Curriculum Vitae October 2014

Curriculum Vitae
October 2014
Gilda Maria Rodrigues Lopes
Personal Information
First name(s)/Surname(s)
Adress
E-mail
Date of Birth
Nationality
Civil Status
Gender
Gilda Maria Rodrigues Lopes
Bergen
Norway
[email protected]
01.28.1983
Portuguese
Single
Female
Occupational Field
PALYNOLOGIST/BIOSTRATIGRAPHER
Work Experience
2014 – to present
Post-doctoral Fellow at University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Developing a new palynological biozonal scheme for the Lower Carboniferous
succession of the Norwegian Arctic.
2009 – 2013
Collaborator at the Portuguese Geological Survey (LNEG), S.
Mamede Infesta, Portugal.
Involved in palynological projects and stratigraphic support to LNEG mapping
survey, as well as, in projects of promotion and dissemination of geology for
teachers and the general public (e.g. geological museums, geotourism,
geoparks).
October 2008 – February 2009
High school teacher, Arganil High School, Coimbra, Portugal.
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Teaching biology to 9 and 10 grade students.
July 2008
Summer activities monitor at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Responsible for field and experimental activities under the science diffusion
project “Junior University”. Target people – middle grade students.
November 2007
Tutor
Giving tutorials in Biology and Geology to middle grade and high school
students; preparation of high school students to national exams for access to
university.
July 2007
Summer activities monitor at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Responsible for experimental activities under the science diffusion project
“Junior University”. Target people – middle grade students.
2006 – 2007
Tutor
Giving tutorials in Biology and Geology to middle grade and high school
students; preparation of high school students to national exams for access to
university.
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July 2006
Summer activities monitor at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Responsible for field and experimental activities under the science diffusion
project “Junior University”. Target people – middle grade students.
September 2005-June 2006
High School Teacher Internship at Carolina Michaelis High School,
Porto, Portugal.
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Teaching geology to 12 grade students and biology and geology to 9 grade students.
Education and Training
2009 – 2013
PhD Degree at Algarve University and LNEG (Portuguese Geological
Survey), Portugal. Approved with Magma Cum Laude.
Dissertation title: Investigation in palynology and stable isotopes of the Paleozoic
of Central Iberian Zone (Buçaco, Dornes, Mação and Portalegre) and Ossa Morena
Zone (Toca da Moura and Barrancos), Portugal: palaeogeographic and
palaeoclimatic implications.
2006 – 2008
Master’s Degree in Geology for School Teacher at Faculty of Sciences,
University of Porto, with final average of Very Good (out of Very Good).
Dissertation title: Field work in Geology teaching – diagnostic of initial
competencies vs. teaching experience competencies.
2006 – 2007
Postgraduate in Geology for School Teachers, at Faculty of Sciences,
University of Porto, with final average of 16 (out of 20).
2001 – 2006
First Degree in Teacher Education in Biology and Geology, at Faculty of
Sciences, University of Porto, with final average of 16 (out of 20).
Specialized courses and Workshops:
September 19-21, 2012
December, 2011
February 2010
Sedimentary organic matter: characterization and applications – Short
Course at the University of Milan, tutored by Prof Mike Stephenson.
Forensic investigation techniques in Geology and Botanical scientific areas
– Workshop at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Complementary Formation with Prof. Oldrich Fatka from Charles
University, Prague, in acritarchs of Lower Palaeozoic.
Scientific Positions
2014 – to present
Secretary of the Spore and Pollen Subcommission for the Commission
Internationale Microflore Paleozoique.
Scientific Grants and Awards
2009 - 2013
PhD scholarship SFRH/BD/48534/2008 awarded by the Portuguese
Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
July 2012
Best Student Poster Award, by AASP (American Association of
Stratigraphic Palynologists) in the 45th Annual Meeting, Kentucky,
USA.
2012
AASP Travel Award to participate in the 45th Annual Meeting,
Kentucky, USA.
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Personal Skills
Mother Tongue
Portuguese
Other Languages
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
English
C1
C1
C1
C1
B2
Spanish
A2
A2
A1
A1
A1
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Communication
Skills
• Very good oral and written communications skills with children, general and
professional public gained through my experience as teacher and in international
conferences.
Organizational
Skills
• Very good team-worker developed during my work in teaching and in the
Geological Portuguese Survey.
• Good organizational skills gained as a secretariat member of the organization
committee of the II Joint Meeting of Spores/Polen and Acritarch Subcommissions
(CIMP), Algarve University, Faro.
Job-related Skills
• Good technician skills related to palynology, organic carbon isotopes and
maturation sample preparation.
Computer Skills
Other Skills
Driving Licence
• Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools and Corel Draw graphic programme.
• First Aid Course taken in the Portuguese Red Cross, with final average of 18
values (out of 20).
• B category.
Scientific production
Dissertations and Thesis
Lopes, G. (2013). Investigação em palinologia e isótopos estáveis do Paleozoico da Zona Centro-Ibérica
(Buçaco, Dornes, Mação e Portalegre) e Zona de Ossa-Morena (Toca da Moura e Barrancos), Portugal.
Implicações paleogeográficas e paleoambientais. PhD Thesis. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da
Universidade do Algarve, Faro, 2 vol., 1-678.
Lopes, G. (2008). Trabalho de Campo no Ensino da Geologia: Diagnóstico de competências de formação
inicial versus experiência docente. Masters Thesis. Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto,
Porto, 1-261.
Papers in International Journals with Peer-review
Lopes, G., Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Wicander, R., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, J.T. (2014). The
significance of the reworked palynomorphs (Middle Cambrian to Tournaisian) in the Viséan Toca da
Moura Complex (South Portugal). Implications for the geodynamic evolution of Ossa Morena Zone.
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 200, 1-23.
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Conference proceedings (Complete)
Lopes, G., Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Marques, J. (2014). Palinologia da formação (Tilítica) de Vúzi, Bacia
Carbonífera Moatize-Minjova. Abstracts of the II Mozambique Geological Congress and XII Portuguese
Speaking Language Geochemical Congress, Maputo, Mozambique.
Pereira, Z., Lopes, G., Fernandes, P., Marques, J. (2014). Palinoestratigrafia da sondagem ETA 72 da Bacia
Carbonífera de Moatize-Minjova. Abstracts of the II Mozambique Geological Congress and XII Portuguese
Speaking Language Geochemical Congress, Maputo, Mozambique.
Lopes, G., Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Wicander, R., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, J.T. (2013). A importância
dos palinomorfos remobilizados no Complexo Vulcano-Sedimentar da Toca da Moura - Implicações para
a evolução geodinâmica da Zona de Ossa Morena, Portugal. In: Moreira, N., Dias, R., Araujo, A. (eds.),
Livro de Actas da 9a Conferência anual do Grupo de Geologia Estrutural e Tectónica, Estremoz, 103-106.
Lopes, G., Vaz, N., Sequeira, A.J.D., Piçarra, J., Fernandes, P., Pereira, Z. (2011). New insights on the
palynostratigraphy of the Hirnantian of the Rio Ceira section, Buçaco, Portugal. In: Gutiérrez-Marco, J.C.,
Rábano, I. & García-Bellido, D. (Eds.), Ordovician of the World, Cuadernos del Museo Geominero, 14,
313-319.
Lopes, G., Fernandes, P., Goodhue, R., Piçarra, J.M., Pereira, Z. (2011). Resultados preliminares do registo
isotópico de carbono orgânico (δ13Corg) do Silúrico da região de Barrancos, Zona de Ossa Morena,
Portugal. In: Antunes, I.M.H.R., Almeida, J.P.F., Albuquerque, M.T.D. (Eds.) Livro de Actas VIII Congresso
Ibérico de Geoquímica / XVII Semana de Geoquímica. Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, vol. 2, 475479.
Lopes, G., Vaz, N., Sequeira, A. J. D., Piçarra, J. M., Fernandes, P., Pereira, Z. (2010). Dados
palinoestratigráficos preliminares do Gorstiano (Silúrico) da Formação de Sazes (Sinclinal do Buçaco). VIII
Congresso Nacional de Geologia, Revista Electrónica de Ciências da Terra, 17(14), 1-4.
Lopes, G., Vaz, N., Sequeira, A.J.D., Piçarra, J.M., Fernandes, P. & Pereira, Z. (2010). Palynomorphs from
the Gorstian (Silurian) of Sazes Formation (Buçaco Syncline), Central Iberian Zone, Portugal – Preliminary
results. Abstract Book of the Commission Internationale du Microflora du Paleozoic (CIMP) General
Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 31-33.
Lopes, G., Ribeiro, M. A. (2008). Aspectos geológico-didácticos da Praia de Angeiras Norte, Memórias
nº13, Abtracts of the 8ª Conferência Anual do Grupo de Geologia Estrutural e Tectónica, Universidade do
Porto, 87-90.
Conference proceedings (Resume)
Lopes, G., Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Marques, J. (2014). Palynostratigraphic study of Lower Karoo rocks
in the Moatize-Minjova Coal Basin, Mozambique – Preliminary studies. Abstracts of the 9th European
Palaeobotany – Palynology Conference (EPPC), Padova, Italy, 147-148.
Lopes, G., Pereira, Z., Picarra, J.M., Fernandes, P. (2014). New Ordovician palynostratigraphic data of the
Phyllodocites Shales Formation, Barrancos Region, Ossa Morena Zone, Portugal. Abstracts of the 9th
European Palaeobotany – Palynology Conference (EPPC), Padova, Italy, 147.
Lopes, G., Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, J.T. (2012). Provenance of the reworked
Ordovician Palynomorphs in SDJ1 Borehole - Santa Susana Basin, Ossa Morena Zone, Portugal. Abstracts
of the 45th Annual Meeting 2012 of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (ASSP),
Kentucky, USA, 28-29.
Lopes, G., Fernandes, P., Goodhue, R., Pereira, Z., Piçarra, J. (2011). Preliminary account of the Silurian
carbon isotope record (δ13C) from the Barrancos region, Ossa Morena Zone, Portugal. Goldschmidt
Conference Abstract Book, Prague, Mineralogical Magazine, 75(3), 1355.
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Lopes, G., Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, T. (2011). The geodynamic importance
of the Late Cambrian to Late Devonian reworked palynomorphs from the borehole SDJ1, Santa Susana
region, Ossa Morena Zone (OMZ), Portugal. Abstracts of the 44th Annual Meeting 2011 of the American
Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (ASSP), Southampton, 22.
Pereira, Z., Lopes, G., Fernandes, P., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, T. (2011). Carboniferous
palynostratigraphy of the borehole SDJ1 from the Santa Susana region, Ossa Morena Zone, Portugal.
Abstracts of the 44th Annual Meeting 2011 of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists,
Southampton, 32.
Lopes, G., Fernandes, P., Pereira, P. (2010) Palynology and carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Ordovician
- Silurian rocks of Portugal: palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications. Abstract of the Seminar
“Mar e Ambiente” of the Algarve University, Faro, 1.
Castro, L.; Pereira, Z.; Vieira, M.; Borges, M., Lopes, G. (2009). Geocolecções de palinomorfos fósseis de
Portugal. Conf. Internacional Colecções e Museus de Geociências, Coimbra. Journal of Paleontological
Techniques, 6, 17.
Lopes, G., Fernandes, P., Pereira, P. (2009) Palynology and carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Ordovician
- Silurian rocks of Portugal: palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications. Abstract of the Seminar
Mar e Ambiente of the Algarve University, Faro, 1.
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