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Congratulations to Pedro Mendes (DEQ, PI), Henrique Matos and Carmen Bacariza on winning the José Manuel de Mello 2024 – Entrepreneurship award, from th

We are happy to announce the opening of an international selection process for the recruitment of a doctoral initial level researcher in Mining Engineering at

Ricardo Araújo has been invited as a speaker at the "Extreme Hangout Cascais 2024/ the planet needs extrem

The summer edition of Ciência nas Férias (Holiday Science) 2024 came to an end.

A smile of saudade draws on Litzy’s face as she talks about her University in Texcoco de Mora, Mexico.

Last week the 15th International Converence on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications took place in Chania, on the Greek island

Two CERENA scientists were invited to present their work at the 3rd INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON Polymers &am

Congratulations to Leonardo Azevedo on the honourable mention in the

CERENA researchers Sandra Heleno, Vasco Miranda, Gabriel Goyanes and Manuel Ribeiro have been involved in field campaign at the Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela (PNSE) in late May 2024 (31-

The CEET - Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies, from Technická Univerzita, Ostrava, Czech Republic, visited CERENA, on 22nd of May 2024.

CERENA will organize the Seminar on Spatial Data Science on June 6th, 2024, which will be held at I5 room, Mining Building .

Yet another Annual Meeting. CERENA's researchers and Ph.D. students join together 3 days (9-11 May 2024) at Foz do Arelho for another retreat. 

Maria João Pereira, CERENA integrated member and former President, is the new Secretary of State for Energy. 

The work entitled 'Spatial analysis of determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Portugal' and led by M.

In an era of rapid change and uncertainty, anticipating and adapting to the challenges that lie before us is more crucial than ever.

Two CERENA researchers are part of the most-cited scientists worldwide at the World’s Top 2% Scientists list released by

On September 28th, a workshop was held as part of the

The 15th International Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications, geoENV2024 will be held in Chania, Crete, Greece, between the

Registrations are now open for GeoStats2024!

Congratulations to Rui Galhano dos Santos on the honourable mention award on his project “Bio2Value”, in the

With the recently created Department of Engineering in Mineral and Energy Resources from Técnico,&

The Cleansmoke workshop is happening today, June 27th, at the Auditorium Abreu Faro at Instituto Superior Técnico (Polo da Alameda) where the results of the Cleansmo

The Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering Annual Meeting, a joint organization of the Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering Department an

Ana Filipa Duarte and Inês Amaral de Carvalho were awarded at the

In celebration of World Oceans Day yesterday, the

Between 10 and 12 May 2023, Vasco Reis, Sara Sousa and Ana Ferreira, students at FEUP (L.EMG, L.EA and M.EA), three fellows of the FCT project 

On June 29th at 12:30 the next Seminar of the Seminar Series 'Forward past, what's next?' will take place.

We were extremely honored to host the workshop on the Circularity for Raw Materials as the Instituto Superior Técnico Team of the

Next Wednesday, May 31st, at 7 pm, at 'Espaço à Quarta' there will be a debate on the detection of plastic in the Ocean by high-resolution satellite systems, combined with new Artificial

On May 25th at 12:30 the next Seminar of the Seminar Series 'Forward past, what's next?' will take place.

Next Monday, May 29 at the Abreu Faro Auditorium, the Workshop "Circularity for Alternative Raw Materials" will take place.

CERENA was present at Técnico Open Day  last Saturday, May, 20.

Don't miss out Técnico Open Day Tomorrow  (20th May).

Maria João Pereira is attending the Raw Materials Summit 2023 at Brussels.Th

The Technology Platform on Microencapsulation and Immobilization (TPMI), founded by Ana C.

Leonardo Azevedo was one of the invited speakers at the

Pedro Castro is one of the 'Best Engineering and Technology Scientists in

Pedro Castro gave a Special Seminar entitled "Global Optimization of Quadratically Co

Professor João Bordado was awarded with the “Career and Recognition Award” by

CERENA's mission is to develop research at the highest level of excellence related to the sustainable use of natural resources, including

The R&D project "Connecting Lisbon" coordinated by Jorge Ribeiro (FA.UL, CERENA,

Helga Jordão  successfully defended her PhD in Earth Resources with a thesis entitled '

Ana Sousa successfully defended her PhD in Petroleum Engineering with a thesis enti

Maria De Lurdes Dinis is Guest Editor of 'Machine Learning to Mitigate the Vulnerability of the Mining Industry to Climate Change Impacts'.

Maria de Lurdes Dinis was invited to contribute to the IAEA Special Session: Site Remediation – Turning Liabilities In

With the recently created  Department of Engineering in Mineral and Energy Resources from Técnico, CERENA will co-host another edition of 'Ciências nas Férias'.

We are proud to announce that Amir Nejad's team won the final pitch of "Boost your entrepreneurial spirit!" organized within the framework of the

CERENA's mission is to develop research at the highest level of excellence related to the sustainable use of natural resources, including

Maria João Pereira is the Head of the new Department of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering (DER).

CERENA's 2022 in Review and Happy New Year

CERENA wishes all members, colleagues, friends and family a Happy Holiday Season and a New Year full of Joy, Health and Success!  

International selection competition for one doctorate position for the exercise of activities of scientific research in the scientific area(s) of Earth and environmental sciences in the form of an

Check out this opportunity to study at CERENA/Técnico in collaboration with Sovena.

The Técnico PhD Open days took place from 14th to 16th November.

During August and September 2022, CERENA hosted at FEUP three research initiation fellows, under the

Open call for the international selection procedure for the recruitment of 1 doctorate position for the exercise of activities of scientific research in the scientific area(s) of Chemistry and Chem

Maria João Pereira has been elected as the new President of geoENVia. 

Do you hold a Ph.D. degree? Are you looking for a position in CERENA?

“I hope that this award can inspire students and young researchers to pursue their goals in the fields of geosciences and geophysics”

Applications are open for 1 Research Fellowship (BI) at the FCiências.ID – Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, for the project/R&D institution “

Applications are open for 2 Research Studentship(s), within the framework of project/R&D institution “Plastics in a Circular

Open call for the selection procedure for the recruitment of 1 position of full‐time Research Assistant's within the scope of the Project  

Open call for the selection procedure for the recruitment of 1 Doctorate Initial Level  in the scope 

The Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente (CERENA) of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) is pleased to announce the opening of a call for 2 (two) PhD Grants at the research areas Earth Resources or

With the end of the restrictions implemented in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, CERENA returned to schools to communicate the work we do to the younger generations.

The Society for Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) awarded J.

From 17 to 19 February the CERENA community met to present results, debate the strategy and outline the actions

The First CERENA Annual Meeting will take place from 17 to 19 February 2022.

From the 1st to the 11th of February CERENA is receiving the visit of five professors from UNILURIO, Mozambique.

Maria Cristina Vila was distinguished with the scientific recognition award at the FEUP 2022 Day celebration ceremony, on January 28th.

Professor João Gomes was included in the World Top 2% Scientists List prepared by  Stanford University, USA and published by Elsevier, for his publications in Energy and Chemical Engineer

Open call for the selection procedure for the recruitment of for the recruitment of 1 Doctorate Initial Level within the scope of Research Unit/Project&nbs

Leonardo Azevedo will be keynote speaker at the 14th International Conference on Geostatistics fo

Open call for the selection procedure for the recruitment of 1 Doctorate Initial Level within the scope of the Project  CAV

CERENA wishes all members, colleagues, friends and family a Happy Holiday Season and a New Year full of Joy, Health and Success!  

The project “Multi-source modelling of the ocean: Coupling Earth observations with acoustic waves” led by Leonardo Azevedo has been

Amílcar Soares will be a keynote speaker at the 2nd Workshop: Advances

  Are you looking for a PhD position in Portugal? CERENA has 10 positions open at "la Caixa" Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowships programme.

Maria de Lurdes Dinis - Designated Member of the IAEA Technical Working Group on Decommissioning and Remedia

Professor João Gomes has been granted The Best Reviewer Award for his dedication and contribution to the review of manuscripts submitted to the

The Project TSHAPS-Towards Seismic Hazard Assessment in Portuguese-Speaking African Countries is one of the selected projects by FCT and  the Aga Khan Foundation.

CERENA will host the 12th International Geostatistics 2024 congress.

During the first two weeks of July, John C.

The Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente (CERENA) of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), is pleased to announce the opening of a call

The paper 'First-Principles Model to Evaluate Quantitatively the Long-Life Behavior of Cellulose Acetate Polymers

Two new projects, submitted by CERENA-FEUP, were funded under competitive national funds- ANI and NORTE2020

Maria de Lurdes Dinis achieved the rating of a "Superior" paper at the WMS2021 Con

CERENA and INESC-ID will organise the “Webinar Series in Spatial Data

The paper 'Microencapsulation of Isocyanate in Biodegradable Poly(ε-caprolactone) Capsules and Application in Monocomponent Green Adhesives' by Mónica V.

Amélia Dionísio was invited by Escola de Ciência from Pavilhão do Conhecimento to participate in the program "

António Costa e Silva, member of CERENA, and Técnico Professor got

Pedro Pina was awarded by the Remote Sensing Editorial Board as top five winner of the

Leonardo Azevedo was invited to showcase SMART Project at 'Mind Your Data', as part of

João Narciso's presentation at NSG2020 was awarded as one of the best presentati

Leonardo Azevedo defended his habilitation in Georesources with the lesson "Geostatistical Geophysical Inversion Methods: An Overview and the Road Ahea

The paper 'Lithium in Portuguese Bottled Natural Mineral Waters—Potential for Health Benefits?' by 

The paper 'Urban groundwater processes and anthropogenic interactions (Porto Region, NW Portugal)' by Maria José Afonso, Liliana Freitas,&nbsp

The paper 'Origin and evolution of Cl in CO2-rich thermal and mineral waters from northern Portugal'

The paper 'A Review on Bio-Based Catalysts (Immobilized Enzymes) Used for Biodiesel Production' by 

Do you hold a Ph.D. degree? Are you looking for a position in CERENA?

Leonardo Azevedo will be giving the last ESG talk of year on the topic “Geostatistical Seismic Inversion: Where We

Técnico Geoscience Museums participate in two interdisciplinary exhibitions: Lisbon Museum – Roman Theater and National Society of Fine Arts - Gallery of Modern Art

During  2-3 November Helga Jordão and João Narciso, CERENA's PhD students, were the stars of a TV production.

The project ‘SCOPE- Spatial Data Sciences for COVID-19 Pandemic

On October 31st Moisés Pinto was at Explain it like I'm 5! talking about flirting molecules and their application in eco-innovative studies.

Don't miss the first CERENA workshop on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence next Monday, October 26th at 12h.

On today's paper edition of Diário de Notícias (DN), a reference newspaper of Portugal, Maria João Pereira talks about

On September 21st, 2020, Rui Sousa defended her thesis entitled 

On September 4th, 2020, Janine Figueiredo defended her thesis entitled

Professor Amílcar Soares will be giving an online presentation for the Emirates Society of Geosciences concerning the

Get to know more about CERENA's new Team Member- Salomé Vieira  

The paper 'Extraction of high value products from avocado waste biomass' by Patrícia R.S.

CERENA researcher José Manuel Marques has been recently invited to join the Editorial Board of “

Model providing daily infection risk maps of COVID-19 for mainland Portugal as well as the uncertainty attached to the risk.

The paper  'National Mineral Waste Databases as an Information Source for Assessing Material Recovery Potential from Mine Waste, Tailings

CERENA Webinar 'SDG 8: Decent work and Economic Growth’ is now available at CERENA’s Youtube channel.

Our First CERENA Webinar on live streaming! Follow us on Youtube: https://youtu.be/o_AdOJh15Ao

Get to know more about CERENA's new Team Member- Sílvia Carvalho

We have an open position for a PhD student to develop smart geophysical inversion methods for sustainable groundwater management under the

Ana Sousa was appointed, by the World Energy Council, as

Ana Sousa IST PhD student and CERENA researcher, received a honourable mention of 

CERENA is recruiting a researcher in the scientific areas of Chemical Engineering, or Materials/Polymers Engineering for a project to develop technologies for injection of polyurethane composi

Modelo que gera mapas diários de risco de infeção do COVID-19 para Portugal continental, bem como a incerteza associada ao risco

Participation of Maria de Lurdes Dinis at the Training School as a part of an

C5LAB- Sustainable Construction Materials Association has 9 open positions for PhD owners in the areas of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chemical Enginee

Ana Sousa CERENA PhD student was awarded in the PhD Paper Contest of the

We are recruting for an exciting six-months project on machine learning for automatic maritime debris identification and tracking in the Scientific Area of Geosciences.

Maria de Lurdes Dinis is the representative of FEUP at the Technical Advisory Committee (CAT) for radiological protection and nuclear safe

Cocktail de Ciências is a CERENA's outreach activity oriented to classes of the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and Secondary Education.

CERENA researcher Pedro Pina has been recently invited to the Board of Editors of 'Remote Sensing' in section '

The work “Geostatistical electromagnetic inversion for landfill modelling and characterization”, by João Narciso received the Best Poster Award at the

Workshop "Satellite data as remote sensors - open source: acquisition, processing and applying in different scientific domains"

The paper “Characterization of a mine legacy site: an approach for environmental management and metals recovery” by 

CERENA and Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering from Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Poland) organize on 14th February at the Civil Building (Alameda Campus) the wor

Professor João Bordado was appointed President of the Scientific Council of the Colab on Sustainable Construction Materials -

Pedro Pereira defended today, 13th December 2019, his thesis entitled 'Integration of geological constraints in geostatistical se

Professor João Gomes, received in Évora, on the 23rd November, the insignia and diploma of "Engenheiro Conselheiro", the highest

Professor Galawezh Bakr Bapir, Koya University, visited CERENA throughout the week from 28th to the 31st of Octobe

Get to know more about CERENA's new Team Member- José Granjo

Get to know more about CERENA's new Team Member- Gabriel Goyanes  

CERENA was present at the European Researcher's Night (NEI) 2019, which took place place last Friday, 27th S

For the third year in a row, Técnico SEG Student Chapter was distinguished with the

For the second consecutive year, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) was selected to participate in the 2019

CERENA will take part in the European Researcher's Night (NEI) 2019, which will take place next Friday, 27

We are pleased to inform that our PhD student Paula Albuquerque, successfully discussed her thesis on September the 18th at Escol

One of José Manuel Marques' photos won a prize in the 2019 Geothermal Resource Council -GRC Photo Contest.

CERENA was present at Ciência 2019 (8-10 July) with oral communications, demonstr

Maria de Lurdes Dinis achieved the rating of a "Superior" paper at the WMS2019 Conference.

Rui Galhano Lopes from CERENA was present at the TECH@PORTUGAL even

The work “Innovative Materials for Nitric Oxide Adsorption and Therapeutic Release” by

Within the scope of the national program “Cientificamente Provável” of the School Libraries Network, CERENA, represented by 

Within the scope of the national program “Cientificamente Provável” of the School Libraries Network, CERENA, represented by Amélia Dionísio and

CERENA participated, on June 13th, on STONE 2019 at Exposalão Batalha, Portugal

On June 12th Técnico received the Session of Presentation and Discussion of the National Advanced Computing Strategy and its articulation in the European context.

Excellent Professors 2017/2018

Open call for the international selection of one doctorate position for the exercise of activities in the scientific area(s) of chemistry, chemical engineering, biomaterials, biochem

On May 23rd CERENA was visited by Professor Paulo Almeida from Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil, Eng.

Maria de Ludes Dinis attended the IAEA Workshop "IAEA TC Project ME-RER

From the 21st to the 29th of January Maria de Lurdes Dinis attended the

Ana Marques is at ETH

Leonardo Azevedo is at UT Austin attending the Advanced Computing Training Program.

Professor João Gomes was awarded the professional degree of “Conselheiro”, the highest qualification of the Portuguese Ass

CERENA and CGG GeoSoftware renewed their collaboration through

Professor António Fiúza was proclaimed Professor Emeritus of the University of Porto during the Solemn Session of the University Day 2019, held on March 22.

Amélia Dionísio is one of the faces of the new book

The paper Assessment of Chaves Low-Temperature CO2-Rich Geothermal System (N-Portugal) Using an Interdisciplinary

The paper Assessment of urban groundwater: towards integrated hydrogeological and effects-based monitoring by Guimarães L., Guilhermino L., Afonso

The paper Effects of UV-organic interaction and Martian conditions on the survivability of organics by B. Laurent, C.R.

CERENA was present at the Science Week of Escola Secundária du Bocage.

On February the 25th C

CERENA researchers Pedro Pina and Vasco Miranda are developing a field campaign in Antarctica between middle Febru

On February 22nd, a delegation from Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, visited 

Maria de Lurdes Dinis defended her habilitation in Mining Engineering and Georesources with the lesson "Principais Impactes Ambientais de uma Explor

The paper "Lithium in Public Drinking Water and Suicide Mortality in Portugal: Initial Approach", by

On January the 25th  CERENA received Dr.

The request for Internationalization of the Patent "Process of valorization of tomato pomace", by Jorge Manuel Rodrigues de Carvalho,

On January the 8th Maria João Pereira presented a talk entitled “Desertification” at Escola Secundária du Bocage (ESB;

Ana C. Marques was nominated Management Committee Member of the

Open call for a research grant (w/Master Degree) in the framework of the Inpactus- Black Liquor Project.

Open call for the international selection of one doctorate position for the exercise of activities in the scientific area(s) of chemical engineering, sub areas of reaction engineerin

Técnico and CUMTB has just signed a double degree agreement for an International Master on Mining Engineering.

Within the scope of the national program “Cientificamente Provável” of the School Libraries Network, CERENA, represented by Helga Jordão Ferreira and

Have a glance at CERENA highlights: Geostatistical modelling Mars analogues

During the 1st Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (AJG), held in Tunisia, Hammamet, from 11 to 15 November 2018, the paper "Geochemical and isotopic

CERENA participated in the European Researchers' Night, on 28 September at Jardim Príncipe Real, from 6 pm to midnight.

Maria de Lurdes Dinis participated in the 2018 Long-Term Stew

Beicip-Franlab announced the release of InterWell 2018.

Maria de Lurdes Dinis participated in the conference RAD 2018: The Sixth International Conference on Radiation and Application in Various

Maria de Lurdes Dinis participated in the AEA Regional Workshop on database and statistical analyses, harmonisation of protocols and proc

“Machine learning and artificial intelligence for risk assessment in early exploration stages” was distinguished, from more than 350 proposals, with development funding at RDPETRO awards ceremony h

The FAME consortium participated by CERENA (FEUP) won a IOM3 (The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK)

During about 3 weeks, Pedro Pina is participating in a field campaign in the Yukon and North Western Territories in Ca

In the past 4th of July, CERENA received an official visit from ANPM, the Autoridade Nacional do Petróleo e Minerais from Timor-Leste.

CERENA participated at Ciência 2018 (2-4 July) with talks, demonstrations and posters by PhD students.

Amélia Dionísio was invited to present the talk "Stone in ancient buildings- Pathology and conservation" at the International Conference on Re

June 27, 2018 the Seminar Hydrocarbon exploitation in the

The work “An experimental approach for liquefaction of biomasses from poplar short rotation coppices” by Abel Rodrigues,  João

CERENA and Rock Fluid Dynamics (RFD) renewed their collaboration through a new Academic Agreement for the next year.