Vera Lopes

 
 

Profile

Research Group: RG2 – Ocean, coastal and land surface processes
Position at IDL: PhD Student
Job: Coordinator of the Earth Sciences Laboratory Support Office, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
Email: vplopes@fc.ul.pt
Telephone Number: (351) 21-750-0000  
Extension: 526360
Room: 6.3.60
Academic Degree and field of specialization: 

  • Ongoing: Ph.D., Doctorate program in Environment and Natural Resources – specialization in Biogeochemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)

  • 2014 – MSc in Applied Geology, Geological Risks and Land Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon.

  • 1999 – BSc in applied Geology and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon.

Keywords: Blue carbon, Organic Matter, Organic Carbon, Biogeochemistry, Estuaries,  Sedimentology, Holocene, Tidal Marsh, ​​Environmental Change, Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction

Scientific Informations

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1514-8254

SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55301135500

Researcher ID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/M-4237-2013

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vera-Lopes-4

Website: https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/perfil/vplopes

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Main Interests: 

 I do technical work and perform research in several areas as geotechnics, sedimentology, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, and geoarchaeology. I’m a Ph.D. student developing research on Blue Carbon and organic matter in what regards quantification of Blue Carbon stocks in the intertidal salt marshes ecosystems along the Atlantic Iberian Coast regarding biomass and sediments with further characterization of the associated organic matter.

Top 10 Publications: 

  • 2022 - Inácio, M.; Freitas, M.C.; Cunha, A.G.; Antunes, C.; Leira, M.; Lopes, V.; Andrade, C.; Silva, T.A. Simplified Marsh Response Model (SMRM): A Methodological Approach to Quantify the Evolution of Salt Marshes in a Sea-Level Rise Context. Remote Sens, 14, 3400. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143400

  • 2021 - Daura, J., M. Sanz, M. Demuro, L.J. Arnold, A.M. Costa, J. Moreno, M.C. Freitas, V. Lopes, N. Égüez, D.L. Hoffmann, A. Benson, D. Cabanes, J. García-Targa, J.M. Fullola. A new chronological framework and site formation history for Cova del Gegant (Barcelona): Implications for Neanderthal and Anatomically Modern Human occupation of NE Iberian Peninsula, Quaternary Science Reviews, 107141, ISSN 0277-3791. https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107141

  • 2018 - Leira M., Freitas M. C., Ferreira T., Cruces A., Connor S., Andrade C., Lopes V., and Bao R. - Holocene sea level and climate interactions on wet dune slack evolution in SW Portugal: A model for future scenarios? The Holocene. Online version: https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683618804633.

  • 2016 - Cabral, M.C., Fatela, F., Lopes, V., Freitas, M.C. & Andrade, C. – Cyprideis torosa (Jones, 1850) in mainland Portugal: what do we know? Journal of Micropalaeontology. Vol. 36, 2017, pp: 94-112. Published online first August 15, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1144/jmpaleo2015-031.

  • 2016 - Ruiz-Fernández, J., Oliva, M., Cruces, A., Lopes, V., Freitas, C., Andrade, C., García-Hernández, C., López- Sáez, J.A., Geraldes, M. - Environmental evolution in the Picos de Europa (Cantabrian Mountains, SW Europe) since the Last Glaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 138, April 15, Pages 87-104. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.03.002

  • 2016 - Nieuwendam, A., Ruiz-Fernández, J., Oliva, M., Lopes, V., Cruces, A. and Freitas, M. C. - Postglacial Landscape Changes and Cryogenic Processes in the Picos de Europa (Northern Spain) Reconstructed from Geomorphological Mapping and Microstructures on Quartz Grains. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Volume 27, Issue 1, pp: 96-108. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1853 

Conferences (last 15 presentations): 

  • XI Congresso Nacional de Geologia Lopes V., Freitas, M.C., Otero, X. L. - Quantificação do carbono azul na biomassa do estuário do Minho (Portugal). Oral presentation in  XI Congresso Nacional de geologia, 16-20 Julho 2023. Coimbra, Portugal.

  • X Symposium on the atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2022 Vera Lopes, Xose L. Otero, Maria da Conceição Freitas - "First approach to organic carbon quantification and sediment characterization in the Minho estuary marshes". Proceedings, X Symposium on the Atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2022. Bilbao, Spain, 7 – 9, July, p. 68.

  • X Symposium on the atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2022 Vera Lopes, Maria da Conceição Freitas, Manel Leira, Miguel Inácio- "Organic matter in intertidal estuarine margins: The case of Tróia (Sado estuary, Portugal)".Proceedings, X Symposium on the Atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2022. Bilbao, Spain, 7 – 9, July, p. 67.

  • X Symposium on the atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2022 Vera Lopes, Maria da Conceição Freitas, Manel Leira, Miguel Inácio- "Organic matter in intertidal estuarine margins: The case of Tróia (Sado estuary, Portugal)".Proceedings, X Symposium on the Atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2022. Bilbao, Spain, 7 – 9, July, p. 67.

  • X Symposium on the Atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2022 Miguel Inácio, Ana Graça Cunha, Maria da Conceição Freitas, Vera Lopes, Manel Leira, César Andrade - "SMRM vs SLAMM: A comparison between two rule-based models of marsh response to sea-level rise". Proceedings, X Symposium on the Atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2022. Bilbao, Spain, 7 – 9, July, p. 62.

  • 5a Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira | MEC2019 Vera Lopes, Manel Leira, Maria da Conceição Freitas, Ana Cunha, Miguel Inácio, Ana Costa - "RP índex as potential proxy to establish organic matter source and sink". 5a Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira | MEC2019, Livro de Resumos, 2019, Lisboa – Portugal, pp: 91-92. ISBN: 978-989-20-9612-4

  • 5a Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira | MEC2019 M. Leira, A.G. Cunha, M.C. Freitas, M. Inácio, V. Lopes, R. Bao, C. Andrade - "Tracing relative sea level changes in salt marshes using organic matter ". 5a Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira | MEC2019, Livro de Resumos, 2019, Lisboa – Portugal, pp: 55-56. ISBN: 978-989-20-9612-4

  • European coastal lagoons symposium, 8th Eurolag 2018 V. Lopes, A. Cruces, M. C. Freitas, T. Ferreira, C. Andrade, M. Cachão, M. Leira, and R. Bao – The role of the barrier efficiency in the Holocene sedimentation of the Santo André lagoon (SW Portugal). European coastal lagoons symposium, 8th Eurolag 2018, Book of abstracts. Athens, Greece, 20-23 March, p. 9.

  • European coastal lagoons symposium, 8th Eurolag 2018 A. Cruces, M. C. Freitas, V. Lopes, S. Moreira, T. Ferreira, and C. Andrade – Laggonal water exchange as consequence of artificial opening of tidal inlets: twenty years of monitorization in three Portuguese lagoons (Albufeira, Melides and Santo André). European coastal lagoons symposium, 8th Eurolag 2018, Book of abstracts. Athens, Greece, 20-23 March, p. 45.

  • VIII Symposium on the atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2015 V. Lopes, M. C. Freitas, C. Andrade, A. Bento, M. Cachão, P. Costa, T. Ferreira & R. Ramos) - "Estudo geológico do sítio arqueológico Ria de Aveiro A". Proceedings, VIII Symposium on the atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2015. Malaga, Spain, 21 – 23, September, pp. 687-690.

  • VIII Symposium on the Atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2015 – M. Leira, M.C. Freitas, C. Andrade, A. Cruces, V. Paio Lopes & S. Moreira - "Past and Present of Coastal Dune Environments of the Southwestern Portuguese Coast". Proceedings, VIII Symposium on the Atlantic Iberian Margin, MIA 2015. Malaga, Spain, 21 – 23, September, pp. 301-304.

  • V Jornadas do Quaternário, 5th International Conference Lopes, V.P., Freitas, M.C., Andrade C. & Taborda, R. – “Enchimento sedimentar plisto-holocénico da paleolaguna da Pederneira. V Jornadas do Quaternário, 5th International Conference, 13-14 Dezembro, Porto. Abstract Book:60-62.

  • 12th International Coastal Symposium 2013 Lopes, V., Freitas, M.C., Andrade, C., Taborda, R., Ramos, R. and Oliveira, M.A. – “A GIS-assisted reconstruction of the Holocene transgressive paleosurface of Pederneira lowland (W Portugal)”. 12th International Coastal Symposium 2013, Plymouth, England.