ITN

Unit of Reactors and Nuclear Safety

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Name:  Maria do Carmo
Surnames: Moreira de Freitas
Born: Mogege, Vila Nova de Famalicão
Birth Date: 09-07-1951
Nationality: Portuguese

Tel.: (+351) 21 994 6130
Fax: (+351) 21 994 1039
E-mail cfreitas (add @itn.pt)

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Education

• Aggrégé in Chemistry, IST, Lisbon, Portugal.
• PhD, Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
• Graduation in Chemical Engineering, IST, Lisbon, Portugal.

Professional Employment Career

• Since 2001 – Senior Researcher, Head of the Neutron Activation in Environment, Nutrition and Epidemiology group, ITN, Sacavém.

Scientific Area of Research

• Chemistry.

Main Scientific Specialization

• Development and applications of neutron activation analysis; air monitoring; air masses trajectories; biomonitoring; chemical speciation; nutrition; epidemiology.

Another Scientific Areas

• Quality control/assurance; reference materials.

Scientific Works

• Almost 100 peer reviewed publications.
• Co-author of 4 chapters in scientific books.
• Co-editor in 4 Conference/Workshop Proceedings.
• Supervision of 4 PhD theses (finished), 1 MSc (finished), 5 current PhD theses.

Selected Publications

• C. Umbelino, A. Pérez-Pérez, E. Cunha, C. Hipólito, M.C. Freitas, J Peixoto Cabral, Outros sabores do passado: um novo olhar sobre as comunidades humanas mesoíticas de Muge e do Sado através de análises químicas dos ossos. in Promontoria, Ano 5 – nº 5, pg. 45-90, ed. Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
• M.C. Freitas, A.P. Marques. M.A. Reis, M.M. Farinha, Atmospheric dispersion of pollutants in Sado estuary (Portugal) using biomonitors, Int. J. Environment and Pollution 32/4 (2008) 434-455.
• M.C. Freitas, A.M.G. Pacheco, M.A. Bacchi, I. Dionísio, S. Landsberger, J. Braisted, E.D.N. Fernandes, Compton suppression INAA performance in determining trace and minor element contents in raw food items, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 276/1 (2008) 149–156.
• A.M.G. Pacheco, M.C. Freitas, S. Sarmento, M.S. Baptista, M.T.S.D. Vasconcelos, J.P. Cabral, Elemental levels in tree-bark and epiphytic-lichen transplants at mixed environments in mainland Portugal, and comparisons with an in situ lichen, Environ. Pollut. 151 (2008) 326-333.
• A.M.G. Pacheco, M.C. Freitas, M.S. Baptista, M.T.S.D. Vasconcelos, J.P. Cabral, Joint assessment of responses of biomonitors to airborne nickel and vanadium through nuclear and non-nuclear techniques, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 276/1 (2008) 135-141. M.S. Baptista, M.T. Vasconcelos, J.P. Cabral, M.C. Freitas, A.M.G. Pacheco, Copper, nickel and lead in lichen and tree bark transplants over different periods of time, Environ. Pollut. 151 (2008) 408-413.
• M.C. Freitas, Z. Révay, L. Szentmiklósi, I. Dionísio, H.M. Dung, A.M.G. Pacheco, Different methodologies in neutron activation to approach analysis of environmental and nutritional samples, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 278/2 (2008) 381-386.
• A.M.G. Pacheco, M.C. Freitas, H.M. Dung, Identifying elemental sources of airborne contamination in lichen biomonitors through instrumental neutron activation analysis, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 278/2 (2008) 469-474.
• R.M. Godinho, H.Th. Wolterbeek, T. Verburg, M.C. Freitas, Bioaccumulation behaviour of transplanted Parmelia caperata in relation to total deposition at a polluted location, Environ. Pollut. 151 (2008) 318-325.
• R.M. Godinho, T. Verburg, M.C. Freitas, H.Th. Wolterbeek, Accumulation of trace elements in the peripheral and central parts of two species of epiphytic lichens transplanted to a polluted site in Portugal, Environ. Pollut. 157 (2008) 102–109.
• H.M. Dung, M.C. Freitas, S. Sarmento, M. Blaauw, D. Beasley, Calibration of gamma-ray spectrometers coupled to Compton suppression and fast pneumatic systems for the k0-standardized NAA method, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 278/3 (2008) 621-625.
• S.M. Almeida, M.C. Freitas, C.A. Pio, Neutron activation analysis for identification of African mineral dust transport, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 276/1 (2008) 161-165.
• D. Beasley, N.M. Spyrou, Error reduction in simultaneous proton induced X-ray emission tomography and on/off-axis scanning transmission ion microscopy-tomography, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 278/3 (2008) 773-776.
• S. Sarmento, H.Th. Wolterbeek, T.G. Verburg, M.C. Freitas, Correlating element atmospheric deposition and cancer mortality in Portugal: data handling and preliminary results, Environ. Pollut. 151 (2008) 341-351.