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Tibor Stigter PhD, MSc

Senior Lecturer in Hydrogeology and Groundwater Resources

Biography

Tibor Stigter obtained an MSc degree in Physical Geography/Geographical Hydrology in 1997 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a PhD degree in Engineering Sciences (2005) from Instituto Superior Tecnico - Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa (IST-UTL), based on his thesis "Integrated analysis of hydrogeochemistry and assessment of groundwater contamination induced by agricultural practices". During his PhD study he performed multivariate, geostatistical and hydrogeochemical modelling, as well as groundwater vulnerability assessment, based on data obtained in a South-European project in which he worked after moving to Portugal.

From 2005 to 2013 he worked with several Post-Doc grants, at Instituto do Mar (IMAR) and Universidade do Algarve (UALG) and later on with a fixed-term contract at IST Lisbon. During this time he pursued his research on hydrochemical and isotopic tracers of agricultural impacts on groundwater, as well as quantitative aspects of groundwater sustainability in semi-arid regions. He coordinated the European/North African project CLIMWAT (http://www.circle-med.net/) on the impact of climate change on coastal aquifers, and co-coordinated Portuguese projects on groundwater-surface water interactions in coastal wetlands. He became familiar with groundwater issues in Latin-America through his collaboration in the AQUIFERURAL network on sustainable aquifer management in rural areas and the FP7 project ADMICCO - adaptation to climate change in coastal vulnerable cities (www.admicco.labor.org.pe). In recent years he has worked with social scientists in interdisciplinary approaches to addressing groundwater management issues.

He has taught Introduction to Hydrogeology at UALG and given guest lectures at both UALG and IST, and has trained BSc, MSc and recently PhD students. Since August 2013 he works at UNESCO-IHE as Sr. Lecturer in Hydrogeology and Water Resources.

Publications

  • Ribeiro, L., Stigter, T.Y., Chambel, A., Condesso de Melo, M.T., Monteiro, J. P., Medeiros, A. (Eds), 2013. Groundwater and Ecosystems, IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology, CRC Press/Balkema, Leiden, the Netherlands, 358 pp.
  • Stigter, T.Y., Nunes, J.P., Pisani, B., Fakir, Y., Hugman, R., Li, Y., Tome, S., Ribeiro, L., Samper, J., Oliveira, R., Monteiro, J.P., Silva, A., Tavares, P.C.F., Shapouri, M., Cancela da Fonseca, L., El Himer, H. In press. Comparative assessment of climate change and its impacts on three coastal aquifers in the Mediterranean. Regional Environmental Change, doi: 10.1007/s10113-012-0377-3
  • Carvalho Dill, A.M.M., Stigter, T.Y., Brito, R., Chicharo, M.A., Chicharo, L. In press. The combined use of Radio Frequency-Electromagnetic surveys and chemical and biological analyses to study the role of groundwater discharge into the Guadiana Estuary. Ecohydrology, doi: 10.1002/eco.1345
  • Hugman, R.T., Stigter, T.Y., Monteiro, J.P., 2013. The importance of temporal scale when determining sustainable yields in semi-arid regions. Journal of Hydrology 490:1 10, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.02.053
  • Andrade, A.I.A.S.S., Stigter, T.Y., 2013. The distribution of arsenic in shallow alluvial groundwater under agricultural land in central Portugal: insights from multivariate geostatistical modeling. Science of the Total Environment 449:37–51, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.033
  • Stigter, T.Y., Carvalho Dill, A., Malta, E.-j., Santos, R., 2013. Nutrient sources for green macroalgae in the Ria Formosa lagoon – assessing the role of groundwater. Chapter in: Ribeiro, L., Stigter, T.Y., Chambel, A., Condesso de Melo, M.T., Monteiro, J. P., Medeiros, A. (Eds) Groundwater and Ecosystems, IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology, CRC Press/Balkema, Leiden, the Netherlands, 358 pp, doi: 10.1201/b15003-14
  • El Himer, H., Fakir, Y., Stigter, T.Y., Lepage, M., El Mandour, A., Ribeiro, L., 2013. Assessment of groundwater vulnerability to pollution of a wetland watershed. The case study of the Oualidia-Sidi Moussa wetland, Morocco. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 16:205-215, doi: 10.1080/14634988.2013.788427
  • Stigter, T.Y., 2012. Restoration of groundwater quality to sustain coastal ecosystems productivity. In: Wolanski E., McLusky D.S. (Eds) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, 10: 245-262. Waltham: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374711-2.01013-5
  • Salvador, N., Monteiro, J.P., Hugman, R., Stigter, T., Reis, E., 2012. Contribution of stream recharge to the water balance of the Querenca-Silves aquifer system. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 12:3217–3227. doi: 10.5194/nhess-12-3217-2012
  • Mendes, M.P., Ribeiro, L., Nascimento J., Condesso de Melo T., Stigter, T.Y., Buxo, A., 2012. A groundwater perspective on river basin management plan, for central region of Portugal - Development of a methodology to assess the N fertilizers potential impact to groundwater bodies. Water Science and Technology 66:2162-2169. doi:10.2166/wst.2012.427
  • Hugman, R.T., Stigter, T.Y., Monteiro, J.P., Nunes, L.M., 2012. Influence of aquifer properties and the spatial and temporal distribution of recharge and abstraction on sustainable yields in semi-arid regions. Hydrological Processes 26:2791-2801. doi:10.1002/hyp.8353
  • Silva, A.C.F., Tavares, P., Shapouri, M., Stigter, T.Y., Monteiro, J.P., Machado, M., Cancela da Fonseca, L., Ribeiro, L., 2012. Estuarine biodiversity as an indicator of groundwater discharge. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 97:38 43. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.006
  • Stigter, T., Monteiro, J.P., Nunes, L., Ribeiro, L., Hugman, R., 2012. Regional spatial-temporal assessment of groundwater exploitation sustainability in the south of Portugal. Chapter in: Zuber, A., Maloszewski, P., Witczak, S., Malina, G. (Eds) Selected papers on Hydrogeology 17 - Groundwater Quality Sustainability, Chapter 13, pp. Taylor & Francis
  • Stigter, T.Y., Carvalho Dill, A.M.M., Ribeiro, L., 2011. Major issues regarding the efficiency of monitoring programs for nitrate contaminated groundwater. Environmental Science & Technology 45(20): 8674 8682. doi:10.1021/es201798g
  • Andrade, A.I.A.S.S., Stigter, T.Y., 2011. Hydrogeochemical controls in shallow alluvial groundwater under agricultural land: case study in central Portugal. Environmental Earth Sciences 63: 809-825, doi:10.1007/s12665-010-0752-7