Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Silvia Morais Pereira
PROFESSIONAL SITUATION
Assistant Researcher
ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
PhD in Chemistry, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, 2008
Specialization course in Chemistry Applied to Cultural Heritage, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, 2007
Degree in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 2001
RELEVANT PUBLIC FUNCTIONS AND POSITIONS
Assistant Researcher, LNEC, since June 2022
Post-Doc Researcher, LNEC and Univ. Évora – HERCULES, July 2016 - May 2022
Guest Scientist Fellow, LNEC, February 2012 - November 2015
PEPAC Fellow, LNEC, May 2009 - April 2010
Jr. Project Leader, Avantium Technologies BV, Amsterdam, November 2007 - November 2009
Marie Curie Fellow, Centre Nacional de la Recherche Scientifique, Lyon, France, January 2004 - August 2004
AREAS OF RESEARCH/INTEREST
Study and development of materials for the conservation of historic tiles
Chemical, physical characterization and optimization of ceramic and cementitious materials
Ceramic production technology
Degradation processes of ceramic materials
Localized fusion using laser technology
Chemometrics
DEVELOPED ACTIVITY
Project FCT 2021.01998.CEECIND - Old azulejos through new lenses
Participation in the HORIZON-RIA European project: ATRIUM (101132163) - Advancing FronTier Research In the Arts and hUManities
Participation in the FCT Azure project: PTDC/EPH-PAT/5096/2014 - Studies in the Portuguese Azulejo for candidacy to World Heritage
Coordination of the FCT CerAzul project: PTDC/CTM-CER/119085/2010 - Evaluation and development of materials and techniques for conservation of historic tiles.
Co-Editor and co-author of the periodical series: Studies in Heritage Glazed Ceramics
Supervision or co-supervision of doctoral (2) and master's (4) theses
Organizer or co-organizer of several scientific dissemination activities:
Tile Month, October, 2018.
Symposium 100 years of tile in urban art: 1950-2049, LNEC, 2018
Tile conservation and restoration workshop, LNEC, 2018
International Conference Glazed Ceramics in Cultural Heritage, GlazeArt2018, LNEC, 2018
International Conference Glazed Ceramics in Architectural Heritage, GlazeArch2015, LNEC, 2015