M.I. Prudêncio

Name: Maria Isabel Surnames: Garrido Prudêncio Born: 26-06-1956, Mozambique Nationality: Portuguese E-mail: iprudenc@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Phone: +351-219946223 - Coordinator Researcher of the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon - Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Engineering, IST - Member of the Board of Directors of European Nuclear Education Network (ENEN) - Coordinator of the Thematic Strand - Earth Systems, Radioactivity and Cultural Heritage - of the Centre for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN) of Instituto Superior Técnico (since 2013) - Distinguished Researcher 2022 (IST) Main Scientific Areas of Research: - Nuclear methods of chemical analysis (INAA) and luminescence dating (TL and OSL) – development and applications on Earth Sciences, Environment and Cultural Heritage. - Neutron activation analysis applied to geological, biological, meteorites, and syntetic materials - Geochemistry and mineralogy of the earth surface environments, and natural radioactivity (NORM) - Rare earth elements geochemistrty in natural environments and AMD - Cultural Heritage – movable and immovable cultural assets - characterization and preservation. - Climate change and Cultural and Natural Heritage Preservation - Mineral resources - primary and secondary resources - Gamma spectrometry - natural radioactivity and radiopharmaceutical applications - Member of the Scientific Commission of the Senate of the University of Lisbon (2018-2021) Previous positions - Member of the Senate of the University of Lisbon (2018-2021) - Coordinator of the Scientific Area - "Chemical and Radiopharmaceutical Sciences" of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Engineering (DECN) (2017-2018) - Member of Evaluation Panels of H2020 projects (European Commission), and of the National Foundations for Science of other countries. - Coordinator of research groups devoted to nuclear methods, luminescence dating and other complementary methods applied to environment and cultural heritage preservation (1998-2013). - Coordinator of the Chemical and Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Unit (2010 -2013) - Member of the Integration Commission of ITN in IST (2012) - Member of the Scientific Commission of IST/ITN (2012-2013). - Member of the Directive Board of the Chemistry Sector of ITN (previous Chemistry Department) (1999-2002). - Coordinator of the installation and running of the first laboratory in Portugal of luminescence dating (TL-OSL) at CTN . Coordinator of several projects in the field the application of nuclear methods to archaeometry (movable and immovable cultural assets), geological resources, earth surface and environmental geochemistry, sustainable management of coastal areas, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, luminescence absolute dating methods and related fields. Organizer of national and international conferences, colloquia and workshops in the fields of Archaeometry, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Secondary Processes, Environment, and Development and Application of Nuclear Methods and Luminescence Dating. Supervisor of post-doctoral, PhD, and MSc students