Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Maria Glícia da Nóbrega Coutinho, PhD Geologist.
CPRM – The Geological Survey of Brazil
Graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc.) in Geology from the Federal University of Pernambuco,
Recife, Brazil. From 1990 to 1995 she obtained her M.Sc. (MPhil) and Ph.D. in Geology from
the Royal Holloway and BedFord College, University of London, England, U.K., and focused her
studies on mineral deposits. Her thesis work supported by the – Brazilian Council for Research and
Development (CNPq) was entitled ”The Geology of the Shear-zone Host Gold Deposits in Northeast
Brazil”.
Her career begun at the National Department of Mineral Production – DNPM, Minister of Mines and
Energy, working in assessment of potassium and magnesium deposits at the petroliferous basin of
Sergipe-Alagoas in Northeast of Brazil, from 1968 to 1971. Today these deposits are exploited by
Vale, a Brazilian mining private company.
From 1971 to present day she works for CPRM – The Geological Survey of Brazil, Minister of Mines
and Energy. In 1971 she spent one year at the United States Geological Survey, Marine Geology
Institute, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Upon her return, she worked in the Project Global
Reconnaissance of the Brazilian Continental Platform (REMAC Project), under Petrobras
coordination for five years.
After REMAC project’s completion she became head of the CPRM Sedimentary Laboratory, mainly
involving with pan concentered mineralogical reconnaissance to support geological mapping and
geochemistry studies.
In early 80’s, she moved to Geology Department to work in regional geological mapping. She
coordinated development of the Geological Map of Brazil, scale 1: 2.5000.000 and co-authored the
book Geology of Brazil, published in 1981 and 1984, respectively. She published the “Map of Gold
Mineralization Prevision Areas in Brazil”, 1: 5.000.000 (internal publication).
Upon she return from London University, in 1995, she joined the team in Mineral Resources
Department involved with gold prospections in Brazil. After ten years of work in the Amazon region,
she published the book “Tapajós Mineral Province, Amazon: Geology, Metallogeny and Prevision
Map of Gold in GIS”, 2008.
Since earliest 2000’s, she is the head of CPRM International Affairs Office, responsible for
cooperation with foreign countries all over the world. As Board Member of the OneGeology
Consortium – an international initiative of the geological surveys of the world, she is coordinating
the OneGeology activities in Latin America.
She is member of Geological Society of London, Brazilian Geological Society and International
Association of Genesis Ore Deposits. Recently, she was re-elected for the second time Director of
the Engineering Club of Rio de Janeiro, a non-profit organization funded by the Imperial Decree no
8.253, 10th September, 1880, where she does a volunteer work.
Detail information concerning her scientific publications can be visualized at www.cnpq.org.br,
then go to Plataform Lattes / Curriculo Lattes.