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Ana Isabel da Rocha e Sá Lopes Quaresma is a Researcher at CERIS - Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability. In 2022 she was awarded a 6 year Research contract through FCT funds under the program Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus (CEEC). Her line of work in research has been mainly focused in Ecohydraulics. After several years working in consulting companies in Hydraulics and Ecohydraulics studies and projects, she has completed her PhD, in River Restoration and Management in 2017/07/11 at the University of Lisbon (Instituto Superior Técnico) with a thesis entitled "Developing pool-type fishways based on experimental studies and numerical modelling" (Pass with Distinction). She has worked in the H2020 project FIThydro - Fishfriendly Innovative Technologies for Hydropower (www.fithydro.eu) with 26 partners (13 research, 13 industrial) in 10 European countries. Given her early interests in Ecohydraulics, her background is multidisciplinary with a degree in Civil Engineering and a master's in Environmental Engineering at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. She has published 13 articles in ISI-journals, 14 conference papers, and 14 conference abstracts, and participated in 4 competitive projects. Ana Quaresma has lectured the topic Fishways of the Ecohydraulics and river modelling course of the FLUVIO PhD Programme. She has also co-supervised a master student. She was Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Ecohydraulics of Pool-type fishways of Water MDPI Journal (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/Ecohydraulics_Pool_Fishways) in 2020, and is now leading Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Fishway Design and Development: New Challenges, Tools and Applications (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/H2X9G2P80G). She has also taken part of the Organizing Committee of the Fish Passage 2020 Conference (https://fishpassage.umass.edu/fish-passage2020) and of the CERIS Day Out 2020 (https://ceris.pt/2020/05/29/best-practice-recognition/), among other event organizations related with the FIThydro Project. She recently also worked as a Civil/Environmental Engineer and Deputy Project Manager at MHYD Group (https://mhyd.group/en/home/, whose headquarters are in Switzerland), with an international team in an international environment, developing Project Management activities and Civil/Environmental Engineering consultancy for several countries. Regarding International experience, apart from the H2020 FIThydro project activities and this consultancy activity she has also participated in a course in France and did two PhD curricular units in International Institutions, one in the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and another in the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include: Ecohydraulics; Fishways; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry (ADV); Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV); River connectivity; River restoration and management; Hydraulics and Water resources.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Isabel Rocha e Sá Lopes Quaresma

Citation names

  • Quaresma, Ana Isabel da Rocha e Sá Lopes
  • Quaresma, Ana L

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DC13-D5F7-8DA6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7854-6850
Researcher Id
ADJ-9524-2022
Scopus Author Id
57193208735

Email addresses

  • analopesquaresma@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 218418148 (Professional)

Addresses

  • CERIS - Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) - Universidade de Lisboa. Campus Alameda - Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/01/25 - 2024/01/31
Concluded
DataScience: KDD Process (Outros)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Successfully completed
2024/01/25 - 2024/01/31
Concluded
DataScience: Classification (Outros)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Successfully completed
2023/05/28 - 2023/07/18
Concluded
Machine Learning, Maths & Ethics: Hands-on (Outros)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Successfully completed
2022/09/19 - 2022/10/31
Concluded
Course on carbon footprint assessment and management (Outros)
IngeoExpert, United Kingdom
Concluded with Success
2022/02/14 - 2022/02/25
Concluded
Aerial mapping by Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (Outros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
Approved
2021/09/27 - 2021/10/08
Concluded
QGIS (Advanced level) (Outros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
Approved
2021/07/12 - 2021/07/23
Concluded
Machine Learning (Advanced level) (Outros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
Approved
2021/06/21 - 2021/07/02
Concluded
Python (advanced level) (Outros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
Approved
2021/05/24 - 2021/06/04
Concluded
Python applied to Geospatial Sciences (Outros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
Approved
2021/04/26 - 2021/05/07
Concluded
Satellite images manipulation for natural disaster assessment (Outros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
Approved
2021/04/05 - 2021/04/16
Concluded
QGIS (Basic Level) (Outros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
Approved
2021/03/22 - 2021/04/02
Concluded
Introduction to Machine Learning with Python (Outros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
Approved
2013 - 2017/07/11
Concluded
River Restoration and Management (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Developing pool-type fishways based on experimental studies and numerical modelling" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Pass with Distinction
2015/06/21 - 2015/06/21
Concluded
Technical and nature-like fishway designs course (Outros)
World Fishmigration Foundation, Netherlands
2010 - 2012
Concluded
Advanced Studies in River Restoration and Management (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
18 (out of 20)
2011/09/11 - 2011/09/16
Concluded
8ème Ecole de Vélocimétrie et Granulométrie Laser en Mécanique des Fluides (Outros)
Association Francophone de Vélocimétrie Laser et C.N.R.S., France
2005/09/12 - 2005/09/27
Concluded
AUTOCAD (Outros)
CENATEX II, Portugal

Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
Maximum Grade
2005/06/13 - 2005/06/13
Concluded
Advanced computer science for users (Outros)
CENATEX II, Portugal

Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
Maximum grade
2005/04/05
Concluded
Environmental Engineering - Hydraulics and Water Resources (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Energy dissipation downstream of dams established in alluvial beds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Muito Bom (Very Good -Maximum Grade)
2004/09/27 - 2004/09/30
Concluded
ACCESS 2002 Level 1 (Outros)
Centro de Serviços e Apoio às Empresas, Portugal

Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
Maximum grade
2002/03/12 - 2002/05/06
Concluded
Pedagogical Teaching Course - Formação Pedagógica de Formadores (Outros)
Associação Nacional de Jovens Empresários, Portugal
Maximum grade
2000/04/04 - 2000/04/12
Concluded
Gas networks projecting - Projectista de Redes de Gás (Outros)
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
Maximum grade
1994/09 - 1999/07/15
Concluded
Civil engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15 (out of 20)
1994 - 1995
Concluded
Year 7 (Outros)
British Council, United Kingdom
1993/10 - 1994/06
Concluded
First Certificate in English (Outros)
British Council, United Kingdom
Grade A
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/04/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2020/09/30 Postdoc (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2017/05/01 - 2017/10/01 Research Trainee (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2010/12/01 - 2013/02/28 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2002/05/01 - 2003/03/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2001/07 - 2002/05 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/10/01 - 2023/03/31 Deputy Project Manager and Civil/Environmental Engineer MHYD Group, Portugal
2013/05/01 - 2017/04/30 PhD Student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2009/05/01 - 2010/11/30 Civil Engineer Nemus, Gestão e Requalificação Ambiental, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2009/04/30 Civil Engineer Afaconsult, Portugal
2007/09/01 - 2008/08/31 Civil Engineer and Project Manager Sanágua, Portugal
2005/10/01 - 2007/08/31 Civil Engineer Hidroprojecto, Portugal
2005/05/01 - 2005/06/30 Environment, occupational safety and hygiene teaching Câmara Municipal de Santo Tirso, Portugal
2005/03/01 - 2005/04/30 Employment search techniques teaching Câmara Municipal de Santo Tirso, Portugal
2004/12/01 - 2005/03/31 Environment, occupational safety and hygiene teaching Câmara Municipal de Santo Tirso, Portugal
2002 - 2002 Civil Engineer consultant Ferreira de Lemos Engenharia, Portugal
2000/03/01 - 2001/03/31 Civil Engineer Hidrorumo, Portugal
1999/09/01 - 2000/02/29 Professional Traineeship as a Civil Engineer Hidrorumo, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/05/01 - 2020/09/30 FIThydro - Fishfriendly Innovative Technologies for Hydropower
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
European Commission
Concluded
2013/05/01 - 2017/04/30 Developing pool-type fishways based on experimental studies and numerical modelling
SFRH/BD/87843/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/04/01 - 2029/03/31 FITFISHPASS - Development of innovative cost-effective multi-species pool-type fishways and guidelines for its design, retrofit and operational functioning assessment
2022.08169.CEECIND/CP1713/CT0012
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability
UID/ECI/04625/2019
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2002/01 - 2005/07 WaterStrategyMan - Developing Strategies for Regulating and Managing Water Resources and Demand in Water Deficient Regions
Researcher
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany

ProGeA S.r.l., Italy

Office International de l' Eau, France

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Water Development Department, Cyprus

International Scientific Council for Island Development - Canary Islands S, Spain

AEOLIKI LTD, Environmental and Energy Management Consultants, Cyprus
European Commission
Concluded
2001/07 - 2003/12 Energy Dissipation in Hydraulic Structures (Estudo da Dissipação de Energia em Estruturas Hidráulicas)
POCTI/ECM/36031/2000
Master Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Sá Lopes, A.; Proença, M.F.; Maia, R. "Energy dissipation downstream of dams established in alluvial beds". In River Flow 2006, 957-966. Inglaterra, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2006.
    Published • 10.1201/9781439833865.ch101
Conference abstract
  1. Romão, F.; Quaresma, Ana L; Simão, J.; Amaral, S.; Leite, R.; Bravo-Córdoba, F.J.; Sanz-Ronda, Francisco Javier; Pinheiro, Antonio; Santos, J.M.. "Preventing invader’s expansion: Development and assessment of a selective vertical slot fishway to preclude a non-native invasive cyprinid passage". Paper presented in 13th edition of the NEOBIOTA International Conference on Biological Invasions, Lisbon, 2024.
  2. Romão, Filipe; Quaresma, Ana L; Simão, J.; Bravo-Córdoba, F.J.; Viseu, T.; José Maria Santos (BC14-A6F8-36F0); Sanz-Ronda, F.J.; António Alberto do Nascimento Pinheiro. "Cyprinid Passage Performance Thresholds: Exploring literature recommendations". Paper presented in Fish Passage 2024 and 15th ISE, Québéc City, 2024.
    Published
  3. Amaral, Susana; Branco, Paulo; Quaresma, Ana L; Romão, F.; Katopodis, Christos; Viseu, Teresa; Ferreira, Teresa 8F11-2CA2-1E59; Pinheiro, A 7219-DD9C-1EB0; José Maria Santos (BC14-A6F8-36F0). "Negotiation of small instream obstacles by potamodromous fish: main findings from experimental research.". Paper presented in VIII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology-SIBIC 2020, Santiago de Compostela, 2020.
    Published
  4. Simão, J; Quaresma, Ana L. "Estudo dos limites de passagem do barbo ibérico em passagens para peixes de fendas verticais". Paper presented in VIII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology – SIBIC 2020, Santiago de Compostela, 2020.
  5. Romão, F; Quaresma, Ana L; Branco, P; Santos, JM; Amaral, SD; Ferreira, MT; Pinheiro, AN. "Desempenho de passagem de ciprinídeos Ibéricos com diferentes traços ecológicos numa passagem para peixes experimental de fendas verticais com configurações distintas". Paper presented in 14º Silusba, Praia, 2019.
    Published
  6. Moreira, M; Schletterer, M; Quaresma, Ana L; Boavida, I; Pinheiro, AN. "Hydropeaking mitigation through a diversion Hydropower plant scheme: the GKI study-case (Tyrol, Austria)". Paper presented in 6th Biennial Symposium of the International Society for River Science, Vienna, 2019.
    Published
  7. Romão, F; Branco, P; Quaresma, Ana L; Amaral, SD; Santos, JM. "Improving fish transit times: An experimental approach to develop an holistic fish passage". Paper presented in 6th Biennial Symposium of the International Society for River Science, Vienna, 2019.
    Published
  8. Romão, F; Quaresma, Ana L; Branco, P; Santos, JM; Amaral, S; Ferreira, MT; António Alberto do Nascimento Pinheiro. "Performance of two Iberian cyprinids with different ecological traits in a Vertical Slot Pass with dissimilar slot configurations". Paper presented in 14.º Silusba - Simpósio de Hidráulica e Recursos Hídricos dos Países de Lingua Portuguesa, Praia, 2019.
    Published
  9. Quaresma, Ana L; Romão, F; Amaral, SD; Branco, P; Santos, JM; Ferreira, MT; Pinheiro, AN. "Assessing multi slot vs single slot pool-type fishways suitability for potamodromous cyprinids: an experimental approach using numerical modelling and fish". Paper presented in Fish Passage 2018 – International Conference on River Connectivity, Albury, 2018.
    Published
  10. Romão, F; Quaresma, Ana L; Branco, P; Santos, JM; Ferreira, MT; Pinheiro, AN. "How different cyprinids perform in an experimental multi slot fishway? Testing its effectiveness in distinct seasons". Paper presented in Fish Passage 2018 - International Conference on River Connectivity, Albury, 2018.
    Published
  11. Quaresma, Ana L; Romão, F; Branco, P; Ferreira, MT; Pinheiro, AN. "Can vertical slot fishways (VSF) operate with less water without compromising effectiveness?". Paper presented in Fish Passage 2017 – International conference on river connectivity best practices and innovations, Oregon, 2017.
    Published
  12. Romão, F; Quaresma, Ana L; Branco, P; Santos, JM; Amaral, S; Ferreira, MT; Viseu, T; Katopodis, C; Pinheiro, AN. "Passage Performance of two Cyprinids with Different Ecological Traits in a Fishway with Distinct Vertical Slot Configurations". Paper presented in Fish Passage 2017 – International conference on river connectivity best practices and innovations, Oregon, 2017.
    Published
  13. Quaresma, Ana L; Pinheiro, AN. "Is CFD an efficient tool to develop pool-type fishways?". Paper presented in Fish Passage 2015 – International conference on river connectivity best practices and innovations, Groningen, 2015.
    Published
  14. Quaresma, Ana L; Pinheiro, AN. "Numerical modelling of flows in pool-type fishways equipped with bottom orifices". Paper presented in 13th Flow-3D European Users Conference, Madrid, 2013.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Romão, Filipe; Quaresma, Ana L; Joana Simão; Bravo-Córdoba, F.J.; Teresa Viseu; José Maria Santos (BC14-A6F8-36F0); Sanz-Ronda, F.J.; António Alberto do Nascimento Pinheiro. "Turbulence thresholds for cyprinids in vertical slot fishways: A laboratory experiment-based analysis.". Paper presented in 8th IAHR Europe Congress, Lisbon, 2024.
    Published
  2. José Maria Santos (BC14-A6F8-36F0); Branco, Paulo; Quaresma, Ana L; Romão, Filipe; Amaral, Susana Dias; Santo M.; Bochechas, J.; et al. "Fish passes in Portugal: current status, main findings and future directions". Paper presented in 8th IAHR Europe Congress, Lisbon, 2024.
    Published
  3. Romão, Filipe; Quaresma, Ana L; Simão, J.; Bravo-Córdoba, F.J.; Viseu, T.; José Maria Santos (BC14-A6F8-36F0); Sanz-Ronda, F.J.; António Alberto do Nascimento Pinheiro. "Exploring Turbulence Thresholds for Vertical Slot Fish Passes: New Insights from Cyprinid Passage Experiments". Paper presented in 10th ISEH, Aberdeen, 2024.
    Published
  4. Santos, J.M.; Branco, Paulo; Quaresma, Ana Isabel da Rocha e Sá Lopes; Romão, F.; Amaral, Susana; Santo, M.; Bochechas, J.; et al. "Passagens para peixes em Portugal: estado atual e direções futuras". Paper presented in 16º Congresso da Água (Water Congress), Lisboa, 2023.
    Published
  5. Simão, J; Romão, F; Quaresma, Ana L; Bravo-Córdoba, F; Viseu, T.; Sanz-Ronda, F.J.; Pinheiro, António Alberto Nascimento. "Determinação dos Limites de Passagem do Barbo Ibérico em Dispositivos de Passagem para Peixes de Fendas Verticais". Paper presented in 15 º Water Congress (Congresso da Água), 2021, Lisboa, 2021.
    Accepted
  6. Amaral, Susana; Branco, P; Quaresma, Ana L; Romão, F; Viseu, T; Ferreira, MT; Pinheiro, AN; Santos, JM. "Efeito de Pequenos Açudes nos Movimentos das Espécies Ciprinícolas Potamódromas". Paper presented in 15 º Water Congress (Congresso da Água), 2021, 2021.
    Accepted
  7. Amaral, S (ED1E-2C27-9947); Branco, P; Katopodis, Christos; Quaresma, Ana L; Romão, F; Viseu, T; Ferreira, MT; António Alberto do Nascimento Pinheiro; Santos, JM. "Passage of small instream obstacles by potamodromous fish: main findings and implications from experimental research". Paper presented in 13th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics (ISE 2020), 2020.
    Published
  8. Quaresma, Ana L; Romão, F; Branco, P; Ferreira, MT; Pinheiro, AN. "CFD a valuable tool to analyse and design fishways.". Paper presented in 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Tokyo, 2018.
    Published
  9. Romão, F; Quaresma, Ana L; Branco, P; Santos, JM; Ferreira, MT; Katopodis, C; Pinheiro, AN. "Single or Multi-Slot Fishways in Mediterranean Rivers? An Experimental Approach with a Potamodromous Cyprinid Fish". Paper presented in 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Tokyo, 2018.
    Published
  10. Quaresma, Ana L; Pinheiro, AN. "Analysis of flows in pool-type fishways using Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry (ADV) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)". Paper presented in 10th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Trondheim, 2014.
    10.2514/6.1996-1990
  11. Jesus, Carlos César; Bettencourt, Pedro; Jesus, Júlio; Coutinho, Miguel; Simões, Mariana; Quaresma, Ana. "A Barrinha de Esmoriz em Portugal: um exemplo de gestão costeira integrada.". Paper presented in VI Congresso Planeamento e Gestão das Zonas Costeiras dos Países de Expressão Portuguesa, Ilha da Boa Vista, Cabo Verde, 2011.
    Published
  12. Tomás, Pedro Pereira; Lopes, Ana Isabel; Lopes, Susana Martins. "Optimização do funcionamento hidráulico de sistemas de abastecimento de água". Paper presented in I Conferência INSSAA de Modelação de Sistemas de Abastecimento de Água, Barcelos, 2007.
    Published
  13. Sá Lopes, A.; Proença, M.F.; Maia, R. "Investigations on alluvial bed downstream a mobile dam stilling basin". Paper presented in IAHR Simpósio Internacional de Estruturas Hidráulicas, Ciudad Guayana, 2006.
    Published
  14. Quaresma, Ana L; Loureiro, J; Proença, MF. "LDA measurements of the flow behind a hydraulic structure, paper CIT04-0026". Paper presented in 10th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, 2004.
    Published
  15. Leitão, Rui; Lopes, Ana Isabel. "A Utilização dos Recursos Hídricos da Parte Portuguesa da Bacia Hidrográfica do rio Douro para Produção de Energia Eléctrica". Paper presented in II Congresso Ibérico de Planeamento e Gestão da Água, Porto, 2000.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Romão, Filipe; Quaresma, Ana Isabel da Rocha e Sá Lopes; Branco, Paulo; Santos, J.M.; Amaral, S.D.; Maria Teresa Ferreira; Katopodis, Christos; António Alberto do Nascimento Pinheiro. "Performance of two different morpho-ecological cyprinids in a fishway with distinct vertical slot configurations". Paper presented in 10th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Ana L. Quaresma; Filipe Romão; António N. Pinheiro. "A Comparative Assessment of Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes and Large-Eddy Simulation Models: Choosing the Best for Pool-Type Fishway Flow Simulations". Water (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/w17050686.
    10.3390/w17050686
  2. Romão, Filipe; Quaresma, Ana L; Joana Simão; Amaral, Susana Dias; Renan Leite; Bravo-Córdoba, F.J.; Sanz-Ronda, F.J.; António Alberto do Nascimento Pinheiro; José Maria Santos (BC14-A6F8-36F0). Corresponding author: Romão, Filipe. "Stopping invaders: moving towards a selective vertical slot fishway to prevent the passage of non-native cyprinids". Journal of Environmental Management (2025):
    Under revision
  3. Filipe Romão; Ana L. Quaresma; Joana Simão; Francisco J. Bravo-Córdoba; Teresa Viseu; José M. Santos; Francisco J. Sanz-Ronda; António N. Pinheiro. "Debating the Rules: An Experimental Approach to Assess Cyprinid Passage Performance Thresholds in Vertical Slot Fishways". Water (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/w16030439.
    10.3390/w16030439
  4. Paulo Branco; Ana Margarida Mascarenhas; Gonçalo Duarte; Filipe Romão; Ana Quaresma; Susana Dias Amaral; Maria Teresa Ferreira; António N. Pinheiro; José Maria Santos. "Vertical Slot Fishways: Incremental Knowledge to Define the Best Solution". Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12111431.
    10.3390/biology12111431
  5. Fuentes-Pérez, Juan Francisco; Quaresma, Ana L.; Pinheiro, Antonio; Sanz-Ronda, Francisco Javier. "OpenFOAM vs FLOW-3D: A comparative study of vertical slot fishway modelling". Ecological Engineering 174 (2022): 106446. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106446.
    10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106446
  6. Ana L. Quaresma; António N. Pinheiro. "Modelling of Pool-Type Fishways Flows: Efficiency and Scale Effects Assessment". Water (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060851.
    10.3390/w13060851
  7. Filipe Romão; Ana L. Quaresma; José M. Santos; Susana D. Amaral; Paulo Branco; António N. Pinheiro. "Multislot Fishway Improves Entrance Performance and Fish Transit Time over Vertical Slots". Water 13 3 (2021): 275-275. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030275.
    10.3390/w13030275
  8. Moreira, Miguel; Martin Schletterer; Quaresma, Ana L; Boavida, Isabel; Pinheiro, António. "New insights into hydropeaking mitigation assessment from a diversion hydropower plant: The GKI project (Tyrol, Austria)". Ecological Engineering (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.106035.
    doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.106035
  9. Isabel Boavida; Filipa Ambrósio; Maria João Costa; Ana Quaresma; Maria Manuela Portela; António Pinheiro; Francisco Godinho. "Habitat Use by Pseudochondrostoma duriense and Squalius carolitertii Downstream of a Small-Scale Hydropower Plant". Water 12 9 (2020): 2522-2522. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12092522.
    10.3390/w12092522
  10. Amaral, Susana D.; Quaresma, Ana L.; Branco, Paulo; Romão, Filipe; Katopodis, Christos; Ferreira, Maria T.; Pinheiro, António N.; Santos, José M.. "Assessment of Retrofitted Ramped Weirs to Improve Passage of Potamodromous Fish". Water 11 12 (2019): 2441. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11122441.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/w11122441
  11. Romão, Filipe; Quaresma, Ana L.; Santos, José M.; Branco, Paulo; Pinheiro, António N.; Filipe Romão; Ana L. Quaresma; et al. "Cyprinid passage performance in an experimental multislot fishway across distinct seasons". Marine and Freshwater Research 70 6 (2019): 881-890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf18232.
    Published • 10.1071/mf18232
  12. Ana L. Quaresma; Filipe Romão; Paulo Branco; Maria Teresa Ferreira; António N. Pinheiro. "Multi slot versus single slot pool-type fishways: A modelling approach to compare hydrodynamics". Ecological Engineering 122 (2018): 197-206. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ecoleng.2018.08.006.
    10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.08.006
  13. Romão, Filipe; Branco, Paulo; Quaresma, Ana L.; Amaral, Susana D.; Pinheiro, António N.. "Effectiveness of a multi-slot vertical slot fishway versus a standard vertical slot fishway for potamodromous cyprinids". Hydrobiologia 816 1 (2018): 153-163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3580-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s10750-018-3580-5
  14. Quaresma, Ana L. "Passage performance of two Cyprinids with Different Ecological Traits in a Fishway with Distinct Vertical Slot Configurations". Ecological Engineering (2017):
    10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.04.031
  15. Quaresma, Ana L.; Ferreira, Rui M.L.; Pinheiro, António N.. "Comparative analysis of particle image velocimetry and acoustic Doppler velocimetry in relation to a pool-type fishway flow". Journal of Hydraulic Research 55 4 (2017): 582-591. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2016.1275051.
    Published • 10.1080/00221686.2016.1275051
Journal issue
  1. Quaresma, Ana L; Romão, Filipe; Amaral, Susana Dias. "Fishway Design and Development: New Challenges, Tools and Applications". Water Journal (2024):
  2. Pinheiro, AN; Quaresma, Ana L; Romão, F. "Ecohydraulics of Pool-Type Fishways". Water MDPI (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/Ecohydraulics_Pool_Fishways.
    Published • Invited editor
Report
  1. Quaresma, Ana L. 2020. D3.3 Guidelines for fish behaviour assessment at HPPs (author of the chapter Guidelines for numerical modelling of fish passage facilities. Present conditions and improvement scenarios).
  2. Quaresma, Ana L. 2020. D4.7 A cost effectiveness matrix for the selected case study rivers and a similar matrix for potential new hydro power schemes of different characteristics (author of the Scenario modelling - Guma HPP).
  3. Quaresma, Ana L. 2019. D2.2 Working basis of solutions, models, tools and devices and identification of their application range on a regional and overall level to attain self-sustained fish populations (several contributions, from which I highlight: HEC-RAS, Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry (ADV) and the Results at the Test Case Guma and Vadocondes). https://www.fithydro.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/D2.2_Working_basis_of_SMTDs_and_identification_of_their_application_range.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Quaresma, Ana L. "Developing pool-type fishways based on experimental studies and numerical modelling". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2017.
  2. Lopes, Ana Isabel da Rocha e Sá. "Dissipação de energia em estruturas hidráulicas assentes sobre leitos móveis". Master, 2005. oai:digitool.fe.up.pt:12745.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/11/28 A utilização de modelos numéricos como ferramenta de apoio ao restauro fluvial. Apresentação oral nas VI Jornadas de restauro Fluvial. 28 Novembro. Lisboa, Portugal. VI Jornadas de restauro Fluvial
Associação Portuguesa de Recursos Hídricos (APRH) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/01/25 1D/2D Hydraulic Modelling with HEC-RAS. Oral presentation in the Hydraulic and habitat modelling workshop of the 5th Steering committee and Case study management board of FIThydro H2020 Project 5th Steering committee and Case study management board of FIThydro H2020 Project
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/01/25 Measuring velocity fields using ADV and LLP. Oral Presentation in the Lab and field measurement techniques Workshop of the 5th Steering committee and Case study management board of FIThydro H2020 Project 5th Steering committee and Case study management board of FIThydro H2020 Project
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/03/20 Fishways design for Iberian cyprinid fish species on the 2nd Regional Stakeholder Workshop on Fish-friendly Hydropower 2nd Regional Stakeholder Workshop on Fish-friendly Hydropower
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2018/02 - Current Exploring the ecohydraulic limits of pool-type fishways for multi-species: an experimental and modelling approach
Co-supervisor
PhD in River Restoration and Management (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Experimental and numerical modeling of flows in fish shelters downstream of hydroelectric plants (in portuguese: Modelação experimental e numérica de escoamentos em abrigos de peixes a jusante de centrais hidroeléctricas)
Co-supervisor of Vera Lúcia Antunes de Almeida
Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Estágio formal na área de projecto para apresentação ao colégio de engenharia civil da Ordem dos Engenheiros
Supervisor
Estágio Formal para admissão ao Colégio de Engenharia Civil (Other)
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Sul, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Estágio formal na área de projecto para apresentação ao colégio de engenharia civil da Ordem dos Engenheiros
Supervisor
Estágio Formal para admissão ao Colégio de Engenharia Civil (Other)
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Sul, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2020/06 - 2020/10 CERIS Day Out 2020, On October 7th, event which took place outside IST (specifically, Quinta do Pisão and Quinta da Pedra Amarela, in Cascais), in an informal environment, in order to contribute to the conviviality within the CERIS community and thus strengthen CERIS identity. The program was diverse in outdoor activities, including oral presentations and playful actions, fundamentally team building. Event recognized as best practice“Safely CERIS Day Out 2020 during COVID19” under the category of Research, Development and Innovation. (2020/10/07 - 2020/10/07)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/04/01 - 2020/07/03 Member of the Organizing Committee of the Fish Passage 2020 - International Conference on River Connectivity (https://fishpassage.umass.edu/fish-passage-2020), incorporating the AMBER & FITHYDRO EVENT - SMART WAYS TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY. This conference will bring together experts, managers, stakehold­ers and companies from around the world to discuss pressing issues on ecohydraulics, ecohy­drology and fish passage prob­lems, solutions and future ave­nues of research. Also responsible for the short course on Fish Passage Design and Monitoring. (2020/06/28 - 2020/07/03)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2020/03/01 Workshop on Hydraulic and habitat modelling within FIThydro. This event occurred during the 5th Steering committee and Case study management board to present hydraulic and habitat modelling tools used within FIThydro (2020/01/25 - 2020/01/25)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/03/01 The 5th Steering committee and Case study management board of the FIThydro project served as a platform for consultation and exchange between scientific partners of the FIThydro consortium. Key aspects of the FIThydro work-program were presented and participants were invited to give their feedback and highlight, from their perspective, the key open issues on the assessment and planning of ecologically compatible hydropower production. (2020/01/23 - 2020/01/25)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/05/01 The 2nd FIThydro Regional Stakeholder Workshop on Fish-friendly hydropower served as a platform for consultation and exchange between FIThydro scientists, stakeholders and water users on key open issues and possible solutions relevant to the assessment and planning of ecologically compatible hydropower production in the Iberian Peninsula. The workshop mainly addressed authorities involved in HPP authorization processes, HPP operators, environmental NGOs, consultants, planners, fisheries associations and the research community. (2018/03/20 - 2020/03/20)
Workshop
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2011 - 2011 II Jornadas de Restauro Fluvial
Other
II Jornadas de Restauro Fluvial
Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, Portugal
2011 - 2011 6ª Grande Conferência do Jornal Arquitecturas
Conference
6ª Grande Conferência do Jornal Arquitecturas
Jornal Arquitecturas, Portugal
2011 - 2011 2nd International Workshop on River and reservoir hydrodynamics and morphodynamics
Workshop
2nd International Workshop on River and reservoir hydrodynamics and morphodynamics
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Strengthening Water Governance for Sustainability
Seminar
Strengthening Water Governance for Sustainability
UNESCO, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Gestão de Bacias Hidrográficas : As Regiões Hidrográficas do Norte e as Perspectivas Futuras de Gestão
Seminar
1º Seminário sobre Gestão de Bacias Hidrográficas: As Regiões Hidrográficas do Norte e as Perspectivas Futuras de Gestão
Associação Portuguesa de Recursos Hídricos, Portugal
2007 - 2007 I Conferência INSSAA de Modelação de Sistemas de Abastecimento de Água. Implementação Sustentada e Integração na Indústria da Água
Conference
I Conferência INSSAA de Modelação de Sistemas de Abastecimento de Água. Implementação Sustentada e Integração na Indústria da Água
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil com a colaboração de 9 entidades gestoras nacionais de sistemas de abastecimento de água, Portugal
2006 - 2006 River Flow 2006 - International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics
Conference
River Flow 2006 - International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics
Instituto Superior Técnico, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil e Associação Internacional de Recursos Hídricos, Portugal
2005 - 2005 5º Colóquio Internacional de Segurança e Higiene do Trabalho
Congress
5º Colóquio Internacional de Segurança e Higiene do Trabalho
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Região Norte, Portugal
2002 - 2002 6th International Conference LITTORAL 2002
Conference
6th International Conference LITTORAL 2002
EUROCOAST - Portugal, Portugal
2002 - 2002 4th AECEF (Association of European Civil Engineering Faculties) International Symposium on Environmental Aspects in Civil Engineering Education
Symposium
4th AECEF (Association of European Civil Engineering Faculties) International Symposium on Environmental Aspects in Civil Engineering Education
Association of European Civil Engineering Faculties, Portugal
2002 - 2002 Acção de Divulgação da Especialização em Geotecnia e Colégio Regional de Engenharia Civil sobre Projectos de Escavações e Contenções Periféricas (PECP)
Other
Acção de Divulgação da Especialização em Geotecnia e Colégio Regional de Engenharia Civil sobre Projectos de Escavações e Contenções Periféricas (PECP)
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2001 - 2001 Implementing Transboundary River Conventions, with emphasis on the Portuguese-Spanish Case: Challenges and Opportunities
Conference
Implementing Transboundary River Conventions, with emphasis on the Portuguese-Spanish Case: Challenges and Opportunities
2000 - 2000 II Congresso Ibérico sobre Planeamento e Gestão da Água
Congress
II Congresso Ibérico sobre Planeamento e Gestão da Água
1999 - 1999 3º Seminário sobre a zona costeira de Portugal - Eurocoast Portugal - Os Planos de Ordenamento da Orla Costeira
Seminar
3º Seminário sobre a zona costeira de Portugal – Eurocoast Portugal - Os Planos de Ordenamento da Orla Costeira
EUROCOAST - Portugal, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2018/07/05 Hydrodynamic characterization of mountain river flow: Influence of bed hydraulic conductivity
(Thesis) Main arguer
Rigden Yoezer Tenzin (Master)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/06/22 Experimental and numerical modeling of flows in fish shelters downstream of hydroelectric plants
Supervisor
Vera Lúcia Antunes de Almeida (Master)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/05 - Current Ecological Engineering Elsevier
2024 - Current Scientific Reports
2023 - Current Environmental Fluid Mechanics
2023 - Current Fishes
2022 - Current Water Journal
2021 - Current Journal of Ecohydraulics
2020 - Current Journal of Hydraulic Research
2018 - Current Water Resources Research

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2009/06 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Natural (APENA)
2005/09 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Recursos Hídricos (APRH)
1999/09 - Current Ordem dos Engenheiros

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/10/01 - Current Deputy Project Manager & Civil/Environmental engineer at MHYD Group (https://mhyd.group/en/home/).Main projects: Kakono HPP (Tanzania) Climate Change Risk Assessment (Climate change and Project Manager);Integrated management plans for the Watersheds of Manuel Jorge and Ió Grande Rivers at São Tomé e Principe (Project Manager);Hydraulic engineering assistance during construction of railway crossing of Daugava River in Riga, Latvia (Project Manager); Hydrological and Hydraulic Studies of 6 solar PV projects in Alentejo, Portugal (Project Manager) MHYD Group, Portugal
2009/05/01 - 2010/11/30 Civil engineer's consultancy mainly in fluvial hydraulics and ecohydraulics with projects' coordination responsibilities. Main projects: River Basin Management Plans for River Basins integrated in Hydrographic Regions 6, 7, and 8, requested by Alentejo and Algarve River District Authorities; Environmental Studies for Environmental Flow Regimes determination for Vilar, Caldeirão, Açude de Trinta, Fronhas, Raiva, Alto do Ceira, Açude do Tojo and Castanheira Dams requested by EDP, Gestão da Produção de Energia, S.A. Nemus, Gestão e Requalificação Ambiental, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2009/04/30 Civil engineer's consultancy mainly in hydraulics infrastructures and buildings with projects' coordination responsibilities. Main projects: All Saints Hospital Construction-Conception Tendering Pocedure Process requested by Eduardo Souto Moura Architects; António Arroio's School Remodelling and Extension requested by Francisco Aires Mateus and Associates Afaconsult, Portugal
2007/09/01 - 2008/08/31 Projects' and engineering coordination responsibilities. Main projects: Sintra's Quinta Velha Reservoir Remodelling Execution Project; Barreiro's Sewerage, Rainwater and Water Supply General Municipal Plan Elaboration Tendering Procedure Proposal-best technical Proposal 9.8/10; Biscaia's WTS (Water Treatment Station) Resettlement Final Design Project; Fundição de Oeiras' Blending Development Licensing Design Project Variation; Oeiras' Municipal Oriental Water Supply Resettlement Director Plan; Tendering Procedure Proposal for Loures' Sewerage System Sanágua, Portugal
2005/10/01 - 2007/08/31 Consultancy in hydraulics city infrastructures and natural water resources. Main projects: Águas do Douro e Paiva Enlargement Project's Elaboration Tendering Procedure (Won 2 of 4 lots); Multimunicipal Water Supply and Wastewater Sewerage Qualification Tendering Procedure; Algarve's Windward Side Water Supply from Querença-Silves Aquifer Catchments' Improvement Project Design; Sintra's Water Supply Municipal Plan; Santo André's Water Supply Distribution Network Rehabilitation;Vale do Sousa Subsystem Interconnection Final Design and Preliminary study Hidroprojecto, Portugal
2002 - 2002 Civil engineering consultancy. Collaborated in: - Hidrologic Studies in Ronfe of Rio Ave's Inferno's Small Hydropower Plant Development Reequipment and Installed Power Improvement Technical and Economic Feasibility Study - Water supply, Fire Fighting Infrastructure Network, Wastewater Drainage and Rainwater Drainage Preliminary Study of Maia. Águas Santas Mosteiro Blending Development Ferreira de Lemos Engenharia, Portugal
2000/03/01 - 2001/03/31 Inventories and Studies Division, Hidrorumo-Projecto e Gestão, S.A. - EDP-Portugal. Collaborated in the: - Elaboration of Rivers Douro, Lima, Cávado, Ave and Leça River Basin Plans; - Technical Study of Alto Côa; - Preliminary Technical Study of the Multimunicipal Water-Supply and Sanitation System of the Northeast; Hidrorumo, Portugal
1999/09/01 - 2000/02/29 Hydraulics Division for 4 months and Inventories and Studies Division for 2 months. Collaborated in the: - Preliminary Technical Study of the Paiva River Water Abstraction Dam; - Dam Safety Study of the Odivelas Dam; - Elaboration of Rivers Douro, Lima, Cávado, Ave and Leça River Basin Plans Elaboration of the Traineeship's report - Studies and Projects in Hydro Plants and Fluvial Works domain, approved by Ordem dos Engenheiros (Portuguese Professional Association of Engineers) granting access to this association as a full member Hidrorumo, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2014 - Current Fishways topic of the Ecohydraulics and river modelling course of the FLUVIO - River Restoration and Management Doctoral Programme FLUVIO - River Restoration and Management (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2005/05/01 - 2005/06/01 Environment, occupational safety, and hygiene teaching, May 2005-June 2005 Cultural assets restoration and conservation's course for unemployed people Social Protection and Employment Program (PEPS) - Santo Tirso's Town Hall, Santo Tirso. Taught persons ranging from 18 to 48 years old with socio-economic and cultural backgrounds completely different and some severe problems, namely long unemployment periods. Cultural assets restoration and conservation's course for unemployed people Social Protection and Employment Program (PEPS) (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Câmara Municipal de Santo Tirso, Portugal
2005/03/01 - 2005/04/30 Employment search techniques teaching Green Spaces and Urban Rehabilitation's course for unemployed people Social Protection and Employment Program (PEPS) - Santo Tirso's Town Hall, Santo Tirso. Taught persons ranging from 20 to 49 years old with socio-economic and cultural backgrounds completely different and some severe problems, namely long unemployment periods (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Câmara Municipal de Santo Tirso, Portugal
2004/12/01 - 2005/03/31 Environment, occupational safety, and hygiene teaching Green Spaces and Urban Rehabilitation's course for unemployed people Social Protection and Employment Program (PEPS) - Santo Tirso's Town Hall, Santo Tirso. Taught persons ranging from 20 to 49 years old with socio-economic and cultural backgrounds completely different and some severe problems, namely long unemployment periods (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Câmara Municipal de Santo Tirso, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019 - Current Hydropower production effects on rivers and its services Alejandro Baladrón
2018/06/01 - 2020/09/01 Mitigation of hydropeaking impacts on fish: towards sustainable hydropower management Miguel Moreira
2018 - 2019/09 EcoPeak - Análise do impacto de diferentes cenários de operação de uma central mini-hídrica no habitat piscícola e na manutenção dos leitos de desova Filipa Ambrósio
2016 - 2016/06 Modelação numérica 3D de escoamentos em superfície livre com emulsionamento de ar. Descarregador de cheias complementar da barragem de Salamonde Eddy Pereira
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best Practice Recognition 2021 of the CERIS Day Out 2020 of which I was part of the Organizing Committee
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento - Best Practices Observatory (ObservIST) , Portugal
2000 10% best Civil engineering students of the 1999 Licentiate's degree, average grade of 15 values (Scale: 0-20 values)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Other distinction

2022 Junior Researcher - Stimulus of Scientific Employment, Individual Support (CEECIND)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 PhD Studentships (SFRH/BD/87843/2012)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal