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Carla Patinha

Councillor - Executive Committee

Assistant Professor

Engineering Geoscience Department, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Research: Development of analytical methodologies; Sustainable Agriculture and Viticulture; Medical Geology; Data Analysis

Carla Patinha graduated in Geological Engineering from the University of Aveiro (UA) in 1994, completed her Master’s degree in Geochemistry at UA in 1997, and defended her Ph.D. thesis in Geosciences at UA in 2002.

Between 2001 and 2018, she worked as a Senior Technician in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Aveiro, taking on the Technical Management of the Geochemistry and Hydrochemistry laboratories. Since October 2018, she has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Aveiro and the scientific coordinator of the Geochemistry and Hydrochemistry laboratories. She is a researcher at the GEOBIOTEC research unit. Since October 2023, she has been the Director of the Department of Geosciences.

Since obtaining her Ph.D., she has published 117 articles in international journals and around 100 articles in national and international conference proceedings. She has participated in and coordinated several national and international research projects. She has supervised multiple master’s theses and undergraduate projects. She has been part of the organizing committee of international conferences.

Current position

Director of the Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro
Scientific Coordinator of the Geochemistry and Hydrochemistry Laboratories
Director of the Master’s degree in Geological Engineering
Co-Director for the area of geological sciences at IMGA (International Medical Geology Association) (2021-08/2025)
Member of OHM-Estarreja (funded by «Labex DRIIHM and the Réseau des Observatoires Hommes-Milieux – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (ROHM-CNRS)»)