Higher education
2011-01-24 | PhD (cum laude) | “Mesozoic sedimentation in the North Atlantic and Western Tethys; global forcing mechanisms and local sedimentary processes” | advised by Prof. P. L. de Boer and Prof. C. J. van der Zwan | Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands
2007-04-27 | MS (with distinction): earth sciences (geology) | “Climatic origin of sedimentary color cycles in the Ain el Beida section (Atlantic Morocco): implications for sapropel formation in the Mediterranean” | advised by Dr. F. J. Hilgen | Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands
2003-10-31 | BS/Licenciatura: geology | Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2002-06-14 | Erasmus Programme | University of Birmingham, UK
Professional experience
2014-08-01— | Assistant professor UD1 (tenured) | Comparative Sedimentology Group | Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2011-02-01 to 2014-07-31 | Postdoctoral research associate | advised by Dr. D. R. Gröcke | Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory | University of Durham, UK
2007-07-01 to 2011-01-24 | Research assistant | Comparative Sedimentology Group | Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands
2007-04-28 to 2007-06-30 | Research assistant | Applied Stratigraphy Group | Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands
Professional memberships and affiliations
2018 | National Association of Geoscience Teachers
2014 | Associate | Higher Education Academy of the United Kingdom
2007 | British Sedimentological Research Group