Personal identification

Full name

Steffi Vassallo

Citation names

• Vassallo, Steffi

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

A314-7D20-CC14

ORCID iD

0000-0002-8627-9043

Email addresses

• svassallo@campus.fcsh.unl.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

• Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
• Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences - Forensic Science

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English (Mother tongue)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Italian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Dutch	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

	Degree	Classification
2023/08 - 2027/08 Ongoing	Anthropology (Doutoramento) Major in Biological Anthropology Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2025/02 - 2025/02 Concluded	An Introduction to Paleoradiography (Outros) Paleoimaging, United Kingdom
2024/10 - 2024/12 Concluded	Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’ - module 1 (Outros) Utrecht University - N.W. Posthumus Institute, Netherlands COST Action CA22116 The Great Leap, Portugal
2024/10 - 2024/11 Concluded	Paleopathology (Outros) Aita Bioarchaeology, Spain
2024/10 - 2024/11 Concluded	Statistics in Bioarchaeology using R (Outros) Aita Bioarchaeology, Spain
2022/10 - 2023/06 Concluded	Diploma in Forensic Medical Sciences (Postgraduate Certificate) Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, United Kingdom "The future role of the invasive autopsy in the investigation of deaths, and possible alternatives." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2023/04/29 - 2023/04/29 Concluded	Trauma Analysis workshop (CPD accredited) (Outros) British Association for Forensic Anthropology, United Kingdom
2022/10 - 2022/12 Concluded	Analysis of Organismal Form (CPD accredited) (Outros) The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
2018/09/03 - 2019/09/05 Concluded	Anatomy & Advanced Forensic Anthropology (Master) University of Dundee, United Kingdom "Estimation of sex from metric measurements of the human scapulae from a modern Italian population. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018/09/17 - 2018/11/19 Concluded	Comparative Osteology Certificate (Outros) University of Dundee, United Kingdom
2018/07 - 2018/08 Concluded	Skeletal Pathology & Traumatology: An Advanced Course (CPD accredited) (Outros) Odyssey Fieldschool, Cyprus
2015/10 - 2018/06 Concluded	BSc Anthropology (Bachelor) Durham University, United Kingdom "Untangling decomposition: determining the effect of meteorology, materials, burial depth and soil properties on the decay rate of pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) trotters." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/06/26 - 2017/07/08 Concluded	Human Remains Training Certificate (CPD accredited) (Outros) Odyssey Fieldschool, Cyprus

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/08/01 - Current	O Porto in Times of Cholera and War: A Bioarchaeological Approach to Human Fragility (BeFRAIL) 2022.02398.PTDC PhD Student Fellow Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Publications

Conference paper	Alves-Cardoso, Francisca; Malcherek, Anne; Rodrigues, Zélia; Vassallo, Steffi. "A view from the ground: insights on epidemic outbreaks and health crises using archaeothanatology.". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on the History of Health: Epidemiology and Health Infrastructure in European History (19th-21st Century), Lisbon, 2024. Alves-Cardoso, Francisca; Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; Malcherek, Anne; Moreira, Carlos; Vassallo, Steffi. "From the field to the lab: Archaeological and bioanthropological applications of digital technology.". Paper presented in Workflows: Digital Methods for Reproducible Research Practices in the Arts and Humanities, Lisbon, Portugal., Lisbon, 2024. Published • https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12007980 La Valley, Anna; McNern, Laura; Vassallo, Steffi; Kyriakou, Xenia Paula. "The Epidemiology of Longevity and Behaviour - Evidence from the skeleton and its value in Human Identification.". Paper presented in The 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Cleveland, 2019. Published
Conference poster	Vassallo, Steffi; Esteves, Alexandra; Assis, Sandra; Rodrigues, Zélia; Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; Malcherek, Anne; Manuel F. C. Pereira; Pal Chowdhury, Manasij; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca. "The unearthed smile: examining an 18th/19th century fixed dental bridge from the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo burial site (Porto, Portugal).". Paper presented in The 25th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13768117 Vassallo, Steffi; Assis, Sandra; Moreira, Carlos; Vieira, Noelma; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca. Corresponding author: Vassallo, Steffi. "Surviving but not thriving: palaeopathological insights from a 19th century adult individual from the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo burial site (Porto, Portugal).". Paper presented in 24th European Meeting of Paleopathology Association, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14168605 Rodrigues, Zélia; Assis, Sandra; Vassallo, Steffi; Malcherek, Anne; Moreira, Carlos; Manuel F. C. Pereira; Fonseca Vítor; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca. "One in a thousand: A challenging palaeopathological diagnosis of a lumbar vertebra found amongst commingled remains from Carmo (Porto, Portugal).". Paper presented in 24th European Meeting of Paleopathology Association, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14013111 Malcherek, Anne; Vassallo, Steffi; Assis, Sandra; Rodrigues, Zélia; Manuel F. C. Pereira; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca. "Exploring a calcified tissue from the 19th century Carmo burial site (Porto, Portugal): differential diagnosis using nano-CT imaging.". Paper presented in 24th European Meeting of Paleopathology Association, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13754616 Luis Reis; Valeria Florea; Silvia Casimiro; Sara Gaspar; Nuno Neto; Carlos Moreira; Steffi Vassallo; et al. "From the Field: The Use of Photogrammetry to Explore Complex Burials in Archaeological Contexts.". Paper presented in DARIAH Annual Event 2024, 2024. 10.5281/ZENODO.11919511 Carlos Moreira; Anne Malcherek; Steffi Vassallo; Valeria Florea; Silvia Casimiro; Sara Gaspar; Nuno Neto; et al. "In the Lab: The Use of Photogrammetry as a Means of Digital Reconstruction and Preservation of Fragmented Human Remains.". Paper presented in DARIAH Annual Event 2024, 2024. 10.5281/ZENODO.11998730 Moreira, Carlos; Malcherek, Anne; Vassallo, Steffi; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca. "Digital Approaches to the Reconstruction and Curation of Human Remains: A Case Study.". Paper presented in 4º ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGADORES DO IN2PAST, 2024. 10.54499/2022.02398.PTDC Vassallo, Steffi; Catriona Davies; Lucie Biehler-Gomez. "Estimation of sex from metric measurements of the human scapulae from a modern Italian population.". Paper presented in British Association for Human Identification Winter Conference, 2019.
Journal article	Steffi Vassallo; Catriona Davies; Lucie Biehler-Gomez. "Sex estimation using scapular measurements: discriminant function analysis in a modern Italian population.". Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2020.1868575. 10.1080/00450618.2020.1868575
Manual	Vassallo, Steffi. Instructions manual for creating 3D models in Agisoft Metashape: Professional Edition.. 2024. Published • https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13870098

Other distinction

2019	Runner-up best poster award British Association for Human Identification , United Kingdom