Verónica Sofia Ferreira Antunes

Scientific Assistant/Postdoc

Verónica Sofia Ferreira Antunes
Swiss Seismological Service (SED)
ETH Zürich
Verónica Sofia Ferreira Antunes
NO F 69.3
Sonneggstrasse 5
8092 Zürich

+41 44 633 58 67

Establishing seismic monitoring networks and monitoring analysis for upcoming deep geothermal projects in Switzerland; develop guidelines for induced seismicity and develop new waveform-similarity-based monitoring strategies.

  • since September 2020: Scientific Assistant / Post Doc, SED at ETHZ, Zurich, CH. Project: GEOBEST+. Establishing seismic monitoring networks and monitoring analysis for upcoming deep geothermal projects in Switzerland. Advisor: Dr. Toni Kraft
  • since February 2016: PhD in Geosciences. University of Geneva, CH. Microseismic and seismotectonic study of the Greater Geneva Basin, FR-CH;  Identification and location of signals at the Nirano Mud Volcano, IT. Advisor: Dr. Matteo Lupi
  • May 2015 - Oct 2015: Fellowship. IDL, University of Lisbon, PT and University of Coimbra, PT. Project: QuakeLoc-PT - Precise earthquake locations in mainland Portugal and adjacent offshore event cross-correlation and cluster analysis, South PT. Advisor: Dr. Susana Custódio
  • Jul 2014 - Oct 2014: Fellowship. IDL, University of Lisbon, PT. Project: NERA - Network of European Research Infrastructures for Earthquake Risk Assessment and Mitigation Determination of the real station azimuth on the Cape Verde (9A) and WILAS (8A) temporary network stations. Advisor: Dr. Graça Silveirs and Dr. Luis Matias
  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2014: Internship. Observatory Afonso Chaves, IPMA-Azores, PT. Real time seismic monitoring of the Azores region.
  • Oct 2011 - Apr 2012: Fellowship. University of Évora, PT. Project: BOREHCLIM - Reconstruction of the past climate in Portugal from borehole temperatures. Advisor: Dr. António Correia
  • Sep 2009 - Jan 2011: M.Sc. in Geological Engineering. University of Aveiro, PT. Project: Structural restoration of seismic sections in extensional systems. Advisors: Dr. Luis Menezes Pinheiro and Dr. Beatriz Valle Aguado
  • Sep 2004 - Sep 2009: B.Sc. in Geological Engineering. University of Aveiro, PT. Project: Liquefaction in soils. Advisor: Prof. Nuno Cruz

Google Scholar Profile

  • Haddad A., Alcanie M., Zahradník J., Lazar M., Antunes V., Gasperini L., Polonia A., Mazzini A., Lupi M. (2020). Tectonics of the Dead Sea fault driving the July 2018 seismic swarm in the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), Israel. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB018963. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018963.
  • Antunes V., Planès, T., Zahradník, J., Obermann, A., Alvizuri, C., Carrier, A., Lupi, M. (2020). Seismotectonics and 1-D velocity model of the Greater Geneva Basin, France–Switzerland. Geophysical Journal International, 221(3), 2026-2047. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa129.
  • Minetto, R., Montanari, D., Planès, T., Bonini, M., Del Ventisette, C., Antunes V., Lupi, M. (2020). Tectonic and Anthropogenic Microseismic Activity While Drilling Toward Supercritical Conditions in the Larderello‐Travale Geothermal Field, Italy. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(2), e2019JB018618. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018618.
  • Planès, T., Obermann, A., Antunes V., Lupi, M. (2020). Ambient-noise tomography of the Greater Geneva Basin in a geothermal exploration context. Geophysical Journal International, 220(1), 370-383. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz457.
  • Giovani, L., Vallocchia, M., Antunes V., Lupi, M., Obermann, A., Mazzini, A., Sciarra, A., Ricci, T., Moretti, M. (2017). Esperimento di sismica passiva per lo studio di dettaglio dei vulcani di fango nella Riserva Naturale Regionale delle Salse di Nirano (Modena). Rapporti Tecnici INGV. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/11162.