Laura Maria Mello Saraiva Caldeira 

Principal Researcher.

The President of LNEC. 

Degree (5 years) in Civil Engineering, Structures Branch (FEUP, Porto, 1981) PhD in Civil Engineering Civil (FEUP, Porto, 1994).

Habilitation Degree (postdoctoral degree with qualification for scientific research  coordination), in Soil Mechanics Scientific Area (LNEC, Lisbon, 2006).

Aggregation Degree in Civil Engineering Civil (IST, Lisbon, 2013). 

Research Areas: 

Geotechnical Engineering.

Embankment Dams.

Risk Management.

Seismic Risk.

Constitutive Models.

Laboratorial an In Situ Characterization of soils.

Observation and Behaviour of geotechnical structure.