Biography
Degree in Architecture from the Lusíada University at Lisboa (1997). Master degree in Geosciences, field of Environment and Territory Planning, from the University of Coimbra (2008). Doctorate in Archaeology from the University of Cambridge (2019). Specialised in geoarchaeology, sediment analysis and landscape studies. Since April 2019, research associate at the ÖAI/ÖAW in the frame of the FWF-Zukunftskolleg funded project »Temenos and Territory«.
Detailed biography
Detailed biography
RESEARCH POSITIONS | |
since April 2019 | Post-doc researcher (Geoarchaeology), Austrian Archaeological Institute (OeAI), in the frame of the Austrian Science Fund-Zukunftskollegs project (ZK48FWF00X1) »Temenos and Territory« |
since 2017 | Archaeologist (Field assistant and Consultant in geophysical prospections), Eastern Atlas GmbH & Co. KG. (Berlin) |
2015 | Archaeologist (Field assistant), Cambridge Archaeological Unit |
2011 | Instructor and Field Assistant, Mit-Rahina Field-school (Egypt) |
2006–2011 | Architect (senior), Frazão & Vitorino, Architects (Leiria, Portugal) |
1997–2006 | Architect (junior/senior), José Fava, Lda. – Associated Architects (Leiria, Portugal) |
EDUCATION AND DEGREES | |
2011–2019 | PhD degree in Archaeology by the University of Cambridge, Dissertation »Landscape and environmental changes at Memphis during the dynastic period in Egypt« |
2004–2008 | MSc degree in Geosciences (field of Environment and Territory Planning) by the University of Coimbra, Dissertation »Holocene evolution of the River Lis and Lagoon of Pederneira« |
1992–1997 | BA (Hons) in Architecture, Lusíada University at Lisbon |
AWARDS | |
September 2011 | The Egypt Exploration Society: Research fieldwork support funding |
2011–2015 | Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal): PhD Full studentship SFRH/BD/70177/2010 |
ADVISORY BOARD MEMEBRSHIPS | |
since 2013 | ICArEHB – Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour, University of Algarve |
2011–2019 | The Charles McBurney Laboratory for Geoarchaeology, University of Cambridge |
since 2006 | GEEvH – Study Group on Human Evolution, University of Coimbra (Portugal) |
CURRENT PROJECTS | |
▪ Ancient Riverine Landscapes of Southern Upper Egypt (OeAI Cairo) ▪ Landscape and environmental changes at Memphis during the dynastic period in Egypt | |
MOST IMPORTANT COOPERATION PARTNERS (OF THE LAST 5 YEARS) | |
▪ Judith Bunbury (St. Edmund’s College, University Cambridge) ▪ David Jeffreys (University College London) ▪ Erich Draganits (University of Vienna) ▪ Irene Forstner-Müller (OeAI Cairo) ▪ Francesc Conesa (McDonald Institute, University Cambridge) ▪ Vera Aldeias (University Algarve) ▪ Cornelius Meyer (CMP) | |
Publications
Publications
HERAUSGEBERSCHAFTEN | |
2014 | Current Research in Egyptology 2013, Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium (Oxford & Philadelphia 2014) (mit K. Accetta, R. Fellinger, S. Musselwhite, W. P. van Pelt), ISBN: 9781782976868 |
MONOGRAPHIEN | |
2019 | Landscape and environmental changes at Memphis during the dynastic period in Egypt (PhD dissertation, Cambridge, 2019) doi: 10.17863/CAM.35048 |
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BEITRÄGE UND ARTIKEL | |
2017 | Development of the Memphite Floodplain: Landscape and Settlement Symbiosis in the Egyptian Capital Zone. In H. Willems and J.-M. Dahms (eds) The Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt. Mainz Historical Cultural Sciences series vol. 36: 71–96. Bielefeld, 2017. (mit J. Bunbury, A. Tavares, B. Pennington) Doi: 10.14361/9783839436158-003 |
2012 | Holocene landscape and environmental changes in the capital zone of Egypt: an interdisciplinary approach to evolutionary processes. In J. Cascalheira and C. Gonçalves (eds) Actas das IV Jornadas de Jovens em Investigação Arqueológica – JIA 2011, Volume II. Faro, 2012. (mit K. Spence, J. Bunbury). ISBN: 9789899766624 |
2010 | The Holocene evolution of the Lis River – a historical, geomorphological and sedimentological approach. In M. C. Freitas and C. Andrade (eds) Proceedings of the Iberian Coastal Holocene Palaeoenvironmental Evolution – Coastal Hope 2010: 59–60. Lisboa, 2010 |
Presentations
Presentations
VORTRÄGE (5 wichtigste Vorträge der letzten 5 Jahre) | |
10.05.2019 | “Ancient Urban Landscapes: a geoarchaeological approach for modelling environmental change and urban development”. Landscape Studies in the Near East: the Next 100 Years. Chicago (USA). |
12.03.2015 | “The landscapes of Memphis: the urban, geomorphological and environmental transformations on the dynastic capital of Egypt”. 5th Iberian Congress of Egiptology. Cuenca (Spain). |
20.03.2013 | “Memphis deep under the silt: a geoarchaeological approach”. Current Research in Egyptology XIV. Cambridge (UK). |
07.12.2012 | “From the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom: understanding Memphis landscapes using borehole sampling data”. 2nd Geoarchaeological Conference in Warsaw. Warsaw (Poland). |