Personal identification

Full name

Diego Felipe De Nobrega Dos Santos

Citation names

• Santos, Diego
• Santos, D. F.
• Santos, D. F. N.
• Santos D.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

C81A-66AF-B0E2

ORCID iD

0000-0002-2377-766X

Researcher Id

G-1683-2019

Scopus Author Id

57192359233

Websites

• https://fisica.uma.pt/people/diego-santos/ (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

• Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Fluids and Plasma Physics
• Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Telecommunications

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

	Degree	Classification
2017 Concluded	Automation and Instrumentation (Doutoramento) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal "Modelling of Optical fiber sensors for refractive index and temperature measurement, using surface plasmon resonance phenomenon." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovado
2012 Concluded	Mestrado em Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Redes de Energia (Mestrado) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal "Modelização numérica do desempenho de sensores de fibra optica com efeito de resonância plasmónica de superfície " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2010 Concluded	Licenciatura em Engenharia Electrónica e Telecomunicações (Licenciatura) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal "Utilização de processadores softcore e hardcore para implementação de Redes Neuronais Artificiais " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/10/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
	Polo do Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear na Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2017 - 2019	Postdoc (Research)	Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Portugal
2017/05/01 - 2017/10/01	Researcher (Research)	Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/10/01 - 2022/07	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2017/08/01 - 2018/02/01	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade da Madeira Centro de Ciências Matemáticas, Portugal
2017 - 2018	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2009/09/01 - 2010/08/31	Investigador Júnior, 2009 BII/CCM/2009	Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/09 - Current	Modelling of Vacuum Arcs in Radial Magnetic Field Contact Configurations Sem referência Researcher Siemens Corp Corporate Research, United States	Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear LA/P/0061/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0061/2020 Universidade da Madeira, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2023/05/31	PlasMa: teoria e simulação avançada de plasmas relevantes para aplicações energéticas M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000016 Researcher	Governo da República Portuguesa Concluded
2018 - 2022	Modelling of arc plasma interaction with electrodes under conditions of low-voltage circuit breakers NA Researcher Schneider Electric SE, France	Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion UID/FIS/50010/2019 Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	INESC TEC - INESC Technology and Science UID/EEA/50014/2019 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Portugal Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/05/01 - 2017/04/30	MODELING OF OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS FOR REFRACTIVE INDEX, PH, AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT, USING SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE PHENOMENON SFRH/BD/85068/2012 Universidade da Madeira, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Publications

Conference paper

Nóbrega Dos Santos, D.; Guerreiro, A.; Baptista, J.M.. "Enhancing nanoplasmonic sensing with metallic nanowires: From D-type to suspended core fibres". 2019. 10.1117/12.2527298 Santos, D.F.; Guerreiro, A.; Baptista, J.M.. "Optimization of modal sensitivity in nanowire SPR multimode sensor". 2017. 10.1117/12.2264435 Santos, D.F.; Guerreiro, A.; Baptista, J.M.. "SPR-based PCF D-type sensor based on a metamaterial composed of planar metals for refractive index sensing". 2016. 10.1117/12.2236522 Santos, Diego. "New SPR PCF D-type optical fiber sensor configuration for refractive index measurement". 2015. 10.1117/12.2195124 Santos, Diego. "Performance analysis simulation of new SPR microstructured D-type optical fiber sensor configurations for refractive index measurement". 2014. 10.1117/12.2059750

Journal article

Diego Santos; N A Almeida; M. Lisnyak; J.-P. Gonnet; Mikhail Benilov. "Numerical investigation of regimes of current transfer to anodes of high-pressure arc discharges". Physics of Plasmas 29 4 (2022): 043503-043503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0076587. 10.1063/5.0076587 Santos, D F N; Lisnyak, M; Almeida, N A; Benilova, L G; Benilov, M S. "Numerical investigation of AC arc ignition on cold electrodes in atmospheric-pressure argon". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 54 19 (2021): 195202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/abdf97. 10.1088/1361-6463/abdf97 Diego Santos; Ariel Guerreiro; JOSE BAPTISTA. "Evaluation of Nanoplasmonic Optical Fiber Sensors Based on D-Type and Suspended Core Fibers with Metallic Nanowires". Photonics 6 3 (2019): 100-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/photonics6030100. 10.3390/photonics6030100 Santos, D.F.N.; Lisnyak, M.; Benilov, M.S.. "Account of diffusion in local thermodynamic equilibrium and two-temperature plasma models". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 52 45 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85072571796&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1088/1361-6463/ab34c1 Guerreiro, A.; Santos, D.F.; Baptista, J.M.. "New trends in the simulation of nanosplasmonic optical D-type fiber sensors". Sensors (Switzerland) 19 8 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065341019&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3390/s19081772 Cunha, M.D.; Kaufmann, H.T.C.; Santos, D.F.N.; Benilov, M.S.. "Simulating changes in shape of thermionic cathodes during operation of high-pressure arc discharges". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 52 50 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85074367886&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1088/1361-6463/ab4510 Ferreira, N.G.C.; Santos, D.F.N.; Almeida, P.G.C.; Naidis, G.V.; Benilov, M.S.. "Simulation of pre-breakdown discharges in high-pressure air. I: The model and its application to corona inception". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 52 35 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85070079379&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1088/1361-6463/ab2849 Santos, Diego. "Bifurcations in the theory of current transfer to cathodes of DC discharges and observations of transitions between different modes". Physics of Plasmas 25 4 (2018): 042307-042307. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5024383. 10.1063/1.5024383 Santos, Diego. "Simultaneous Plasmonic Measurement of Refractive Index and Temperature Based on a D-Type Fiber Sensor With Gold Wires". IEEE Sensors (2017): 10.1109/JSEN.2017.2674522 Santos, Diego. "SPR optimization using metamaterials in a D-type PCF refractive index sensor". Optical Fiber Technology (2017): 10.1016/j.yofte.2016.11.010 Santos, Diego. "Surface plasmon resonance sensor based on D-type fiber with a gold wire". Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics (2017): 10.1016/j.ijleo.2017.03.035 Santos, Diego. "Modal Filtering for Optimized Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing in Multimode Plastic Optical Fibers". IEEE Sensors Journal (2015): 10.1109/JSEN.2015.2450991 Santos, Diego. "SPR Microstructured D-Type Optical Fiber Sensor Configuration for Refractive Index Measurement". IEEE Sensors Journal (2015): 10.1109/JSEN.2015.2442335 Zhu, W.; Niraula, P.; Almeida, P.G.C.; Benilov, M.S.; Santos, D.F.N.. "Self-organization in dc glow microdischarges in krypton: Modelling and experiments". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 23 5 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84907494564&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1088/0963-0252/23/5/054012 Santos, Diego. "Numerical Investigation of a Refractive Index SPR D-Type Optical Fiber Sensor Using COMSOL Multiphysics?". Photonic Sensors (2013): 10.1007/s13320-012-0080-5