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Luís Miguel Barros Gonçalves

Luís Miguel Barros Gonçalves

Summary

Luís Gonçalves is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences. He graduated in Geology (1998) and completed an MSc in Prospecting and Evaluation of Geological Resources (2005) at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, with a dissertation on the Cenozoic deposits of eastern Trás-os-Montes and the reuse of sand-pit waste. He received his PhD in Geology from the University of Minho in 2013, with a geoarchaeological thesis using ground-penetrating radar in Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric contexts of northwestern Portugal.

He works in applied geophysics, mainly with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and unmanned aerial vehicles, in archaeology, geological prospecting and contamination detection, and studies microplastics in rivers and agricultural soils. He has taken part in interdisciplinary FCT-funded projects such as FMI 5000 (fluvial-marine interactions over the last 5000 years), ENARDAS and Diálogo entre Ciências, and in the EnvAgro project.

He directed the BSc in Geology (2018–2024) and has served on the Executive Committee of the Department and on that of the MSc in Geosciences.

Compiled from: CIÊNCIAVITAE, ORCID

Research interests

  • Applied geophysics
  • Ground-penetrating radar (GPR)
  • Geoarchaeology
  • Geological prospecting
  • Microplastics in rivers and soils
  • Geological resources

Education

  • 2013
    PhD in Geology
    University of Minho
    Thesis: «Estudo geoarqueológico com Georadar. Aplicação aos contextos arqueológicos da Pré- História recente e da Proto-História do NW de Portugal»
  • 2005
    MSc in Prospecting and Evaluation of Geological Resources
    University of Porto
    Thesis: «Depósitos cenozóicos de Trás-os-Montes oriental. Caracterização tecnológica de resíduos de exploração de areeiros. Contribuição para o uso sustentável dos recursos.»
  • 1998
    BSc in Geology
    University of Porto

Current position

  • 2013 –
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minho

Recent publications

  1. Effect of grain size on microplastic occurrence and spatial distribution in the Cávado River. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2026. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2026.104863
  2. Fats, Fire and Bronze Age Funerary Rites: Organic Residue Analysis of Wide Horizontal Rim Vessels From Burial Contexts in Northwest Portugal. Archaeometry, 2026. doi:10.1111/arcm.70052
  3. UAV Data and GPR Prospection for the Study of a Pre-Historic Necropolis in NW Portugal. International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, 2023. doi:10.1109/iwagpr57138.2023.10329231
  4. Assessing Microplastic Pollution in Horticultural Soils under Greenhouse Cultivation in Northern Portugal. XIV CONGRESSO IBÉRICO DE GEOQUÍMICA - "Geoquímica: novos desafios, novas soluções", 2025.
  5. Impact assessment of microplastics in agricultural soils of the Euroregion Galicia and Minho: preliminary results. 2024.
  6. Integrating GPR Geophysical Prospection and UAVs for a Study of the Chã da Mourisca Neolithic Mound (Northwest Portugal). Tumuli and Megaliths in Eurasia, 2024.

Publications since 2021 (ORCID and OpenAlex), ordered by the impact of the journal or series (two-year mean citedness in OpenAlex).

Full list of publications on ORCID

Information compiled from public sources: CIÊNCIAVITAE, ORCID, OpenAlex, accessed on 20-10-2026. To correct or complete this profile, use the website’s content manager or contact the Department’s Director.