Oceanographic campaigns |
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Dates |
July 2011 |
Name of employer |
Mission Structure for Sea Affairs (EMAM) |
position held |
Research Technician |
Main activities and responsibilities Biodiversity & Phisical Oceanography sampling , focus on Portuguese Extension of the. Continental Shelf proj. |
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Dates |
24/11/2001 -01/12/2001 (SIRIA Campaign 2001) | 10/02/2001-11/02/2001 (SIRIA Campaign 2001) |24/11/2000-25/11/2000 (WADI ANA – SIRIA Project) |
Name of employer |
University of Algarve/ Portuguese Hydrographic Institute |
position held |
Research Field Technician – Oceanographer data manager |
Main activities and responsibilities Maintain and deploy equipment and analytical techniques including ADCP, CTD, rosette-mounted Niskin bottles sample, sediment sampling using grab and gravity corer, various types of plankton tows, and various chemical analyses of seawater, as well as Ocean Data View and Surfer software. |
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Dates |
July- August 2000 |
Name of employer |
University of Algarve :PRAXIS MAR Project(1), OAERRE –European Union Project (2) |
position held |
Professional Skiiper(1) |Research Technician (1,2) |
Main activities and responsibilities Drive a small boat, Collect samples with niskin bottles at specific stations on sea, take the samples to the lab on the coast and analyze them for chemical properties as nutrients, suspended matter and primary productivity. Download and analyze CTD data |
EDUCATION AND TRAINING |
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Dates |
1999-2005 |
Name of organisation |
University of Algarve, Portugal |
Title of qualification |
Degree (5 years long)Oceanography |
Principal subjects Oceanography, coastal processes &managment, Environmental Impact Acessment, Maritime Policie, Marine Ecotoxicology , Climate Change & Metereology. Final Thesis on: Technical-scientific Project on the “Variation of nutrients and metals in the Continental Shelf of the Southern Iberian Peninsula”. (Mark: 17 ) |
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Advanced Pos-graduation Courses |
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Dates |
Aug 2009(1) | Aug 2008 (2) |
Name of organisation |
ESA, European Space Agency |
Principal subjects |
(1)2nd Advanced Training course on Ocean Remote Sensing (2) Earth Observation Summer School on Earth System Monitoring and Modelling |
Dates |
October 2009 |
Name of organisation |
University of Zagreb |
skills covered |
Robotic Underwater vehicles –techniques of driving & applications |
Dates |
Summer 2007 |
Name of organisation |
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. |
Principal subjects |
Satellite Remote Sensing Training Course for Biological Oceanographers |
Dates |
Summer 2002 |
Name of organisation |
CICESE, División de Oceanologia del Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Mexico |
Principal subjects |
Summer Course: Satellite Oceanography 2002 |
PERSONAL SKILLS |
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Mother tongue(s) |
Portuguese |
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Other language(s) |
UNDERSTANDING | SPEAKING | WRITING | ||
Listening | Reading | Spoken interaction | Spoken production | ||
English |
C1 |
C2 |
C1 |
C1 |
C1 |
Spanish |
C1 |
C2 |
C1 |
C1 |
B1 |
French |
B1 |
B1 |
A2 |
A1 |
A2 |
COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL SKILLS |
Effective verbal and written communication skills , able to deal with all types of people and situations. |
Participated in several summer camps in Portugal & Europe, collaborating in exchange young people & mentoring children.
Member at Young National Council for Environment & Sustainability.
Art activities: Theather, Reading, Music (Guitar, clarinet – elementar level).
Sport activities: Sailing Swimming, Scuba Diving, Hiking, Horse-riding.
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS & Competences
Strong organizational skills applied in project managment, event organization, since first year of university.
Member at Young National Council for Environment & Sustainability.
Lider representant of students of Oceanography at Pedagogic Council at University of Algarve.
As member of Leo Club de Matosinhos, was secretary, treasure and Social Director.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Web- Html, XMl, CSS | Design -Inkscape |GIS, IDL, Matlab, SeaDAS, Surfer 8.0, PCI
Notepad ++, MS Office Software, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Mac Os
OTHER SKILLS
Phytoplankton, sedimentary colums samples & Identification experience
Open Water Diver , PADI (2007)
Professional Trainer Certificate, Certificate of Competence- 02/03/2007
Networking Oganizational Certification- 2010
Young Auditor for National Defense , National Defense Institute, since 2005Schoolarships received
DRIVING SKILLS
Boat: Seafarer (1998) | Skipper (2000)
Car: Driving Lincense – B Cathegory (2013)
ADITIONAL INFORMATION |
PUBLICATIONS | PRESENTATIONS |
Several oralInternational and Nationalpresentations, as executive manager. |
PROJECTS |
FP7 Project ‘REMCap’ (Resource Efficient Maritime Capacity) |Atlantic Forum strategy | Norway-Portugal Strategic Projects for Marine Affairs| Sea Forum 2011, 2012| POCUS |
HONOURS |
2006- National Science and Technology Foundation Master Grant/ Department of Applied Mathematics |
2002 Grant “Acertate al mar”, in the area of Physical Oceanography, attributed by CICESE – Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada,Research and Investigation Centre, Oceanography Division, Mexico