Maria Ana Baptista

 
 

Profile

Research Group: RG2 – Ocean, coastal and land surface processes
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Visiting Teacher 
Email: madbaptista@ciencias.ulisboa.pt 
Room: C8.3.28 
Academic Degree and field of specialization: 

Habilitation in Geophysics and Geoinformation 2009, University of Lisbon

PhD in Physics Geophysics 1998 University of Lisbon

Scientific Informations

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6381-703X

SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7102934075

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=ApQ9Bp4AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT


Scientific Interests

Main Interests: 

Tsunamis

Top 10 Publications: 

  • The 1755 Lisbon tsunami; evaluation of the tsunami parameters (1998) MA Baptista, S Heitor, JM Miranda, P Miranda, LM Victor, Journal of Geodynamics 25 (1-2), 143-157

  • Constrains on the source of the 1755 Lisbon tsunami inferred from numerical modelling of historical data on the source of the 1755 Lisbon tsunami (1998) MA Baptista, PMA Miranda, JM Miranda, LM Victor, Journal of Geodynamics 25 (1-2), 159-174

  • New study of the 1755 earthquake source based on multi-channel seismic survey data and tsunami modeling (2003) MA Baptista, JM Miranda, F Chierici, N Zitellini, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 3 (5), 333-340

  • Revision of the Portuguese catalog of tsunamis (2009) MA Baptista, JM Miranda, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 9 (1), 25-42

  • Tsunamigenic-seismogenic structures, neotectonics, sedimentary processes and slope instability on the southwest Portuguese Margin (2003) P Terrinha, LM Pinheiro, JP Henriet, L Matias, MK Ivanov, JH Monteiro, …, Marine Geology 195 (1-4), 55-73

  • The Gibraltar Arc seismogenic zone (part 2): constraints on a shallow east dipping fault plane source for the 1755 Lisbon earthquake provided by tsunami modeling and seismic intensity (2006) MA Gutscher, MA Baptista, JM Miranda, Tectonophysics 426 (1-2), 153-166

  • Tsunami vulnerability assessment of Casablanca-Morocco using numerical modelling and GIS tools (2010) R Omira, MA Baptista, JM Miranda, E Toto, C Catita, J Catalao, Natural hazards 54 (1), 75-95

  • Source of the 1693 Catania earthquake and tsunami (southern Italy): New evidence from tsunami modeling of a locked subduction fault plane (2006) MA Gutscher, J Roger, MA Baptista, JM Miranda, S Tinti, Geophysical Research Letters 33 (8)

  • Probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis: Multiple sources and global applications (2017) A Grezio, A Babeyko, MA Baptista, J Behrens, A Costa, G Davies, …, Reviews of Geophysics 55 (4), 1158-1198

  • Design of a sea-level tsunami detection network for the Gulf of Cadiz (2009) R Omira, MA Baptista, L Matias, JM Miranda, C Catita, F Carrilho, E Toto,
    Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 9 (4), 1327-1338

Projects (10 most relevant): 

  • ASTARTE – Asessment Strategy and Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe
    2013-11 a 2017-04|ContratoGRANT_NUMBER: FP7-ENV2013 6.4-3, contract 603839

  • AGiTHAR – ACCELERATING GLOBAL SCIENCE IN TSUNAMI HAZARD AND RISK ANALYSIS
    COST ACTION 2019 GRANT_NUMBER: CA18109

  • ESC4SHI – Efficient Simulation and Computation for Health, Sea and Industry
    GRANT_NUMBER: LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-028118

  • MAGICLAND – MArine Geo-hazards InduCed by underwater LANDslides in the SW Iberian Margin
    PTDC/CTA-GEO/30381/2017

  • FAST – Development of new forecast skills for meteo-tsunamis in the Iberian shelf (PTDC/CTA-MET/32004/2017)
    Fundação para a CiΓͺncia e a Tecnologia (Lisboa) GRANT_NUMBER: PTDC/CTA-MET/32004/2017

  • TSUMAPS NEAM ECHO/SUB/2015/718568/PREV26

  • All Risk Integrated System TOwards Trans-boundary hoListic Early-warninghttp://aristotle.ingv.it/ ECHO/SER/2015/722144

  • Tsunami risk and strategies for the European region TRANSFER FP6-SUSTDEV 37058

  • NEAREST – Integrated Observations From Near Shore Sources Of Tsunamis: Towards An Early Warning System FP6-SUSTDEV 37110

  • Genesis and impact of tsunamis on the european coasts : Tsunami warning and observations
    ENV4960297 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/ENV4960297/fr

Books & Chapters (up to 10): 

  • Omira, Rachid; Quartau, Rui; Ramalho, InΓͺs; Baptista, Maria Ana; Mitchell, NeilC.. β€œThe Tsunami Effects of a Collapse of a Volcanic Island on aSemienclosed Basin”. In Plate Boundaries and Natural Hazards, 271-287. JohnWiley & Sons, Inc. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119054146.ch13.10.1002/9781119054146.ch132

  • Miranda, J. M.; Matias, L.; Terrinha, P.; Zitellini, N.; Baptista, M. A.; Chierici, F.;Embriaco, D.; et al. 2015. β€œMarine seismogenic-tsunamigenic prone areas:TheGulf of Cadiz”. In SEAFLOOR OBSERVATORIES, 105-125. Springer BerlinHeidelberg. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11374-1_6.10.1007/978-3-642-11374-1_63Silva, AndrΓ©; Marques, Diogo; Duarte, Carlos; Viana-Baptista, Maria Ana; CarriΓ§o,LuΓ­s. 2014. β€œLOST-Map: A Victim-Sourced Rescue Map of Disaster Areas”. InLecture Notes in Computer Science, 311-318. Springer International http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10166-8_28.10.1007/978-3-319-10166-8_284

  • Omira, R.; Baptista, M.A.; Mellas, S.; Leone, F.; de Richemond, N. Meschinet;Zourarah, B.; Cherel, J-P.. 2012. β€œThe November, 1st, 1755 Tsunami in Morocco:Can Numerical Modeling Clarify the Uncertainties of Historical Reports?”. InTsunami – Analysis of a Hazard – From Physical Interpretation to HumanImpact. InTech. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/51864.10.5772/518645M.,

  • Baptista; R., Omira; L., Matias; J., Miranda; A., Annunziato; F., Carrilho; F.,Kaabouben. β€œOn the Need for a Tsunami Warning System in the NorthEast Atlantic Area (Gulf of Cadiz)”. In The Tsunami Threat – Research andTechnology. InTech. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/14068.10.5772/140686

  • Maria Ana Baptista; Alexandre Costa; Cesar Andrade; Clara seabra; LuΓ­s Matias.2005. β€œO tsunami de 1755”. In 1755 Terramoto no Algarve, editado por CentroCiΓͺncia Viva do Algarve,.7Mendes-Victor, L.; Ribeiro, A.; Matias, L.; Baptista, M. Ana; Miranda, J.

  • Miguel;Miranda, P.; Zitellini, N.; et al. 2005. β€œProgresses in the Assessment of TsunamiGenesis and Impacts around the Portuguese Coasts”. In Tsunamis, 217-230.Springer Netherlands. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3331-1_13.10.1007/1-4020-3331-1_13

Conferences (last 15 presentations): 

  • A new predictor for tsunami runup; M Wronna, U KΓ’noğlu, MA Baptista; EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 557

  • Perigosidade de Inundação por Tsunami https://www.lisboa.pt/atualidade/noticias/detalhe/protecao-civil-municipal-organiza-conferencia-sobre-risco-de-tsunami; Oral presentation done in 2020

  • Tsunami Hazard Assessment for Masirah Island, Sultanate of OmanI El Hussain, Z Al-Habsi, R Omira, A Deif, A Mohamed, MA Baptista; AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2019, NH43D-0970

  • The 28 February 1969 earthquake and tsunami in the North East Atlantic-A Review; MA Baptista, JMA Miranda, R OmiraAGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2019, NH43E-0985

  • Insights in the UNESCO Post-Event Field Survey of the September 28th, 2018 Palu Tsunami.; M Wronna, R Hidayat, S Husrin, G Prasetya, A Annunziato, GG Dogan, … Geophysical Research Abstracts 21

  • Tsunamis Along the Azores Gibraltar Plate Boundary. Oral presentation done in 2019

  • Workshop Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Iberia (50Th Years of the 1969 Saint Vincent Earthquake, M=8.0

  • New Paths to Improve Tsunami Readiness In Europe – Insights Of The Astarte Project. 11th Meeting of the Community of Users on Secure, Safe and Resilient Societies. https://www.securityresearch-cou.eu/node/9192;Oral presentation done in 2018

  • An overview of three years of tsunami research in the NEAM region. 10th Gulf Seismic Forum MarΓ§o 2018, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, https://conferences.squ.edu.om/Portals/7/emcconf/Speakers.html

Awards: 

Β· TSUNAMI SOCIETY AWARD 2010  The International Tsunami Society, Estados Unidos

· Medalha de Prata do IPL: Agraciada em 2007 pelo Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa por serviços distintos prestados à instituição. Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal