Environmental Impacts of Producing Waxy Crude Oils". Energies (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010120.
    10.3390/en16010120
  5. Ana M. Sousa; Tiago P. Ribeiro; Maria J. Pereira; Henrique A. Matos. "On the economic impact of wax deposition on the oil and gas industry". Energy Conversion and Management: X (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2022.100291.
    10.1016/j.ecmx.2022.100291
  6. Ana M. Sousa; Maria J. Pereira; Henrique A. Matos. "Oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions formation and demulsification". Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.110041.
    10.1016/j.petrol.2021.110041
  7. Ana M. Sousa; Henrique A. Matos; Maria J. Pereira. "Properties of Crude Oil-in-Water and Water-in-Crude Oil Emulsions: A Critical Review". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2022): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02744.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02744
  8. A. M. Sousa; M. J. Pereira; H. A. Matos; V.S. Litvinenko. "Planning pipeline pigging operations with predictive maintenance". E3S Web of Conferences 266 (2021): 01017-01017. https://doi.org/10.1051%2Fe3sconf%2F202126601017.
    10.1051/e3sconf/202126601017
  9. Sousa, A.M.; Ribeiro, T.P.. "Local scour at complex bridge piers - experimental validation of current prediction methods". ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/14931154/.
    10.1080/09715010.2019.1639223
  10. Tiago Ribeiro; Constança Rigueiro; Luís Borges; Ana Sousa. "A comprehensive method for fatigue life evaluation and extension in the context of predictive maintenance for fixed ocean structures". Applied Ocean Research 95 (2020): 102050-102050. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.apor.2020.102050.
    10.1016/j.apor.2020.102050
  11. Ana M. Sousa; Thalles A. Andrade; Massimiliano Errico; José P. Coelho; Rui M. Filipe; Henrique A. Matos. "Fatty Acid Content in Biomasses: State-of-the-Art and Novel Physical Property Estimation Methods". International Journal of Chemical Engineering (2019): https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2430234.
    10.1155/2019/2430234
  12. Ana L. Sousa; Henrique A. Matos. "Correlations for prediction of molecular diffusivities in liquids at infinite dilution for normal paraffin solutions". The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (2019): https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.23651.
    10.1002/cjce.23651
  13. Sousa; Ribeiro; Relvas; Barbosa-Póvoa. "Using Machine Learning for Enhancing the Understanding of Bullwhip Effect in the Oil and Gas Industry". Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction 1 3 (2019): 994-1012. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fmake1030057.
    10.3390/make1030057
  14. A.M. Sousa; H.A. Matos; L. Guerreiro. "Wax deposition mechanisms and the effect of emulsions and carbon dioxide injection on wax deposition: Critical review". Petroleum (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petlm.2019.09.004.
    10.1016/j.petlm.2019.09.004
  15. A. L. Sousa; H. A. Matos; L. P. Guerreiro. "Preventing and removing wax deposition inside vertical wells: a review". Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-019-0609-x.
    10.1007/s13202-019-0609-x
  16. Lantsoght, Eva O. L.; Abambres, Miguel; Ribeiro, Tiago; Sousa, Ana. "Interviewing and Hiring Practices in Brazilian Academia: Proposals Towards Improvement". Societies (2019): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/56093333/.
    10.3390/SOC9030057
Magazine article
  1. João Graça Gomes; Jiang Juan; João Godinho; Sousa, A. M.; Ana Gomes; Bruno Henrique Santos; Henrique A. Matos; et al. Corresponding author: João Graça Gomes. "FELPT: China descarboniza a economia através do Hidrogénio Verde", GreenSavers, 2022, https://greensavers.sapo.pt/felpt-china-descarboniza-a-economia-atraves-do-hidrogenio-verde/.
  2. Pedro Ferreira; Sousa, A. M.. Corresponding author: Pedro Ferreira. "A Associação Portuguesa da Energia e o FEL.PT", O Instalador, 2021, https://oinstalador.com/Artigos/347772-A-Associacao-Portuguesa-da-Energia-e-o-FEL-PT.html.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Sousa, A. M.. "Simulação Numérica da deposição de ceras em poços e pipelines". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2016. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/mep/dissertacao/1691203502342641.
  2. Sousa, Ana. "Erosão localizada junto do pilares cilíndricos complexo". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2007. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/lec-pb/dissertacao/2353642117023.

Other

Other output
  1. Stochastic Analyses on Relative Viscosity of Water-in-oil Emulsions. 2020. Ana M. Sousa; Maria J. Pereira; Henrique A. Matos. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-12-823377-1.50021-5.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-823377-1.50021-5
  2. Modelling Paraffin Wax Deposition Using Aspen HYSYS and MATLAB. 2019. Ana M. Sousa; Henrique A. Matos; Maria J. Pereira. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-12-818634-3.50163-6.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-818634-3.50163-6
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/03/18 Life cycle assessment of renewable energy sources towards climate neutrality 80th International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia 2022: Towards climate neutrality: economic impacts, opportunities and risks
University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia)
2020/06/19 Predictive maintenance program for obstructed wells or pipelines XVI International Forum-Contest of Students and Young Researchers «Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources»
Sankt-Peterburgskij gornyj universitet (São Petersburgo, Russia)
2020/03/05 Modeling viscosity of water-in-crude oil emulsions Annual Students Energy Congress 2020 - Europe Student Paper Contest
SPE (Zagreb, Croatia)
2019/11/24 Modelling water-in-oil emulsions using Aspen HYSYS CAPE Forum 2019
University of Liège (Liège, Belgium)
2016/05/03 Numerical simulation of wax deposition in pipelines and wells Annual Meeting Master of Petroleum Engineering
IST (Lisboa, Portugal)
2012/10/10 Implementation study of the control and safety system in the operation of the Rabagão water supply system - South Zone (Estudo de implementação do sistema de controlo e segurança no funcionamento do sistema de abastecimento de água do Rabagão - Zona Sul.) 15º Encontro de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental
(Évora, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - 2023/07/13 Hydrocracker unit simulation model and creation of vector structure for Galp's linear programming model (Modelo de simulação da unidade de Hydrocracker e criação de estrutura vetorial para o modelo de programação linear da Galp)
Supervisor
 Engenharia em Recursos Energéticos (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/04/29 - 2022/04/29 European Future Energy Leaders (FEL) Event: Issues Monitor 2022 Future Energy Leaders from across Europe will reflect on the Issues Monitor results for the Europe region and share their views on the developments that have since occurred. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/european-future-energy-leaders-fel-event-issues-monitor-2022-tickets-31452063 (2022/04/29 - 2022/04/29)
Round table (Co-organisor)
 World Energy Council, United Kingdom

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/11/30 - 2023/11/30 Speaker - Panel Discussion - Towards a sustainable era of geoenergy (www. petroleumgeostatistics2023.org)
Conference
 Petroleum Geostatistics 2023 Towards a sustainable era of geonergy
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, Netherlands
2023/07/20 - 2023/07/20 Speaker - round table about Energy and Climate Oradora na mesa redonda sobre Energia e Clima
Round table
 Espaço Jovem - Energia e Clima
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/19 Guest speaker for the opening session "Energy Transition"
Meeting
 Annual meeting (Reunião Anual de Engenharia de Recursos Minerais e Energéticos)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/03/30 - 2023/03/30 Energy Trilemma: Security, Equity and Environmental Sustainability (O trilema da Energia: Segurança, Equidade e Sustentabilidade Ambiental)
Seminar
 XIII Jornadas Científicas da faculdade de engenharia da UniLúrio - "Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia para o desenvolvimento Sustentável"
Universidade Lurio, Mozambique
2022/11/29 - 2022/11/29 Moderation - Participation of the CEO of EDP, Miguel Stilwell, CEO of REN, Rodrigo Costa and CEO of Galp, Andy Brown, and the General Director of Energy and Geology, João Bernardo. (Moderação da sessão que contou com a participação dos CEO da EDP, Miguel Stilwell, da REN, Rodrigo Costa e da Galp, Andy Brown, bem como do Director-Geral de Energia e Geologia, João Bernardo.)
Conference
Associação Portuguesa da Energia, Portugal
2022/10/14 - 2022/10/14 Invited speaker: "Energy and climate emergency: how to manage a gordian knot?" https://www.clubelisboa.pt/en/conferences/lisbon-conferences/conferences/5th-conference/
Conference
 5th Lisbon Conference
2022/10/12 - 2022/10/13 Facilitator on "New solutions: Rebalancing the energy trilemma".
Conference
 Executive Assembly & Energy Trilemma Summit 202
World Energy Council, United Kingdom
2022/07/06 - 2022/07/07 Participated in the round table "What options are most viable for abandoning fossil fuels? Participou na mesa-redonda "Que opções são mais viáveis para abandonar os combustíveis fósseis?", com Manuel Reis (Vice-Presidente da UVE - Associação de Utilizadores de Veículos Elétricos), João Amaral (Country Manager da Voltalia) e Carlos Abreu (Diretor Unidade Manutenção da Frota da STCP), moderados por Sérgio Abrantes (Diretor Editorial da MOB Magazine)
Congress
 MOBLAB CONGRESS – CONGRESSO ANUAL DA MOBILIDADE INTELIGENTE
Mob Magazzine, Portugal
2022/05/05 - 2022/05/08 Moderator role in the "EYE Conference Lisbon 2022 - Engineering: 'A Highway to Sustainability. PANEL 4 ¿ Hydrogen and Energy Transition". May 7th, 2022' https://lisbon2022.eyengineers.eu/
Conference
 EYE Conference Lisbon 2022 - Engineering: 'A Highway to Sustainability
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2020/12/04 - 2020/12/04 Moderator role in the European Future Energy Leaders event. "How to go Net-Zero in the Heavy Industry?"
Seminar
World Energy Council, United Kingdom

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/07/13 Hydrocracker unit simulation model and creation of vector structure for Galp's linear programming model (Modelo de simulação da unidade de Hydrocracker e criação de estrutura vetorial para o modelo de programação linear da Galp)
Supervisor
 Euridce Raquel da Silva Veneno (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/03/16 - Current Instituto da Transição Energética Assembleia Geral
2020/07/09 - Current Associação Portuguesa De Engenharia Sanitária E Ambiental (APESB)
2019/11/15 - Current Associação Portuguesa da Energia (APE)
2008/04/23 - Current Engineering Council (Ordem dos Engenheiros)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/20 - 2023/11/03 Modelling Fluid Dynamics in Porous Media (Modelação da Dinâmica de Fluidos em Meios Porosos) Mestrado em Engenharia e Recursos Energéticos (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/09/07 - 2022/11/04 Modelling Fluid Dynamics in Porous Media (Modelação dinâmica de Fluidos em Meios Porosos) Engenharia de Petróleos (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2022/11/28 3rd Cohort of the Future Energy Leaders Portugal Program: applications until November 30th (3.ª Cohort do Programa Future Energy Leaders Portugal: candidaturas até 30 de novembro) O Instalador
2022/11/28 3rd Cohort of the Future Energy Leaders Portugal Program: applications until November 30th (3.ª Cohort do Programa Future Energy Leaders Portugal: candidaturas até 30 de novembro) Novo Perfil
2022/09/05 "Ana Luís de Sousa, membro do Board dos Future Energy Leaders Portugal, acredita que travão ibérico tem sido positivo para a proteção dos preços da eletricidade." Jornal d eNegócios
2022/06/08 The future of energy - How to guarantee the energy transition? (DEBATE: O FUTURO DA ENERGIA - COMO GARANTIR UMA TRANSIÇÃO ENERGÉTICA - Rodrigo Vilanova, Executive Vice President, Energy Management, Galp - Catarina Vazão, Partner da Get2C e da Trade2C - Victor Moure, Country Manager Portugal da Schneider Electric - Ana Sousa, investigadora do Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente (CERENA-IST) do Instituto Superior Técnico - Jorge Vasconcelos, CEO, NEWES, New Energy Solutions ) Negócios, Sábado, CM
2022/03/08 Associação Portuguesa da Energia apresenta programa 'Women Energy Portugal' O Instalador
2022/02/16 "Fronteiras XXI" aims to debate the major themes that challenge Portugal and the world. It was within the scope of this program, which results from a partnership between the Francisco Manuel dos Santos ("Fronteiras XXI" pretende debater os grandes temas que desafiam Portugal e o mundo. Foi no âmbito deste programa, que resulta de uma parceria entre a Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos e a RTP, que fui entrevistada sobre a transição energética em Portugal. Considero que «O hidrogénio tem o potencial de agilizar a transição energética em Portugal». Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
Distinctions

Award

2020 2020 Europe Student Paper Contest, 3rd place - "Modeling viscosity of water-in-crude oil emulsions"
Society of Petroleum Engineers, United States
2020 Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro 2019 - Menção Honrosa
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2020 Best Speaker Award in the "New approaches to resolving Oil & Gas Sector - Specific Issues: Midstream. Session of XVI International Forum-Contest of Students and Young Researchers: "Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources"
Sankt-Peterburgskij gornyj universitet, Russia