Patrícia S M Santos

Patrícia Santos graduated in Industrial Chemistry at University of Coimbra in 2002, and completed the MSc in Instrumental Methods and Analytical Control at University of Aveiro (UA) in 2006. In 2006 Patrícia was awarded with a FCT scholarship to pursue her PhD in Chemistry at UA under the subject “Origin, seasonality and chemical characteristics of rainwater in Aveiro” and completed the PhD degree in January 2011. Since obtaining her PhD degree Patrícia was awarded with 2 FCT PostDoc grants and has worked on studying chemical characteristics of rainwater, oxidation reactions in atmospheric waters and removal of contaminants from rainwater, in Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies at UA. Since 2019, Patrícia Santos is Junior Researcher at CESAM/UA, a position awarded by FCT (CEECIND/01835/2017) to work on studying the removal of contaminants from rainwater to its posterior use. In 2012, Patrícia was also awarded with an honor mention by the “Portuguese Young Chemists Award”. Patrícia has participated in various European projects, namely: SAPPHIRE Source Apportionment of Airborne Particulate Matter and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Regions of Europe (2002-2005); ORQUE SUDOE Research Centre for Environmental Quality in Southwest Europe (2012-2013); in 2015/2016 she was the principal investigator of a project funded by LabEx DRIIHM and CNRS of France, entitled ChemREs - Chemical Composition of Rainwater in Estarreja: identification of major contaminants (organics and inorganics), source assessment and evaluation of implications for the environment and humans; and actually, in 2021-2023 Patrícia has been the principal investigator of a project funded by LabEx DRIIHM and CNRS of France, entitled ChemREs2 - PAHs and inorganic contaminants in Estarreja’s rainwater: sources, spatial-temporal changes, and implications for the environment and human health. Presently, Patrícia is member of the COST Action CA18135, Fire in the Earth System: Science & Society. Patrícia published 30 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, has been cited 1752 times and has an h-index of 17. She has been invited for peer review referee work in international journals (Atmos Environ, Atmos Res, Biogeoscience, Chemosphere, Envion Sci Pollut R, Environ Sci Technol, Geophys Res Lett, Atmos Res, Sci Total Environ). Patrícia has been involved in the scientific supervision of several undergraduate, master and PhD students.