Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Madalena da Conceição Pereira Barroso
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Research Officer at Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC)
ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
Ph.D. in "Sciences de la terre et de l’univers et de l’environnment” and in Civil Engineering, University of Grenoble and University of Coimbra (cotutele), in 2005
MSc. in Soil and Rock Mechanics, University of Coimbra, in 1994
Graduate (5-year university degree) in Geological Engineering, University of Aveiro, in 1991
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS
LNEC: Research Officer (since 2005), Research Assistant (1994 – 2005)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and LNEC: Lecturer, Postgraduate Course in Railway Infrastructure Rehabilitation (since 2020)
Portuguese Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society: President of the Board (since 2021), Vice-President of the Board (2012-2020), Secretary of the Board (2004 – 2012)
Member of the Executive Board of Revista de Geotecnia (2012 – 2016)
Member of the Portuguese Committee for Standardization – CITEV, TC4 – Geotextiles (since 1998)
Member of the Portuguese Delegation of CEN TC 189 – Geosynthetics (1995 – 1998)
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH / INTEREST
Geosynthetics in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering applications
Engineering geology
Geoenvironmental engineering
ACTIVITY DEVELOPED
Participation in several scientific research projects
Participation/ coordination in several funded research studies
Participation in standardization activities
Supervision of Master's theses
Supervision of training courses
Member of doctoral and master thesis jury
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
Ph.D. thesis
MSc. thesis
Technical Information of the LNEC (book)
Book chapters
Scientific articles in international and national peer-reviewed journals
Papers in international and national scientific events
LNEC Technical Reports