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Maria Catarina Paz
PhD Researcher
Main areas of research
Modelling
Near-surface and hydro- geophysics
Ecosystems (natural, agro- and urban)
Groundwater
Soil
Academic background
PhD Earth Resources, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (2017)
MSc Environmental Engineering , Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (2009)
5-year degree Geophysical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (2004)
Research projects / Experience
PhD researcher contract, from 2019, OLIVESIM – Managing ecosystem services in olive groves using advanced landscape agent-based models
Project grant, 2017-2018, SALTFREE – Salinization in irrigated areas in the Mediterranean basin: risk evaluation using geophysical methods
PhD thesis: “Geophysical techniques applied to shallow aquifer characterization”
MSc thesis: “Modelação matemática do escoamento e da poluição do sistema aquífero Caldas da Rainha–Nazaré"
Geophysicist and founder, 2005-2011, 2019, WG-Westgeophysics
ERASMUS research assistant, 2003-2004, Department of Geodynamics and Geophysics, University of Barcelona, Spain
