Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Henrique José Albino Zilhão
Citation names
- Zilhão, Henrique
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- EA18-5B26-48E5
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7595-2637
Email addresses
- henrique.kct@gmail.com (Professional)
- henrique.zilhao@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geochemistry
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Climatic Research
- Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2021/09/10 - 2025/08/10
Ongoing
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Environmental Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Environmental Chemistry
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal "Contaminants in the Antarctic Peninsula and the impacts of permafrost thaw" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2021/01/18
Concluded
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Integrated Masters in Chemical Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Methylation of mercury and demethylation of monomethylmercury in saltmarshes – seasonal variation and plant effect" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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15 |
2014/07
Concluded
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Sciences and Technology (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundária de Pedro Nunes, Portugal
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16 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/09/18 - 2021/10/15 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Trent University Department of Chemistry, Canada |
Trent University Department of Chemistry, Canada |
Projects
Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/03/12 - Current | Antarctic Peninsula permafrost under a changing climate: sensitivity, fate and impacts
2022.06628.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2024 - 2025 | Mercury Dynamics in Permafrost Thaw Systems
Exploratory Project from POLAR2E
Researcher
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2023 - 2024 | THAWIMPACT-CONTAMINANTS/ THAWIMPACT-COASTANTAR - Antarctic Peninsula permafrost under a changing climate: sensitivity, fate
and impacts
Projecto PROPOLAR 2023/2024
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2022 - 2023 | PERCONTACT - Permafrost Contamination in Maritime Antarctica and the Consequences upon its Thaw
Projecto Propolar 2022/2023
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
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Concluded
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2020/01/10 - 2021/08/09 | Role of salt-marsh plants in the mercury cycle under climate change scenarios: tracking the fate in light of toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic
data
PTDC/CTA-GQU/31208/2017
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2021/09/08 | Mercury methylation and monomethylmercury demethylation rates in saltmarsh sediments from Tagus estuary and Ria de Aveiro: The role of plants and seasonal effect | ECSA 58 - EMECS 13 Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene
(United Kingdom)
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2021/05/28 | The role of saltmarsh plants and the effects of seasonal variation in mercury methylation and methylmercury demethylation rates on saltmarsh sediments | CQE days 2021
Centro de Química Estrutural (Lisboa, Portugal)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2023/10/02 - 2023/11/03 | XV PORTUGUESE CONFERENCE OF POLAR SCIENCES (2023/11/02 - 2023/11/03)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2021/03/19 - 2021/03/26 | Volunteer in Artic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW) (online conference): The Artic: Regional Changes, Global Impacts
Conference
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Artic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2023/02 - Current | PYRN - Permafrost Young Researchers Network | |
2022 - Current | POLAR2E - College on Polar and Extreme Environments |
Scientific expedition
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2024 - 2024 | Scientific campaign in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, integrated in the Antarctic campaign organized by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR) in the scope of the project THAWIMPACT. | |
2024 - 2024 | COASTANTAR Scientific campaign on board the vessel El Doblon in the Antarctic Peninsula Region, organized organized by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR) and the College on Polar and Extreme Environemts (POLAR2E) in the scope of the project THAWIMPACT-CONTAMINANTS/ THAWIMPACT-COASTANTAR | |
2024 - 2024 | Field campaign in Faibanks, Alaska, USA to collect environmetal samples for the project Mercury Dynamics in Permafrost Thaw Systems | |
2023/01 - 2023/02 | Scientific campaign in Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, integrated in the Antarctic campaign organized by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR) in the scope of the project PERCONTACT. | |
2022/02 - 2022/03 | Scientific campaign in King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, integrated in the Antarctic campaign organized by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR). |