PostDoc Researcher

Forschungsbereich 4
Dynamik des Ozeanbodens
Magmatische und hydrothermale Systeme

Office: 8A-215
Phone: +49 431 600 2569
Email: mandrade(at)geomar.de
Address:
Wischhofstraße 1-3
24148 Kiel

Idioms: Portuguese, English, Spanish

Scientific interests: Field, lacustrine and marine tephrostratigraphy, magma-water interactions, volcano-climate interactions.

Current Research Involvement

VolClimA â€“ Volcano-Climate Interaction: A testcase from the Azores Archipelago | DFG | 15.10. 2022-14.10.2025

VoRAMS – Volcanic Records And Marine Stratigraphy: Combining tephra, foraminifera and marine sediment studies to explore the long-term link between climate and volcanism | 91̽»¨ Call for Postdoctoral Activities |​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 01.10.2024 - 30.09.2025​​​​​​​

ExTRAP – Exploratory study of Tephra Records in Azores Peatlands | FCT Portugal Exploratory Project Grant | 01.01.2025 - 30.06.2026

Education and Career

Since 2023: Postdoc at 91̽»¨ Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
2023: PhD in Geology, University of Lisbon
2018: MSc in Geophysical Sciences, University of Lisbon
2015: BSc in Geology, University of Lisbon

Research Visits Abroad

2020: 91̽»¨, Germany
2019: IVAR, University of the Azores, Portugal 
2019/20: GEO3BCN, Spain

Sáez, A., Hernández, A., Pimentel, A., Andrade, M., Bao, R., Raposeiro, P. M., ... & Giralt, S. (2025). Westerlies migrations and volcanic records over the past 4000 years from the Azores lacustrine sequences. Exploring correlations and impacts on Western Europe. Global and Planetary Change, 104698. 

Andrade, M., Ramalho, R., Pimentel, A., Kutterolf, S., & Hernández, A. (2023). The recent volcanism of Flores Island (Azores), Part II: Stratigraphy and eruptive history of Comprida Volcanic System. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 438, 107806. 

Andrade, M., Pimentel, A., Ramalho, R., Kutterolf, S., & Hernández, A. (2022). The recent volcanism of Flores Island (Azores): Stratigraphy and eruptive history of Funda Volcanic System. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 432, 107706. 

Andrade, M., Ramalho, R. S., Pimentel, A., Hernandez, A., Kutterolf, S., Saez, A., Benavente, M., Raposeiro, P. M. & Giralt, S. (2021). Unraveling the Holocene eruptive history of Flores Island (Azores) through the analysis of lacustrine sedimentary records. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9:738178.

Font, E., Adatte, T., Andrade, M., Keller, G., Bitchong, A. M., Carvallo, C., Ferreira, J., Diogo, Z. & Mirão, J. (2018). Deccan volcanism induced high-stress environment during the Cretaceous– Paleogene transition at Zumaia, Spain: Evidence from magnetic, mineralogical and biostratigraphic records. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 484, 53-66. 

Andrade, M., Duarte, J., Martins, I., Reis, J., Mirão, J. & Gonçalves, M. A. (2015). Cation substitution in uranyl phosphates of the autunite group: equilibrium relations and crystallization between metatobernite and metauranocircite. Comunicações Geológicas (2015) 102, Especial I, 27-30. 

Font, E., Adatte, T., Abrajevitch, A., Mirão, J., Sharma, N., Sordet, V., & Andrade, M. (2020). Integrated mineralogical and rock magnetic study of Deccan red boles. Mass Extinctions, Volcanism, and Impacts: New Developments, 544, 199.

Andrade, M., Belo, J. C., Kutterolf, S., Hansteen, T. H., Schmidt, C., Pimentel, A., Lee, H. Y., Wang, K. L. (2024). Investigating the marine tephrostratigraphy of the Azores Archipelago to test possible volcanism-climate interactions in a non-glaciated ocean island setting. Cities of Volcanoes 12 meeting, Antígua, Guatemala, 11-17 February 2024.

Andrade, M., Belo, J. C., Kutterolf, S., Hansteen, T. H., Schmidt, C., Pimentel, A., Lee, H. Y., Wang, K. L. (2023). A long-term marine tephrostratigraphic study for the Azores region. AGU General Assembly 2023, San Francisco, USA, 11-15 December 2023,  V13D-0155.

Andrade, M., Ramalho, R., Pimentel, A., Hernández, A. & Kutterolf. (2022). Transitions from strombolian to phreatomagmatic eruptive styles in monogenetic volcanic systems – The case of Flores Island (Azores). Cities of Volcanoes 11 Meeting.

Andrade, M., Ramalho, R. S., Pimentel, A., Hernandez, A., Kutterolf, S., Saez, A., Benavente, M., Raposeiro, P. M. & Giralt, S. (2022). The Lomba Lake sedimentary record over the last 23.5 ky: implications for the Holocene volcanic history of Flores Island (Azores). EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-8838. 

Andrade, M., Font, E., Adatte, T., Khozyem, H., & Abrajevitch, A. (2018). Magnetic and mercury anomalies at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM): environmental acidification and the role of volcanism. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (p. 1430). 

Expeditions

Sea Expeditions

2024
: RV SONNE SO307, Madagascar Ridge 

2019: RV METEOR M155, Fogo Island (Cape Verde)


Field Expeditions

2024
: Azores Central Group (Terceira, Graciosa, Faial, Pico and São Jorge Islands) 

2022: São Jorge Island (Azores, Portugal)

2020: Flores Island (Azores, Portugal)

2020: Santa Maria, Pico and São Jorge Islands (Azores, Portugal)

2019: Flores Island (Azores, Portugal)

2019: São Vicente and Santo Antão Islands (Cape Verde)

2019: Lake Montcortès, Catalan pre-Pyrenees (Spain)