Resume

Current Position

Professor of Physics at Physics Department of Instituto Superior Técnico

Previous Positions


Theory Group Leader at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University (2015-2023)

Senior Staff Scientist at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University (2019-2023)

Staff Scientist at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University (2015-2019)

Lawrence Fellow at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2012-2015)

Honors and Awards

Kavli Fellow, attributed by the US National Academy of Sciences (2023)

ERC Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (2022)

John Dawson Award, attributed by the American Physical Society for for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research (2020) 

Citation: "For generating Weibel-mediated collisionless shocks in the laboratory, impacting a broad range of energetic astrophysical scenarios, plasma physics, and experiments using high energy and high power lasers conducted at basic plasma science facilities."

Thomas H. Stix Award, attributed by the American Physical Society for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Plasma Physics Research (2018)

Citation: "For seminal contributions that advanced the field of laboratory astrophysics through numerical simulations and leadership of experiments on particle acceleration, collisionless shocks, and magnetic reconnection."

Early Career Award, attributed by the US Department of Energy (2017) 

PhD Research Award, attributed by the European Physical Society (2013) 

Lawrence Fellowship, attributed by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2012)

Oscar Buneman Award, attributed by the International Conference on Numerical Simulations of Plasmas for Best Visualization of Scientific Data (2011) 

Prémio Melhores Estudantes (First Prize for Graduates), attributed by Santander Totta and University of Lisbon (2007)

Institutional Responsibilities, Professional Societies, and Service

Chair (elected), Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics of the American Physical Society (2023)

Member, Thomas H. Stix Award Selection Committee, American Physical Society (2023, 2022, 2020)

Member, Program Committee of the American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics (2023, 2020)

Member, User Advisory Panel of MEC-U, Linac Coherent Light Source (2021-2023)

Member (appointed), Appointment and Promotions Committee, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2021-2023)

Panel Member, Inertial Fusion Energy Basic Research Needs Workshop, US Department of Energy (2022)

Co-Lead, Panel of Material, Planetary, and Astrophysical Sciences, National Photonics Initiative (2019)

Member (elected), National Ignition Facility Users Group Executive Committee (2017-2019)

Member, Panofsky Fellowship Committee, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2016-2019)

Chair, 11th International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, Stanford (2016)

Member, US Selection Committee, IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (2016)

Member, Review Panel, US National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, INCITE

Reviewer for all major international journals in the field of plasma physics and astrophysics, including Nature, Nature Physics, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review X, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Academy of Sciences

Member, American Physical Society, Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics, European Physical Society

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