About Me
I am a Master’s student in Applied Mathematics at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, interested in black holes and gravitational waves. My research experience includes recent work with the GRIT team at Centra, where I am investigating hierarchical triple systems.
Beyond research, I am actively engaged in teaching and outreach. I’ve served as a teaching assistant in mechanics, linear algebra and statistics and coordinated Atlas, a national program supporting talented high school students in science.
Education
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Master’s in Matemática Aplicada e Computação (2024 – Present)
Top student
GPA: 19/20
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Bachelor’s in Engenharia Física Tecnológica (2021 – 2024)
Final GPA: 18/20
Research Experience
GRIT, Instituto Superior Técnico (Current)
Research on black holes, gravitational waves and mathematical relativity. Lately I am studying hierarchical triple systems using black hole perturbation theory.
New Talents in Mathematics, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Nov 2024 – Sep 2025)
Prestigious scholarship with research in classical Yang-Mills theories at the Center for Mathematical Analysis, Geometry and Dynamical Systems (CAMGSD).
Group of Lasers and Plasmas, Instituto Superior Técnico, (Sep 2023 – Feb 2024)
Research on compact ion acceleration using microstructured targets.
INESC-MN, Instituto Superior Técnico, (Jul 2023 – Aug 2023)
Summer internship working on Smart labels for digital and green textile industry.
Publications & Preprints
F. Nazaré, J. Natário, “Relativistic Elastic Response to Gravitational Waves: Explicit Solutions for a Rectangular Plate.” (2026)
F. Nazaré, J.S. Santos, V. Cardoso, J. Natário, “A Radio Station orbiting a Black Hole.” (in production) (2026)
Talks and Communications
- Visiting the Niels Bohr Institute (Copenhagen, 2026) — Talk
- Visiting the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (Trieste, 2026) — Talk
- XVIII Black Holes Workshop (Lisbon, 2025) — Talk
Training
School on Gavity: from Motion to Commotion, Summer School (Jun, 2026), NBI, Copenhagen
9th mini-school on Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Winter School (Feb, 2024), LIP & CFTP, Oeiras
11th School on Astrophysics and Gravity, Summer School (Sep, 2023), Centra, Lisbon
Teaching & Outreach
- Mathematical Supplements for Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico (2025-2026)
- Probability and Statistics Teaching Assistant, Instituto Superior Técnico (2025)
- Linear Algebra Teaching Assistant, Instituto Superior Técnico (2024-2025)
- Mechanics and Waves Teaching Assistant, Instituto Superior Técnico (2024)
- Coordinator of Atlas (2024–2025)
- President of NFIST (2023–2024)
Awards
- Centra and CoG Research Fellowship (2025)
- "Jaime Campos Ferreira" Prize (2025)
- Academic Excellence (2024)
- Academic Merit (2022, 2023)
- Silver Medal – Iberoamerican Physics Olympiad (2021)
Contact
Are you looking for enthusiasts in gravity research and teaching? Feel free to reach out:
filipe.alexandre.nazare.pereira.dos.santos@tecnico.ulisboa.pt