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
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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
Fall2025
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