Curriculum vitae - UIQA

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Areas of research experience include soil, residues and plant analysis by atomic absorption
spectrometry for the investigation of heavy-metal contamination and quality control of
waters and wastewaters, including treatment and reuse.
Reclamation of soils at abandoned mining sites using organic residues and
phytoremediation strategies.
Soil quality assessment considering: chemical, biochemical, microbial and ecotoxicological
tools.
This experience is applied and developed at the Investigation Laboratories of the
Agricultural Superior School of the Polytechnic Institute of Beja, Portugal, which also
provide public service to the local community.
PARTICIPATION IN R&DPROJECTS
2005-2009: Investigator at the Project: “In situ remediation of heavy metal contaminated
soils using polyacrilate polymers and composts”, financed by “Fundação para a Ciência e
Tecnologia” (POCI/AMB/57586/2004).
2006-2007: Investigator at the Project: “Hydrological resources of the Alqueva dam and the
European policy for sustainable development: an interdisciplinary water quality assessment
“, financed by the program POCI 2010.
2004-2009: Member of the team of investigators of the European Project COST Action
859: Phytothecnologies to promote sustainable land use and improve food safety – Work
Group 4 – Integration and Application of Phytotechnologies.
2010-...: Investigator at the Project: “ECOTOXTOOLS: Ecotoxicological tools for
environmental risk assessment of agricultural activities in large dams at the south of
Portugal”, financed by “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (PTDC/AAC-
AMB/103547/2008).
THESIS
Alvarenga, P.M.L.F. (1997). Studies on heavy-metal uptake in the soil-plant system
(Cistus ladanifer L.) in Aljustrel mining area. M. Sc. Thesis in Analytical Chemistry,
University of Évora, Portugal. (Portuguese)
Alvarenga, P.M.L.F. (2009). Remediation of soils affected by mining activities with the
use of organic biodegradable residues. Tese de Doutoramento em Engenharia do Ambiente.
Instituto Superior de Agronomia – Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Lisboa. (Portuguese)
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