Identification
            Personal identification
- Full name
 - Marcelo Vieira Fernandes
 
Citation names
- Fernandes, Marcelo
 
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
 - DC16-4FD0-6F5B
 - ORCID iD
 - 0000-0001-6840-4317
 - Researcher Id
 - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcelo-Fernandes-11
 - Scopus Author Id
 - https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57204148423
 
Email addresses
- marcelo.fernandes@live.com (Personal)
 
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Physical Geography
 
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | 
Education
            | Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
| 
                                  2019 - 2023/03/17 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Geografia (Doutoramento)
                                  Major in Physical Geography 
                                 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal 
                                 "Deglaciation chronology and post-glacial environmental evolution of the Upper Garonne valley (Central Pyrenees)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              |
| 
                                  2021/09/03 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Geochronological Summer School: Dating Techniques in Environmental Research (Postgraduate Certificate)
                                  Major in Physical Geography 
                                 Universität Zürich Institut für Geographie, Switzerland 
                               | 
                              |
| 
                                  2021/07/15 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              El estudio de los glaciares como indicadores de cambio climático (Postgraduate Certificate)
                                  Major in Physical Geography 
                                 Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Spain 
                               | 
                              |
| 
                                  2016 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Physical Geography and Spatial Planning (Mestrado)
                                  Major in Physical Geography 
                                 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal 
                                 "Evolução geomorfológica desde a Última Glaciação no alto vale do rio Garona (Pirenéus Centrais)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              16 | 
| 
                                  2015/05 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Cold environments: from Iberia to poles and Mars. Science and Research around Permafrost (Postgraduate Certificate)
                                  Major in Geomorfologia 
                                 Universidad de Valladolid, Spain 
                               | 
                              |
| 
                                  2014 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Geography (Licenciatura)
                                  Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal 
                                 "Da laguna à planície litoral: uma evolução centenária. O caso da enseada de Santa Rita" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              14 | 
| 
                                  2013/07 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Instruments, collection and data processing in physical environments (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
                                  Major in Geografia Física 
                                 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal 
                               | 
                              14 | 
Affiliation
            Science
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/06/02 - Current | Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal | 
| Universidade de Évora, Portugal | ||
| 2024/08/15 - 2025/02/15 | Postdoc (Research) | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Germany | 
| Friedrich Schiller Jena University, Germany | ||
| 2018/12 - 2023/03/05 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal | 
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal | 
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/02 - 2025/08 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal | 
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal | ||
| 2024/02 - 2024/08/05 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal | 
| 2023/09 - 2024/07/06 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | 
| 2023/02 - 2023/08 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal | 
Others
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/10/01 - 2018/11 | Ranger | Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, I. P., Portugal | 
| 2017/01/01 - 2017/03/01 | Physical geographer - Geodiversity e geoheritage at the diapiric complex of Vimeiro. | Câmara Municipal da Lourinhã, Portugal | 
| 2014/05/01 - 2014/08/01 | Lab technician - Samples digestion for diamictons analysis and quantification of the total carbon/nitrogen (TOC/TN) | Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal | 
| Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Instituto Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera, Spain | ||
| 2013/07/01 - 2013/11/01 | Lab technician - Composition and texture analysis in sediments | Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal | 
| Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | 
Projects
            Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/10/01 - 2028/10/01 | GRELARCTIC - Holocene glacial response and environmental dynamics in Greenland and Ellesmere
                                  PID2023-146730NB-C31 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Geografia, Spain 
                                 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Centro de Investigación Interdisciplinar en Tecnoloxías Ambientais, Spain  | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2023/01 - 2027/01 | ANR TransPyr - Repenser la transition Paléolithique moyen/récent : des migrations humaines aux logiques d'implantation territoriales au cours du MIS 3 à travers l'exemple des Pyrénées | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Agence nationale de la recherche Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2025/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | COLDAFRICA – Glacial and periglacial chronology in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa
                                  2024/02 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Universidade de Lisboa
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2023 - 2024 | CAMOES - Spatial analysis of sorted-stone circles in Barton Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula
                                  PROPOLAR2023-2024 
                                 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
                                     
                              Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2023/03/01 - 2023/04/30 | HAZARDOUS Avaliação de riscos associados à formação e evolução de fajãs detríticas e lávicas nos arquipélagos vulcânicos portugueses
                                  PTDC/CTA-GEO/0798/2020 
                                 Invited Scientist Fellow
                                     
                              Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/01/01 - 2022/12/31 | NUNANTAR - Analysis of nunataks of the Antarctic Peninsula as multiproxy data sources on environmental change and climate
                                 dynamics
                                  PTDC/CTA-GFI/32002/2017 
                                 02/SAICT/2017 - 32002 
                                 PTDC/CTA-GFI/32002/2017 - 32002 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal 
                                 Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2014/04/01 - 2014/08 | HOLOANTAR - Holocene Environmental Change in the Maritime Antarctic. Interactions between permafrost and the lacustrine environment
                                 
                                  Technical development
                                     
                              Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
Outputs
            Publications
| Book chapter | 
                                 
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| Conference abstract | 
                                 
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| Conference paper | 
                                 
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| Conference poster | 
                                 
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| Journal article | 
                                 
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| Thesis / Dissertation | 
                                 
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| Website | 
                                 
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Activities
            Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location)  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Glacial oscillations during the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial-Younger Dryas transition in the Ruda Valley, Central Pyrenees | Doctoral program in Geography – University of Barcelona.
                                  Xavier Ubeda (Barcelona, Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2021 | Glacial oscillations during the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial-Younger Dryas transition in the Ruda Valley, Central Pyrenees | Workshop doctoral IGOT 2021 - Lisbon
                                   (Lisbon, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2021 | Glacial oscillations during the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial-Younger Dryas transition in the Ruda Valley, Central Pyrenees | Geochronology summer school 2021 (Morteratsch)
                                  University of Zurich (Pontresina, Switzerland) 
                               | 
                           
| 2020 | Chronology of the deglaciation and post-glacial geomorphological dynamics in the Upper Garonne valley (Central Pyrenees) | Café Cosmo – Centre de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement (CEREGE; France).
                                  Irene Schimmelpfennig (Aix-en-Provence, France) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | Valorização do geopatrimónio na Paisagem Protegida da Arriba Fóssil da Costa da Caparica | Congresso Nacional de Vigilantes da Natureza – (Cascais-Portugal)
                                  Associação Portuguesa de Guardas e Vigilantes da Natureza (Sintra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role  | 
                              Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/10 - 2024/04/20 | The role of topography on snow dynamics in the Central Pyrenees: the case of glacial cirques in the Aran Valley
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              
                                  Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Institut für Geowissenschaften, Germany 
                               | 
                           
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role)  | 
                              Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2025/05/03 | Co-convener in the EGU 2025: Postglacial development of soil, vegetation, and landscapes - from moraines and debris to ecosystem
                                 services (2024 - 2025/05/03)
                                  Congress (Other) 
                               | 
                              Centro de Estudos em Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal | 
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event  | 
                              Event name Institution / Organization  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/07/06 - 2022/07/10 | Nordic Workshop on Cosmogenic Nuclides
                                  Workshop 
                               | 
                              Cosmo 2022 - Scotland workshop
                                  Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, United Kingdom 
                              The University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences, United Kingdom Cardiff University, United Kingdom University of Glasgow, United Kingdom  | 
                           
| 2019/09/23 - 2019/09/27 | Workshop I of the IPA Action Group Rock glacier inventories and kinematics
                                  Workshop 
                               | 
                              IPA Action Group Rock glacier inventories and kinematics
                                  Université de Fribourg Département des géosciences, Switzerland 
                              Université de Lausanne Faculté des Geosciences et de l'environnement, Switzerland  | 
                           
Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role  | 
                              Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/08/26 | Past, present and future of the Ésera glacier: paleoenvironmental evolution and recent deglaciation
                                  Thesis Member 
                               | 
                              Ixeia Vidaller (PhD)
                                  Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Spain 
                               | 
                           
| 2023/11/27 | Evolução geomorfológica da Nave de Santo António (Serra da Estrela) através de técnicas geomorfológicas, sedimentológicas
                                 e geofísicas
                                  (Thesis) Arguer 
                               | 
                              João Carlos Contreiras Serra Correia Nunes (Master)
                                  Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - Current | Portuguese Association of Geomorphologists (APGEOM) | |
| 2021 - Current | European Geosciences Union (EGU) | |
| 2019 - Current | Spanish Quaternary Research Association (AEQUA) | |
| 2017 - Current | Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) | |
| 2017 - Current | Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) | |
| 2016 - Current | International Permafrost Association (IPA) | |
| 2014 - 2018 | European Young Geographers (EGEA) | 
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/09/12 - 2024/09/15 | X National Congress on Geomorphology | Lisboa | 
| 2023/05/14 - 2023/05/22 | 6th European Conference on Permafrost | Puigcerdà | 
| 2021/03/19 - 2021/03/26 | Arctic Science Summit Week | Lisbon | 
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - Current | Support in the application of the Aspiring Geopark Oeste | |
| 2020/03 - 2020/03 | Review manuscript for a local protected area in the Cliffs of Lourinhã | Câmara Municipal da Lourinhã, Portugal | 
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/02 - 2024/08 | Quaternary Environments | Quaternary Environments | Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | 
| 2024/02 - 2024/08 | Geography of Portugal | Geography of Portugal | Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | 
| 2024/02 - 2024/06 | Geomorphology | Geomorphology | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal | 
| 2023/09 - 2024/02 | Geographic Information Systems in Geosciences | Geographic Information Systems in Geosciences | Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | 
| 2023/09 - 2024/02 | Geomorphology | Geomorphology | Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | 
| 2023/02 - 2023/06 | Geomorphology | Geografia (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal | 
| 2020/02 - 2020/06 | Geomorphology | Geografia (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal | 
| 2019/02 - 2019/05 | Geomorphology | Geografia (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal | 
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Geografia em tempo de COVID-19 | Ressurgir | 
| 2019 | "Viagem de estudo - Experiências compartilhadas sobre clima". | Blogue Ambiente, Território e Sociedade; ICS ULisboa. | 
| 2017 | As novas aportações sobre alterações climáticas | Jornal Alvorada | 
| 2016 | Boas práticas na gestão dos incêndios | Jornal Alvorada | 
| 2016 | Do outro lado da península | Jornal Alvorada | 
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/11/15 - 2024/11/15 | Sociedade Civil | Geógrafos | 
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/07/21 - Current | Quaternary Science Reviews | Elsevier | 
| 2024 - Current | AUC Geographica | Chales University | 
| 2024/01/24 - 2024/02/04 | Journal of Maps | Taylor and Francis | 
| 2024/01/05 - 2024/01/20 | Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews | Springer | 
| 2022/03 - 2022/03 | Earth Surface Dynamics | Copernicus Publications | 
| 2022/02 - 2022/02 | Journal of Mountain Science | Springer | 
| 2022/02 - 2022/02 | Land Degradation & Development | Wiley | 
| 2020/12 - 2021/01 | IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Climate Change 2021: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability | |
| 2020/01 - 2020/02 | Solid Earth | Copernicus Publications for the European Geosciences Union | 
| 2019/06 - 2019/07 | The Holocene | SAGE Publishing | 
Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/11/01 - 2024/11/17 | Reconstruction of the geomorphological evolution in the Drakensberg Mountains | Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Institut für Geowissenschaften, Germany | 
| 2024/07 - 2024/07 | Chronology of large landslides in the Central Pyrenees | Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal | 
| 2024/01 - 2024/01 | Past and current geomorphological evolution of sorted-non-sorted stone circles in the Barton Peninsula, South Shetland Island, Antarctic Maritime | Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal | 
| 2022/01 - 2022/01 | Glacial reconstruction in the Hurd Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Maritime | Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal | 
| 2020/07 - 2020/07 | Geomorphological mapping and chronology of rock glaciers in the Central Pyrenees | Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal | 
| 2019/07 - 2019/07 | Glacial chronology in the Central Pyrenees | Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal | 
Distinctions
            Award
| 2025 | Person of Year
                                  Câmara Municipal da Lourinhã, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2024 | António de Brum de Ferreira Prize
                                  Associação Portuguesa de Geomorfólogos (APGEOM), Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2024 | Orlando Ribeiro Prize
                                  Portuguese Association of Geographers, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2023 | Young Scientists award
                                  Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2022 | TOP cited Articles 2022-2023 | 
| 2019 | Grant of effort and proactivity/Premio al esfuerzo y proactividad
                                  AEQUA - Asociación Española para el Estudio del Cuaternario, Spain 
                               | 
                           
| 2019 | Meeting grant (Workshop I of the IPA Action group on rock glaciers inventories and Kinematcs; Evolène, Switzerland/22-27 september
                                 2019)
                                  International Permafrost Association, Germany 
                               | 
                           
| 2019 | Meeting grant (VII CONFERENCE OF THE IBERIAN SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PERMAFROST ASSOCIATION; Jaca, Spain/25-28 june 2019)
                                  International Permafrost Association, Germany 
                               | 
                           
| 2019 | Meeting grant (VX REUNIÓN NACIONAL DE CUATERNARIO; Bilbao, Spain/1-5 jully 2019)
                                  AEQUA - Asociación Española para el Estudio del Cuaternario, Spain 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | PhD grant
                                  Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Erasmus grant (Department of Geography - University of Barcelona)
                                  Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2012 | Erasmus grant (Department of Geography - University of Bern)
                                  Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
