Professional Appointments
Assistant Professor of Practice | Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona | Since August 2025
Manager, LPEG | Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources, University of Arizona | July 2023 - August 2025
Guest Scientist | Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (Germany) | since July 2023
External Lecturer, Univ. Potsdam (Germany) | 2022
Postdoctoral researcher | Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (Germany) | 2019 - 2023
Doctoral candidate | Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (Germany) | 2015 - 2019
Research Assistant | University of Lisbon (Portugal) | 2013 - 2015
I am an assistant professor of practice in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona, specializing in Economic Geology and Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits. Additionally, I am a Guest Researcher at GFZ Potsdam.
Interests
Geochemistry of ore deposits, links between magmatism and metallogeny, igneous and metamorphic petrology.
Education and professional education in Economic Geology
About Me
Education
Ph.D. in Geochemistry, Univ. Potsdam (Germany) | 2015-2019
Diss.: Constraining the hydrology at Minas da Panasqueira W-Sn-Cu deposit, Portugal.
M.Sc in Economic Geology, Univ. Lisbon (Portugal) | 2013-2015
Diss.: Comparative study of the volcanic sequences of Ervidel-Roxo and Figueirinha Albernoa (Iberian Pyrite Belt): relevance for polymetallic massive sulfides exploration.
B.Sc. in Geology and Natural Resources, Univ. Lisbon | 2008-2012
B.Sc. with Honors
Teaching
Outreach, Volunteering & Community Service
Associate Editor | Ore Geology Reviews | since Dec 2024
Member of the “Raw Materials Research” working group from the German Association of Mineralogy [AK Rohstoffforschung, Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft e.V. (DMG)] | 2022
Director and Promotion Manager | Ore Deposits Hub | since 2021
Member of the Gender Equality and of the Young Scientists Panel | DOME SPP | 2021-2023
Research Projects
Freeport McMoRan Inc Grants | 2025-2027
Structural control in porphyry mineralization in the Morenci deposit, Arizona (PI)
Freeport McMoRan Inc Grants | 2025-2027
Mineralogy, hydrothermal alteration, and veining paragenesis within the Morenci District, Arizona (PI)
Freeport McMoRan Inc Grants | 2024-2027
Geologic studies of porphyry copper deposits (co-PI)
SMMR R&I Grants | 2024-2025
Mineralogical and metallurgical characterization of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits (PI)
DOME SPP 2238 – Phase 2 | 2024-2026
Geochemical fingerprinting of volcanogenic massive sulfide systems using accessory minerals
University of Arizona | GEOS 504D Geological Inputs to Integrated Planning | Instructor and course coordinator
Fall 2025
University of Arizona | GEOS 446/546 Economic Mineral Deposits | Co-Instructor
Fall 2025
University of Arizona | GEOS 504C Lowell Program Ore Deposits Types | Co-Instructor
Fall 2025
University of Arizona | MIN236 Materials Societies & Choices | Co-Instructor
Fall 24, Spring 25
University of Arizona | GEOS 504B Lowell Program Ore Deposits Mapping | Invited Lecturer
Fall 2024
University of Arizona | Petrology & Geochemistry for Resource Geologists (Seminar) | Invited Lecturer
Spring 2024, 2025
University of Arizona | GEOS 504C Lowell Program Ore Deposits Types | Invited Lecturer
Fall 2023
University of Potsdam | Mineralogy and Resources (Mineralogie und Rohstoffe) | External Lecturer
Spring 2022
University of Potsdam | Mineralogy and Resources (Mineralogie und Rohstoffe) | Invited Lecturer
Spring 2021
University of Potsdam | Mineralogy and Resources (Mineralogie und Rohstoffe) | Teaching Assistant
Spring 2018
DOME SPP 2238 – Phase 1 | 2021-2023
Melts-Fluids-Models: keys to understanding ore-forming processes at the world-class Neves Corvo massive sulphide deposit, Iberian Pyrite Belt