Filipe M. Rosas, PhD

Geologist, Associate Professor with Habilitation

Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon.

I am presently the director of the IDL-LA Earthsystems Associate Laboratory.

Click on the logo (on the left) for detailed information about the institute, its history and present research activity.

I am also the responsible for the Analogue Modelling Lab @ FCUL, IDL, UL

Some photos of field work and other activities.

Aerial view of part of the Science Faculty campus (University of Lisbon).

Education/Degrees

Habilitation (Geology) – University of Lisbon, March 2018

- Arguers: Jacques Malavieille and Jesus Galindo-Zaldivar
- Classification: Maximum classification of “aprovado” attributed unanimously

PhD in Geology (Internal Geodynamics) – University of Lisbon, July 2003

- Thesis: “Tectonic study of the Viana do Alentejo-Alvito sector: Geodynamic evolution and analogue modelling of key structures in selected outcrops (SW Iberian Variscan Fold Belt) / “Estudo Tectónico Do Sector De Viana Do Alentejo-Alvito: Evolução Geodinâmica e Modelação Analógica de Estruturas em Afloramentos Chave (Ramo Sul da Cadeia Varisca Ibérica – SW da Zona de Ossa Morena)”. Ph.D.Thesis, Fac. Ciênc. Univ. Lisboa, p.364.
- Supervisors: António Ribeiro e José Brandão Silva.
- Classification: Maximum classification of “Distinção e Louvor” attributed unanimously

MSc in Geology (Internal Dynamic Geology) – University of Lisbon, July 1996

- Thesis: “Tectonic study and detailed geological mapping of the Alvito-Água de Peixe sector (Ossa Morena Zone, SW Iberian Variscan Fold Belt)” / Estudo tectónico e cartografia geológica de pormenor do sector chave de Alvito-Água de Peixe (Zona de Ossa Morena). M.Sc Thesis, Fac. Ciênc. Univ. Lisboa, p.147.
- Supervisors: António Ribeiro e Paulo Fonseca.
- Classification: Maximum classification of “Muito Bom” attributed unanimously

BSc (4 years “Licenciatura”) in Geology (scientific branch) – University of Lisbon, October 1993

Look at that beautiful pattern of tablet-chocolate boudinage behind! (Almograve beach, SW Portugal)

Professional career

Associate Professor (“Professor Associado”) – Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, since May 2023

Assistant Professor (“Professor Auxiliar”) – Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, from July 2003 to May 2023

Tutor (off-campus) of Heriot-Watt University (Edinburg, Scotland), from Abril 2014 to February 2020

Lecturer of the Petroleum Geoscience course of the Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering offered by the Heriot-Watt University and ISPG/GALP consortium (“Instituto do Petróleo e Gás, Galp Energia”).

Trainee Assistant (“Assistente”) – Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, from January 2000 to July 2003

Trainee Assistant of the Geodynamics section (Geology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon)

PhD Scholarship holder – from February 1997 to December 1999

PhD scholarship granted by the national science foundation – FCT (“Fundação Para a Ciência e Tecnologia”).

Trainee Scholarship holder – from September 1996 to January 1997

Trainee scholarship granted by the national geological survey (IGM – “Instituto Geológico Mineiro”)

MSc Scholarship holder – from April 1994 to July 1996

MSc scholarship granted by the national science foundation (JNICT – “Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica”).

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

- APG – Associação Portuguesa de Geólogos
- AGU – American Geophysical Union
- EGU – European Geosciences Union