CV
Curriculum
Vitae
See [pdf] for a more detailed version.
Education:
> Ph.D. Physics at the MCND, Univ. of Manchester, UK, (2004)
> Certificate of
Advanced
Studies in Mathematics (Part III Maths) at St.
John’s College and DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK. (2000).
> First class B.Sc. (Honours) in Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, UK. (1999):
> High school education at Escola Secundária Alves Martins, Viseu, Portugal. (1996)
> First class B.Sc. (Honours) in Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, UK. (1999):
> High school education at Escola Secundária Alves Martins, Viseu, Portugal. (1996)
Prizes,
Awards and Scholarships:
> Scholarships at the Univ. of Cambridge:
> Scholarships and prizes at the Univ. of Manchester:
Research and Work Experience:
>
Winner in the poster category of the Gallery of Fluid Motion
(with S. Jung, J. James, C. Clanet and J. Bush) –
‘Capillary origami in nature’ – Division of
Fluid Dynamics Meeting (APS) 2008, San Antonio, USA.
> Winner in the video category of the GSNP Image Gallery (with B. Audoly and B. Roman) – ‘Oscillatory fracture paths in thin sheets’ – American Physical Society, March Meeting 2008, New Orleans, USA [video here].
> Carl Storm International Diversity Fellowship for the 2006 Granular & Granular-Fluid Flow Gordon Research Conference. (March 2006)
> Bursary from the Cambridge Philosophical Society and admitted as Junior Member of the Isacc Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. (September 2003)
> Skinner Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry at Faraday Discussion 123 for the best poster presentation. (September 2002)
> “The PPARC Award for the Best Physics Student in the UK” at The Science, Technology and Engineering Awards of 1998, London, UK. (July 1998);
> Scholarships from the Foundation for Science and Technology, Portuguese Ministry of Science:
> Winner in the video category of the GSNP Image Gallery (with B. Audoly and B. Roman) – ‘Oscillatory fracture paths in thin sheets’ – American Physical Society, March Meeting 2008, New Orleans, USA [video here].
> Carl Storm International Diversity Fellowship for the 2006 Granular & Granular-Fluid Flow Gordon Research Conference. (March 2006)
> Bursary from the Cambridge Philosophical Society and admitted as Junior Member of the Isacc Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. (September 2003)
> Skinner Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry at Faraday Discussion 123 for the best poster presentation. (September 2002)
> “The PPARC Award for the Best Physics Student in the UK” at The Science, Technology and Engineering Awards of 1998, London, UK. (July 1998);
> Scholarships from the Foundation for Science and Technology, Portuguese Ministry of Science:
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Doctoral
grant from the POCTI programme (4 years: 2000–2004);
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Master’s grant from the PRAXIS XXI programme (1
year: 1999–2000).
> Scholarships at the Univ. of Cambridge:
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Benefactor’s Scholarship (St. John’s College).
(August 2000)
- European Student Bursary (Cambridge European Trust, Trinity College). (August 2000)
- European Student Bursary (Cambridge European Trust, Trinity College). (August 2000)
> Scholarships and prizes at the Univ. of Manchester:
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John Bink prize, 2002.;
- Platt Prize, 1999;
- Hatfield Scholarship, 1998;
- Delta Prize, 1997.
- Platt Prize, 1999;
- Hatfield Scholarship, 1998;
- Delta Prize, 1997.
Research and Work Experience:
> Jul07-present: Faculty Instructor. Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, USA.
> Oct05-Jun07: Post-Doctoral position. Centre National de Research Scientifique (CNRS) and Lab PMMH, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris, France.
> Oct04-Sep05: Post-Doctoral assistanship at the Benjamin Levich Institute, CUNY, New York, USA.
> Jan-Sep04: Visiting research associate at the Benjamin Levich Institute, CUNY, New York, USA.
> Sep-Dec03: Visiting scholar at St. Edmund’s College, Univ. of Cambridge and long term visitor at the “Granular and particle-laden flows ” research programme at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK.
> Aug-Oct00: Visiting researcher at the Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA, under the supervision of Prof. Harry Swinney. Project title: “Shockwave phenomena in rapid granular flows”.
> summers of 97 & 98: Vacation research student at the MCND, Univ. of Manchester, under the supervision of Prof. Tom Mullin; worked on an experimental (1997) and a computational (1998) pro jects on the “Nonlinear dynamics of an impact oscillator ”.
> Oct05-Jun07: Post-Doctoral position. Centre National de Research Scientifique (CNRS) and Lab PMMH, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris, France.
> Oct04-Sep05: Post-Doctoral assistanship at the Benjamin Levich Institute, CUNY, New York, USA.
> Jan-Sep04: Visiting research associate at the Benjamin Levich Institute, CUNY, New York, USA.
> Sep-Dec03: Visiting scholar at St. Edmund’s College, Univ. of Cambridge and long term visitor at the “Granular and particle-laden flows ” research programme at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK.
> Aug-Oct00: Visiting researcher at the Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA, under the supervision of Prof. Harry Swinney. Project title: “Shockwave phenomena in rapid granular flows”.
> summers of 97 & 98: Vacation research student at the MCND, Univ. of Manchester, under the supervision of Prof. Tom Mullin; worked on an experimental (1997) and a computational (1998) pro jects on the “Nonlinear dynamics of an impact oscillator ”.
