Curriculum Vitae
Rodrigo Carlos Viana Coelho
Rodrigo Coelho completed his PhD in Physics in 2017 from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a Researcher
at the University of Lisbon-Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics. In his PhD and Master's degrees, he worked with
the Lattice Boltzmann method applied to semi-classical fluids. He did a one-year research internship at ETH Zürich, where
he developed numerical methods for simulating electrons in graphene in the hydrodynamic regime. In industry, he was a research
intern at IBM Research, where he studied the behaviour of fluids in porous media and he also worked as a Lattice Boltzmann
Development Engineer at Numeca International, a Belgian software company specialized in fluid simulation. He currently works
on fluid simulations in Soft Matter Physics, including liquid crystals, active nematics and complex fluids in porous media.
He is a task leader and co-PI in two funded research projects on liquid crystals and was PI in one exploratory project of
advanced computing.
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Rodrigo Carlos Viana Coelho
Citation names
- Rodrigo C. V. Coelho
- R. C. V. Coelho
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- E317-E7AA-DBCE
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8904-0778
Addresses
- Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, P-1749-016, Sala: 8.6.17. Campo Grande, Ed C8 P-1749-016 Lisbo, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://cftc.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/membro.php?username=rodrigo (Professional)
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=imgYLCIAAAAJ&hl=en (Scholar)
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rodrigo-Coelho-4 (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Fluids and Plasma Physics
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Fluids and Plasma Physics
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Condensed Matter Physics
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Condensed Matter Physics
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2014/04/01 - 2017/12/21
Concluded
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Physics (Doutoramento)
Major in Condensed Matter Physics
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Lattice Boltzmann method for semiclassical fluids and its application for electron hydrodynamics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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A (max.) |
2012/06/01 - 2014/03/01
Concluded
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Physics (Master)
Major in Condensed Matter Physics
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Lattice Boltzmann method for bosons and fermions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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A (Max.) |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018/07/10 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal |
2018/01/01 - 2018/10/07 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Numeca International, Belgium |
Numeca International, Belgium | ||
2016/07/10 - 2017/04/10 | Research Trainee (Research) | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland |
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland | ||
2014/03/10 - 2015/03/10 | Research Trainee (Research) | IBM Research Brazil, Brazil |
IBM Research Brazil, Brazil |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2015/03/01 - 2016/07/10 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/01/01 - 2024/09 | Active skyrmions in liquid crystal-colloid composite media
PTDC/FIS-MAC/5689/2020
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
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2023/07 - 2023/12 | Hydrodynamics of active and passive nematics
2023.09574.CPCA.A1
Principal investigator
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Concluded
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2022/01/01 - 2023/12 | Surfaces and interfaces of Soft Active Matter
EXPL/FIS-MAC/0406/2021
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
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2018/07/10 - 2021/12/01 | Active Matter on Substrates: from single cells to tissues
PTDC/FIS-MAC/28146/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2024/06/01 - Current | Lattice Boltzmann modelling of active nematics in heterogeneous activity fields
2023.10412.CPCA.A2
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics
UID/FIS/00618/2019
UIDP/00618/2020
UIDB/00618/2020
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference paper |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2024 | Fluid dynamics at the microscale: active nematics, turbulence and mixing | Encontro Nacional dos Estudantes de Física 2024 - ENEF24
(Portugal)
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2024 | Liquid crystal skyrmions in shear flows | International Conference on Liquid Crystals - ILCC
(Brazil)
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2024 | Liquid crystal skyrmions in shear flows | 33rd Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics (DSFD)
(Swaziland)
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2024 | Rectified flows of active nematics through porous media | 33rd Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics (DSFD)
(Swaziland)
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2023/08 | Sculpting liquid crystal skyrmions with external flows | 28th International Conference on Statistical Physics, Statphys28
(Tokyo, Japan)
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2023/06 | Active nematics on planar surfaces: from droplet motility and scission to active wetting | International Workshop Active Matter at Surfaces and in Complex Environments
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (Dresden, Germany)
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2022/03/01 | Advection-diffusion of activity in nematics | 3rd Condensed Matter Physics National Conference
Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2022 | Collective transport of droplets through porous media | 31st International Conference on Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics (2022)
(China)
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2022 | Shape transition of flowing skyrmions in 2D | 28th International Liquid Crystal Conference (2022)
(Portugal)
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2021 | Dispersion of activity in active nematics | 30th International Conference on Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
(Italy)
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2021 | Active-passive interfaces in active nematics | III Encontro Nacional de Física Estatística, Brazil
(Brazil)
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2020 | Dynamics of interfaces in active liquid crystals | CMD2020GEFES
(Spain)
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2020 | Propagation of interfaces in active nematics | 29th International Conference on Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
(Italy)
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2019 | Collective dynamics of elongated microswimmers | Encontro Ciência 2019
(Portugal)
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2019 | Stability of the nematic-isotropic interface of active liquid crystals in a microchannel | 2nd Portuguese Condensed Matter Physics Meeting
(Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023 - Current | Flowing skyrmions in 3D
Supervisor of Guilherme Amaral
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Physics (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2023 - Current | Dynamics of active-passive interfaces
Co-supervisor of Tomás Alvim
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Physics (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2023 - Current | Dynamics of flexible capsules in active nematics
Co-supervisor of Júlio Santos
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Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2023 - 2024 | Dynamics of active-passive nematic interfaces
Supervisor of Duarte Pedro
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Physics (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2023 - 2024 | Liquid bridges between patterned substrates
Supervisor of Margarida Rodrigues
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Physics (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2022 - 2024 | Wetting of active nematic droplets on a substrate
Co-supervisor of Hélio Figueiredo
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Physics engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal
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2019 - 2024 | Flow through time evolving porous media
Co-supervisor of André Matias
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Physics (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2022 - 2023 | Flowing skyrmions
Supervisor of António Maschio
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Physics engineering (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal
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2021 - 2023 | Hydrodynamic coupling between oscillators in a fluid
Co-supervisor of Tomé Silva
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Physics Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2022/02 - 2022/08 | Active nematic films
Supervisor of José Moreira
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal
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2020 - 2022 | Solute transport and absorption in porous media
Co-supervisor of José Ramos
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Physics engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2021 - Current | CFTC weekly seminars (2021)
Seminar
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2018 - 2018 | CFTC-IA Initiative: Soft Matter in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2018)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2022 - Current | Poster: SHAPE TRANSITION OF FLOWING SKYRMIONS IN 2D
Conference
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3rd Condensed Matter Physics National Conference |
2023 - 2023 | Poster: Dispersion of activity at an active-passive nematic interface
Conference
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Active Matter at Surfaces and in Complex Environments.
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Germany
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2022 - 2022 | Poster presentation: Shape transition of flowing skyrmions in 2D
Conference
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3rd Condensed Matter Physics National Conference |
2022 - 2022 | Poster: Advection-diffusion of activity in nematics
Conference
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28th International Liquid Crystal Conference (2022) |
2019 - 2019 | Poster: Propagation of interfaces in active liquid crystals on a substrate. Best poster award.
Conference
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707. WE-Heraeus-Seminar on ¿Wetting and Capillarity in Complex Systems¿, 24 - 29 November 2019 at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef/Germany.
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Germany
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2023 - 2024 | Fluid dynamics | Fisica dos Meios Contínuos (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
2022 - 2023 | Fluid dynamics | Física dos meios contínuos (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
2022 - 2023 | Soft Matter Physics | MSc in Physics (Pós-Graduação) | Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
2021 - 2022 | Fluid Dynamics | Física dos Meios Contínuos | Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
2020 - 2021 | Fluid Dynamics | Física dos Meios Contínuos (Bacharelato) | Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2023 - 2023 | Jury member in the MSc thesis defense of Tomás Alvim.
Member
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Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2023 - Current | Frontiers in Soft Matter | Nature |
2023 - Current | Nature Communications | Springer Nature |
2023 - Current | Soft Matter | The Royal Society of Chemistry |
2023 - Current | Physica Scripta | |
2022 - Current | Applied Sciences | MDPI |
2022 - Current | Physics of Fluids | AIP |
2022 - Current | Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology | |
2022 - Current | Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics | |
2021 - Current | Water | MDPI |
2021 - Current | The European Physical Journal Plus | |
2021 - Current | Micromachines | MDPI |
2021 - Current | Fluids | MDPI |
2021 - Current | Energies | MDPI |
2021 - Current | Scientific Reports | Nature |
2021 - Current | Water Resources Research | |
2020 - Current | Frontiers in Physics | |
2020 - Current | Physical Review Materials | |
2019 - Current | Physical Review E | |
2018 - Current | Open Physics | |
2018 - Current | The European Physical Journal E |
Distinctions
Award
2019 | Best Poster Prize in the 707. WE-Heraeus-Seminar: Wetting and Capillarity in Complex Systems. 24 Nov - 29 Nov 2019, Germany. |
2016 | Scholarship Doctorate Grade 10 (out of 10)
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2007 | Honourable mention in the Brazilian Mathematical Olympiad of Public Schools |