Biography

Dr Larissa de Oliveira is a Post-Doctoral researcher at the Department of Geography at University College Cork. Larissa has graduated with a PhD in Marine Geology from University College Cork, Ireland.Larissa holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology from Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS) and  Technical Degree in Information Technology from Instituto Federal de Sergipe (IFS), Brazil. Larissa’s research interests include seabed habitat mapping, the development of novel methods for ocean and terrestrial landscape analyses, 3D photogrammetry and machine learning.Since 2019, Larissa has published 5 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Frontiers in Marine Sciences and Environmental Sciences, receiving the Delap Bronze Award for the best-peer-reviewed publication of the School of BEES and being awarded the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland (ESAI) Postgraduate Researcher of the Year 2022.Larissa has participated in nine marine research expeditions to the North Atlantic, North Sea and Celtic Sea, securing 12 travel and research grants (SFI, Marine Institute, IRC, Helmholtz Institute of Data Science). Dr de Oliveira's lecturing experience includes (P/T) for the  Strategic Marine Alliance for Research & Training (SMART) and tutoring Earth Science-related disciplines.During her PhD, Dr Larissa was the Postgraduate Representative of the School of BEES Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing (EDIW) committee, Student Ambassador of UCC Campus Connect, member of the organising committee of the Irish Geosciences Early Career Symposium and the UCC Marine Geosciences Research Group and a fellow of iAtlantic (Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time). Dr Larissa is currently developing research in digital twins, computational fluid dynamics,  3D photogrammetry, change detection, and is collaborating and supervising projects in seabed habitat mapping, virtual reality at the Department of Geography at University College Cork.

Research Interests

Dr Larissa Macedo Cruz de Oliveira’s research focuses on digital twin development, environmental modelling, and high-resolution mapping of dynamic coastal and marine environments. Her core interests include:
  • Digital twins for coastal and marine environmental management
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for modelling sediment transport and morphodynamics
  • 3D photogrammetry and geometrical feature extraction for seabed habitat classification
  • Machine learning and data-driven methods for environmental pattern recognition
  • Remote sensing and multispectral drone mapping of coastal and blue carbon ecosystems
  • Virtual reality and immersive tools for environmental education and geoscience outreach
  • Nature-based solutions and blue carbon strategies for climate adaptation
  • Interdisciplinary integration of geoscience, ecology, data science, and social science
Her work aims to connect digital innovation with applied environmental science to inform sustainable coastal zone management and climate resilience.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2022) 'High-resolution 3D mapping of cold-water coral reefs using machine learning'
de Oliveira, LMC;Lim, A;Conti, LA;Wheeler, AJ (2022) 'High-resolution 3D mapping of cold-water coral reefs using machine learning'. Frontiers In Environmental Science, 10 [DOI] [Details]
(2022) 'A health survey of the reef forming scleractinian cold-water corals Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata in a remote submarine canyon on the European continental margin, NE Atlantic'
Appah JKM;Lynch SA;Lim A;O' Riordan R;O'Reilly L;de Oliveira L;Wheeler AJ; (2022) 'A health survey of the reef forming scleractinian cold-water corals Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata in a remote submarine canyon on the European continental margin, NE Atlantic'. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 192 [DOI] [Details]
(2022) 'Developing Mobile Applications with Augmented Reality and 3D Photogrammetry for Visualisation of Cold-Water Coral Reefs and Deep-Water Habitats'
de Oliveira, Larissa Macedo Cruz and Oliveira, Priscila Almeida de and Lim, Aaron and Wheeler, Andrew J. and Conti, Luis Americo (2022) 'Developing Mobile Applications with Augmented Reality and 3D Photogrammetry for Visualisation of Cold-Water Coral Reefs and Deep-Water Habitats'. Geosciences, 12 (10) [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details]
(2021) '3D Classification of Cold-Water Coral Reefs: A Comparison of Classification Techniques for 3D Reconstructions of Cold-Water Coral Reefs and Seabed'
de Oliveira, LMC;Lim, A;Conti, LA;Wheeler, AJ (2021) '3D Classification of Cold-Water Coral Reefs: A Comparison of Classification Techniques for 3D Reconstructions of Cold-Water Coral Reefs and Seabed'. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 [DOI] [Details]
(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'
de Oliveira L.M.C.;Stefano P.H.P.;Vedana L.A.;de Carregosa J.C.;Santos M.M.N.;Wisniewski A.;Pereira F.M.C.d.C. (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'. Environmental Earth Sciences, 79 (16) [DOI] [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2022 ESAI Postgraduate Researcher of the Year Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland
2022 Best Marine Offshore Instructor of SMARTSea School BEES Society
2022 Delap Bronze Prize for Best Peer-reviewed Publication School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences

Internal Collaborators

  Name Institute Country
Aaron Lim University College Cork IRELAND
Michelle Mckeown Geography University College Cork Cork IRELAND
Andy Wheeler University College Cork IRELAND
Mohit Tunwal University College Cork IRELAND
David Price Institute of Marine Research (IMAR) - University of Azores PORTUGAL

External Collaborators

  Name Organisation / Institute Country
Priscila Almeida de Oliveira University of São Paulo (USP) BRAZIL
Judith Fischer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research GERMANY
Timm Schoening GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research GERMANY
Jennifer Keenahan University College Dublin IRELAND
Luis Conti University of Sao Paulo (USP) BRAZIL