Biography

Larissa obtained her Bachelor in Geology from Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil in 2019 and a technical degree in Information Technology from Instituto Federal de Sergipe in 2018. She has worked as an undergraduate researcher in Palaeontology of Cretaceous marine environments, Coastal Sedimentology and Hydrogeology. In 2019, Larissa joined the Marine Geology Research Group project as an MSc by Research student in the MMMonKey_Pro project with the research “Advancing seabed mapping techniques for deep-water habitat classification in Submarine Canyons” (ASMaT). In 2020, Larissa obtained a scholarship award from the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship to further develop her current research as a PhD in UCC. She is working under the supervision of Dr Aaron Lim, Professor Andy Wheeler and Professor Luis Conti (Brazil).

Larissa’s project focuses on advancing seabed mapping techniques for deep-water habitat classification in Submarine Canyons. She is currently working on the application of novel and existing multiscale mapping methods for 3D images to further understand CWC features in the Porcupine Bank Canyon (PBC), NE Atlantic. The key aims of Larissa`s research are to develop a 3D imaging classification workflow for deep-water habits as well as determining the appropriate mapping scale for different research objectives in Cold Water Coral habitats. For that, Larissa utilises a set of 3D models reconstructed from ROV’s high-resolution video recording with Structure-from-Motion (SfM) and combines different image processing techniques into frameworks to analyse 2D and 3D data deliverables and losses.

Research Interests

Seabed mapping, GIS and image analysis

Publications

de Oliveira, L.M.C., Stefano, P.H.P., Vedana, L.A. et al. (2020) A hydrogeological impact survey on the largest onshore oil field in Brazil: physicochemical and total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) analyses in the south of Japaratuba River Basin, Sergipe. Environ Earth Sci 79, 383 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-09121-0 (Bachelor Thesis)

Recent reserach cruises:

CE21016 – Benthic Lander Recovery/Redeployment (Night shift leader)

CE20011 – Systematic Monitoring Survey of the Moira Mound Chain (SyMonS_MoM) (Day shift scientist)

DY108-109 – RRS Discovery cruise to the Darwin Mounds, Rockall Bank and Rockall Trough (Scientist representative for Ireland)

CE19014 – Monitoring Changes in Submarine Canyon Coral Habitats II (Night shift scientist)

CE19008 – Monitoring Changes in Submarine Canyon Coral Habitats I (Night shift scientist)

Project supervisions:

“Semantic coral reef mapping through image annotation and analysis: An example from cold-water corals in the Northeast Atlantic” – Masters in Bioinformatics, supervisee: David Mark Dalton

Professional Activity

Awards and Honors

Coverage/Outreach

2021 – Irish Geosciences Early Career Symposium IGEO2022 committee member – Social media officer support

2021 – UCC Campus Connect Student Ambassador

2021 – EDIW and Athena Swan Committee Postgraduate Representative

2020 – Deep-Sea Life Issue 15: Online Deep-Sea Life Issue 15

2020 – Student video testimonial for College of Science, Engineering and Food Science – Link: “International MSc Marine Geology student experience in UCC and UCC student support during COVID-19”

2019 – Blog contributions to the CLASS project (NOC, UK) during DY108-109 RRS Discovery Expedition Small and beautiful: macrofauna Climate-Linked Atlantic Sector Science BioCam

2019 Eureka Summer Camps – ‘Science for Kids’ – Geology Lab instructor

2018 – 1st Brazil Ireland Research Event – Guest speaker for Agri-food/Environment/Marine Science thematic area. Brazil Ireland Partners in Excellence – HEA-BIPEX