Ana Alberto

 
 

Profile

Research Group: RG2 – Ocean, coastal and land surface processes
Position at IDL: PhD Student
Job: PhD Fellow
Email:aidalberto@fc.ul.pt
Telephone Number: 281027902

Academic Degree and field of specialization: 

  • Ongoing: PhD in Geology, HEARTHSYSTEMS Doctoral Program - University of Lisbon, Portugal 

  • 2012: MSc in Oceanography, Specialization in Paleoceanography - University of Algarve, Portugal

  • 2007: BSc in Oceanography - University of Algarve, Portugal

Scientific Informations

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana-Alberto

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Main Interests: 

Paleoceanography, Sedimentology, Climate variability, Paleoenvironmental reconstruction, X-Ray radiography, Computer tomography (CT)

Top 10 Publications: 

  • Shchepetkina, A., Drago, T., Santos, J., Alberto A. (2023). Effects of X-ray computed tomography (CT) on the ichnologic interpretation of the Mira River estuary sediment core, SW Portugal. Ichnos. 10.1080/10420940.2023.2212120.

  • Salgueiro, E., Voelker, A.H.L., Martin, P.A., Rodrigues, T., ZΓΊΓ±iga, D., FrojΓ‘n, M., de la Granda, F., Villacieros-Robineau. N., Alonso-PΓ©rez, F., Alberto, A., Rebotim, A., GonzΓ‘les-Álvarez, R., Castro, C.G., Abrantes, F. (2020). Ξ΄18O and Mg/Ca Thermometry in the Planktonic Foraminifera: A multiproxy Approach Toward Tracing Coastal Upwelling Dynamics. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 35. 10.1029/2019PA003726.

  • Nave, S., Lebreiro, S. M., Michel, E. & Kissel, C., Figueiredo, M., Guihou, A., Ferreira, A., Labeyrie, L., Alberto, A. (2018). The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation as productivity regulator of the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre. Quaternary Research. 91. 1-15. 10.1017/qua.2018.88.

  • Voelker, A.H.L., Salgueiro, E., Rodrigues, T., Jimenez-Espejo, F.J., Bahr, A., Alberto, A., Loureiro, I., Padilha, M., Rebotim, A., RΓΆhl, U. (2015). Mediterranean Outflow and surface water variability off southern Portugal during the early Pleistocene: A snapshot at Marine Isotope Stages 29 to 34 (1020– 1135 ka). Global and Planetary Change. 133. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.08.015.

  • Salgueiro, E., Naughton, F., Voelker, A., de Abreu, L., Alberto, A., Rossignol, L., Duprat J., MagalhΓ£es, V., Vaqueiro, S., Turon, J-L., Abrantes, F. (2014). Past Circulation along the West Iberian margin: a time slice vision from the last glacial to the Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 106, 316-329. 10.1594/PANGAEA.857162.

Projects (10 most relevant): 

  • EMSO-PT - European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory - Portugal

  • ASTARTE - Assessment STrategy And Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe

  • MOWCADYN - Surface and Mediterranean Outflow Water Dynamics in the Gulf of Cadiz during the Pleistocene

  • MONA - Integration of proxy data from the North Atlantic for modeling climatic events

  • CALIBERIA - Multi-proxy Calibration along the NW Iberian margin: Improving paleoceanographic reconstructions

  • INTAGUS - EstuΓ‘rio do Tejo e zona costeira adjacente: Integração de aspectos fΓ­sicos e biolΓ³gicos

Conferences (last 15 presentations): 

  • A. Alberto, T. Drago, M.C. Freitas. Aplicação da laminografia computorizada no estudo sedimentar de um ambiente estuarino - resultados preliminares. XI Congresso Nacional de Geologia. Coimbra, Portugal, 17 to 19 July 2023

  • T. Drago, A. Ramos, J. Santos, J. Afonso, A. Alberto. Elementary and secondary school geosciences hands on learning at Ria Formosa (South Portugal). International Conference on Education and New Developments. Lisbon, 24 to 26 June 2023

  • A. Shchepetkina,T. Drago, A. Ramos, J. Santos, A. Alberto. Seeing through mud: effects of CT scanning on the inchnological interpretation of the Mira river estuary, Portugal. 36th International Association of Sedimentologists Meeting. Dubrovnik, Croatia, 12 to 16 June 2023

  • D. Pais, J. Cascalho, T. Drago, M. Rosa, R. Taborda, E. Garel, A. Alberto, J. Santos. Inner shelf sediment dynamics: insights from a sand tracer experiment. 16th International Conference Littoral22. Costa da Caparica, Portugal, 12 to 16 September 2022.

  • J. Cascalho, R. Taborda, M. Rosa, E. Garel, S. Teixeira, A. Alberto, T. Drago, S. Teixeira. Monitoring inner Shelf Sediment transport using fluorescent sand tracers: an example from the south coast of Portugal. EGU Gen. Assem. 2021,19 to 30 April 2021

  • V. KΓΌmmerer, T. Drago, C. Veiga Pires, P. Silva, A. Lopes, V. MagalhΓ£es, C. Roque, A. I. Rodrigues, P. Terrinha, A. Mena, G. FrancΓ©s, A. Kopf, D. VΓΆelker, E. Salgueiro, A. Alberto, C. Lopes, P. Costa, M.A. Baptista. Offshore 1755 CE Lisbon Tsunami Deposit in Southern Portuguese Continental Shelf. EGU Gen. Assem. 2020. 4 to 8 May 2020

  • A. H. L. Voelker, F. J. Jimenez-Espejo, E. Salgueiro, T. Rodrigues, A. Bahr, M. Padilha, A. Alberto, I. Loureiro, A. Rebotim, U. RΓΆhl. Surface Water and Mediterranean Outflow Water Variability at IODP Site U1387 during the early to middle Pleistocene (660 -1970 ka). XIX INQUA Congress. Nagoya, Japan, July 2015

  • A. Voelker, E. Salgueiro, T. Rodrigues, M. Padilha, A. Alberto, I. Loureiro, A. Rebotim, F. J. JimenezEspejo, A. Bahr, U. RΓΆhl. Surface Water and Mediterranean Outflow Water Variability During the MidPleistocene Transition (Marine Isotope Stages 17-36) – the IODP Site U1387 record. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 17, EGU2015-2999, EGU General Assembly 2015. Vienna, Austria, April 2015

  • A.H.L. Voelker, F.J. Jimenez-Espejo, A. Bahr, G. Acton, A. Alberto, A. Rebotim, E. Salgueiro, U. Roehl. What Drives Mediterranean Outflow Water Variability during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition and Early Pleistocene at IODP Site U1387 in the Gulf of Cadiz? AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, USA, 15 to 19 December 2014

  • E. Salgueiro, A.H.L. Voelker, F.F.G. Abrantes, T. Rodrigues, F.J. Sierro, D.A. Hodell, A. Alberto, P. S. Freitas. Temperature and Productivity Variability Along the Southwestern Portuguese Margin During the Onset of the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, USA, 15 to 19 December 2014

  • E. Salgueiro, C. G. Castro, D. Zuniga, P. A. Martin, J. Groeneveld, F. de la Granda, N. Villacieros-Robineau, F. Alonso-Perez, A. Alberto, T. Rodrigues, M. M. Rufino, F. F. G. Abrantes, A.H.L. Voelker. Planktonic Foraminifera Proxies Calibration Off the NW Iberian Margin: Nutrients Approach. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, USA, 15 to 19 December 2014

  • A. H. L. Voelker, G. D. Acton, A. Bahr, F. J. Jimenez-Espejo, A. Rebotim, A. Alberto, E. Salgueiro, U. RΓΆhl, C. Escuti e M. Kucera. The Difficulty of Making a Splice in Contourite Drift Sediments: Splice Corrections for IODP Sites U1387 and U1390, IODP Exp. 339 2nd post-cruise meeting. Tarifa, Espanha, 4 to 6 June 2014 - Poster

  • E. Salgueiro, T. Rodrigues, A. Bahr, F. Jimenez-Espejo, U. Roehl, A. Alberto, A. Rebotim, A. Voelker. Climate variability in the Gulf of Cadiz during the onset of the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, IODP Exp. 339 2nd post-cruise meeting. Tarifa, Espanha, 4 to 6 June 2014 - Poster