MARIA CRISTINA DA COSTA VILA (A913-906C-EE88)

Curriculum Vitae

MARIA CRISTINA DA COSTA VILA

Maria Cristina Vila is Associate Professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP - https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/en/WEB_PAGE.INICIAL), where she has been teaching since 1992. BSc in Geotechnical Engineering (1988) and Mining Engineering (1990) from the University of Porto. MSc in Technology and Management of Mineral Resources (1995) by FEUP/IST. Concluded her PhD in 2005 with the thesis "Soil rehabilitation observed through respirometry - signal analysis in biological systems", at FEUP. Responsible for the courses in Aquifer and Soil Rehabilitation, Quantitative environmental risk assessment, in the Master in Environmental Engineering, and also to the courses of Dynamical Systems in Mining Engineering and Geo-environment Bachelor program, and Control and Instrumentation in the Mining Engineering and Geo-Environment Master program. In charge of university management positions of which special reference should be made to the direction of the master's degree in mining and geo-environmental engineering and the assistant direction of the master's degree and the degree in environmental engineering since 2019, is also a member of the pedagogical council of the faculty of engineering of the university of Porto. Supervisor of 20 concluded master dissertations and two concluded and two ongoing Ph.D. thesis. Integrated member of the Centre for Natural Resources and Environment (CERENA), being elected as coordinator of the Environment Group in December 2020. Her scientific research is focused mainly on the following topics: rehabilitation of contaminated soils; bioremediation; monitoring and environmental risk analysis; technologies and waste management of the extractive industry (waste and drainage mining) and; mineral biotechnology. She has participated in 17 funded research projects among international, national, and company projects. Author of more than 80 publications (in international scientific journals, proceedings of international conferences, technical reports, and didactic publishing).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: MARIA CRISTINA DA COSTA VILA

Citation names

Vila, Maria
M. C. Vila
Vila, M. C.
Vila, Cristina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A913-906C-EE88
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5063-5632
AuthenticusID: R-000-ASJ
Scopus Author Id: 36763250300

Email addresses

mvila@fe.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

220413167 (Professional)

Addresses

Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/func_geral.formview?p_codigo=211751 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Mining and Mineral Processing
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Bioremediation

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
French	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2005 Concluded	Ciências de Engenharia (Doutoramento) Major in Sem especialidade Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Reabilitação de Solos Observada Através de Respirometria - Análise de Sinal em Sistemas Biológicos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1993 - 1995/12/15 Concluded	Mestrado em Tecnologia e Gestão de Recursos Minerais (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Lixiviação por percolação - Um modelo de parâmetros distribuidos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1990 Concluded	Engenharia de Minas (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1984/10 - 1988/06 Concluded	Engenharia Geotécnica (Bacharelato) Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal	15/20

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/11/29 - Current	Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal (...)
2005 - 2022	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

1992/09/01 - 2005/02/25	Trainee Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1990/11/02 - 1992/08/31	Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
	Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/12 - 2027/05	UNLOCKING THE SUPPLY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN EUROPE THROUGH RESPONSIBLE, SUSTAINABLE AND DECARBONISED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES 101138460	European Commission
2013/07 - 2015/08	Remediation Technologies for the Cleanup of Soils Contaminated with Biofuels (ISIS) grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 131232	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2008/03 - 2011/07	Low Cost In-Situ Arsenic Mitigation Tecnologies using IBS grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 70216	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/07 - 2008/06	RESPIROMETRY OF ROCK ACID DRAINAGE AND THE USAGE OF OXYGEN CONSUMING COATINGS AS A MEAN OF REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS FROM TAILINGS DISPOSALS grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 60438	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/06 - 2008/06	EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS FOR ESTIMATING THE DESIGN PARAMETERS OF PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 59779	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/07/01 - 2023/06/30	CAVALI - Cadeia de Valor do Lítio POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047728 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Ongoing
2021/04/01 - 2023/03/31	Soil health surrounding former mining areas: characterization, risk analysis, and intervention NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000056 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte Ongoing
2016/08/15 - 2020/06/30	PT-W - Biotools for a sustainable supply of tungsten - from biodetection to bioleaching and biorecovery PTDC/AAG-REC/3839/2014 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
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
2016/06/01 - 2019/12/31	Recognition of microbial functional communities and assessment of the mineralizing potential bioleaching for high-tech critical metals ERA-MIN/0004/2015 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2016/04/01 - 2019/08/30	Improve Resource Efficiency and Minimize Environmental Footprint ERA-MIN/0007/2015 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior Concluded
2015/01 - 2018/12	Flexible and Mobile Economic Processing Technologies 641650 Researcher	European Commission Concluded
2014/01/01 - 2016/12/31	Tools for sustainable gold mining in EU ERA-MIN/0002/2013 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/07/01 - 2015/08/31	Remediation Technologies for the Cleanup of Soils Contaminated with Biofuels ISIS PTDC/AAG-TEC/4403/2012 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2008/03/01 - 2011/07/31	Low Cost In-Situ Arsenic Mitigation Tecnologies using IBS PTDC/ECM/70216/2006 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2008/06/30	RESPIROMETRY OF ROCK ACID DRAINAGE AND THE USAGE OF OXYGEN CONSUMING COATINGS AS A MEAN OF REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS FROM TAILINGS DISPOSALS POCI/ECM/60438/2004 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2005/06/01 - 2008/06/30	EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS FOR ESTIMATING THE DESIGN PARAMETERS OF PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS POCI/ECM/59779/2004 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2022/03/07 - Current	EDS@FEUP - Educação para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável na FEUP EDS@FEUP Researcher University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book	Vila, M. C.; Fiúza, António. Risco Ambiental - Análise Sistémica Estruturada. Portugal. 2020. Published Janine Figueiredo; Cristina Vila; Joaquim Góis; Bárbara Biju; Diogo Martins; Aurora Futuro; Maria de Lurdes Dinis; Alexandre Leite; António Fiúza. An assessment of Cabeço do Pião Tailings aiming its recovery of metals as a sustainable alternative. 2019. Maria Cristina Vila. Book of Abstracts of the Symposium on Environmental Engineering. 2019. Janine Figueiredo; Maria Cristina Vila; Phillipe Gomes; Diogo Martins; Aurora Futuro Silva; Joaquim Góis; Maria De Lurdes Dinis; Alexandre Leite; António Fiúza. Can old tailings disposals become mineral resources? A Portuguese case study. 2019. Maria Cristina Vila. Book of Abstracts of the Symposium on Environmental Engineering. 2019. Janine Figueiredo; Cristina Vila; Joaquim Góis; Bárbara Biju; Diogo Martins; Aurora Futuro; Maria de Lurdes Dinis; Alexandre Leite; António Fiúza. An assessment of Cabeço do Pião Tailings aiming its recovery of metals as a sustainable alternative. 2019. Rúben Fernandes; Diogo Martins; Rui Sousa; António Fiúza; Cristina Vila; Maria de Lurdes Dinis; Joaquim Góis; Alexandre Leite; Aurora Futuro. Tungsten concentration process from tailings using Wilfley Shaking TablE. 2018. Reichel, S.; Martin, M.; Bryan, C.G.; Vila, C.; Fiúza, A.; Reimer, W.; Reichel, Susan; et al. Innovative biohydrometallurgical approaches in the EU project FAME. 2017. 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.262.307 Janine Figueiredo; Maria Cristina Vila; António Fiúza. Tailings: re-processing or safe storage? A proposal of optimization by multi-objective criteria. 2017. Maria Cristina Vila; Renata Santos; Sara Guimarães; Diana Ferreira; António Fiúza. Groundwater contamination due to a coal-ash landfill - activepassive combined remediation solutions. 2017. Maria Cristina Vila; Joaquim Góis; Mário Guedes. A systematic approach applied to closure and contingency plans for tailings dams. 2013. Vila, M.C.; Soeiro De Carvalho, J.M.; Fiúza, A.. Advanced numerical tools applied to geo-environmental engineering - Soils contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons, a case study. 2011. 10.1007/978-3-642-18466-6_22 Maria Cristina Vila; Maria Manuela Carvalho; Valentina Domingues; Cristina Delerue Matos; Teresa Oliva Teles; António Fiúza; José Soeiro de Carvalho. Benzene biodegradability tests on a residual granitic soil. 2011. Maria Manuela Carvalho; Maria Cristina Vila; José Soeiro Carvalho; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Valentina Domingues; Maria Teresa Oliva-Teles; António M. A. Fiuza. Challenges in Respirometry of Contaminated Soils. 2011. Maria Cristina Vila; Maria Manuela Carvalho; Teresa Oliva Teles; Valentina Domingues; Cristina Delerue Matos; António Fiúza; José Soeiro de Carvalho. Evaluation of xylene bioventing in a residual granitic soil remediation. 2011. Maria Cristina da Costa Vila; António Manuel Antunes Fiúza. Analysis of bioremediation respirometric data using wavelets. 2008. Maria Cristina Vila; António Fiúza. A distributed parameter model for downward percolation leaching. 1998.
Book chapter	Carvalho, Manuela M.; Vila, Maria Cristina; Oliva-Teles, Teresa; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Fiúza, António. "Bioaugmentation and Biostimulation for Remediation of BTEX—Polluted Soils: Study Case". In Advances in Geoengineering, Geotechnologies, and Geoenvironment for Earth Systems and Sustainable Georesources Management, 253-257. Springer International Publishing, 2023. 10.1007/978-3-031-25986-9_42 Campos, A.; Matos, M.L.; Góis, J.; Vila, M.C.; Dinis, M.L.; Santos Baptista, J.. "Dispersion of quarry's dust-pilot study". 271-276. 2014.
Conference abstract	Sousa, Sara; Dinis, Maria de Lurdes; Vila, Maria; Fernandes, António; Araújo, Ana Rita. "SHS - SOIL HEALTH SURROUNDING FORMER MINING AREAS: CHARACTERIZATION, RISK ANALYSIS, AND INTERVENTION I". Paper presented in Young Researchers Meeting of U.Porto, Porto, 2023. Published Sousa, Sara; Dinis, Maria de Lurdes; Vila, Maria; Fernandes, António; Araújo, Rita. Corresponding author: Sousa, Sara. "Soil Health surrounding former mining areas: Characterization, risk analysis, and intervention I". Paper presented in Young Researchers Meeting of U.Porto 2023, Porto, 2023. Published Ferreira, Ana; Dinis, Maria de Lurdes; Vila, Cristina; Fernandes, António; Araújo, Rita. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Ana. "SHS Soil Health surrounding former mining areas: Characterization, risk analysis, and intervention II". Paper presented in Young Researchers Meeting of U.Porto 2023, Porto, 2023. Published Reis, Vasco; Dinis, Maria de Lurdes; Vila, Cristina; Fernandes, António. "Physical and chemical characterization of the calcium difluoride sludge heap from a phosphate processing plant (NORM site)". Paper presented in Young Researchers Meeting of U.Porto 2023, Porto, 2023. Published Alves, André; Vila, Cristina; Dinis, Maria de Lurdes; Soeiro Carvalho, José; Fernandes, António. Corresponding author: Alves, André. "Assessment of soil health in the vicinity of a Au/Sb Mine". Paper presented in Young Researchers Meeting of U.Porto 2023, Porto, 2023. Published
Conference paper	Maria Cristina Vila; Maria De Lurdes Dinis; Filipa Lopes; António Fernandes; António Fiúza. "Environmental legacy assessment in the former mining area of Montalto, Portugal Contributions to future mitigation or remediation measures". 2023. Lopes, F.; Vila, M.C.; Dinis, M.L.. "Assessment of contamination potential and environmental risk characterization - the case study of water resources affected by former Sb mine of Montalto". 2022. Araújo, A.R.; Dinis, M.L.; Vila, M.C.. "Physical, chemical and environmental characterization of soils and sediments potentially affected by the tailings of the Ribeiro da Serra mine". 2022. Maria Cristina Vila; Francisco Mahú. "Prediction of atmospheric transport of VOCs originated by Matosinhos refinery". 2021. Figueiredo, J.; Vila, M.C.; Fiúza, A.. "A sustainable tailings reprocessing project: A case of study in Portugal". 2018. 10.5593/sgem2018/1.4/S04.001 Figueiredo, J.; Vila, M.C.; Martins, D.; Futuro, A.; Fiúza, A.. "Design optimization of a tailings reprocessing: Tungsten and zinc recovery". 2018. 10.5593/sgem2018/2.1/S07.037 Vila, Cristina; Fernandes, António; Dinis, Maria de Lurdes; Futuro Silva, Aurora; Fiúza, António. Corresponding author: Vila, Cristina. " Waste management in the scope of a gold mine project". Paper presented in 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Rhodes, 2017. Published Janine Figueiredo; Maria Cristina Vila; Phillipe Gomes; Diogo Martins; Aurora Futuro Silva; Joaquim Góis; Maria De Lurdes Dinis; Alexandre Leite; António Fiúza. "Can old tailings disposals become mineral resources? A Portuguese case study". Paper presented in CEST' 2017, 2017. Fiuza, A.; Futuro, A.; Dinis, M.L.; Vila, M.C.; Rios, R.. "Arsenic removal using “green” Nano Zero valent iron". 2016. Vila, M.C.; Góis, J.; Guedes, M.. "A systematic approach applied to closure and contingency plans for tailings dams". 2013. M. Cristina Vila; J. Soeiro de Carvalho; A. Futuro da Silva; A. Fiúza; Cristina Vila, M.; Soeiro De Carvalho, J.; Futuro Da Silva, A.; Fiúza, A.. "Preventing acid mine drainage from mine tailings". 2008. 10.2495/wm080741 Vila, C.; Fiúza, A.. "Respirometry studies in a hydrocarbon-contaminated sandy soil". 2004.
Conference poster	Vila, Cristina; Dinis, Maria de Lurdes; Lopes, Filipa; Fernandes, António; Fiúza, António; Futuro Silva, Aurora; Goís, Joaquim; Soeiro Carvalho, José. Corresponding author: Vila, Cristina. "Environmental legacy assessment in the former mining area of Montalto, Portugal". Paper presented in 26th World Mining Congress, 2023. Sousa, Sara; Dinis, Maria de Lurdes; Vila, Cristina; Fernandes, António; Araújo, Rita. Corresponding author: Sousa, Sara. "SHS Soil Health surrounding former mining areas: Characterization, risk analysis, and intervention I". Paper presented in Young Researchers Meeting of U.Porto 2023, 2023. Reis, Vasco; Dinis, Maria de Lurdes; Vila, Cristina; Fernandes, António. "Vasco Reis Physical and chemical characterization of the calcium difluoride sludge heap from a phosphate processing plant (NORM site)". Paper presented in Young Researchers Meeting of U.Porto 2023, 2023. Lopes, Filipa; Vila, Cristina; Dinis, Maria de Lurdes; Fernandes, António. Corresponding author: Lopes, Filipa. "Assessment of contamination potential and environmental risk characterization - the case study of water resources affected by former Sb mine of Montalto". Paper presented in Young Researchers Meeting of U.Porto 2022, 2022.
Journal article	António Fiúza; Aurora Futuro; Joaquim Gois; M. Lurdes Dinis; Cristina Vila; Soeiro Carvalho; António Fernandes. "The Legacy of Potential Environmental Soil Contamination in an Antimony Mining Heritage Area". Minerals (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/min13020257. 10.3390/min13020257 Fiúza, A; Leite, Alexandre; Lurdes Dinis, M.; Futuro, A.; Figueiredo, J.. Corresponding author: Fiúza, A. "Quantitative Risk Assessment of Environmental Hazards Generated by a Tailings Embankment: case study Cabeço do Pião, Portugal". BOLETÍN GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO 132 4 (2021): 465-486. http://dx.doi.org/10.21701/bolgeomin.132.4.006. Published • 10.21701/bolgeomin.132.4.006 Vila, M. C.. "Appraisal of the Laboratory-Scale Tests for Bioleaching of Low-Grade Heavy Metal-(oid) s Resources". Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 232 7 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-021-05226-9. 10.1007/s11270-021-05226-9 Lopes, Ana Rita; Madureira, Diana; Diaz, Ana; Santos, Sílvia; Vila, Maria Cristina; Nunes, Olga Cristina. "Characterisation of bacterial communities from an active mining site and assessment of its potential metal solubilising activity". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 8 6 (2020): 104495. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104495. 10.1016/j.jece.2020.104495 Maria de Lurdes Dinis; António Fiúza; Aurora Futuro Silva; Alexandre Leite; Diogo Martins; Janine Figueiredo; Joaquim Góis; et al. "Characterization of a mine legacy site: an approach for environmental management and metals recovery". (2020): https://hdl.handle.net/10216/125785. 10.1007/s11356-019-06987-x Maria de Lurdes Dinis; António Fiúza; Aurora Futuro Silva; Alexandre Leite; Diogo Martins; Janine Figueiredo; Joaquim Góis; Maria Cristina Vila. "Characterization of a mine legacy site: an approach for environmental management and metals recovery". (2020): https://hdl.handle.net/10216/125785. 10.1007/s11356-019-06987-x Ana Paula Chung; Carina Coimbra; Pedro Farias; Romeu Francisco; Rita Branco; Francisco V. Simão; Elsa Gomes; et al. "Tailings microbial community profile and prediction of its functionality in basins of tungsten mine". Scientific Reports (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55706-6. 10.1038/s41598-019-55706-6 Leitão, P.; Futuro, A.; Vila, C.; Dinis, L.; Danko, A.; Fiúza, A.. "Direct Pressure Alkaline Leaching of Scheelite Ores and Concentrates". Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration 36 5 (2019): 993-1002. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85069505911&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s42461-019-00109-4 Janine Figueiredo; Maria Cristina Vila; Joaquim Góis; Bárbara Pavani Biju; Aurora Futuro Silva; Diogo Martins; Maria de Lurdes Dinis; António Fiúza. "Bi-level depth assessment of an abandoned tailings dam aiming its reprocessing for recovery of valuable metals". (2019): https://hdl.handle.net/10216/121235. 10.1016/j.mineng.2018.12.016 Janine Figueiredo; Maria Cristina Vila; António Fiúza; Joaquim Góis; Aurora Futuro Silva; Maria de Lurdes Dinis; Diogo Martins. "A Holistic Approach in Re-mining Old Tailings Deposits for the Supply of Critical-Metals: A Portuguese Case Study". (2019): https://hdl.handle.net/10216/125787. 10.3390/min9100638 Janine Figueiredo; Maria Cristina Vila; António Fiúza; Joaquim Góis; Aurora Futuro Silva; Maria de Lurdes Dinis; Diogo Martins. "A Holistic Approach in Re-mining Old Tailings Deposits for the Supply of Critical-Metals: A Portuguese Case Study". (2019): https://hdl.handle.net/10216/125787. 10.3390/min9100638 Janine Figueiredo; Maria Cristina Vila; Joaquim Góis; Bárbara Pavani Biju; Aurora Futuro Silva; Diogo Martins; Maria de Lurdes Dinis; António Fiúza. "Bi-level depth assessment of an abandoned tailings dam aiming its reprocessing for recovery of valuable metals". (2019): https://hdl.handle.net/10216/121235. 10.1016/j.mineng.2018.12.016 Janine Figueiredo; Maria Cristina Vila; Kristina Matos; Diogo Martins; Aurora Futuro; Maria de Lurdes Dinis; Joaquim Góis; Alexandre Leite; António Fiúza. "Tailings reprocessing from Cabeço do Pião dam in Central Portugal: A kinetic approach of experimental data". Journal of Sustainable Mining 17 3 (2018): 139-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsm.2018.07.001. 10.1016/j.jsm.2018.07.001 Sousa, R.; Futuro, A.; Fiúza, A.; Vila, M.C.; Dinis, M.L.. "Bromine leaching as an alternative method for gold dissolution". Minerals Engineering 118 (2018): 16-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85040073866&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.mineng.2017.12.019 Maria Manuela Carvalho; Maria Cristina Vila; Cristina Delerue Matos; Maria Teresa Oliva Teles; António Fiúza. "Assisted bioremediation tests on three natural soils contaminated with benzene". EURASIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE (EJSS) 4 3 (2015): 153-153. https://doi.org/10.18393%2Fejss.2015.3.153-160. 10.18393/ejss.2015.3.153-160 Maria Manuela Carvalho; Maria Cristina Vila; Fernanda Rohden; Mónica Rosas; Joana Dias; Teresa Oliva-Teles; Anthony Danko; Cristina Delerue-Matos; António Fiuza. "How the sorption of benzene in soils contaminated with aromatic hydrocarbons is affected by the presence of biofuels". EURASIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE (EJSS) 4 2 (2015): 111-111. https://doi.org/10.18393%2Fejss.42200. 10.18393/ejss.42200 Maria Manuela Carvalho; Maria Cristina Vila; Fernanda Rohden; Mónica Silva; Joana Dias; Teresa Oliva-Teles; Anthony Danko; Cristina Delerue-Matos; António Fiúza. "How the sorption of benzene in soils contaminated with aromatic hydrocarbons is affected by the presence of biofuels". (2015): https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/78443. Maria Manuela Carvalho; Maria Cristina Vila; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Teresa Oliva-Teles; António Fiuza. "Assisted bioremediation tests on three natural soils contaminated with benzene". (2015): https://hdl.handle.net/10216/79817. 10.18393/ejss.2015.3.153-160 Maria Cristina da Costa Vila; Maria de Lurdes Proença de Amorim Dinis. "A contaminação de solos induzida pela deposição de resíduos mineiros". (2014): https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/116493. Carvalho, M.; Vila, M. C.; de Carvalho, J. M. Soeiro; Domingues, V.; Oliva-Teles, T.; Fiuza, A.. "Bioventing tests in contaminated residual granitic soils". Journal of Biotechnology 150 (2010): S282-S282. 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.09.211 Fiúza, A.M.A.; Vila, M.C.C.. "An insight into soil bioremediation through respirometry". Environment International 31 2 (2005): 179-183. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-12344289291&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.envint.2004.09.013
Report	Fiúza, António; Vila, Cristina; Dinis, Maria de Lurdes; Soeiro Carvalho, José; Futuro Silva, Aurora; Gois , Joaquim; Fernandes, António. 2023. Execution report: Soil Health Surrounding former mining areas: characterization, risk analysis, and intervention. https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/projectos_geral.ficha_projecto?p_id=77973 https://www.fc.up.pt/shs/. M. Lurdes Dinis; Aurora Futuro Silva; Maria Cristina Vila; António Fiúza; Antti Pasanen; Soile Backnäs; Alexandre Lima; et al. 2018. Tools for Sustainable Gold Mining in Europe - Final report of SUSMIN ERA-MIN Project. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/125756. Maria De Lurdes Dinis; Maria Cristina Vila. 2011. Implementing Sustainable Low- and Non-chemical Development in SIDS (ISLANDS) in Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau and São Tomé e Príncipe - EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY (EPR) ASSESSMENT. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/141312.
Thesis / Dissertation	Almeida, Joana Manuela da Cruz. "Distribuição de Contaminantes Orgânicos em Solos Calcários – Influência dos minerais de Argila". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/7115. Mota, Gustavo Filipe Leão. "Estudo da influência do teor em água e do contéudo em minerais de argila na distribuição do benzeno pelas diferentes fases de solos graníticos". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/7076. Vila, Maria Cristina da Costa. "Reabilitação de solos observada através da respirometria : análise de sinal em sistemas biológicos". PhD, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/12160. Vila, Maria Cristina da Costa. "Lixiviação por percolação : um modelo de parâmetros distribuidos". Master, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/12095.

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Other output

Mineralogia. Uma cadeira do 2º ano da Licenciatura em Engenharia de Minas. 1994. Carlos Novais Madureira; Alexandre Leite; Maria Cristina Vila. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/107555.

Activities

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023	Uso de Materiais Geossintéticos em Sistemas Combinados de Mitigação e Tratamento de Drenados Mineiros Ácidos Supervisor	Engenharia de Minas e Geoambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Desenvolvimento de Um Modelo para o Controlo de Emissões em Operações Mineiras Supervisor	Engenharia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Assessment of Contamination Potential and Environmental Risk Characterization - The Case Study of The Resources Affected by Former Sb Mine of Montalto Supervisor	Engenharia de Minas e Geoambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021 - 2021	Utilização de escórias siderúrgicas no tratamento de drenados mineiros ácidos Supervisor	Engenharia de Minas e Geoambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020 - 2020	Caracterização física, química, mineralógica e mecânica de um rejeito de mineração Co-supervisor	Mecânica dos Solos e Engenharia Geotécnica (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 - 2020	Bio and phytoremediation of soils contaminated with hydrocarbons Supervisor	Ciências e Tecnologia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Estudo da Implementação de Sistemas Naturais de Tratamento de Águas Residuais no Tratamento de Efluentes de Caudais Variáveis. O Caso de Estudo da "BoomLand" Supervisor	Engenharia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Reprocessamento de Rejeitados: uma Análise de Otimização Multicritério como Ferramenta de Gestão Integrada Supervisor	Engenharia de Minas e Georrecursos (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Effect of salt impacted soils on the bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon compounds Supervisor	Engenharia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Water Contamination in the Area of a Landfill Coal Ash In God Supervisor	Engenharia de Minas e Geoambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Aplicação de Eletro-Reabilitação a Solos Contaminados com Tricloroetileno Supervisor	Engenharia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Waste Management in the Scope of a Gold Mine Project- Prediction of Acid drainage and Study of Mitigation Solutions Supervisor	Engenharia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Modelação Hidrodinâmica de uma Região Contaminada com Metais Pesados Supervisor	Engenharia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2015	Aplicación de Técnicas Biológicas en la Remediación de Suelos Contaminados con Benceno y Biodiésel Supervisor	Ciências e Tecnologia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2015	Tratamento de efluentes gasosos provenientes da bioventilação de solos contaminados com compostos orgânicos Supervisor	Engenharia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2015	Plano ambiental e de recuperação paisagística de um campo de exploração de uma concessão mineira de caulino Supervisor	Engenharia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013 - 2013	Monotorização do efeito da difusão do oxigénio na drenagem mineira ácida Supervisor	Engenharia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2020	Certificate of Scientific Recognition Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020	Pedagogical Recognition Diploma Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019	Pedagogical Recognition Diploma Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
1990	Somincor Prize for the best Mining Engineering student of the year Somincor, Portugal