Curriculum Vitae October 2014 Gilda Maria Rodrigues Lopes

Personal Information

First name(s)/Surname(s) Gilda Maria Rodrigues Lopes Adress Bergen Norway E-mail [email protected] Date of Birth 01.28.1983 Nationality Portuguese Civil Status Single Gender Female

Occupational Field

PALYNOLOGIST/BIOSTRATIGRAPHER Work Experience

2014 – to present Post-doctoral Fellow at University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Developing a new palynological biozonal scheme for the Lower Carboniferous succession of the Norwegian Arctic. 2009 – 2013 Collaborator at the Portuguese Geological Survey (LNEG), S. Mamede Infesta, Portugal. Involved in palynological projects and stratigraphic support to LNEG mapping survey, as well as, in projects of promotion and dissemination of geology for teachers and the general public (e.g. geological museums, geotourism, geoparks). October 2008 – February 2009 High school teacher, Arganil High School, Coimbra, Portugal. Teaching biology to 9 th and 10 th grade students. July 2008 Summer activities monitor at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Responsible for field and experimental activities under the science diffusion project “Junior University”. Target people – middle grade students. November 2007 Tutor Giving tutorials in Biology and Geology to middle grade and high school students; preparation of high school students to national exams for access to university . July 2007 Summer activities monitor at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Responsible for experimental activities under the science diffusion project “Junior University”. Target people – middle grade students. 2006 – 2007 Tutor Giving tutorials in Biology and Geology to middle grade and high school students; preparation of high school students to national exams for access to university .

July 2006 Summer activities monitor at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Responsible for field and experimental activities under the science diffusion project “Junior University”. Target people – middle grade students. September 2005-June 2006 High School Teacher Internship at Carolina Michaelis High School, Porto, Portugal. Teaching geology to 12 th grade students and biology and geology to 9 th grade students.

Education and Training

2009 – 2013 PhD Degree at Algarve University and LNEG (Portuguese Geological Survey), Portugal. Approved with Magma Cum Laude. Dissertation title: Investigation in palynology and stable isotopes of the Paleozoic of Central Iberian Zone (Buçaco, Dornes, Mação and Portalegre) and Ossa Morena Zone (Toca da Moura and Barrancos), Portugal: palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications. 2006 – 2008 Master’s Degree in Geology for School Teacher at Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, with final average of Very Good (out of Very Good). Dissertation title: Field work in Geology teaching – diagnostic of initial competencies vs. teaching experience competencies. 2006 – 2007 Postgraduate in Geology for School Teachers, at Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, with final average of 16 (out of 20).

2001 – 2006 First Degree in Teacher Education in Biology and Geology, at Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, with final average of 16 (out of 20).

Specialized courses and Workshops: September 19-21, 2012 Sedimentary organic matter: characterization and applications – Short Course at the University of Milan, tutored by Prof Mike Stephenson. December, 2011 Forensic investigation techniques in Geology and Botanical scientific areas – Workshop at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. February 2010 Complementary Formation with Prof. Oldrich Fatka from Charles University, Prague, in acritarchs of Lower Palaeozoic.

Scientific Positions

2014 – to present Secretary of the Spore and Pollen Subcommission for the Commission Internationale Microflore Paleozoique.

Scientific Grants and Awards

2009 - 2013 PhD scholarship SFRH/BD/48534/2008 awarded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). July 2012 Best Student Poster Award, by AASP (American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists) in the 45 th Annual Meeting, Kentucky, USA. 2012 AASP Travel Award to participate in the 45 th Annual Meeting, Kentucky, USA.

Personal Skills

Mother Tongue Portuguese

Other Languages

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C1 C1 C1 C1 B2 Spanish A2 A2 A1 A1 A1 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Communication • Very good oral and written communications skills with children, general and Skills professional public gained through my experience as teacher and in international conferences. Organizational • Very good team-worker developed during my work in teaching and in the Skills Geological Portuguese Survey. • Good organizational skills gained as a secretariat member of the organization committee of the II Joint Meeting of Spores/Polen and Acritarch Subcommissions (CIMP), Algarve University, Faro. Job -related Skills • Good technician skills related to palynology, organic carbon isotopes and maturation sample preparation. Computer Skills • Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools and Corel Draw graphic programme. Other Skills • First Aid Course taken in the Portuguese Red Cross, with final average of 18 values (out of 20). Driving Licence • B category.

Scientific production

Dissertations and Thesis Lopes, G. (2013). Investigação em palinologia e isótopos estáveis do Paleozoico da Zona Centro-Ibérica (Buçaco, Dornes, Mação e Portalegre) e Zona de Ossa-Morena (Toca da Moura e Barrancos), Portugal. Implicações paleogeográficas e paleoambientais. PhD Thesis. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade do Algarve, Faro, 2 vol., 1-678. Lopes, G. (2008). Trabalho de Campo no Ensino da Geologia: Diagnóstico de competências de formação inicial versus experiência docente. Masters Thesis. Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, 1-261. Papers in International Journals with Peer-review Lopes, G., Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Wicander, R., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, J.T. (2014). The significance of the reworked palynomorphs (Middle Cambrian to Tournaisian) in the Viséan Toca da Moura Complex (South Portugal). Implications for the geodynamic evolution of Ossa Morena Zone. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 200, 1-23.

Conference proceedings (Complete) Lopes, G. , Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Marques, J. (2014). Palinologia da formação (Tilítica) de Vúzi, Bacia Carbonífera Moatize-Minjova. Abstracts of the II Mozambique Geological Congress and XII Portuguese Speaking Language Geochemical Congress, Maputo, Mozambique. Pereira, Z., Lopes, G. , Fernandes, P., Marques, J. (2014). Palinoestratigrafia da sondagem ETA 72 da Bacia Carbonífera de Moatize-Minjova. Abstracts of the II Mozambique Geological Congress and XII Portuguese Speaking Language Geochemical Congress, Maputo, Mozambique. Lopes, G., Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Wicander, R., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, J.T. (2013). A importância dos palinomorfos remobilizados no Complexo Vulcano-Sedimentar da Toca da Moura - Implicações para a evolução geodinâmica da Zona de Ossa Morena, Portugal. In: Moreira, N., Dias, R., Araujo, A. (eds.), Livro de Actas da 9 a Conferência anual do Grupo de Geologia Estrutural e Tectónica, Estremoz, 103-106. Lopes, G. , Vaz, N., Sequeira, A.J.D., Piçarra, J., Fernandes, P., Pereira, Z. (2011). New insights on the palynostratigraphy of the Hirnantian of the Rio Ceira section, Buçaco, Portugal. In: Gutiérrez-Marco, J.C., Rábano, I. & García-Bellido, D. (Eds.), Ordovician of the World, Cuadernos del Museo Geominero, 14, 313-319. Lopes, G. , Fernandes, P., Goodhue, R., Piçarra, J.M., Pereira, Z. (2011). Resultados preliminares do registo 13 isotópico de carbono orgânico (δ Corg ) do Silúrico da região de Barrancos, Zona de Ossa Morena, Portugal. In: Antunes, I.M.H.R., Almeida, J.P.F., Albuquerque, M.T.D. (Eds.) Livro de Actas VIII Congresso Ibérico de Geoquímica / XVII Semana de Geoquímica. Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, vol. 2, 475- 479. Lopes, G. , Vaz, N., Sequeira, A. J. D., Piçarra, J. M., Fernandes, P., Pereira, Z. (2010). Dados palinoestratigráficos preliminares do Gorstiano (Silúrico) da Formação de Sazes (Sinclinal do Buçaco). VIII Congresso Nacional de Geologia, Revista Electrónica de Ciências da Terra, 17(14), 1-4. Lopes, G., Vaz, N., Sequeira, A.J.D., Piçarra, J.M., Fernandes, P. & Pereira, Z. (2010). Palynomorphs from the Gorstian (Silurian) of Sazes Formation (Buçaco Syncline), Central Iberian Zone, Portugal – Preliminary results. Abstract Book of the Commission Internationale du Microflora du Paleozoic (CIMP) General Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 31-33. Lopes, G. , Ribeiro, M. A. (2008). Aspectos geológico-didácticos da Praia de Angeiras Norte, Memórias nº13 , Abtracts of the 8ª Conferência Anual do Grupo de Geologia Estrutural e Tectónica, Universidade do Porto, 87-90.

Conference proceedings (Resume) Lopes, G. , Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Marques, J. (2014). Palynostratigraphic study of Lower Karoo rocks in the Moatize-Minjova Coal Basin, Mozambique – Preliminary studies. Abstracts of the 9 th European Palaeobotany – Palynology Conference (EPPC), Padova, Italy, 147-148. Lopes, G. , Pereira, Z., Picarra, J.M., Fernandes, P. (2014). New Ordovician palynostratigraphic data of the Phyllodocites Shales Formation, Barrancos Region, Ossa Morena Zone, Portugal. Abstracts of the 9 th European Palaeobotany – Palynology Conference (EPPC), Padova, Italy, 147. Lopes, G., Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, J.T. (2012). Provenance of the reworked Ordovician Palynomorphs in SDJ1 Borehole - Santa Susana Basin, Ossa Morena Zone, Portugal. Abstracts of the 45th Annual Meeting 2012 of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (ASSP), Kentucky, USA, 28-29. Lopes, G. , Fernandes, P., Goodhue, R., Pereira, Z., Piçarra, J. (2011). Preliminary account of the Silurian carbon isotope record (δ13 C) from the Barrancos region, Ossa Morena Zone, Portugal. Goldschmidt Conference Abstract Book, Prague, Mineralogical Magazine, 75(3), 1355.

Lopes, G. , Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, T. (2011). The geodynamic importance of the Late Cambrian to Late Devonian reworked palynomorphs from the borehole SDJ1, Santa Susana region, Ossa Morena Zone (OMZ), Portugal. Abstracts of the 44 th Annual Meeting 2011 of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (ASSP), Southampton, 22. Pereira, Z., Lopes, G. , Fernandes, P., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, T. (2011). Carboniferous palynostratigraphy of the borehole SDJ1 from the Santa Susana region, Ossa Morena Zone, Portugal. Abstracts of the 44 th Annual Meeting 2011 of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Southampton, 32. Lopes, G. , Fernandes, P., Pereira, P. (2010) Palynology and carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Ordovician - Silurian rocks of Portugal: palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications. Abstract of the Seminar “Mar e Ambiente” of the Algarve University, Faro, 1. Castro, L.; Pereira, Z.; Vieira, M.; Borges, M., Lopes, G. (2009). Geocolecções de palinomorfos fósseis de Portugal. Conf. Internacional Colecções e Museus de Geociências, Coimbra. Journal of Paleontological Techniques, 6, 17. Lopes, G. , Fernandes, P., Pereira, P. (2009) Palynology and carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Ordovician - Silurian rocks of Portugal: palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications. Abstract of the Seminar Mar e Ambiente of the Algarve University, Faro, 1.