I am a FCT CEEC-IND junior researcher at DCT, Centro de Geociências.
My research interests include a range of topics related to the tectonometamorphic evolution of the crust.
During my PhD (University of Portsmouth, UK) I have focused on the mineral rutile to understand how useful it can be in tracing tectonic and crustal recycling processes. My previous postdoc (in Université Clermont Auvergne - LMV, France) included developing new constraints on the stability of titanite and rutile for mafic compositions under low temperature and high pressure through experimental petrology (using piston cylinders). I also worked on the trace element systematics of rutile, titanite and ilmenite from metagabbros and metabasalts under variable P-T (including a range of rocks forming at high and low T/P). The combination of these help us understanding how we can use these minerals to obtain more reliable P-T from single grains and ultimately probe the detrital sedimentary record to provide stronger constraints into the secular metamorphic evolution of our planet.
I am also interested in the evolution and exhumation of orogens, namely the deep roots of mountain belts. I have been looking at these processes working in collaboration with Telmo Bento dos Santos (FCUL), Joana Ferreira (FCUP), João Mata (FCUL) and Rui Dias (UÉVORA) using multiple approaches including trace element and isotopic systematics applied to accessory minerals, whole rock elemental and isotopic geochemistry, thermodynamic modelling and structural geology. Our primary focus has been the timing and mechanisms of migmatite complexes occurrences and their exhumation in the Central Iberian Zone.
If you want to see my publication record and projects that I am involved with, you can go to my ResearchGate profile
