CRIA

Steffi Vassallo

Academic Degree

Master's

Group

Practices and Politics of Culture

About

Research Context

Portugal

Research Interests

Biological anthropology | trauma | pathology

Institutional Subunit

NOVA FCSH

Biographical Note

I am a Biological Anthropology PhD student under the BeFRAIL project at the Laboratory of Biological Anthropology and Human Osteology (LABOH), CRIA - NOVA FCSH. I am a Biological and Forensic Anthropologist with a BSc (Hons) in Anthropology, an MSc in Anatomy and Advanced Forensic Anthropology and a Diploma in Forensic Medical Sciences (DipFMS). My doctoral studies focus on palaeopathology, 3D modelling and emotions.

Status

PhD student (2023-08-01)

All projects

Data updated on 26-10-2025, from platform CIÊNCIAVITAE.

2025/10/01-

Visualising the past, feeling the present: exploring emotional and perceptual responses to 3D palaeopathological models in contemporary audiences

2025.03540.BDANA

Principal investigator

Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA); 3D Printing Center for Health

Financiers: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2023/08/01-2025/09/30

O Porto in Times of Cholera and War: A Bioarchaeological Approach to Human Fragility (BeFRAIL)

2022.02398.PTDC

PhD Student Fellow

Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA)

Financiers: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

All Publications

Data updated on 26-10-2025 , from platform CIÊNCIAVITAE .

Manual

Instructions manual for creating 3D models in JMStudio through structured light 3D scanning

Vassallo, Steffi; Moreira, Carlos Eduardo, 2025. Published

Conference poster

Posters 1-8: Through the 3D lens of ancient diseases and trauma: emotional and ethical reflections workshop / Doença e trauma a três dimensões: reflexões sobre emoção e ética oficina

Vassallo, Steffi; Moreira, Carlos Eduardo; Quaresma, Claudia; Alves de Matos, Patrícia; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 9th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association. 07-2025.

Conference paper

Materialities of Human Frailty in the Past: Interconnecting Archaeological Contexts, Human Remains and Archival Data

Alves-Cardoso, Francisca; Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; Esteves, Alexandra; Santos, Paula Mota; Vassallo, Steffi; Malcherek, Anne; Rodrigues, Zélia; Maia, Rui, Porto, Portugal. 21-07-2025. Published

Conference paper

Materialities of Human Frailty in the Past: Interconnecting Archaeological Contexts, Human Remains and Archival Data.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16753604

Alves-Cardoso, Francisca; Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; Esteves, Alexandra; Santos, Paula Mota; Vassallo, Steffi; Malcherek, Anne; Rodrigues, Zélia; Maia, Rui, Porto, Portugal. 21-07-2025. Published

Report

Bioanthropological analysis report of the human remains identified as UE 6108: Carmo burial site. LABOH - Laboratory of Biological Anthropology and Human Osteology, CRIA. Lisbon

Vassallo, Steffi; Sandra Assis; Santana, A; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, LABOH - LAboratório de Antropologia Biológica e Osteologia Humana (CRIA) . 2025.

Conference abstract

Materialities of Human Frailty in the Past: Interconnecting Archaeological Contexts, Human Remains and Archival Data. Abstract.

Alves-Cardoso, Francisca; Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; Esteves, A; Santos, P. M.; Vassallo, Steffi; Malcherek, A.; Rodrigues, Z.; Maia, R., 2025.

Report

Bioanthropological analysis report of the human remains identified as UE 6108: Carmo burial site

Vassallo, Steffi; Assis, Sandra; Santana, Ana; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 2025.

Conference poster

Posters 1-8: Through the 3D lens of ancient diseases and trauma: emotional and ethical reflections / Doença e trauma a três dimensões: reflexões sobre emoção e ética

Vassallo, Steffi; Moreira, Carlos; Quaresma, C.; Alves de Matos, Patrícia; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, IX Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia (APA). 07-2025.

Conference abstract

Through the 3D lens of ancient diseases and trauma: emotional and ethical reflections / Doença e trauma a três dimensões: reflexões sobre emoção e ética.

Vassallo, Steffi; Moreira, Carlos; Quaresma, C.; Alves de Matos, Patrícia; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 2025.

Conference abstract

Desenterrar o passado na Ordem do Carmo: A perspetiva da genética populacional.

Gomes, C.; Malcherek, Anne; López-Matayoshi, César; Palomo-Díez, S.; Vassallo, Steffi; Rodrigues, Z.; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 2025.

Conference abstract

Memórias da Fragilidade: Arqueologia da Vida e Morte no Porto século XIX

Silva, Soraia; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca; Esteves, Alexandra; Malcherek, Anne; Oliveira, Célia; Santos, Paula Mota; Maia, Rui; Vassallo, Steffi; Rodrigues, Zélia, 2025.

Conference abstract

Desenterrar o passado na Ordem do Carmo: A perspetiva da genética populacional.

Gomes, C.; Malcherek, Anne; López-Matayoshi, César; Palomo-Díez, S.; Vassallo, Steffi; Rodrigues, Z.; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 2025.

Conference poster

The unearthed smile: examining an 18th/19th century fixed dental bridge from the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo burial site (Porto, Portugal)

Vassallo, Steffi; Esteves, Alexandra; Assis, Sandra; Rodrigues, Zélia; Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; Malcherek, Anne; Manuel F. C. Pereira; Pal Chowdhury, Manasij; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, The 25th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. 08-09-2024.

Conference poster

DIGITAL APPROACHES TO THE RECONSTITUTION AND CURATION OF HUMAN REMAINS: A CASE STUDY

MOREIRA, CARLOS; Anne Malcherek; Vassallo, Steffi; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 4º Encontro Nacional de Investigadores do IN2PAST | 4th National Meeting of IN2PAST Researchers. 01-02-2024.

Conference poster

Digital Approaches to the Reconstruction and Curation of Human Remains: A Case Study

Moreira, Carlos; Malcherek, Anne; Vassallo, Steffi; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 4º ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGADORES DO IN2PAST. 01-02-2024.

Conference poster

From the Field: The Use of Photogrammetry to Explore Complex Burials in Archaeological Contexts

Luis Reis; Valeria Florea; Silvia Casimiro; Sara Gaspar; Nuno Neto; Carlos Moreira; Steffi Vassallo; et al, DARIAH Annual Event 2024 . 17-06-2024.

Conference poster

In the Lab: The Use of Photogrammetry as a Means of Digital Reconstruction and Preservation of Fragmented Human Remains

Carlos Moreira; Anne Malcherek; Steffi Vassallo; Valeria Florea; Silvia Casimiro; Sara Gaspar; Nuno Neto; et al, DARIAH Annual Event 2024 . 17-06-2024.

Conference poster

From the Field: The Use of Photogrammetry to Explore Complex Burials in Archaeological Contexts.

Luis Reis; Valeria Florea; Casimiro, Sílvia; Sara Gaspar; Nuno Neto; Moreira, Carlos; Vassallo, Steffi; et al, Workflows: Digital Methods for Reproducible Research Practices in the Arts and Humanities, Lisbon, Portugal. . 18-06-2024.

Conference poster

In the Lab: The Use of Photogrammetry as a Means of Digital Reconstruction and Preservation of Fragmented Human Remains.

Moreira, Carlos; Malcherek, Anne; Vassallo, Steffi; Valeria Florea; Casimiro, Sílvia; Sara Gaspar; Nuno Neto; et al, Workflows: Digital Methods for Reproducible Research Practices in the Arts and Humanities, Lisbon, Portugal. . 18-06-2024.

Conference poster

Surviving but not thriving: palaeopathological insights from a 19th century adult individual from the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo burial site (Porto, Portugal)

Vassallo, Steffi; Assis, Sandra; Moreira, Carlos; Vieira, Noelma; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 24th European Meeting of Paleopathology Association. 24-08-2024.

Conference poster

One in a thousand: A challenging palaeopathological diagnosis of a lumbar vertebra found amongst commingled remains from Carmo (Porto, Portugal)

Rodrigues, Zélia; Assis, Sandra; Vassallo, Steffi; Malcherek, Anne; Moreira, Carlos; Manuel F. C. Pereira; Fonseca Vítor; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 24th European Meeting of Paleopathology Association. 24-08-2024.

Conference poster

Exploring a calcified tissue from the 19th century Carmo burial site (Porto, Portugal): differential diagnosis using nano-CT imaging

Malcherek, Anne; Vassallo, Steffi; Assis, Sandra; Rodrigues, Zélia; Manuel F. C. Pereira; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 24th European Meeting of Paleopathology Association. 24-08-2024.

Conference poster

In the Lab: The Use of Photogrammetry as a Means of Digital Reconstruction and Preservation of Fragmented Human Remains.

Manual

Instructions manual for creating 3D models in Agisoft Metashape: Professional Edition through photogrammetry

Vassallo, Steffi, 2024. Published

Conference poster

One in a Thousand: A challenging palaeopathological diagnosis of a lumbar vertebra found amongst commingled remains from Carmo (Porto, Portugal)

Rodrigues, Zélia; Assis, Sandra; Vassallo, Steffi; Malcherek, Anne; Moreira, Carlos; Pereira, Manuel F. C.; FONSECA, VÍTOR; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 24th European Meeting of Paleopathology Association. 24-08-2024.

Conference poster

One in a thousand: A challenging palaeopathological diagnosis of a lumbar vertebra found amongst commingled remains from Carmo (Porto, Portugal)

Rodrigues, Zélia; Assis, Sandra; Vassallo, Steffi; Malcherek, Anne; Pereira, MFC; Fonseca, V; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 24th European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association (PPA). 21-08-2024.

Conference poster

Exploring a Calcified Tissue from the 19th century Carmo Burial Site (Porto, Portugal): Differential Diagnosis Using Nano-CT Imaging.

Malcherek, Anne; Vassallo, Steffi; Assis, Sandra; Rodrigues, Zélia; Pereira, M. F. C; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 24th European Meeting of Paleopathology Association,. 2024.

Conference poster

The unearthed smile: examining an 18th/19th century fixed dental bridge from the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo burial site (Porto, Portugal)

Vassallo, Steffi; Alexandra Esteves; Assis, Sandra; Rodrigues, Zélia; Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; Malcherek, Anne; Pereira, M. F. C.; Pal Chowdhury, M; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 25th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. 2024.

Conference poster

Surviving but not thriving: palaeopathological insights from a 19th century adult individual from the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo burial site (Porto, Portugal)

Vassallo, Steffi; Assis, Sandra; Moreira, Carlos; Vieira, N; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 24th European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association (PPA2024), Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands. 08-2024.

Conference poster

From the Field: The Use of Photogrammetry to Explore Complex Burials in Archaeological Contexts

Reis, Luis; Florea, Valeria; Casimiro, Silvia; Gaspar, Sara; Neto, Nuno; Moreira, Carlos; Vassallo, Steffi ; et al, Digital Methods for Reproducible Research Practices in the Arts and Humanities, Lisbon, Portugal., 2024. 06-2024.

Conference poster

In the Lab: The Use of Photogrammetry as a Means of Digital Reconstruction and Preservation of Fragmented Human Remains

Moreira, Carlos; Malcherek, Anne; Vassallo, Steffi ; Florea, Valeria; Casimiro, Silvia; Gaspar, Sara; Neto, Nuno; et al, Digital Methods for Reproducible Research Practices in the Arts and Humanities. 06-2024.

Conference poster

From the Field: The Use of Photogrammetry to Explore Complex Burials in Archaeological Contexts.

Conference poster

Estimation of sex from metric measurements of the human scapulae from a modern Italian population.

Vassallo, Steffi; Catriona Davies; Lucie Biehler-Gomez, British Association for Human Identification Winter Conference. 23-11-2019.

Conference paper

From the field to the lab: Archaeological and bioanthropological applications of digital technology

Alves-Cardoso, Francisca; Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; Malcherek, Anne; Moreira, Carlos; Vassallo, Steffi, Lisbon, Portugal. 18-06-2024. Published

Conference paper

From the field to the lab: Archaeological and bioanthropological applications of digital technology.

Alves-Cardoso, Francisca; Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; Malcherek, Anne; Moreira, Carlos; Vassallo, Steffi, Lisboa, Portugal. 18-06-2024. Published

Conference paper

The Epidemiology of Longevity and Behaviour - Evidence from the skeleton and its value in Human Identification.

La Valley, Anna; McNern, Laura; Vassallo, Steffi; Kyriakou, Xenia Paula , Cleveland, United States. 28-03-2019. Published

Conference paper

From the field to the lab: Archaeological and bioanthropological applications of digital technology.

Alves-Cardoso, Francisca; Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; Malcherek, Anne; Moreira, Carlos; Vassallo, Steffi, Lisboa, Portugal. 18-06-2024. Published

Other research outputs

Data updated on 05-10-2025, from platform CIÊNCIAVITAE.

Other output

Creation of 3D models of crania and os coxa through structured light 3D scanning for teaching purposes and an MSc project

Moreira, Carlos Eduardo, Vassallo, Steffi, 2025

Other output

CT video of the cranium belonging to UE 6108: Carmo burial site. LABOH - Laboratory of Biological Anthropology and Human Osteology, CRIA. Lisbon. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15299296

Santana, A., Vassallo, Steffi, Assis, Sandra, Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 2025

Other output

Micro-CT video of a fixed bone dental bridge recovered from the Carmo burial site

Manuel Francisco C. PereiraVassallo, Steffi, Esteves, Alexandra, Assis, Sandra, Rodrigues, Zélia, Marquez-Grant, Nicholas, Malcherek, Anne, Pal Chowdhury, Manasij, Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 2025

Other output

BeFRAIL Webinar Series 2025 promotional material. 2025. Moreira, Carlos Eduardo; Malcherek, Anne; Vassallo, Steffi; Rodrigues, Zélia; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15256256

Moreira, Carlos Eduardo, Malcherek, Anne, Vassallo, Steffi, Rodrigues, Zélia, Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 2025

Other output

BeFRAIL webinar Series 2025 promotional material

Moreira, Carlos Eduardo, Malcherek, Anne, Vassallo, Steffi, Rodrigues, Zélia, Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 2025

Other output

Micro-CT video of a fixed bone dental bridge recovered from the Carmo burial site

Manuel Francisco C. PereiraVassallo, Steffi, Esteves, Alexandra, Assis, Sandra, Rodrigues, Zélia, Marquez-Grant, Nicholas, Malcherek, Anne, Pal Chowdhury, Manasij, Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 2025

Other output

CT video of the cranium belonging to UE 6108: Carmo burial site

Santana, Ana, Vassallo, Steffi, Assis, Sandra, Alves-Cardoso, Francisca, 2025