Curriculum Vitae de Octávio Mateus (1975-2023), para memória futura:
Biographic data
Complete name: OCTÁVIO João Madeira MATEUS
Date and place of birth: Lisboa, January 31st, 1975
Professional address: Departamento de Ciências da Terra (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Nationality: Portuguese
Professional homepage: docentes.fct.unl.pt/omateus
Blog: www.lusodinos.blogspot.com
Identificators as researcher and author:
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1253-3616
ResearcherID: F-2910-2010
Google Scholar ID: xTBqE88AAAAJ
CIÊNCIA ID and CiênciaVitae: C314-B1BF-14F4
FCT Public Key: J024610V1X7
Virtual International Authority File (VIAD) ID: 315726512
Web of Science: 1232651
See also the profiles in ResearchGate, LinkedIn, Mendeley, Redalyc, Academia.edu, and iNaturalist
Advanced Education and Academic titles
2020.04.24 Agregação [habilitation] in Earth and Space Sciences, at Universidade de Évora [certificate].
2005.07.27 ’Doutoramento em Geologia, especialidade em Paleontologia e Estratigrafia’ (Ph.D. in Geology, speciality in Paleontology and Stratigraphy), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, with the thesis “Dinossauros do Jurássico Superior de Portugal, com destaque para os saurísquios”, under advisory of Miguel Telles Antunes and FCT fellowship Praxis XXI BD/21616/99. [certificate]. Informal PhD co-advisor: Prof. Philippe Taquet (Museúm National d’Histoire Naturelle - Paris).
1998.10.20 Graduation [licenciatura] in Biology, Universidade de Évora, Portugal, with the dissertation [Trabalho de Fim de Curso] “Dinossauros de Portugal e um novo terópode do Jurássico Superior da Lourinhã” under advisory of Miguel Telles Antunes and Ausenda Balbino.
Appointments and positions
Current main appointment at FCT - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Associate Professor with habilitation [Agregação] at Departamento de Ciências da Terra, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, since October 3rd, 2018,
Other appointments and positions
Formally integrated in the research centers of the Departamento de Ciências da Terra [Department of Earth Sciences] of NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, namely in the GeoBioTec - GeoBioSciences, GeoTechnologies and GeoEngineering, that was preceded by the CEG - Centro de Estudos Geológicos and CICEGE - Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Engenharia Geológica. Collaborator since 2000. Integrated Member since 2005. Coordinator of the Group Sedimentary Basins and Palaeontology (SBP) between 2019 and 2022.
SPdP- Portuguese Society of Paleontology: President of the Direction Board since the 3 of July 2021, being founder and member no. 1.
Member of Scientific Council of FCT Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia for the Natural Sciences and Environment (since 2023)
Museu da Lourinhã [Museum of Lourinhã / GEAL], Portugal:
President of the General Assembly Board, since September 10th, 2021.
Scientific Collaborator and Paleontologist at Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal, since 1997.
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA: Associated Researcher since 2015.
Ordem dos Biólogos: Member of the Professional and Deontological Council [Conselho Profissional e Deontológico] since March 31th, 2017.
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto: External collaborator since 2020.
CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes: External collaborator since February 2022.
Scientific Council member /Scientific advisor
Escola Ciência Viva do Alviela -miniLAB (since 2021)
Aspiring Geoparque Oeste, since 2020. (and founder)
Conselho Técnico - Científico do Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros, since 2021
Member of the Member of the Scientific Council of the Museu da Lourinhã [Museum of Lourinhã], Portugal, since December 28th, 2013.
Member of the Scientific Council of the Federação Portuguesa de Espeleologia [Portuguese Federation of Speleology], since 2008.
Chairholder at Verein zur Förderung der niedersächsischen Paläontologie (Hannover, Germany) and scientific advisor for the Freilicht Museum DinoPark Münchehagen (Hannover, Germany), since 2006.
Academic management activities at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Scientific commission of the PhD programme in Geology at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, since 2014.
Scientific commission of the MSc in Paleontology (www.dct.fct.unl.pt/en/msc-paleontology), since 2012. Master in association between FCT-UNL and Universidade de Évora.
Member of “Embaixador FCT” task group for divulgation of NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa offers and opportunities in schools, from 2016 to 2017.
Coordinator of the Communication and Dissemination Committee of the Dept. Earth Sciences at NOVA (2019-2022).
Member of the Department Committee [Comissão de Departamento], of the Dept. Earth Sciences at NOVA (since 2012).
Previous appointments and positions
2019-2022 Coordinator of the Group Sedimentary Basins and Palaeontology (SBP) of GeoBioTec (GeoBioSciences, GeoTechnologies and GeoEngineering) at Pólo da FCT NOVA.
2012-2018 Assistant Professor (“Professor Auxiliar”) at Departamento de Ciências da Terra, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, since September 1st, 2012. Employment contracts in public functions for an indefinite period published in Diário da República at July 18th, 2017.
2009 - 2012 Researcher (‘Investigador Auxiliar’ equivalent to Assistant Professor) at CICEGe - Depart. Earth Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, under programme Ciência 2008. From July 1st, 2009 to September 7th, 2012.
2005 - 2009 Post-doctoral fellowship, Depart. Earth Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Topic: ”The Dinosaurs from Portugal, with emphasis to the ornithischians”. From 2005 to June 1st, 2009.
2008 - 2014 Vice-President of General Assembly of the Museu da Lourinhã [Museum of Lourinhã], in Portugal.
1998 - 2005 Research fellowship, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Topic: “Late Jurassic Dinosaurs from Portugal”.
2010 - 2012 Scientific advisor for the Conchucos Dinosaur Project of the “Asociación Ancash”, Peru.
2009-2019 Member of the Program for Scientists from Economically Developing Nations Committee of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP),
2003-2017 Owner of Dinocasts.com, a company providing educational and research casts and replicas of fossils,.
2014 - 2015 Curator of the Exhibition “Dinossauros às Quintas”, at FCT-UNL.
Professional specialization and interests
Domain of specialization:
Vertebrate paleontology and evolution of Mesozoic reptiles.
In detail, the main topics of interest are:
Evolution of life and systematics.
Paleontology of Mesozoic vertebrates (mainly dinosaurs).
Paleontology of Portugal, especially Late Jurassic.
Evolutionary development of dinosaurs (eggs and embryos).
Vertebrate Paleontology of Africa, mainly Angola.
Paleobiology and paleoecology of reptiles.
Marine vertebrates: mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, crocodiles and turtles.
Field expeditions, prospection and fossil excavations.
Science and paleontology museums, museum management, curatorial activities and fossil preparation.
History of paleontology.
Evolution of teeth in dinosaurs.
Evolution of diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs.
Triassic reptiles and ecosystems.
Areas of scientific activity:
Paleontology of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic vertebrates, mainly in the Late Jurassic of Portugal, but also the Cretaceous of Angola and other localities and eras. Interested in evolution processes and problematics as well as zoological taxonomy. Most of the scientific activity is on the systematics, paleobiology and paleoecology of Late Jurassic dinosaurs of Portugal.
Pedagogical work (Teaching and Supervising)
Professional teaching since 2012, for Undergraduate, Master, and PhD degrees. Teaching Certification CCPFC/RFO-40784/21 from teaching Biology A108 and Geology A140 by Conselho Científico-Pedagógico da Formação Contínua.
The pedagogical work as professor, trainer and supervisor, can be summarized as:
Teaching Curricular Units at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Master
Master in Paleontology: master in association between NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Universidade de Évora (NCE/11/00046 and Code DGES R/A-Cr 46/2012 ).
Member of the team that erected the Master in Paleontology (headed by Prof. João Pais and Prof. Ausenda Balbino in 2011) by co-designing the courses Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleontology and Evolution, and Methods of Study in Paleontology.
Methods of Study in Paleontology [Métodos de Estudo em Paleontologia Code 10928]
Credits: 6.0; Duration: 88 hours.
Responsible for the course at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa and lecturer since 2012/13 to today (interruption in the year 2020/21).
Paleontology and Evolution [Paleontologia e Evolução, Code 10927]
Credits: 6.0; Duration: 78 hours.
Responsible for the course at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa and lecturer since 2012/13 to today.
Vertebrate Paleontology [Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Code 10934]
Credits: 6.0; Duration: 74 hours.
Responsible for the course at FCT Universidade Nova de Lisboa and lecturer since 2012/13 to today (interruption in the year 2020/21).
Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Processes [Estratigrafia e Processos Sedimentares, Code 10941]
Credits: 6.0; Duration: 41 hours.
Regent in 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17, 2017/18, and 2018/19, 2021/22.
Master in Education, by FCT - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Complementary Geology for Teaching (II) [Complementos de Geologia para Ensino II, Code 11404]
Responsible in 2021/22. Regent in 2014/15.
Additional Geology for Teaching III [Complementos de Geologia para o Ensino III (CGE III) Code: 11405]
Responsible in 2021/22.
Master in Environmental Education and Sustainability Specialization by FCT - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Interdisciplinary Seminar on Research Topics on Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences [Seminário Interdisciplinar em Tópicos de Investigação em Ciências da Vida, Terra e Ambiente, Code 11389]
Invited lecturer 2014/15 and 2015/16.
Undergraduate (Licenciatura)
Geological Engineering [Licenciatura em Engenharia Geológica] by NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Stratigraphy and Paleontology [Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Code 7706]
Credits: 6.0; Duration: 64 hours. Objectives: Lithic and event classifications in space and time. Stratigraphic classification. Geological time scale. Life and Earth History.
Regent in 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, and 2018/19.
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Undergraduate (all degrees)
Soft Skills for Science and Technology [CTCT - Competências Transversais para Ciências e Tecnologia, Code 10352]
Credits: 3.0; Duration: 60 hours.
Regent since 2012/13 (interrupted only in 2020) to today.
This is a mandatory curricular unit for all first year students, in the area of complementary training. In this course the following topics are addressed: 1 - Curricular Planning for Employability; 2 - Time Management, Teamwork and Leadership; 3 - Advanced use of Spreadsheets; 4 - Communication in Science and Technology; 5 - Bibliographic Research. Analysis of Information. Ethics and deontology.
Note on performance: In the years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, Octávio Mateus was been voted top scores (4.8 to 5, in a scale 0 - 5) for its Preparation and Motivation in anonymous polls by the students of Soft Skills for Science and Technology where more than 50 professors from NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa give classes to first year undergraduate students of different topics.
Teaching at other Universities
Invited as occasional lecturer in: Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade de Évora, Universidade dos Açores, Universidade Lusófona in Portugal and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, US
Streamline and coordination of pedagogical projects
Involved in the creation of the Master of Paleontology programme Master in Paleontology (master in association between NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Universidade de Évora (NCE/11/00046)), namely contributing to the organization to the courses of Methods in Paleontology, Paleontology and Evolution, and Vertebrate Paleontology, supporting Prof. João Pais, which by the time was coordinator of the Master at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and Prof. Ausenda Balbino (Universidade de Évora).
Today, Mateus is responsible or regent of the following course units:
Responsible or co-responsible for the courses unit of:
Methods in Paleontology [Métodos de Estudo em Paleontologia, Code 10928]
Paleontology and Evolution [Paleontologia e Evolução, Code 10927]
Vertebrate Paleontology [Paleontologia de Vertebrados] (Code 10934)
Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Processes [Estratigrafia e Processos Sedimentares, Code 10941]
Regent of:
Stratigraphy and Paleontology [Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Code 7706]. Responsible: Paulo Legoinha.
Soft Skills for Science and Technology [CTCT - Competências Transversais para Ciências e Tecnologia, Code 10352]. Responsible: R. Costa.
Member of the Scientific commissions of:
PhD programme in Geology at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, since 2014. Main Coordinator: Prof. JC Kullberg.
MSc in Paleontology at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, since 2012
Production of teaching material
Pedagogical books and book-chapters
Mateus, O. (2016). Exemplos bizarros de evolução em dinossauros e alguns casos portugueses. Do Big Bang ao Homem. 81-95, Porto: U. Porto Edições.
Mateus, O. (2014). Gigantic jurassic predators. 52 Things You Should Know About Palaeontology. p.56-57: Agile Libre. ISBN: 978-0-9879594-4-7.
Kullberg, J. C., Rocha, R. B., Soares, A. F., Rey, J., Terrinha, P., Azerêdo, A. C., Callapez, P., Duarte, L.V., Kullberg, M. C., Martins, L., Miranda, J. R., Alves, C., Mata, J., Madeira, J., Mateus, O., Moreira, M., and Nogueira, C. R. (2013). A Bacia Lusitaniana: Estratigrafia, Paleogeografia e Tectónica. (Dias, R., Araújo, A, Terrinha, P., and Kullberg, J. C., Ed.). Geologia de Portugal no contexto da Ibéria. Volume II. 195-350, Lisboa: Escolar.
Brandão, J. M., Callapez, P. M., Mateus, O., and Castro, P. (2010). Colecções e museus de Geologia: missão e gestão (Brandão, J. M., Callapez, P. M., Mateus, O., and Castro, P., Ed.). pp. 121-126: Ed. Universidade de Coimbra e Centro de Estudos e Filosofia da História da Ciência. Coimbra: ISBN: 978-989-96564-0-6.
Mateus, O. (2008). Fósseis de transição, elos perdidos, fósseis vivos e espécies estáveis In: Evolução: História e Argumentos. Edited by: Levy et al.. 77-96 Lisboa: Esfera do Caos, ISBN: 978-989-8025-55-5.
Gaspar, A., Avelar, T., Mateus, O., and Almada, F. (2007). Evolução e Criacionismo - uma relação impossível. Lisboa: Quasi Edições. ISBN: 9789895523078.
Support documents
PowerPoints and educational supporting material are available for students through the CLIP website and Moodle support site were created for the Course Units of:
Methods in Paleontology [Métodos de Estudo em Paleontologia, Code 10928]. Moodle page 2021/22 and 2022/23 provides powerpoints, published documents, and original contents and videos. It is organized in twelve topics:
MEP- Métodos de Estudo em Paleontologia (functioning, evaluation, etc.)
Field work
Image 2D applied to paleontology
3D Techniques: 3D scan, CT e Photogrammetry
Macro-paleontology laboratory techniques
Scientific Writing and Preparation of Articles
Statistics and Math applied to Paleontology
Career and thesis development
Microscopy
Advanced phylogeny
Software and internet
Museums and outreach
Safety and Hazards
Methods of dating fossils
Mapping Traits of Evolution
Morphometrics
Bibliography
Visits to Museums
AI Artificial Intelligence applied to paleontology
Paleontology and Evolution [Paleontologia e Evolução, Code 10927]. Moodle page provides 12 powerpoints, that sum +1000 original slides, 7 sebentas with scientific information, online tests with more than 140 questions organized by 7 topics, two workshops, and more than 50 hours of original videos. The moodle and course is organized as:
Resources, UC operation and evaluation
Topic 1 | 7 fossils that teach about evolution
Topic 2 | History and observations of Charles Darwin
Topic 3 | Mechanisms and processes of evolution
Topic 4 | Our evolution
Topic 5 | Systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature
Topic 6 | PaleoBioDiversity and biogeography
Topic 7 | Debate and argumentation
Topic 8 | Invited scientists
In Moodle, the workflow is automatized and sequential, with all resources available online (including recording of the classes) which allows students to take the course remotely and in asynchronous mode.
Vertebrate Paleontology [Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Code 109349]. Moodle page, provide 10 powerpoints, that sum +800 original slides, online tests, contents, sebentas and original videos. See Moodle page 2021/22.
Stratigraphy and Paleontology [Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Code 7706]
Soft Skills for Science and Technology [CTCT - Competências Transversais para Ciências e Tecnologia, Code 10352], as a support reviewer and author of the guide for the Week 4 on “Science Communication”.
Moodle page for supporting documents and information for theses and dissertations in paleontology, with original and unpublished recommendations and documents.
Support texts are provided for the courses of:
Methods in Paleontology [Métodos de Estudo em Paleontologia, Code 10928]
Paleontology and Evolution [Paleontologia e Evolução, Code 10927]
Vertebrate Paleontology [Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Code 109349]
and fully available to students in their Moodle page (links above).
Exercises for classes were created or improved for the Course Unit of:
Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Processes [Estratigrafia e Processos Sedimentares, Code 10941]
Methods in Paleontology [Métodos de Estudo em Paleontologia, Code 10928]
Vertebrate Paleontology [Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Code 109349]
Stratigraphy and Paleontology [Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Code 7706]
Fossil and Osteological collection: a large osteological collection, gathered by Octávio Mateus during more than 20 years and comprising about 300 specimens, is available for classes, mainly used in the course unit of “Vertebrate Paleontology” and “Paleontology and Evolution”.
Quality of the pedagogical activities
Professional teaching since 2012, for Undergraduate, Master, and PhD degrees. Teaching Certification CCPFC/RFO-40784/21 from teaching Biology A108 and Geology A140 by Conselho Científico-Pedagógico da Formação Contínua.
The performance of O. Mateus as teacher is based on anonymous enquiries among students. Results of the enquiries always return mostly “Excellent” or “Very Good” ratings, since enquiries are conducted. The results of the 2015/16 enquiries to students via supporting website CLIP are available for the course units of Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Processes (EPS), Vertebrate Paleontology (PV) and Soft Skills for Science and Technology (CTCT), but other course units of 2015/16 do not provide data for this study. Most evaluations are rated “Excellent” or “Very Good”, as shown in the graphic below.
Figure caption: Performance as teacher based on anonymous inquiries among students. Results of the 2015/16 enquiries to students for the course units of: EPS, Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Processes; PV, Vertebrate Paleontology; and CTCT, Soft Skills for Science and Technology.
The Vertebrate Paleontology Course of the Master in Paleontology has been continuously evaluated since 2014 in the anonymous survey with the students' perception about various aspects of the U.C. The results available (from 2013 to 2017) show that all students are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with the U.C., and unsatisfactory results have never existed to date in the surveys conducted.
Since 2019, the unit Paleontology and Evolution has been open as a Free Option unit [“Opção Livre”] to all courses of the Nova School of Science and Technology. In the years 2021/22 and 2022/23, more than 100 students have enrolled in this unit which allowed a wide perception of the students to the questionnaire in CLIP website. In the last inquiry to Paleontology and Evolution students (n=104, in 2021/22), the results were: 59% were “Totally Satisfied”, 24% were “Very Satisfied”, and 18% “Satisfied”.
Accordingly, the “CCA - Conselho Coordenador de Avaliação de Docentes / Coordinating Council for Teacher Evaluation” of FCT - UNL”, using the “Regulamento de Avaliação de Docentes / Teacher Evaluation Regulations” (“Diário da República”, 2nd Series N.º 193, October 4th, 2012), considering the Pedagogic Extension levels, attributed the mention of “Excellent” for the periods of 2015/16.
Supervising experience
Overview of supervision experience:
A profile of each student, link and more data is also available at http://docentes.fct.unl.pt/omateus/people.
Supervising of Post-doc (2)
2015-2020 Miguel Moreno-Azanza. Topic: “Calcite growth and remobilization in the eggshell of basal theropods”. Post-Doc Fellowship by FCT SFRH/BPD/113130/2015 at FCT-UNL.
2017-2021 Eduardo Puértolas Pascual. Topic: “Fossil Crocodylomorpha of Portugal: Phylogenetic and paleobiogeographic implications”. Post-Doc Fellowship by FCT SFRH/BPD/116759/2016 at FCT-UNL. Started in 2017.
Supervising of PhD students (14)
Supervising of PhD students counting: 12 ongoing, 4 finished and defended between 2014 and 2019.
Ongoing João Paulo Vasconcelos Mendes Russo, on “Evolution of nodosaurid dinosaurs and description of a new skeleton from the Late Jurassic of Portugal”. Fellowship grant number SFRH/BD/128717/2017 granted by Fundação FCT 2017 PhD call. Started in 2017.
Ongoing Alexandre Guillaume. “Lissamphibia and Lepidosauria in the Upper Jurassic of Portugal: systematics, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography”. Miguel Moreno Azanza (advisor), Octávio Mateus (co-advisor), Hugues-Alexandre Blain (CAT external), Eduardo Puertolas (CAT internal) "Nº 58867 - Alexandre Renaud Daniel Guillaume ( a.guillaume ) SFRH / BD / 144665/2019"
Ongoing Simone Conti “Biomechanics of dinosaurs: sauropod body movement and its engineering applications” Octávio Mateus (Orientador), Giuseppe Sala (Co-orientador), Miguel Moreno Azanza (Membro Interno da CAT), Pierangelo Masarati (Membro Externo da CAT). "PhD in Geology (speciality in Paleontology), 58874 - Simone Conti ( s.conti ). SFRH/BD/146336/2019.
Ongoing Francisco Costa “Dacentrurine stegosaurs (Dinosauria): evolution, paleobiology and the paleobiogeographical role of the Portuguese record” Octávio Mateus (advisor), Miguel Moreno Azanza (CAT internal), Susannah Maidment (CAT external) Nº 58886 - Francisco João da Costa Pinto ( fj.pinto ) SFRH/BD/148035/2019.
Ongoing Filippo Maria Rotatori “Evolutionary rates of basal iguanodontians around Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in Europe” Octávio Mateus (Orientador), Miguel Moreno-Azanza (Co-orientador), Eduardo Puértolas Pascual (Membro Interno da CAT), Federico Fanti (Membro Externo da CAT). SFRH/BD/146230/2019.
Ongoing Darío Estraviz Lopez “Pleistocene vertebrates from Portugal: Paleobiodiversity, paleoecology and quality of the fossil record.”Octávio Mateus (advisor); María Rios (CAT internal), João Luis Cardoso (CAT external). 2020.05395.BD
Ongoing André Saleiro “Diet and niche partitioning of Late Jurassic giant herbivores, with focus on Portuguese dinosaurs “ Octávio Mateus (advisor); Emanuel Tschopp (Co-advisor). CAT: Miguel Moreno Azanza (CAT internal), Tony Fiorilo (CAT external). 2020.05854.BD
Ongoing João Pratas Sousa “Ichthyosaurs from Portugal” 2021.08727.BD . Advisor: Doctor Eduardo Puértolas-Pascual. Co-advisor:Prof. Octávio Mateus. María Ríos Ibañez. CAT: Jara Parilla Bel (ext), Miguel Moreno Azanza (int)
Ongoing Roberta Martino “R-eassessment of the evolution and morphological variability of Neogene and Quaternary European hippopotamoids” Advisor: Prof. Octávio Mateus. Co-advisor: Doctor Maria Ríos Ibañez and Prof. Lorenzo Rook. 2021.08458.BD. CAT: Luca Pandolfi, Miguel Moreno Azanza
Ongoing Victor López Rojas. “Differential evolution of skull and postcranial in Triassic archosaurs: unlocking the phytosaur phylogeny” Advisor: Prof. Octávio Mateus. Co-Advisor: Eduardo Puértolas-Pascoal. 2021.06877.BD.
Starting in 2023 Marc Riccetto. “Among giants feet: diversity and ecology of the Mesozoic mammals of Portugal and its paleobiogeographical implications” Advisor: O. Mateus, co-advisor: Vicente Crespo. 2022.14761.BD
Starting in 2023 Arthur Maréchal “Marine vertebrate through Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary in Angola: disentangling the effect of K-Pg mass extinction and fauna recovery”. 2022.11517.BD
2019 Marco Marzola, granted by Fundação FCT 2014 PhD call for a doctoral project titled “The Late Triassic reptilian and amphibian fauna of the Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland: description, phylogeny, and paleoenvironmental implications”. Co-affiliation with University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and Prof. Lars B. Clemmensen. Fellowship grant number SFRH/BD/99580/2014. Started in 2015. Defense: September, 17th, 2019.
2011 - 2016 Co-advising Bruno Pereira: “Portuguese Mesozoic echinoderms: systematics, stratigraphy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography”. PhD at University of Bristol. January 14th, 2016. Fellowship FCT SFRH/BD/68891/2010. Today, Pereira is employee at Museu da Lourinhã [Museum of Lourinhã].
2010 - 2015 Christophe Hendrickx, Ph.D. thesis “Evolution of teeth and quadrate in non-avian Theropoda (Dinosauria: Saurischia), with the description of Torvosaurus remains from Portugal”. Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Defended at February 25th, 2015. Approved by unanimity (maximum degree). Fellowship FCT SFRH/BD/62979/2009. Today, Hendrickx is researcher at University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
2010 - 2014 Emanuel Tschopp finished his Ph.D. at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, on February 14th, 2014, with the thesis “Evolution of Diplodocid Sauropod Dinosaurs with Emphasis on Specimens from Howe Ranch, Wyoming (USA)", approved by unanimity (maximum degree). Fellowship FCT SFRH/BD/66209/2009. Today, Tschopp is researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, USA, after being at the University of Torino.
Supervising of Master theses
Supervising of Master thesis in Paleontology, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa + Universidade de Évora, since 2015.
Ongoing
Inês Marques. “New Jurassic track sites in carbonated platform from Portugal (north and central of Lusitanian basin)”. Advisor: Prof. Octávio Mateus.
Pedro Costa “A new specimen of Crocodylidae in the Miocene/Pliocene of Kwanza, Angola”. Advisor: Prof. Octávio Mateus.
André Burigo. Redescription of the holotype Allosaurus europaeus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal
Beatriz Mascarenhas. Description and classification of a turtle from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal
Pedro Andrade. Description and systematics of pterosaurs from Portugal (teeth, bones and tracks). Pterosaur remains from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Portugal, Description and classification.
Sofia Patrocínio. New docodon from the Late Triassic of Kap Stewart Formation of East Greenland
Victor Feijó Carvalho. Relation between nasal septum, internal nares and external nose de reptiles (including dinosaurs) and mammals
2022
Cristiana Filipa Ferreira Prada. Thesis: “Testing solvent-based consolidants for the conservation of in-situ dinosaur tracks”. Advisor: Prof.ª Inês Coutinho, Co-advisor: Prof. Octávio Mateus. Defended on Dec. 13th, 2022. Grade: 16/20.
Gonçalo Dias Nogueira Pires Soares, thesis on “Late Cretaceous Sea Turtle from Bentiaba, Angola Ascribed to Euclastes”. Defended on July 27th, 2022. Grade 17/20.
2022 Filipe Carmo. Topic: “Ensino Experimental e Interativo da Paleontologia”. Defended on Feb. 9th, 2022. Grade 17/20.
2022 Carlos Gaudari Silvano. Topic: “Geossítios de Vertebrados Fósseis de Angola”. Defended on Feb. 3rd, 2022, Grade 16/20.
2021
2021 Cátia Fernandes Ribeiro. Topic: “Theropod Dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Lourinhã”. Defended on Nov. 30th, 2021.
2021 Maciej Roman Ruciński. Topic: “Novel Placodont material and paleoenvironment analysis of triassic deposits of Rocha da Pena (Algarve, Southern, Portugal)”. Defended on 2021.02.04. Grade 19/20.
2021 Daniel Liam Capelo O’Toole. Topic: “The Cretaceous Angolan turtle Angolachelys mbaxi, description of a new specimen”. Grade: 16/20.
2021 Victor Rojas. Topic: “A new phytosaur from the Late Triassic of Jameson Land, Greenland”. Grade: 18/20. Universidade de Évora.
2021 Victor Beccari Dieguez Campo. Topic: “The sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, East Greenland”. Date: 15/06/2021. Grade: 20/20.
2015 to 2020
2020 Miguel Marx. Topic: Plesiosaur from the Maastrichtian of Bentiaba, Angola. Defended on Jue, 17th. Grade: 19/20.
2020 Alexandra Fernandes. Topic: Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Bentiaba, Angola. Defended April, 27th, 2020. Grade 18/20.
2019 Darío Estraviz López. Topic: Quaternary fossil vertebrates from continental Portugal: Paleobiodiversity, revision of specimens and new localities. Grade 19/20. Defense on May, 13th, 2019.
2018 Filippo Maria Rotatori. Topic: “Ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Portugal”. Defended 4.12.2018.
2018 Alexandre Renaud Daniel Guillaume. Topic: “Microfossils vertebrate fauna of the Late Jurassic of Lourinhã Fm”. Co-advised with Miguel Moreno-Azanza. 20/20. November 20, 2018
2018 Hugo Miguel Catarino Campos. Topic: “Triassic Vertebrates of Algarve, with emphasis to the temnospondyls of Loulé region, Portugal”. 4.7.2018
2018 João Pratas Sousa. Topic: “A Review of Ichthyosauria from Portugal”. May, 28th. Grade: 17/20.
2018 André Sousa Saleiro Barros. Topic: “Paleontological and geological results of the 2016 expedition to the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation. of Wyoming”. 5.11.2018
2017 Francisco João da Costa Pinto. Topic: “The stegosaurian dinosaur Miragaia longicollum from the Late Jurassic of Portugal, with the description and comparisons of a new specimen”, approved with highest grade 20/20. Defense on November 22, 2017.
2016 João Muchagata Duarte. Thesis: “Function, sexual dimorphism and intraspecific variation of bizarre rostral structures of the extinct beaked whale Globicetus hiberus”. Defended on May 18th, 2016. Grade evaluation: 18/20.
2016 Rita Isabel Rodrigues Vilas Boas, Thesis: “Tartarugas do Jurássico Superior da Formação da Lourinhã”. Defended on December 19th, 2016. Grade evaluation: 18/20.
2015 João Marinheiro. Thesis: “Proboscideans and other vertebrates from Anchrif, Morocco”. Defended on November 25th, 2015. Grade evaluation: 18/20.
2015 João Russo, Thesis: “Eggs and eggshells of Crocodylomorpha of the Late Jurassic of Portugal”. Defended on April, 13th, 2015. Grade evaluation: 19/20.
Master thesis in other universities or courses: 8
Ongoing Cristiana Filipa Ferreira Prada. Testing solvent-based consolidants for the conservation of in-situ dinosaur tracks. Orientador: Prof.ª Inês Coutinho, Co-Orientador: Prof. Octávio Mateus. Master in Conservação e Restauro. FCT NOVA
2022 Simão Quintans. Relatório de Projeto, Licenciatura de Ciências do Ambiente, Universidade do Minho. Title: "Is iNaturalist a reliable source for biodiversity assessments at different scales?". Internal Advisor: Ronaldo Sousa; codvisors: Octávio Mateus, Ana Sofia Reboleira. Defended on 30.6.2022. Grade 19/20.
2021 Arthur Marechal. Topic: Catalogue and identification of the PaleoAngola fossils in Portugal. University of Rennes
2021 Valerian Jésus. Topic: Triassic reptiles from Greenland. Sorbonne Université
2016 Simon Kongshøj Callesen, “New Pterosaur Tracks (Pteraichnidae) from the Late Jurassic of Praia da Peralta, Portugal”. MSc in Biology at University of Southern Denmark at Odense, Denmark. Co-advisor. Main advisor is Donald Eugened Canfiel. Defended on October 31st, 2016. Score: 12/12.
2014 Joana Bruno, Master degree in Scientific Illustration. Thesis: “Vertebrados fósseis do Cretácico e Cenozóico de Angola: a comunicação e divulgação de Ciência através da Ilustração Científica”. Universidade de Évora and ISEC, Portugal. Defended on January, 28th, 2014. Scored with the highest grade: 20/20.
2011 Eliza Estrup. Thesis: "Metabolism in Dinosauria – Judged by Size and Distribution of Free Medullary Cavities within Archosaurian Reptiles" in the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Master in Palaeontology at University of Copenhagen. Internal Supervisor: Jens Høgh, Comp. Zool. Denmark. Defense on the February 22nd, 2011
2006 Nicolai Christiansen. Thesis: “Analyse phylogénétique, évolution et paléobiologie des Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) et test de l’utilité des caractères morphométriques en cladistique”, Mémoire de M2 de la spécialité de Master: Systématique, Evolution et Paléontologie de l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie co-habilitée avec le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. France.
Supervising of graduation thesis
2007 Rui Castanhinha, ”Left-right asymmetry of dinosaurs”, Universidade de Évora, Portugal.
2006 Nuno Mendes, ”Análise discriminada a indícios sobre o metabolismo de dinossauros”, Universidade dos Açores, Portugal. Defense June 2006.
Other teaching and supervising experience in advanced training
2021 Curso de Formação Sistemática dos Seres Vivos. Orientações relativas aos formulários pedagógicos - Curso UFCD 4301. QNQ: Nível 4. Duration: 50 hours
1997 - present Fieldwork coordination, supervising and training. Coordination of field excavations and prospections in Portugal through the activities of FCT-UNL and/or Museu da Lourinhã Volunteers Program. Includes fieldwork in the Late Jurassic of Lourinhã Formation, Triassic of Algarve, and other Mesozoic and Cenozoic geological settings of Portugal. See also section Fieldwork Experience.
1997 - Present Supervision of laboratory preparation of volunteers and students at the laboratories of Museu da Lourinhã (since 1997) and FCT-UNL (since 2012).
2003 - 2017 Informal short courses at Museu da Lourinhã targeted for Ph.D. students and collaborators, on a variety of topics including: introductory geology, stratigraphy/ sedimentology, paleontological excavation techniques, paleobiology of dinosaurs, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, fossil preparation, casting and moulding, geological sampling, comparative archosaur anatomy, phylogenetic analyses techniques, and science and publication methodology.
2014 Supervision of internship student André Saleiro from Universidade do Porto [University of Porto], Portugal.
2008 Responsible for a short course on the paleobiology of dinosaurs ” Workshop de paleontologia de dinossauros e de Vertebrados” at the Universidade Lusófona, in Portugal.
2006 Supervision of IAESTE training course of Alessandra Boos, Deg. Biology (Curitiba, Brasil).
Science education and public outreach
High-profile Lectures: From the many lectures, two are highlighted: 1) TEDxFCTUNL talk titled “À procura de dinossauros pelo Mundo” in 2013; and 2) Christmas Lecture 2015 of Ciência Viva “Na Peugada dos Dinossauros” at National Theatre Teatro Dona Maria II.
Internet Blog: Created and maintains the blog Lusodinos in order to reach the Portuguese speaking community, providing paleontological content and news. Although the proliferation of scientific websites and blogs, some of excellent quality, most are in the English language and there is a lack of high-quality websites on paleontology in Portuguese.
Museum: Relations with the Museu da Lourinhã has permitted a privileged opportunity to interact with the museum public and transmit paleontological knowledge. See more in the section “Museum and exhibitions”.
Lectures in schools: Scientific outreach lecturer on evolutionary biology topics in Universities, teacher workshops, and school classrooms (2004 - present). See section “Oral communications”.
Press and Media: This file list provides links or references for press media (TV, Radio, newspapers, and websites) featuring activities related to Octávio Mateus counting more than 1500 news articles. The media, from local to international, from newspaper to TV, are an effective way of science outreach, if in a quality manner. Research features or commentary for the New York Times, Herald Tribune, BBC Television, BBC Radio, Le Figaro, Die Welt, National Geographical Explorer, Time Magazine. Interviews to numerous national media outlets such as Jornal Público, Expresso, Diário de Notícias, Jornal de Notícias, Antena 1, TSF, RTP, SIC, TVI, Correio da Manhã, 24Sapo, Sábado, National Geographic, Observador, Jornal Alvorada, and others. International Press Conference 1997 “Ovos de Dinossauro da Lourinhã”, and numerous interviews with Portuguese and international media sources on topics relating to dinosaur discoveries and dinosaurian evolution. The Google News searching on “Octávio Mateus” demonstrates the media visibility.
Programs featuring the scientific profile are “A Pegada de Octávio” (RTP, 2019), “5 Minutos com um Cientista” (Universidade de Coimbra, 2014). Contributed with a opinion article to the leading daily newspaper in Portugal, the Público in 2020 about the online teaching in public universities. See Google News links.
Science documentary international films: Interviewed for: “Walking with Dinosaurs” (BBC, a awarded-winning documentary, with two BAFTA Awards and three Emmy Awards), National Geographical Explorer, “Dinosaur Revolution” (aired by Discovery Channel, 2011), “PaleoAngola” (LS Filmes, 2011, work in progress), “We are SVP” (Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009), Expedition Journal (TV Series) Dino Babies (1999). IMDb filmography entry.
University activities for public: University activities for general public such as Expo FCT “Dinossauros: vem descobrir um…” (NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, April 23th, 2014; 2015; 2016). FCT “Ambassador” with lectures in public schools.
Training in public speaking by Toastmasters (training in public speaking) (2011) achieving 10/10 level of Competent Communicator.
Educational activities at FCT - UNL
Selection of top Educational activities at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa:
Organizations of lectures and meetings. Examples: Organizations of invited lectures at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa (about 5 talk/year) by invited top researchers.
Organization of the VI Dinosaur Eggs and Babies Symposium, at FCT-UNL, October, 3rd-7th, 2017
Organization Commission of: STRATI, Congress on Stratigraphy, 2013, Lisboa; NOVApaleo, 2016, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa;
Mini-symposium on Ornithischian Dinosaurs, 2016, at NOVA School of Science and Technology, with James Kirkland, Mark Loewen, Octávio Mateus, and Miguel Moreno Azanza.
Orientation of PhD and MSc students. Since 2014, two PhD theses concluded, two PhD thesis ongoing, one PhD thesis co-advised concluded. See also the section ‘Supervising Experience’.
Promotion of the scientific collaboration protocol for the study of Paleontology between NOVA School of Science and Technology- Universidade Nova de Lisboa and: 1) Câmara Municipal da Lourinhã and Museu da Lourinhã, signed on the 21 January 2019, 2) Câmara Municipal de Loulé [Municipality of Loulé], Portugal; 3) Direction of Cultural Heritage of Morocco; 3) Enhanced the collaboration with Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal, and Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola.
Organization of short courses: Training course on Phylogeny for Paleontology (March 12 - 13th, 2016) and Software R (May 14th, 2016), at FCT-UNL.
Organization of field training: National (eg.: Jurassic of Lourinhã, Triassic of Algarve) and International (Cenozoic of Morocco, Jurassic of Wyoming, Triassic of Greenland).
Management positions at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
The management positions at Universidade Nova de Lisboa are dependent on the positions assigned by the hierarchical superiors. The management positions include:
Member of Department Board [Conselho de Departamento], since 2012
Member of the Scientific commission of the PhD programme in Geology at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, since 2014. Main Coordinator: Prof. JC Kullberg.
Member of the Scientific commission of the MSc in Paleontology at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, since 2012.
Outreach Committee [Comissão de Divulgação] of the NOVA School of Sciences and Technology (2018-2022)
Responsible for the Curricular Units:
Methods of Study in Paleontology [Métodos de Estudo em Paleontologia] responsible since 2012
Paleontology and Evolution [Paleontologia e Evolução] responsible since 2012
Vertebrate Paleontology [Paleontologia de Vertebrados] responsible since 2012
Coordination of Erasmus cooperation: Coordinator of the Erasmus + Cooperation between NOVA and Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster D MUNSTER01 in Germany within the topic 0532 Earth Science (2019 to today)
For management positions outside the institutions see the section Experience as leader and Principal Investigator.
Professional experience
Fieldwork experience
Portugal (1987 - present)
Dinosaur paleontology in Late Jurassic (mainly Lourinhã and Alcobaça Formation), Portugal, participating and/or coordinating more than 30 excavations. Finds to date include sauropods, theropods, stegosaurs, ornithopods, tracksites, egg sites, crocodilians, numerous turtles, pterosaurs, in addition to numerous plant and invertebrate specimens. Fieldwork is conducted regularly (at least once a month) and with especial emphasis during the summer with two weeks or more of continuous field missions. See Project Late Jurassic Vertebrates.
Triassic of Algarve, Portugal (2008, 2009, June 2010, June 2011; June 2016; May 12th to June 6th, 2017). See Project Triassic Vertebrates of Algarve.
Dinosaur paleontology in the Early Cretaceous, Portugal, coordinating field prospecting and excavation, collecting a spinosaur theropod (2005 and 2007).
Field herpetology and avian biology, in Alentejo, Portugal (1995 and 1996).
United States (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Led the expedition Universidade Nova de Lisboa + American Museum of Natural History to the Jurassic of Ten Sleep, Wyoming, for the dig of two quarries (Dana and Cosm Quarry). The expedition yielded several dinosaur skeletons (August - September, 2016; August 13th to September 13th, 2017; Aug. 23rd to Sept 11th, 2018; Aug. 17th to Sept 9th 2019). See section in Main Projects.
Greenland (2012, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Late Triassic of Jameson Land, East Greenland, in an international expedition, with the collecting of plateosaurs, theropods, phytosaurs, turtles, temnospondyls, and tracks (July 10th - August 3rd, 2012; July 20th - August 4th, 2016; August 7th to 9th, 2017; July 17th to Aug 8th, 2018). See section in Main Projects.
Angola (2005 - 2017, 2019)
Cretaceous and Paleogene vertebrate Paleontology in Angola, collaborator and co-coordinator of PaleoAngola Project, (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and February and July, 2010; July - August, 2011; June 5th - 30th, 2012; July 11th to August 3rd, 2013; August 23rd to September 1st, 2014; August 2nd - 12th, 2015; June 26th to July 20th, 2017; Aug. 1-17, 2019). This project involves about one-month of fieldwork each year. Finds to date include cretaceous dinosaurs, mosasaurs, chelonians, plesiosaurs, pterosaur, osteichthyans, Miocene cetaceans, Paleogene and Pleistocene mammals and other fossils. Provinces visited and prospected: Cabinda, Zaire, Bengo, Luanda, Kwanza Norte, Kwanza Sul, Benguela, Namibe, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malange, and Huíla. Cretaceous - Paleogene boundary analysis in ‘Fazenda dos Cavaleiros’, (2005 and 2006) and Bentiaba (2017, 2019).
See section in Main Projects.
Brazil (2005 and 2015)
Vertebrate paleontology in the Cretaceous of Santana Formation, collecting fishes and pterosaurs for the Crato Museum (2005).
Cretaceous of Group Bauru (Marília and Adamantina Fm.), in Minas Gerais, collecting sauropods, anurans, crocodilians, and eggs, with Douglas Riff, UFU- Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (August 20th – September 5th, 2015) with support by UFU.
Morocco (2013)
Middle Jurassic and Mid Pliocene of Middle Atlas, in Boulemane area. Excavation in the fossil site of Anchrif, integrated in the Project Atlas Memóire, with Direction du Patrimoine Culturel (Exploratory visit in March 2013. Field expedition in September, 2013). See section in Main Projects.
China (2012)
Three days fieldwork at the Lotus Mountain in the Chongqing area, helping in the studying Early Cretaceous dinosaur tracks, integrated in the Chongqing, China: 2012 Qijiang International Dinosaur Tracks (December, 2012).
Mozambique (2010)
Late Permian of Mozambique, with the excavation of aetosaurs and synapsids from the Karoo (August, 2010).
Mongolia (2007)
Cretaceous Vertebrate Paleontology in East and West Gobi, Mongolia, collaborator on Korea - Mongolia International Dinosaur Project 2007, in a one-month field expedition, integrating the contingent from the SMU, Dallas (August and September, 2007).
Laos (1998 - 1999)
Dinosaur paleontology in the Albian of Laos, assisting Prof. Philippe Taquet, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle - Paris (November 5th to December 5th, 1998 and 1999).
Other Natural Sciences Field work (Naturalist)
As naturalist reporting extant life using the platform iNaturalist / Biodiversity4all, having more than 7000 observations and +2900 species, being top contributor by number of species in:
Angola (5th top observer by number of species)
Kosovo (7th top observer by number of species)
Portugal (13th top observer by number of species)
Albania (10th top observer by number of species)
Montenegro (12th top observer by number of species) (numbers updated in 2023)
Articles published about extant life: Pereira et al. (2022).
See also the section Protection and Promotion of Heritage.
Museum and exhibitions
Associated with the Museu da Lourinhã, in Portugal, since its start in 1984, being later member of the Direction Board, Assembly of Members, and Researcher. Also accompanied several committees for the erection of a new paleontological museum and park, with the achievement of the construction of “Parque dos Dinossauros da Lourinhã” (opened in February 2018). Also Associate Researcher of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
Since 1997 Collaborator of Paleontology, Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal - conducting collection management, paleontological research, laboratory work, and exhibitions (since 1997 but with engagement variation through the years).
2017 - 2019 Scientific commissary for a temporary exhibition named “LOULÉ. Territórios, Memórias, Identidades” at the National Archaeology Museum (Portugal) (2017 to 2019) where the fossils of Triassic Vertebrates of Algarve were displayed.
2017 Scientific member for a temporary exhibition named “Ibéria- onde nascem dinossauros” at Museu da Lourinhã, about dinosaur eggs and babies.
2016-2018 Scientific coordinator of the permanent exhibit “DinoParque Lourinhã” that opened in Feb. 9th, 2018, Portugal.
2014 Co-Scientific coordinator of the Temporary exhibition “A segunda Vida dos Dinossauros” at the Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal.
2014 Curator of the temporary exhibition and atelier “Dinossauros às Quintas, na FCT”, at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
2013 Scientific advisory to the exhibit “Mater - Matemática do Planeta Terra” in display at FCT Nova since 2013.
2012 Scientific advisor for the exhibition “T. Rex - Quando as galinhas tinham dentes”, in Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Ciência Viva, Portugal.
2006 Scientific contributor to the “Great Dinosaur Exhibit 2006” in Makuhari, Japan, that achieved 500,000 visitors in two months.
2006 Scientific advisor and coordinator of “Sauropod Project”, Münchehagen Museum, Germany - Resulted in the publication of a Nature article (Sander, Mateus et al., 2006).
2000 - 2004 Member of the informal commission by the Museum of Lourinhã for the creation of the new "Museu do Jurássico" in Lourinhã, Portugal.
Organizer of “Summer Dinosaur Excavations”, Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal - Responsible for organizing excavation of numerous dinosaur localities (including sauropod, theropod, stegosaur, ornithopod, footprint sites, egg sites), and other vertebrate, invertebrate and plant sites.
Organizer and coordinator of the international volunteer program at Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal (2001 - present), and integration of young researchers in the paleontology through Ciência Viva projects.
Jury of the International Contest of Dinosaur Illustration, in Portugal (since 2001).
Organization of paleontological lectures at Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal with expert guest speakers (sporadic, about 4 to 8 per year).
Jury participation in PhD and Master
Jury in PhD defenses
2022 Pedro Fialho. PhD in Biology at Universidade de Évora. Topic "Chondrichthyes fósseis de Brielas (Langhiano, Portugal)”. Defense: April, 77th, 202.
2019 Marco Marzola, PhD by Universidade Nova de Lisboa “The Late Triassic reptilian and amphibian fauna of the Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland: description, phylogeny, and paleoenvironmental implications”. Defense: September, 17th, 2019.
2015 Christophe Hendrickx, Ph.D. thesis “Evolution of teeth and quadrate in non-avian Theropoda (Dinosauria: Saurischia), with the description of Torvosaurus remains from Portugal” at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Defended on February 25th.
2014 Miguel Moreno-Azanza, PhD in Geology titled “Los huevos fósiles de amniotas del Cretácico en la Península Ibérica: tafonomía, formación de la cáscara y sistemática” approved with distinction Cum Laude. Defended on June 17th at the Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain.
2014 Emanuel David Tschopp, PhD in Geology titled "Evolution of Diplodocid Sauropod Dinosaurs with Emphasis on Specimens from Howe Ranch, Wyoming (USA)", at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, approved by unanimity (maximum degree). Defended on February 14th.
Jury in Master thesis
Master in Paleontology, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa + Universidade de Évora.
2022 Gonçalo Dias Nogueira Pires Soares, thesis on “Late Cretaceous Sea Turtle from Bentiaba, Angola Ascribed to Euclastes”. Defended on July 27th, 2022. Main juror (arguente): Anne Schulp.
2022 Luís Carlos Gouveia Santos on "Foraminíferos Miocénicos de Porto Santo (Madeira, Portugal)”. Main juror (arguente): Doutor Sandro Monticelli Petró. Advisor: Paulo Legoinha. Jury president.
2022 Filipe Carmo. Topic: “Ensino Experimental e Interativo da Paleontologia”. Defended on Feb. 9th, 2022. Advisor and jury Member.
2022 Carlos Gaudari Silvano. Topic: “Geossítios de Vertebrados Fósseis de Angola”. Defended on Feb. 3rd, 2022, Grade 16/20. Advisor and jury Member.
2021 Cátia Fernandes Ribeiro. The first noasaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal (Porto Dinheiro, Lourinhã, Lourinhã Formation). Main juror (arguente): Christophe Hendrickx. Date: 30.11.2021. Advisor and Jury Member.
2021 Mahima Praveen Pai. Quantitative analysis of foraminifera and sedimentology of the marine Pliocene of Vale Farpado (Pombal, West Portugal) and its palaeoenvironmental interpretation. President of the jury: O. Mateus. Main juror (arguente): Pedro Alexandre Henriques Dias Morgado Dinis. Date: 7.12.2020.
2021 Victor Beccari Dieguez Campo. Topic: “The sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, East Greenland”. Date: 15/06/2021. Main juror (arguente): Oliver Wings
2021 Maciej Roman Ruciński. Topic: “Novel Placodont material and paleoenvironment analysis of triassic deposits of Rocha da Pena (Algarve, Southern, Portugal)”. Defended in 2021.02.04. Main juror (arguente): Jean-Sebastien Steyer.
2021 Daniel Liam Capelo O’Toole. Topic: “The Cretaceous Angolan turtle Angolachelys mbaxi, description of a new specimen of postcranial skeleton”. Date: 28/01/2021. Main juror (arguente): Anne Schulp.
2021 Victor Rojas. MSc in Paleontology, Universidade de Évora. Topic: “A new phytosaur from the Late Triassic of Jameson Land, Greenland”. Date: 26.01.2021. Main juror (arguente): Richard Butler.
2020 Miguel Marx. Topic: “A New specimen of cardiocorax Mukulu with a nearly complete cranium from Angola”. MSc in Paleontology. NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Date: 22/06/2020. Main juror (arguente): Benjamin Kear
2020 Alexandra Fernandes. Topic: “Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Bentiaba, Angola” MSc in Paleontology. NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Main juror (arguente): Date: 29/04/2020. Timothy Scott Myers
2019 President of Jury of MSc thesis defense of João Bernardo Saramago São Bento Pereira Topic: Stratigraphy, microfacies and taphonomic analysis of Vascoceras Choffat, 1898 from the upper Cenomanian of Tentúgal (Baixo Mondego region, Portugal). Approved unanimously with (grade 19/20). Defense on December, 12th, 2019.
2019 Darío Estraviz López. Topic: Quaternary fossil vertebrates from continental Portugal: Paleobiodiversity, revision of specimens and new localities. Approved unanimously with (grade 19/20). Defense on May, 13th, 2019. Main jury (arguente): Paulo Fernandes.
2018 Filippo Maria Rotatori. Topic: “Ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Portugal”. Defended 4.12.2018
2018 Hugo Miguel Catarino Campos. Topic: “Triassic Vertebrates of Algarve, with emphasis to the temnospondyls of Loulé region, Portugal”. 4.7.2018. Main jury (arguente): Paulo Fernandes.
2018 João Pratas. Topic: “Ichthyosaurs from Portugal”.
2018 André Sousa Saleiro Barros. Topic: “Paleontological and geological results of the 2016 expedition to the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation. of Wyoming”. 5.11.2018. Main jury (arguente): Mark Norell.
2017 Francisco João da Costa Pinto. Topic: “The stegosaurian dinosaur Miragaia longicollum from the Late Jurassic of Portugal, with the description and comparisons of a new specimen”, approved with highest grade 20/20. Defense on November 22, 2017.
2016 Rita Isabel Rodrigues Vilas Boas, MSc in Paleontology, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa + Universidade de Évora, Portugal. Thesis: “Tartarugas do Jurássico Superior da Formação da Lourinhã”. Defended on December 19th.
2016 João Muchagata Madeira Duarte, MSc in Paleontology, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa + Universidade de Évora, Portugal. Thesis: “Function, sexual dimorphism and intraspecific variation of bizarre rostral structures of the extinct beaked whale Globicetus hiberus”. Defended on May 18th.
2015 João André da Silva Marinheiro. Dissertation: "Proboscideans and other vertebrates from Anchrif, Morocco". Master in Palaeontology in partnership between the NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa + Universidade de Évora, Portugal. Defended on November 25th.
2015 João Russo. Dissertation: "Eggs and eggshells of Crocodylomorpha from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal". Master in Palaeontology in partnership between the NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa + Universidade de Évora, Portugal. Defended on April 13th.
Other courses and universities
2014 Joana Bruno. Scientific illustration, master topic “Vertebrados fósseis do Cretácico e Cenozóico de Angola: a comunicação e divulgação de Ciência através da Ilustração Científica”. Universidade de Évora and ISEC - Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal. Defended on January 28th.
Project reviewer and evaluator for national and international science foundations
2022
Fund for Scientific Research – F.R.S.-FNRS - Belgium: Grants & Fellowships Call 2022: reviewer on one scientific project.
2021
Research Council of Norway as referee of scientific projects.
2020
Research Council of Norway: review of two applications about vertebrate paleontology.
2018
Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation (UEFISCDI - Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding), Romanian National Research Council for the Earth Sciences, for the in the evaluation for scientific projects for the calls PCCF2016.
2016 - 2017
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, panel of Earth Sciences for PhD and Post - Doc fellowships programme 2016.
2016
Argentinean Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT) (http://www.agencia.mincyt.gob.ar); Proyectos de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (PICT´s) panel Ciencias de la Tierra e Hidroatmosféricas (evaluator of one project).
Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation (UEFISCDI - Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding), Romanian National Research Council for the Earth Sciences, for the in the evaluation for scientific projects for the calls of 2016.
2015
NGS - National Geographic Society for one project (request NGS22905).
NSF - National Science Foundation for one project (Proposal No. - 1529089).
Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation (UEFISCDI - Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding), Romanian National Research Council for the Earth Sciences, for the in the evaluation for scientific projects for the calls of 2015.
2014
DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), project eBer-14-5759, review RA 1012/18-1, in 2014.
2012
Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation (UEFISCDI - Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding), Romanian National Research Council for the Earth Sciences, for the in the evaluation for scientific projects for the calls of 2012.
Presence as Jury to challenges and competitions
2019 Jury of the Prémio Fundação Eng.º António de Almeida, by Universidade do Porto.
2016 Jury of Team Design challenge of the European Best Engineering Competition, organized by the Local Group BEST Almada, Portugal. 2016.02.04.
Since 2012 Jury of the International Contest of Dinosaur Illustration, organized by the Museu da Lourinhã in Portugal (6 editions since 2001).
Jury in career advances
2021 Rapporteur of the project progress report for the researcher Gilda Lopes at the Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMA), University of Algarve.
Editorial, reviewer and evaluator experience
Manuscript reviews
Manuscript reviews (see also review profile in Web of Science). Occasional reviewer of the journals:
Alcheringa (2011), American Museum Novitates (2008), Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (2010, 2011), Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (2009), Cretaceous Research (2015), C.R. Palevol (2016), Diversity (2019, 2021), Fossil Record (2013), The Journal of Geology (2008), Journal of Paleontological Techniques (2008), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2022), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2008) Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno (2008), Lethaia (2010), Nature (2013, 2016, 2020), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie (2016), NMMNH Bulletin (2010), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2009), Palaeoworld (2014), Paleontology (2015), Palaeontologia Electronica (2016), PLoS One (2014), Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España (2015), and Swiss Journal of Geosciences (2010).
Editorial board
2021-present Diversity. IF=3.031
2020-present Revista Angolana de Geociências (RAG), member of the Editorial Board and Board of Reviewers (invited in March 2020).
2006 - present Journal of Paleontological Techniques, Founder and Scientific editor.
2014 - present Espeleo Divulgação, a new journal about caving/spelunking.
2018 - present Ciências da Terra - Earth Sciences Journal, editorial board.
2010 Co-editing the volume "Museums and Collections of Geology".
2001 Revisions to texts of books and DVDs for scientific dissemination, in particular to the publisher Central Livros, Lda. (Lisbon, Portugal) and TVFUN BV (Netherlands).
Experience as leader and Principal Investigator
Leads a research team that includes paleontology students, volunteers and researchers associated at Depart. Earth Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal and Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal, including the roles:
Founder (member no. 1) and President of the Direction Board of the SPdP- Sociedade Portuguesa de Paleontologia (2021).
Coordinator of the Research Group “Sedimentary Basins and Paleontology” at GeoBioTec (2019-2022).
Principal Investigator of the nationally funded project “DINOEGGS” (119.458,00€ for 2011 - 2014).
Leader (PI) of the international expedition to the Jurassic of Wyoming (UNL + AMNH) in 2016 and 2017 and the permittee of the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) excavation permit.
Elected to the “Conselho Profissional e Deontológico” of Ordem dos Biólogos in on March 31th, 2017 and re-elected in 2021.
President of the Direction Board (1999 - 2003), and vice-president of the General Assembly (2009 - 2011) of Lourambi - Associação para a Protecção Ambiental da Lourinhã, Portugal.
President of Direction board (2010 - 2012) of ADL - Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Lourinhã, Portugal.
President (since 2021) and Vice-president of the General Assembly [Mesa da Assembleia Geral] (2008 - 2014) of the Museu da Lourinhã’s organization, the GEAL, and Member of the Direction Board (1998-2001).
Leader / Principal Investigator of field excavations in Portugal since 2000 and co-leads international expeditions since 2005.
Co-leads the international project PaleoAngola (since 2005) and Triassic Vertebrates of Algarve (since 2009).
Leadership on the Organization of Scientific Meetings and lectures.
President of the Organization Commission of the Congresso sobre o Planalto das Cesaredas, Lourinhã, Portugal, organized by NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal and Associação de Amigos do Planalto das Cesaredas, in Lourinhã, Portugal (March 31st - April 2nd, 2017).
Leadership and expertise is recognized internationally and result into a vast international collaboration network, invitations as evaluator of international projects, and awards and recognitions.
Vice-president of the Associação de Amigos do Planalto das Cesaredas, Portugal (2015 - 2017).
See also the section on the Local Community activity, Organization of Scientific Meetings, and Main Projects.
Organization of field trips
Besides the Scientific Expeditions, Organized multiple field trips in the context of classes, congresses or formation training. Such as:
“XLI CAP – Curso de Atualização de Professores em Geociências, À descoberta do Aspirante Geoparque Algarvensis” (1-4 October 2021)
Fieldtrip of STRATI 2013: First International Congress on Stratigraphy At the Cutting Edge of Stratigraphy, Lisboa, Portugal. (2013 July, 7th).
Organization of Scientific Meetings
2018 Organization Commission of the EAVP- European Association of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, in Caparica, July 2018 (Site Eventos).
2017 Organization Commission of the Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal (October, 3rd - 7th).
2017 President of the Organization Commission of the Congresso sobre o Planalto das Cesaredas, Lourinhã, Portugal, organized by NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Associação de Amigos do Planalto das Cesaredas, in Lourinhã, Portugal (March 31st - April 2nd).
2016 Organization Commission of the Symposium “An Ecosystem We Thought We Knew: The Emerging Complexities of the Morrison Formation” integrated at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Salt Lake City, USA. (October, 26 - 29th).
2016 Organization Commission of NOVApaleo 2016 - Symposium of Paleontology. NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. (May, 13 - 14th).
2016 Organizer of Mini-symposium on Ornithischian Dinosaurs. NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal (April, 18th).
2013 Organization Commission of the STRATI 2013: First International Congress on Stratigraphy At the Cutting Edge of Stratigraphy, Lisboa, Portugal. (July, 1st - 7th).
2010 9th Mini-Symposium on Paleontology. Octávio Mateus - Welcome. With Nuno Ferrand de Almeida – Recent evolution of Iberian herpetofauna. Octávio Mateus – Two paleontological projects: Portugal and Angola. Christophe Hendrickx – Diversity and disparity of sauropod dinosaurs. Emanuel Tschopp – The feet of a Camarasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda). Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal, January 23rd.
2010 8th Mini-Symposium on Paleontology. Octávio Mateus - Welcome. Christophe Hendrickx – A short introduction on evolution (part I). Emanuel Tschopp – Stegosaurs from Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, USA. Octávio Mateus – The Cretaceous skeleton coast of Angola. Ricardo Araujo – Cranial musclature reconstruction in reptiles and biomechanical inferences in plesiosaurs. Eliza Jarl Estrup – Relation between blood and metabolism. Christophe Hendrickx – A short introduction on evolution (part II). Bruno Pereira – Paleontology of equinoderms and new data from Portugal. Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal, January 16th.
2009 Organization Commission of the International Conference on the Geological Collections and Museums: mission and management [Conferência Internacional Colecções e Museus de Geociências : missão e gestão]. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. (June, 5- 6th)
2009 7th Mini-Symposium on Paleontology. Octávio Mateus - Welcome. Plesiosaurs, Mesozoic marine monsters, by Adam Smith; Spinosaurids, fish eating dinosaurs, by Christophe Hendrickx; Dinosaur tracks from Portugal, by Octávio Mateus; Sauropod feeding biomechanics, by Matt Larvan; Fossil vertebrates from Mozambique, by Rui Castanhinha and Ricardo Araújo; Portuguese Miocene Echinoderms, by Bruno Pereira; Preparação de fósseis no Museu da Lourinhã, by Alexandra Tomás.
2007 6th Mini-Symposium on Paleontology, Octávio Mateus - Welcome; with Yoshitsugu Kobayashi (Hokkaido University Museum) on "Ornithomimosaurs: fast-running bird mimic dinosaurs" and Yuong Nam-Lee (Korea Institute of Geoscience) on "Vertebrate Paleontology in Korea". Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal, March 4th.
2005 5th Mini-Symposium on Paleontology, on “Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates” with Matt Williams (“Charles Moore and the Victorian Vertebrates”), Jesper Milàn (“Hunting dinosaurs in the fossil desert”), and Sandra Jasinoski (“Digging dinosaurs in Alberta, Canada”). Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal, August.
2005 4th Mini-Symposium on Paleontology, on “Marine Reptiles in the era of dinosaurs” with Mike Polcyn (“Early evolution and biogeography of mosasaurs”), Anne Schulp (“Mosasaurs from Maastricht” and “Monsters from the Late Cretaceous seas”), and Octávio Mateus (“Mosassauros e outros fósseis de Angola”). Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal, July.
2005, 3rd Mini-Symposium on Paleontology, on “African Fossil Vertebrates” with Louis Jacobs (“Dinosaurs of Africa”), Anne Schulp (“Fossil Vertebrates in Oman”), Mike Polcyn (“Fossils of 'Ein Yabrud, Israel”), and Aart Walen (“Expeditions in Tanzania, South Africa and Zimbabwe”). Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal, January.
2004 2nd Mini-Symposium on Paleontology, with Remmert Schouten (“Thecodontosaurus”), Jesper Milàn (“Dinosaur Tracks”), Ricardo Araújo (“Fossil Preparation”), and Octávio Mateus (“Terópodes de Portugal”). Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal.
2004 1st Mini-Symposium on Paleontology, with Jesper Milàn (“Dinosaur tracks”), and Cristiano dal Sasso (“Dinosaurs from Italy”). Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal.
1998 Organization Commission of the I Congresso de Estudantes de Biologia, Évora, Portugal.
Organization of lectures and public talks
2016
Nov. 25th “Isótopos radiogénicos e sua aplicação em estudos de proveniência de sedimentos”, by Prof. José Francisco Santos (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal) at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
May 27th “Mosasaurs and the reptile conquest of the sea" by Michael Polcyn (Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA) at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
March 3rd “Cetacean Evolution”, by Olivier Lambert (D. O. Terre et Histoire de la Vie, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium) at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
2014
Dec. 7th “Anatomia, Antropologia e Evolução Humana" by Prof. Rui Diogo, at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
2014 - present Organization of Scientific Snacks (scientific presentations and discussions), tentatively on every Monday at Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal.
1994 - 1997 Organized the weekly lectures at Universidade de Évora and LPN - Liga para a Protecção da Natureza. 57 lectures with invited national researchers, Évora, Portugal
Scientific Commissions in Congresses and Meetings
2023 2nd PaleoPT. Encontro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Paleontologia, Lourinhã, 2023
2023 XXI EJIP Encontro de Jovens Investigadores em Paleontologia & 6th IMERP International Meeting of Early-Staged Researchers in Palaeontology, Lourinhã 2023
2023 XI Congresso Nacional de Geologia (XI CNG) Coimbra 2023
2022 1st PaleoPT. Encontro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Paleontologia, Lourinhã, October 2022
2021 19º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores em Paleontologia (EJIP), Coimbra, May 2021
2020 X Congresso Jovens Investigadores em Geociências 2020, Estremoz
2019 PaleoFall, Évora, September 26-27.
2019 IX Congresso Jovens Investigadores em Geociências 2019, Estremoz, November, 2019
2018 VIII Congresso Jovens Investigadores em Geociências 2018, Estremoz, November, 24 to 27, 2018.
2018 European Association of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. (June 26th to July 1st)
2018 II Congresso Internacional “As Aves: evolução, paleontologia, arqueozoologia, artes e ambientes”. National Library, Lisboa, Portugal. (May 29th to June 1st)
2018 XXXIV Jornadas de Paleontologia da Sociedad Española de Paleontología & V Congresso Ibérico de Paleontologia. Vila Real (September, 26th-29th)
2018 16º Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología (EJIP), Zarautz (Gipuzkoa) (April 11-14)
2017 VII Congresso Jovens Investigadores em Geociências, LEG 2017. Estremoz. (November, 25-28th)
2017 Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. (October, 3rd - 8th)
2017 XXII Bienal da Real Sociedad Española de História Natural, Coimbra, Portugal. (September, 6 -9th)
2017 XV Encontro de Jovens Investigadores em Paleontologia (EJIP), Pombal, Portugal. (April, 19th - 22nd)
2017 I Congresso sobre o Planalto das Cesaredas, Lourinhã, Portugal. (March 31st - April 2nd)
2016 Symposium “An Ecosystem We Thought We Knew: The Emerging Complexities of the Morrison Formation”, within the Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, UTAH, USA. (October, 26th - 29th)
2016 VI Congresso Jovens Investigadores em Geociências, Pólo de Estremoz - Universidade de Évora, Portugal (November, 19th - 22nd).
2016 Simpósio NOVAPaleo, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal (May 13th).
2015 V Congresso Jovens Investigadores em Geociências, Pólo de Estremoz - Universidade de Évora, Portugal (November, 20th - 22nd).
2013 1st Brazilian Dinosaur Symposium. Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brasil. (April, 21-24)
Other professional training and small courses
2021 Docência Digital em Rede [Digital Teaching in Network] Universidade Aberta, course 71390_21_01. Evaluation 17/20.
2016 Training course: Phylogeny for Paleontology (March 12 - 13) focus on TNT software for phylogenetic analysis. Instructor: Miguel Moreno-Azanza, at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
2016 Course on software R applied to Paleontology (May 14th). Instructor: Bruno Pereira, at NOVA School of Science and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
2014 Grant Writing Intensive, with Magdalena Bak-Maier, at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (December; 5 days intensive). That led to application as Principal Investigator for a ERC (European Research Council) Consolidator Grant, in the value of 2.000.000€ (2015).
2011 Toastmasters (training in public speaking) achieving 10/10 level of Competent Communicator.
2010 Histology course with Martin Sander at the University of Bonn, Germany (February).
1994 - 1995 Nature and Wildlife Drawing with José Projecto, Évora, Portugal.
1994 Drawing and Scientific Illustration Course, with Pedro Salgado.
Languages, software, 3D and other skills
Languages
Portuguese: native mother language
English: fluent (spoken and written)
French: speaking, understanding, and reading (good) and written (medium).
Spanish: speaking, understanding, and reading (medium) and written (medium).
Website
Main website operative: founder, administrator or editor (content, updates, maintenance and data-feeder)
MSc in Paleontology. URL: fct.unl.pt/paleontology (founder, administrator and editor), since 2018.
Lusodinos Blog. URL: lusodinos.blogspot.com (founder, administrator and editor), since 2003.
Department of Earth Sciences FCT. URL: dct.fct.unl.pt (administrator and editor), since 2012.
Paleontologia URL:https://www.paleontologia.pt (founder, administrator and editor) since 2020
Software
User-oriented knowledge of various softwares, such as:
MS Office (Word, Excel), Google Drive, Mendeley Desktop (citations manager), SedLog (software for stratigraphy), R.
Image and 3D software (vector, raster and 3D) and photo editing software: PicasaWeb, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Agisoft (photogrammetry and 3D), Inkscape (illustration software), Meshlab (3D), AccuTrans 3D.
3D
Experience in three-dimensional (3D) data-acquisition reconstructions using photogrammetry (Agisoft software), 123D Catch, and laser scanner (Minolta); Experience with 3D printing using Ultimaker pinter and Cura software.
Design