José Bernardo Rodrigues Brilha

Doctor in Sciences, Geology, Full Professor José Bernardo Rodrigues Brilha,

University of Minho, Portugal, University teacher and researcher

Scopus ID: 55942520200 h=7

Researcher ID: I-2097-2013

ORCID: 0000-0001-8927-8487   

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Degois: http://www.degois.pt/visualizador/curriculum.jsp?key=3965895486629819

Mother tongue:  Portuguese

Other languages:  English, French, Spanish

Work experience:

Since 2017 - Full Professor, Teaching, research and university management, University of Minho, Portugal

1988-2017 - Assistant, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor, Teaching and research, University of Minho, Portugal

Education and training:

2013 - Habilitation – Geology (Agregação), University of Minho, Portugal

1997 - PhD (Doctor in Sciences, Geology) and Docteur, Materiaux-Mineraux), University of Minho, Portugal and University of Poitiers, France

1987 - Graduation in Geology (Licenciatura), University of Coimbra, Portugal

Scientific production:

  • 24 books, book chapters and papers published in books;
  • 57 papers in international and national peer-reviewed journals;
  • 169 abstracts and proceedings in international and national congresses;
  • 62 presentations in international and national congresses;
  • 22 invited oral presentations in international and national congresses;
  • 7 (concluded) and 8 (in progress) supervisions of PhD theses;
  • 23 (concluded) and 3 (in progress) supervisions of Master dissertations.

Publications:

1. Books

1. Brilha J. (2005) – Património Geológico e Geoconservação: a Conservação da Natureza na sua Vertente Geológica. Palimage, Editores, Viseu, 190p.

2. Alfama V., Mota Gomes A., Brilha J. (2008) – Guia Geoturístico da Ilha do Fogo (Cabo Verde). Departamento de Ciências da Terra da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 61p. 

3. Sá A.A., Brilha J. Rocha D., Couto H., Ràbano I., Medina J., Gutierrezá-Marco, J.C., Cachão M., Valerio Alério M. (2008) – Geoparque Arouca. Geologia e Património Geológico. Câmara Municipal de Arouca, Arouca, 127p.

4. Brilha J. & Pereira P. (Edts.) (2011) – Património geológico: geossítios a visitar em Portugal / Geological heritage: geosites to visit in Portugal. 1ª edição, Universidade do Minho, Braga. 2ª edição, 2012, Porto Editora, Porto, 137p.

5. Reynard E. & Brilha J. (Edts.) (2018) – Geoheritage: assessment, protection and management. ISBN 978-0-12-809531-7, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 450p.

2. Papers in international journals

[1] BRILHA J., LEGOINHA P.A (1999) – The Internet and the Geology teaching in Portugal. Computers & Geosciences, Vol. 25, No2, 205-206.

[2] BRILHA J. (2002) – Geoconservation and protected areas. Environmental Conservation, Vol. 29, No 3, 273-276.

[3] BRILHA J., ANDRADE C., AZERÊDO A., BARRIGA F.J.A.S., CACHÃO M., COUTO H., CUNHA P.P., CRISPIM J.A., DANTAS P., DUARTE L.V., FREITAS M.C., GRANJA M.H., HENRIQUES M.H., HENRIQUES P., LOPES L., MADEIRA J., MATOS J.M.X., NORONHA F., PAIS J., PIÇARRA J., RAMALHO M.M., RELVAS J.M.R.S., RIBEIRO A., SANTOS A., SANTOS V., TERRINHA P. (2005) – Definition of the Portuguese frameworks with international relevance as an input for the European geological heritage characterisation. Episodes. Vol. 28, No 3, 177-186.

[4] WIMBLEDON W.A.P. & BRILHA J. (2006) – The IV International Symposium ProGEO on the Conservation of the Geological Heritage - Braga, Portugal, September 13-16, 2005. Episodes. Conference report, Vol. 29, No 1, 51-52.

[5] HENRIQUES M.H., GUIMARÃES F.A., SÁ A.A., SILVA E., BRILHA J. (2010) – The International Year of Planet Earth in Portugal: past activities and further developments. Episodes. Vol. 33, No 1, 33-37.

[6] LIMA F.F., BRILHA J., SALAMUNI E. (2010) – Inventorying geological heritage in large territories: a methodological proposal applied to Brazil. Geoheritage, Vol. 2, No 3-4, 91-99.

[7] HENRIQUES M.H., PENA DOS REIS R., BRILHA J., MOTA T.S. (2011) – Geoconservation as an emerging geoscience.

Geoheritage, Vol. 3, No 2, 117-128.

[8] PEREIRA D., PEREIRA P., BRILHA J., SANTOS L. (2013) – Geodiversity assessment of Paraná State (Brazil): an innovative approach. Environmental Management, Vol. 52 No 3, 541-552.

[9] VILAS BOAS M., BRILHA J., LIMA F. (2013) – Conservação do patrimônio paleontológico do Geopark Araripe (Brasil):

enquadramento, estratégias e condicionantes. Boletim Paranaense de Geociências, Vol. 70, 156-165.

[10] LIMA E.A., LIMA A.F., BRILHA J., CALADO H., NUNES J.C. (2013) – Integration of the geoheritage management in

environmental and land-use policies. Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., Vol. 28, 102-105.

[11] SÁ A.A., MEIRELES C., PEREIRA D.I., SILVA E., NUNES J.C., MATOS J.X., BRILHA J., HENRIQUES M.H., ROXO M.J. (2014) – O Comité Nacional para o Programa Internacional de Geociências da UNESCO: as Geociências ao serviço da Sociedade. Comunicações Geológicas, 101, Número Especial III, 1375-1378.

[12] ROCHA J., BRILHA J. HENRIQUES M.H. (2014) – Assessment of the geological heritage of Cape Mondego Natural Monument (Central Portugal). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 125, No 1, 107-113.

[13] PACHECO J., BRILHA J. (2014) – Importância da interpretação na divulgação do património geológico: uma revisão.

Comunicações Geológicas, 101, 1, 101-107.

[14] BRILHA J., PEREIRA P. (2014) – Património geológico de Portugal como base para ações de conservação da natureza e

ordenamento do território. Comunicações Geológicas, 101, Número Especial III, 1211-1213.

[15] CARVALHIDO R., BRILHA J., PEREIRA D. (2014) – Monumentos Naturais Locais de Viana do Castelo: processo de classificação e estratégias de valorização. Comunicações Geológicas, 101, Número Especial III, 1219-1223.

[16] PEREIRA D., PEREIRA P., BRILHA J., CUNHA P. (2015) – The Iberian Massif Landscape and Fluvial Network in Portugal: a geoheritage inventory based on the scientific value. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 126, No 2, 252-265.

[17] BRILHA J. (2016) – Inventory and quantitative assessment of geosites and geodiversity sites: a review. Geoheritage, Vol. 8, No 2, 119-134.

[18] CARVALHIDO R., BRILHA J., PEREIRA D.I. (2016) – Designation of natural monuments by the local administration: the exampleof Viana do Castelo municipality and its engagement with geoconservation (NW Portugal). Geoheritage, Vol. 8, No 3, 279–290.

[19] BARRETO A.M.F., BRILHA J., DUQUE R.R.C., PRADO L.C., PEREIRA P.A., ARARIPE R.C., CARVALHO A.R.A., GHILARDI A.M. (2016) – A criacao de museus como estrategia para preservacao do patrimônio fossilifero da bacia sedimentar do Araripe em Pernambuco, NE do Brasil. Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, UFRJ, Vol. 39, No 2, 36-42.

[20] SANTOS W., CARVALHO I., BRILHA J., LEONARDI G. (2016) – Inventory and assessment of palaeontological sites in the Sousa Basin (Paraíba, Brazil): Preliminary study to evaluate the potential of the area to become a geopark. Geoheritage, Vol. 8, No 4, 315–332.

[21] LIMA A., NUNES J.C., BRILHA J. (2017) – Monitoring of the visitors impact at “Ponta da Ferraria e Pico das Camarinhas”

geosite (São Miguel Island, Azores UNESCO Global Geopark, Portugal). Geoheritage, Vol. 9, No 4, 495–503

[22] GARCIA G.M., BRILHA J., LIMA F.F., VARGAS J.C., PÉREZ-AGUILAR A., ALVES A., CAMPANHA G.A., DULEBA W., FALEIROS F.M., FERNANDES L.A., FIERZ M.S., GARCIA M.J., JANASI V.A., MARTINS L., RAPOSO M.I., RICARDI-BRANCO F., ROSS J.L., SALLUN FILHO W., SOUZA C.R., BERNARDES-DE-OLIVEIRA M.E., NEVES B.B., NETO M.C., CHRISTOFOLETTI S.R., HENRIQUE-PINTO R., LOBO H.A., MACHADO R., PASSARELLI C.R., PERINOTTO J.A., RIBEIRO R.R., SHIMADA H. (2017) – The inventory of geological heritage of the State of São Paulo, Brazil: methodological basis, results and perspectives. Geoheritage. DOI: 10.1007/s12371-016-0215-y.

[23] SÁNCHEZ J., BRILHA J. (2017) – Terrestrial impact structures as geoheritage: an assessment method of the scientific value and its application to Brazil. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 89(2), 825–834.

[24] HENRIQUES M.H., BRILHA J. (2017) – UNESCO Global Geoparks: a strategy towards global understanding and sustainability. Episodes, 40(4), 349-355.

[25] MOURA P., GARCIA M.G., BRILHA J., AMARAL W.S. (2017) – Conservation of geosites as a tool to protect geoheritage: the inventory of Ceará Central Domain, Borborema Province - NE/Brazil. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 89(4), 2625–2645.

3. References in Encyclopedia

[1] BRILHA J. (2015) – Mining and geoconservation. In: Tiess G., Majumder T., Cameron P. (Edts.) Encyclopedia of Mineral and Energy Policy, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2p. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40871-7_9-1

[2] BRILHA J. (2015) – History of geoconservation. In: Tiess G., Majumder T., Cameron P. (Edts.) Encyclopedia of Mineral and Energy Policy, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 3p. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40871-7_3-1

[3] BRILHA J. (2015) – Concept of geoconservation. In: Tiess G., Majumder T., Cameron P. (Edts.) Encyclopedia of Mineral and Energy Policy, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2p. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40871-7_2-1

Organisational skills and competences:

2001- 2003, 2014- 2015   Experience in university management [Director of the Earth Sciences Department 2014-2015), of the Earth Sciences Research Centre (2006-2012; since 2015)

2016- present Vice-President of the School of Sciences (since 2016)];

2005-2013 Academic management [Director of the Master Course on Geological Heritage and Geoconservation];

Responsible and participation in research projects;

2008, 2012 Co-organisation of the geoheritage sessions in the International Geological Congress (2008, Oslo; 2012, Brisbane) and in the Colloquium of African Geology (2011, Johannesburg);

2012-2015 Special Visiting Researcher at University of São Paulo (Brazil);

Participation in the scientific and organizing committees of 42 international and national congresses, seminars and conferences.

Technical skills and competences:

  • 29 years experience in university teaching and research;
  • International teaching experience and workshops in several countries (Brazil, Greece, Mexico,
  • Morocco, Mozambique, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA);
  • Fundamental and applied research on geoconservation for the last 16 years;
  • Editor-in-chief of Geoheritage, an international journal published by Springer (2009-2012);
  • Field evaluator of the Sanqingshan Geopark (Jiangxi, China, 2012), Reykjanes Geopark (Iceland, 2013), Toya Caldera and Usu Volcano Geopark (Japan, 2013) and participation in the evaluation mission of Wangwushan-Daimeishan Geopark (Henan, China, 2012) and Yanquing Geopark (China, 2013);
  • Participation in the implementation of all Portuguese geoparks;
  • Coordination of the national geosites inventory in Portugal (2007-2010) and of the geosites
  • inventory in São Paulo state in Brazil (2012-2015).

Participation in international organizations:

  • UNESCO – Member of the Advisory Group of the Global Geoparks Network (2012-1015) and
  • evaluator (since 2015);
  • IUGS – Member of the Geoheritage Task Group, International Union of Geological Sciences
  • (2011-2016);
  • ProGEO – President of the European Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage
  • (since 2012);
  • IUCN – Member of WCPA and of its Geoheritage Specialist Group;
  • GEOHIM – Member of the Advisory Board of the Geoheritage Institute of Middle East, Iran (since
  • 2011).

Participation in Portuguese organisations:

  • UNESCO Portuguese Commission – Member of the IGCP national committee (2012-2014);
  • Portuguese Geoparks Committee – Member (2011-2014);
  • Arouca UNESCO Global Geopark, Portugal – Member of the Scientific Committee (since 2010);
  • Terras de Cavaleiros UNESCO Global Geopark, Portugal – Member of the Scientific Committee
  • (since 2013);
  • Portuguese Geological Society – Member (since 2003);
  • Portuguese Geologists Association – Member (since 1989); Member of the administration (2004-
  • 07);
  • International Year of Planet Earth – Member of the Portuguese Committee for the IYPE
  • commemorations (2007-09);
  • Peneda-Gerês National Park – Member of the Strategic Council (since 2013).

Other skills and competences:

  • Experience with UNESCO World Heritage nominations in Spain and France;
  • Vast experience in geoscience outreach activities (participation in radio and TV programmes;
  • newspaper articles, conferences, guided fieldtrips for general public);
  • Good network of international contacts concerning geoconservation issues, especially with
  • countries from Europe, Latin America, and northern Africa;
  • Organisation of workshops for geoscientists and university students about geoconservation and
  • geoparks in Brazil, Cape Verde, Iran, Mexico, Morocco, and Mozambique.