Tiago joined IGI in 2013. He has a degree in Geology from Lisbon University (Portugal, 1998) and a PhD in Marine Geophysics from Oxford University (UK, 2008). During this period there was also the opportunity to get involved in a variety of marine geology-geophysics research projects, including offshore field work in the SW Iberia Margin, the Azores and Mid-Atlantic ridge, and NE Brazil.

Later, during his postdoctoral fellowship at LNEG and IPMA (Portugal), Tiago focus on the study of rift processes, the structure and evolution of passive continental margins, and plate boundary neotectonics. He also lectured the course of Basin Dynamics at Lisbon University (geophysics master) between 2010 and 2012.

Since 2013, Tiago has specialized in basin and petroleum systems modelling, working in a variety of tectonic settings, and helping exploration teams to de-risk their plays and prospects in sedimentary basins around the world. Tiago has also recently joined IGI’s net-zero efforts, to support O&G companies during the energy transition.

When not working, I enjoy spending time with family and friends, traveling and in outdoor activities.

Selected/Recent Publications:
Pérez-Gussinyé, M, Xin, Y, Cunha, T., Ram, R., Andrés-Martínez, M., Dong., D & García-Pintado, J., 2024. Synrift and post-rift thermal evolution of rifted margins: a re-evaluation of classic models of extension. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 547(1). doi:10.1144/sp547-2023-128
Cunha, T., Nelskamp, S., van der Es, B., Jager, D.H., van Ojik, K. & Swart, M. (2023). Basin and Petroleum Systems Modelling Onshore and Offshore the Netherlands (https://www.geodeatlas.nl/pages/play-9-source-rocks)
Cunha, T.A., Milne, L., Gouliotis, L., Panagopoulos, G., Konstantopoulos, P., Anestoudis, D. (2021). Hot enough in the South Adiatic? Some evidence for working petroleum systems offshore Montenegro. GeoExpro, 18 (4), 74-77.
Cunha, T.A., Rasmussen, H., Villinger, H., Akinwumiju, A.A. (2021) Burial and Heat Flux Modelling along a Southern Vøring Basin Transect: Implications for the Petroleum Systems and Thermal Regimes in the Deep Mid-Norwegian Sea. Geosciences 2021, 11, 190. https:// doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11050190
Cunha, T.A., Baptista, P., Rüpke, L.H., Schmid, D.W., Davison I., Bertolotti R. (2020). Thermo-Tectono-Stratigraphic Modelling of a Northern Red Sea Transect and Implications for the Petroleum Systems. In AAPG Rift Basin Evolution and Exploration GTW: The Global State of the Art and Applicability to the Middle East and Neighbouring Regions, Bahrain, 3-5 February.
Alves,T. M., T. Cunha, (2020). A tectono-stratigraphic review of continental breakup on intraplate continental margins and its impact on resultant hydrocarbon systems. Marine and Petroleum Geology 117, 168-183.
Cunha, T.A. et al. (2019). Examples of Thermal-Burial Modelling Approaches in Africa Frontier Basins. In PSGB-Africa 2019 - Africa’s Thermal Regime and its Impact on Petroleum Systems Course (Presenter), London, UK, 1-2 October.
Davison, I., Cunha, T.A. (2016) Allochthonous salt sheet growth: thermal implications for source rock maturation, deepwater Burgos Basin and Perdido Fold Belt. Accepted by Interpretation, SEG Journal