Marine fieldwork expeditions
NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho (PT)
Location: Azores region, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Scientist on board with ROV Luso; Governmental Task Group for the Portuguese Continental Shelf Extension (EMEPC); Azores island slopes geomorphology and geology studies. Coordinator of survey dives at AMAR region.
NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho (PT)
Location: Atlantic Ocean, Portuguese continental shelf
Scientist on board with ROV Luso; Scientific studies for the Portuguese continental shelf extension in the Atlantic Ocean; Governmental Task Group for the Portuguese Continental Shelf Extension (EMEPC); Coordinator of sediment corers sampling.
G.O. SARS (Norway)
Location: Ultraslow spreading ridges, Arctic
Scientist and gravity core drilling coordinator with ROV Bathysaurus; Survey of hydrothermal systems from ultraslow spreading ridges. European cruise (EuroMARC Project).
RRS Charles Darwin (UK)
Location: Saldanha hydrothermal field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Scientist and gravity core drilling coordinator. Geological and geophysical survey of the Saldanha hydrothermal system (Mid-Atlantic Ridge).
Atalante (IFREMER)
Location: Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal fields
Scientist on board with ROV Victor. MAR seafloor research Portuguese mission (SEAHMA project/FCT); Participation as researcher and responsible of ROV research dives (FCUL).
NADIR (IFREMER)
Location: Saldanha hydrothermal field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Scientist on board with deep diving submersible NAUTILE (IFREMER). MAR seafloor research. Participation as researcher and coordinator of one of the Nautile submersible dives. Portuguese and French mission financed by Portuguese Government funds (Programa PRAXIS XXI).
Auriga Oceanographic Vessel
Location: Portuguese continental shelf, Douro-Minho region
Junior scientist on board. Portuguese mission (IH – Portuguese Hydrographic Institute) with collaboration of Bordeaux University. Study of the Portuguese continental shelf between Douro and Minho rivers and the turbiditic plumes connected with rivers from northern Portugal.