{"id":945,"date":"2016-12-15T23:09:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T22:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webpages.fc.ul.pt\/~ecfont\/?page_id=945"},"modified":"2019-09-26T00:36:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T22:36:15","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webpages.ciencias.ulisboa.pt\/~ecfont\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>I am a geologist-geophysicist currently employed as Assistant Professor at the Department of Earth Science of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra, Portugal. My primary research expertise is palaeomagnetism and environmental magnetism integrated with a host of other geological tools, including mineralogy, igneous processes, sedimentology, stratigraphy and stable isotope geochemistry. My research focuses on major challenges in Earth sciences, such as the environmental effects of large igneous provinces (Deccan, CAMP) and their impact on the biosphere (e.g., environmental acidification); the magnetism of speleothem; Neoproterozoic glaciations (the so-called <em>Snowball Earth Hypothesis<\/em>); widespread remagnetization events linked to tectonics, paleogeography and plate-tectonics; and identification of tsunami-induced deposits.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOLID-EARTH SCIENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_24237\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_66250\"  width=\"800\" height=\"600\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q80Yc3pU7L0?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&modestbranding=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_24237\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"epyt-gallery-list\"><div class=\"epyt-pagination \"><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"epyt-pagebutton epyt-prev  hide \" data-playlistid=\"PLi7Pmu_BSihzSwfKVNAJNh4hG-7M32q9P\" data-pagesize=\"15\" data-pagetoken=\"\" data-epcolumns=\"3\" data-showtitle=\"1\" data-showpaging=\"1\" data-autonext=\"0\" data-thumbplay=\"1\"><div class=\"epyt-arrow\">&laquo;<\/div> <div>Prev<\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-pagenumbers hide\"><div class=\"epyt-current\">1<\/div><div class=\"epyt-pageseparator\"> \/ <\/div><div class=\"epyt-totalpages\">1<\/div><\/div><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"epyt-pagebutton epyt-next hide \" data-playlistid=\"PLi7Pmu_BSihzSwfKVNAJNh4hG-7M32q9P\" data-pagesize=\"15\" data-pagetoken=\"\" data-epcolumns=\"3\" data-showtitle=\"1\" data-showpaging=\"1\" data-autonext=\"0\" data-thumbplay=\"1\"><div>Next<\/div> <div class=\"epyt-arrow\">&raquo;<\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-loader\"><img alt=\"loading\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/webpages.ciencias.ulisboa.pt\/~ecfont\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/gallery-page-loader.gif\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-allthumbs  epyt-cols-3 \"><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-videoid=\"q80Yc3pU7L0\" class=\"epyt-gallery-thumb\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img-box\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/q80Yc3pU7L0\/hqdefault.jpg)\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playhover\"><img alt=\"play\" class=\"epyt-play-img\" width=\"30\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/webpages.ciencias.ulisboa.pt\/~ecfont\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" \/><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playcrutch\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-title\">MagNetZ With Eric Font (2022\/07\/27) - Magnetism of Speleothems: Advances and Perspectives<\/div><\/div><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-videoid=\"KBM_0c4N2D8\" class=\"epyt-gallery-thumb\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img-box\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/KBM_0c4N2D8\/hqdefault.jpg)\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playhover\"><img alt=\"play\" class=\"epyt-play-img\" width=\"30\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/webpages.ciencias.ulisboa.pt\/~ecfont\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" \/><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playcrutch\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-title\">Elisa M. 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