Cristina Gama CV - Centro de Geofísica de Évora - Universidade de ...

1. PERSONAL DATA
Cristina Maria Pinto Gama Castro Pereira – Assistant Professor
Institution: Department of Geociences. School of Sciences and Technology. University of Évora; Geophysical Centre of Évora, University of Évora,
7002- 554, Portugal
Phone: +351 266 745 301 (ext. 53 54); Fax: +351 266 745 397; E-mail: cgama@uevora.pt
2. ACADEMIC DEGREES
• 2005 Ph.D. (Geology). University of Évora. Évora. Portugal
• 1997 M.Sc. (Geology- External Geodynamics). Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon. Lisbon. Portugal
• 1992 Licentiate Degree- Biology and Geology. University of Évora. Évora.Portugal
3. CURRENT SCIENTIFIC AND/OR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• 2010 - present Assistant Professor (tenure). Department of Geosciences. University of Évora.
• 2010 - present Member of the Board of Marine Laboratory (CIEMAR- Laboratório de Ciências do Mar), Sines, Portugal.
• 2004 - present Member of the Geophysics Centre of Évora (CGE), University of Évora (UE), Portugal.
4. ACADEMIC HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• 2010 - present Assistant Professor (with tenure position). Department of Geosciences. University of Évora.
• 2005 Assistant Professor. Department of Geosciences. University of Évora.
• 1997 - 2005Assistant. Department of Geosciences. University of Évora.
• 1997 - 1993 Student-Teacher Assistant. Department of Geosciences. University of Évora.
5. PRESENT RESEARCH INTERESTS: Earth Sciences. Sedimentology. Coastal Geology and sediment dynamics. Sedimentary processes in beaches and
estuaries. Swash flow modeling. Analysis of sedimentary provenance.
6. HONORS/GUEST LECTURES/STATE-OF-THE-ART PRESENTATIONS
7. PROJECTS
Scientific projects: Title: “Automated Probabilistic Digital Surface Model generation from satellite stereo images”- AutoProbaDSM - PTDC/EIA-
CCO/102669/2008.(2009-present); Title: " INtegrated System for High Operational REsolution in Shore Monitorization-INSHORE", PTDC/AMB/73169/2006.;
Title: “Global Versus Local Factors and Evolution of Post-Tardiglaciar Estuaries and lagoons of the Portuguese SW”, PDCTM/MAR/15231/1999 – FCT
(Portugal) 2000-2003; Title: RIMAR- Natural Hazards Associated with Sea Level Variations. PRAXIS 2/2.1/MAR/1743/95. FCT (Portugal) 1998 – 2003; Title:
CALMA (JNICT/PEDM/C/CNT/56/91" Understanding of Coastal and Marine Environments of the Alentejo" JNICT (Portugal) 1992 – 1995; Title: DISEPLA II
(JNICT/692/90 - "Shelf Sedimentary Dynamics"). JNICT (Portugal). 1990 – 1994.
Research contracts (public authorities): Title: “Restoration monitoring of the Melides coastal lagoon - Monitoring of the beach morphodynamics of the Melides
beach”- ALENT-04-03322-FEDER-000307- Administração da Região Hidrográfica do Alentejo, I.P. (ARH Alentejo). [December 2009 to October 2011]; Title:
“Restoration monitoring of the Melides coastal lagoon - Monitoring of the beach morphodynamics of the Melides beach”- Processo 49-II/2006 - Comissão de
Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo (CCDRA).[Janeiro 2007 a Abril de 2008].
8. MAIN ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES (UNIVERSITY BODIES AND NATIONAL BOARDS)
•2010 - present Assistant Professor (tenure). Department of Geosciences. University of Évora.
•2004 - present Member of the Geophysics Centre of Évora (CGE), University of Évora (UE), Portugal
•2010 - present Member of the Board of Marine Laboratory (CIEMAR- Laboratório de Ciências do Mar), Sines, Portugal.
9. MAIN ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES (SUPERVISION/CO SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS):
•Supervision/co-supervision of one Ph.D thesis and Master thesis. Supervision of Project grants (FCT). Supervision of Research Integration grants (BII).
Pedagogical and Scientific training of first cycle students.
10. PUBLICATIONS:
Publication as author and co-author peer-reviewed scientific international journals and communications in peer-reviewed international Proceedings
11. MOST RELEVANT P E E R - R E V I E W E D PUBLICATIONS IN THE LAST 5 YEARS
• Baptista,P, Cunha, T. R., Matias, A., Gama, C., Bernardes, C., Ferreira, Ó. (2011)- New land-based method for surveying sandy shores and extracting
DEMs: The INSHORE system. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 181, 1, 243-257.

• Baptista, P., Cunha, T., Bernardes, C., Gama, C., Ferreira, Ó., Dias, J.A.,(2011)- A precise and efficient methodology to analyse the shoreline displacement
rate. Journal of Coastal Research. 27,2, 223-232.
• C.Gama, C.J.E.M. Fortes, Baptista, P., L. Albardeiro, Pinheiro, L.(2011)- Medium-term evolution of na intermediate beach with an intertidal bar
(Amoreira beach, Southwest Portuguese rocky coast). Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64, 80-84. ISSN 0749-0208.
•C.Gama, C.Coelho, Baptista, P., L. Albardeiro, (2011)- Equilibrium configuration of sandy embayed beaches from the Southwest Portuguese rocky coast.
Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64, 2037-2041. ISSN 0749- 0208.
•Reis, H. & Gama, C. (2010)- Sand size versus beachface slope - an explanation based on the Constructal law. Geomorphology, 114, pp. 276-283.
•Jacob, J., Gama, C., Salgado, R., Liu, J. and Silva, A. (2009)- Shadowing effects on beach morphodynamics during storm events on Tróia-Sines embayed
coast, southwest Portugal. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56,73-77. ISSN 0749-0208.
•Alday,M.; Cearreta, A.; Cachão,M.; Freitas,M.C.; Andrade, C.; Gama,C.(2006)- Micropalaeontological record of Holocene estuarine and marine stages in
the Corgo do Porto rivulet (Mira River, SW Portugal). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 66, 532-543.
•Reis, A. and Gama, C. (2010)- “Use of sand beds of variable permeability in beach profile engineering”, in Porous Media and its Applications in Science,
Engineering and Industry, Am. Inst. of Physics, Conf. Proceedings, ISBN 978-0-7354-0803-6, pp. 231-235.
•Reis, A. and Gama, C., (2010) ” Beachface slope and sand size”, §5.5. in Constructal theory and multi-scale geometries. Theory and applications in
energetics, chemical engineering and materials. pp. 71-75, Ed. ENSTA, Paris Tech. 2010.
•C. Gama, A. Jalobeanu (2011)- “Evaluation of the short-term sea cliff retreat along the Tróia-Sines Embayed Coast (Costa da Galé sector), using stereo
digital aerial images and Bayesian inference” - AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, Dec 2011.
•Du, Xiaoqin; Gama, C.; Liu, J. T. (2011) - “Sediment Transport using Grain Size Trend Analysis: A Case Study in SW of Portugal“- AOGS 2011 (OS18-
A010), 8 th Annual Meeting and Geosciences World Community Exhibition, Taipei ,Taiwan, China, 8 to 12 August, 2011.
•Freitas, M.C.; Andrade, C.; Alday, M.; Cearreta, A.; Gama, C.; Cruces, A.; Lopes, V.(2011)- Holocene paleoenvironmental evolution of the Aljezur alluvial
plain (SW Portuguese coast). INQUA, International Union for Quaternary Research 2011. Bern, Switzerland 20- 27th July, 2011.
•Baptista, P.; Cunha, T.; Bernardes, C.; Gama, C. (2011). "Metodologia Inovadora para Monitorização da Erosão Costeira", Trabalho apresentado em
Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira, In Actas da Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira, CD-ROM, Lisboa.
•Jalobeanu, A., Gama, C. (2010). Probabilistic surface change detection and measurement from digital aerial stereo images. IEEE Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Society and the IGARSS 2010. 25-30 Julho, Honolulu, Havai, USA.
•Reis, H., Gama, C. (2010). Use of sand beds of variable permeability in beach profile engineering. Third International Conference on Porous Media and its
Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry. June 20- 24, 2010.Tuscany, Italy.
•Mota, P., Jacob, J., Gama, C., Salgado, R. (2010). Evolution of the Beach profile in response to storm incidence: Santo André beach, Portuguese Southwest
coast. International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic an Mediterranean, p.175, 11 a 17 de Abril de 2010, Estoril,
Portugal.
• Mota, P., Jacob, J., Gama, C., Salgado, R. (2010). Characterization of The wave field along the Tróia-Sines embayed coast during a storm event. 1as
Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica, 4 pp.,21-22 de Junho de 2010, Instituto Hidrográfico, Lisboa.
•Gama, C., Albardeiro, L., Baptista, P. J. Marques da Silva (2009). Alongshore variations of beach configuration along the Tróia-Sines embayed coast
(Southwest Portugal). 6º Simposio sobre el Margen Ibérico Atlántico (MIA09). “Nuevas contribuiciones al Margem Ibérico Atlántico”, pp: 221- 225, 1 a 5 de
Dezembro de 2009, Univ. de Oviedo, Espanha, ISBN-13:978-84-692-7379-1.
•Gama, C.,Albardeiro, L., Baptista, P.(2009). Descrição da configuração da linha de costa ao longo do Arco Litoral Tróia-Sines. VII Reunião do Quaternário
Ibérico, pp:97-100, 5 a 9 de Outubro de 2009, Univ. Algarve, ISBN-978-989-95636-4-3.
•Albardeiro, L., Gama, C., Baptista, P.(2009). Analysis of spatio-temporal changes along the Tróia-Sines embayed coast. 4º Encontro de Pós-graduação em
Investigação e Ensino das Ciências Físicas e da Terra da Universidade de Évora.18-19 de Setembro de 2009. Universidade de Évora, pp.19-21.
•Gama, C., Baptista, P., Marques da Silva, R., Pinheiro, I. (2008)- Beachface and berm morphodynamics on a steep beach: Melides beach, Southwest
Portugal. Proceedings of 9 th International Conference Littoral 2008, Venice, Italy, November 2008.CD-ROM, p.8.
•Gama, C., Coelho, C., Baptista, P. (2008)- Morphodynamics of sandy embayed beaches from the Southwest Portugal rocky coast. Proceedings of 9th
International Conference Littoral 2008, Venice, Italy, November 2008. CD-ROM, p.8.
•Baptista, P., Bastos, L., Granja, H.M., Gama, C., Bernardes, C., (2007). Methodological approaches to shoreline assessement short-term analysis of beach
erosion rates. In: 8 th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Mapping for Coastal Zone Management, Outubro 2007,Vol.2, 187-188. October 2007,
Santander, Spain.
• Gama,C., Baptista, P. 2006. Evolução dos campos dunares contíguos às praias das Furnas e da Amoreira (Litoral Sudoeste de Portugal). 5º Simpósio sobre a
Margem Ibérica Atlântica, Livro de resumos, 81-82, Univ. Aveiro, ISBN-972-789-210-8.