Henrique José Albino Zilhão (EA18-5B26-48E5)

Curriculum Vitae

Henrique José Albino Zilhão

Henrique Zilhão is a PhD student working in polar environments with a work plan entitled: "Contaminants in the Antarctic Peninsula and the impacts of permafrost thaw". His interested in the study of pollutants, especially mercury (Hg), saltmarshes, polar environments, permafrost, and climate change. During his academic studies, he spent one semester abroad, where he studied at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA); back in Portugal, he completed his master's in chemical engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in January of 2021 with a master thesis related to Environmental Biogeochemistry: "Methylation of mercury and demethylation of monomethylmercury in saltmarshes - seasonal variation and plant effect". The master thesis was part of the interdisciplinary project Planta II (PTDC/CTA-GQU/31208/2017), funded by FCT. Prior of pursuing his PhD project he remained investigating the role of saltmarsh plants in the biogeochemical cycle of Hg at CQE, IST-UL, and was an invited researcher at Trent University (Canada) within the scope of Planta II project. He is currently devoted to investigating biogecochemical cycles of trace metals in permafrost areas of the South Shetland Islands. He already participated in three polar field campaigns by joining the PROPOLAR Antarctic Campaigns in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and he is a student member of POLAR2E and PYRN.

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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
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
2021/09/10 - 2025/08/10 Ongoing	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)
2021/01/18 Concluded	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)	15
2014/07 Concluded	Sciences and Technology (Ensino secundário) Escola Secundária de Pedro Nunes, Portugal	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/09/18 - 2021/10/15	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Trent University Department of Chemistry, Canada
	Trent University Department of Chemistry, Canada

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024 - 2024	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Projects

Other

	Designation	Funders
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
2024 - 2025	Mercury Dynamics in Permafrost Thaw Systems Exploratory Project from POLAR2E Researcher
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	Ongoing
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	Concluded
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

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Zilhão, Henrique; Cesário, Rute; Canário, João; Gonçalo Teles Vieira; Catarina Louro. "Mercury in permafrost soils from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica". Paper presented in ICMGP- International Conference on Mercury as Global Pollutant, 2024. Zilhão, Henrique; Cesário, Rute; Gonçalo Teles Vieira; Canário, João. Corresponding author: Zilhão, Henrique. "Mercury in the active layer of Barton Peninsula soils, King George Island, Antarctica.". Paper presented in Goldschmidt 2023, 2023. Zilhão, Henrique; Farzamian, Mohammad; Vieira, Gonçalo; Baptista, Joana Pedro; Cesário, Rute; Canário, João. "Contaminants in the active layer and permafrost in Barton Peninsula, King George Island (South Shetlands, Antarctic). Preliminary results.". Paper presented in European Conference on Permafrost - EUCOP 6, 2023. Zilhão, Henrique; Hintelmann, Holger; Cesário, Rute; Patrícia Pereira; Canário, João. "Studying the impact of seasonal changes and plant activity in the production of methylmercury in saltmarsh sediments using mercury stable isotope techniques". Paper presented in CQE days 2022, 2022. Cesário, Rute; Carlos E. Monteiro (BD19-F2D2-448A); Rita Menezes; Bárbara Ribeiro; Canário, João; Joana Pereira; Pacheco, Mário. "Export of mercury from saltmarsh vegetated sediments during flooding period". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 32 annual meeting, 2022. Zilhão, Henrique. "The role of saltmarsh plants and the effects of seasonal variation in mercury methylation and methylmercury demethylation rates on saltmarsh sediments". Paper presented in CQE days 2021, 2021.
Journal article	Cesário, Rute; O’Driscoll, Nelson J.; Justino, Sara; Wilson, Claire E.; Monteiro, Carlos E.; Zilhão, Henrique; Canário, João. "Air Concentrations of Gaseous Elemental Mercury and Vegetation–Air Fluxes within Saltmarshes of the Tagus Estuary, Portugal". Atmosphere 12 2 (2021): 228. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos12020228. Published • 10.3390/atmos12020228
Thesis / Dissertation	Zilhão, Henrique. "Methylation of mercury and demethylation of monomethylmercury in saltmarshes - seasonal variation and plant effect". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2021. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/meq/dissertacao/1691203502344118.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
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)
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)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/10/02 - 2023/11/03	XV PORTUGUESE CONFERENCE OF POLAR SCIENCES (2023/11/02 - 2023/11/03) Conference (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021/03/19 - 2021/03/26	Volunteer in Artic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW) (online conference): The Artic: Regional Changes, Global Impacts Conference	Artic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2023/02 - Current	PYRN - Permafrost Young Researchers Network
2022 - Current	POLAR2E - College on Polar and Extreme Environments

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
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).