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Sérgio Domingos is Associate Professor at the University of Coimbra and Head of the Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy Group at CFisUC. In 2021 he received an ERC Starting Grant and founded a new laboratory at CFisUC dedicated to gas phase molecular physics using high-resolution microwave spectroscopy. In 2022 he received a Special Recognition (category of Science) for young research leaders by the World Cultural Council (WCC). Since January 2024 he is coordinator of the working group "Chemical and Applied Condensed Matter Physics" at CFisUC. In 2008 he concluded a masters degree in physics engineering at the University of Coimbra (Portugal). Funded by a PhD fellowship by FCT, in 2013 he obtained a doctors degree in physics at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) under the supervision of Prof. Sander Woutersen and Prof. Wybren Jan Buma. Between 2014 and 2018 he did postdoctoral work in the group of Prof. Melanie Schnell, first as an Associate Researcher at the Centre for Ultrafast Imaging of the University of Hamburg and later as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (Hamburg, Germany). Between 2018 and 2020 he held a position of Scientist at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY). In 2020 he secured an Assistant Researcher position at the Centre for Physics of the University of Coimbra (Portugal) through the individual call "Scientific Employment Stimulus" by FCT. With his ERC-funded project MiCRoARTiS, he aims to develop new instrumentation and experimental methods to study artificial molecular motors in the gas phase. He published 40 articles in international peer-review journals (>1200 citations and 7 cover articles). Previously he won 2 communication prizes and secured 2 research fellowships, supervised bachelor, master and PhD students, and has been a collaborator in several international scientific projects with 60+ collaborators. His area of research is Molecular Physics, with particular focus on molecular structure, high-resolution spectroscopy, microwave rotational spectroscopy, chirality, density functional theory calculations, gas-phase clusters, molecular recognition, vibrational spectroscopy, circular dichroism, optical activity, structural flexibility, absolute configuration, stereodynamics and molecular nanotechnology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sérgio Miguel Rosa Domingos

Citation names

  • Domingos, Sérgio R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2E12-25F8-9465
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7908-9778
Researcher Id
I-4636-2013

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Chemical Physics
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Molecular Physics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Dutch Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/03/01 - 2013/12/11
Concluded
 Physics (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Chemical Physics
Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands
"Amplified vibrational circular dichroism" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008/07/27
Concluded
 Engenharia Física (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Instrumentação
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
"Novel Materials with Optical Properties" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09/01 - 2024/04/28 Invited Coordinator Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/08/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/04/01 - 2020/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Germany
2016/04/01 - 2018/04/30 Postdoc (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie, Germany
2014/12/01 - 2016/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Universität Hamburg, Germany
2013/02 - 2014/04 Researcher (Research) Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/04/29 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/07/01 - 2015/07/31 Visiting Researcher Harvard University, United States
Harvard University Department of Physics, United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/09/01 - Current MiCRoARTiS - Microwave Fingerprinting Artificial Molecular Motors in Virtual Isolation
ERC Starting Grant
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 European Research Council
Ongoing
2016/04/01 - 2018/04/30 Deciphering molecular handedness with microwave fields
AvHPD2016
Post-doc Fellow
Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie, Germany
 Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Concluded
2009/03 - 2013/12 Optically amplified vibrational circular dichroism
SFRH/BD/48295/2008
PhD Student Fellow
Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands
 FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/09/01 - 2022/08/31 Capturing cold snapshots of molecular processes via microwave spectroscopy
CEECIND/01895/2018
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
Concluded
2018/05/01 - 2020/08/31 SFB 1319: Extreme light for sensing and driving molecular chirality (ELCH)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projekt number 328961117
Researcher
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Germany
 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2022/06/01 - 2024/05/31 Reviewing the structural dynamics of molecular motors in virtual isolation: a rotational strategy
2021.09500.CBM
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Germany
FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
Ongoing
2015/01/01 - 2020/08/31 Control of London Dispersion Interactions in Molecular Chemistry
SPP1807
Researcher
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany
 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Concluded
2015/05/01 - 2020/04/30 ERC-2014-STG: Unraveling Interstellar Chemistry with Broadband Microwave Spectroscopy and Next-Generation Telescope Arrays
G:(EU-Grant)638027
Researcher
Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie, Germany
 European Research Council
Concluded
2014 - 2019 Optically Amplified Vibrational Circular Dichroism: boosting the difference between left and right
Project number 712.013.002
Researcher
Universiteit van Amsterdam Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Netherlands
 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Marshall, Mark D.; Leung, Helen O.; Domingos, Sérgio R.; Krin, Anna; Schnell, Melanie; Seifert, Nathan A.; Xu, Yunjie; Jäger, Wolfgang. "Examining the gas-phase homodimers of 3,3,3-trifluoro-1,2-epoxypropane using quantum chemistry and microwave spectroscopy". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24 46 (2022): 28495-28505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2cp04663f.
    Published
  2. Sérgio R. Domingos; Cristóbal Pérez; Nora M. Kreienborg; Christian Merten; Melanie Schnell. "Dynamic chiral self-recognition in aromatic dimers of styrene oxide revealed by rotational spectroscopy". Communications Chemistry (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00468-4.
    Open access • 10.1038/s42004-021-00468-4
  3. Pascal Stahl; Benjamin E. Arenas; Sérgio R. Domingos; Guido W. Fuchs; Melanie Schnell; Thomas F. Giesen. "Laboratory blueprints for interstellar searches of aromatic chiral molecules: rotational signatures of styrene oxide". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2020): https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP03523H.
    10.1039/D0CP03523H
  4. Domingos, Sérgio R.; Pérez, Cristóbal; Marshall, Mark D.; Leung, Helen O.; Schnell, Melanie. "Assessing the performance of rotational spectroscopy in chiral analysis". Chemical Science (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0sc03752d.
    10.1039/d0sc03752d
  5. Victoria L. Heywood; Thomas P. J. Alford; Julius J. Roeleveld; Siebe J. Lekanne Deprez; Abraham Verhoofstad; Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt; Sérgio R. Domingos; et al. "Observations of tetrel bonding between sp3-carbon and THF". Chemical Science 11 20 (2020): 5289-5293. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC01559H.
    10.1039/D0SC01559H
  6. Bernd Ensing; Ambuj Tiwari; Martijn Tros; Johannes Hunger; Sérgio R. Domingos; Cristóbal Pérez; Gertien Smits; et al. "On the origin of the extremely different solubilities of polyethers in water". Nature Communications (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10783-z.
    10.1038/s41467-019-10783-z
  7. Domingos, Sérgio R.; Martin, Kévin; Avarvari, Narcis; Schnell, Melanie. "Water Docking Bias in [4]Helicene". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 33 (2019): 11257-11261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201902889.
    10.1002/anie.201902889
  8. Mark A. J. Koenis; Yiyin Xia; Sérgio R. Domingos; Lucas Visscher; Wybren Jan Buma; Valentin P. Nicu. "Taming conformational heterogeneity in and with vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy". Chemical Science (2019): https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC02866H.
    10.1039/C9SC02866H
  9. Sérgio R. Domingos; Melanie Schnell. "Wet Sunscreens in the Gas Phase: Structures of Isolated and Microsolvated Oxybenzone". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2018): 4963-4968. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02029.
    10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02029
  10. Domingos, Sérgio R.; Pérez, Cristóbal; Schnell, Melanie. "Sensing Chirality with Rotational Spectroscopy". Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 69 1 (2018): 499-519. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physchem-052516-050629.
    10.1146/annurev-physchem-052516-050629
  11. da Silva, Pedro S. Pereira; Martín-Ramos, Pablo; Domingos, Sérgio R.; Bota de Sousa, Maria do Carmo; Arranja, Cláudia T.; Sobral, Abílio J. F. N.; Ramos Silva, Manuela. "On the Performance of Hybrid Functionals for Non-linear Optical Properties and Electronic Excitations in Chiral Molecular Crystals: The Case of Butterfly-Shaped Dicinnamalacetone". ChemPhysChem 19 1 (2017): 82-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201700975.
    10.1002/cphc.201700975
  12. Cristóbal Pérez; Amanda L. Steber; Sérgio R. Domingos; Anna Krin; David Schmitz; Melanie Schnell. "Coherent Enantiomer-Selective Population Enrichment Using Tailored Microwave Fields". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56 41 (2017): 12512-12517. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201704901.
    10.1002/anie.201704901
  13. Cristóbal Pérez; Amanda L. Steber; Sérgio R. Domingos; Anna Krin; David Schmitz; Melanie Schnell. "Inside Cover: Coherent Enantiomer-Selective Population Enrichment Using Tailored Microwave Fields (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 41/2017)". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56 41 (2017): 12376-12376. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201708469.
    10.1002/anie.201708469
  14. Sérgio R. Domingos; Cristóbal Pérez; Melanie Schnell. "On the structural intricacies of a metabolic precursor: Direct spectroscopic detection of water-induced conformational reshaping of mevalonolactone". The Journal of Chemical Physics 147 12 (2017): 124310-124310. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4997162.
    10.1063/1.4997162
  15. Sérgio R. Domingos; Arjen Cnossen; Wybren J. Buma; Wesley R. Browne; Ben L. Feringa; Melanie Schnell. "Cold Snapshot of a Molecular Rotary Motor Captured by High-Resolution Rotational Spectroscopy". Angewandte Chemie 129 37 (2017): 11361-11364. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201704221.
    10.1002/ange.201704221
  16. Sérgio R. Domingos; Arjen Cnossen; Wybren J. Buma; Wesley R. Browne; Ben L. Feringa; Melanie Schnell. "Inside Cover: Cold Snapshot of a Molecular Rotary Motor Captured by High-Resolution Rotational Spectroscopy (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 37/2017)". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56 37 (2017): 10960-10960. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201706617.
    10.1002/anie.201706617
  17. Sérgio R. Domingos; Cristóbal Pérez; Melanie Schnell. "Communication: Structural locking mediated by a water wire: A high-resolution rotational spectroscopy study on hydrated forms of a chiral biphenyl derivative". The Journal of Chemical Physics 145 16 (2016): 161103-161103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4966584.
    10.1063/1.4966584
  18. Drayna, Garrett K.; Hallas, Christian; Wang, Kenneth; Domingos, Sergio R.; Eibenberger, Sandra; Doyle, John M.; Patterson, David. "Direct Time-Domain Observation of Conformational Relaxation in Gas-Phase Cold Collisions". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55 16 (2016): 4957-4961. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201600030.
    10.1002/anie.201600030
  19. Shubert, V. Alvin; Schmitz, David; Pérez, Cristóbal; Medcraft, Chris; Krin, Anna; Domingos, Sérgio R.; Patterson, David; Schnell, Melanie. "Chiral Analysis Using Broadband Rotational Spectroscopy". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 7 2 (2016): 341-350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02443.
    10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02443
  20. Sérgio R. Domingos; Cristóbal Pérez; Chris Medcraft; Pablo Pinacho; Melanie Schnell. "Flexibility unleashed in acyclic monoterpenes: conformational space of citronellal revealed by broadband rotational spectroscopy". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18 25 (2016): 16682-16689. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP02876D.
    10.1039/C6CP02876D
  21. Nicu, Valentin P.; Domingos, Sérgio R.; Strudwick, Benjamin H.; Brouwer, Albert M.; Buma, Wybren J.. "Interplay of Exciton Coupling and Large-Amplitude Motions in the Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectrum of Dehydroquinidine". Chemistry - A European Journal 22 2 (2015): 704-715. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201503250.
    10.1002/chem.201503250
  22. Domingos, Sérgio R.; Hartl, František; Buma, Wybren Jan; Woutersen, Sander. "Elucidating the Structure of Chiral Molecules by using Amplified Vibrational Circular Dichroism: From Theory to Experimental Realization". ChemPhysChem 16 16 (2015): 3363-3373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201500551.
    10.1002/cphc.201500551
  23. Huerta-Viga, Adriana; Amirjalayer, Saeed; Domingos, Sérgio R.; Meuzelaar, Heleen; Rupenyan, Alisa; Woutersen, Sander. "The structure of salt bridges between Arg+ and Glu- in peptides investigated with 2D-IR spectroscopy: Evidence for two distinct hydrogen-bond geometries". The Journal of Chemical Physics 142 21 (2015): 212444. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4921064.
    10.1063/1.4921064
  24. Goswami, Monalisa; Lyaskovskyy, Volodymyr; Domingos, Sérgio R.; Buma, Wybren Jan; Woutersen, Sander; Troeppner, Oliver; Ivanovic-Burmazovic, Ivana; et al. "Characterization of Porphyrin-Co(III)-‘Nitrene Radical’ Species Relevant in Catalytic Nitrene Transfer Reactions". Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 16 (2015): 5468-5479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b01197.
    10.1021/jacs.5b01197
  25. Domingos, Sérgio R.; Sanders, Hans J.; Hartl, František; Buma, Wybren J.; Woutersen, Sander. "Switchable Amplification of Vibrational Circular Dichroism as a Probe of Local Chiral Structure". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53 51 (2014): 14042-14045. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201407376.
    10.1002/anie.201407376
  26. Domingos, Sérgio R.; Huerta-Viga, Adriana; Baij, Lambert; Amirjalayer, Saeed; Dunnebier, Dorien A. E.; Walters, Annemarie J. C.; Finger, Markus; et al. "Amplified Vibrational Circular Dichroism as a Probe of Local Biomolecular Structure". Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 9 (2014): 3530-3535. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja411405s.
    10.1021/ja411405s
  27. Huerta-Viga, Adriana; Domingos, Sérgio R.; Amirjalayer, Saeed; Woutersen, Sander. "A salt-bridge structure in solution revealed by 2D-IR spectroscopy". Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16 30 (2014): 15784-15786. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cp00233d.
    10.1039/c4cp00233d
  28. Domingos, Sérgio R.; Luyten, Henk; van Anrooij, Fred; Sanders, Hans J.; Bakker, Bert H.; Buma, Wybren J.; Hartl, František; Woutersen, Sander. "An optically transparent thin-layer electrochemical cell for the study of vibrational circular dichroism of chiral redox-active molecules". Review of Scientific Instruments 84 3 (2013): 033103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4793722.
    10.1063/1.4793722
  29. Domingos, Sérgio R.; Roeters, Steven J.; Amirjalayer, Saeed; Yu, Zhilin; Hecht, Stefan; Woutersen, Sander. "Elucidating the backbone conformation of photoswitchable foldamers using vibrational circular dichroism". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15 40 (2013): 17263. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3cp53243g.
    10.1039/c3cp53243g
  30. Domingos, Sérgio R.; Silva, Pedro S. Pereira; Buma, Wybren Jan; Garcia, M. Helena; Lopes, Nelson C.; Paixão, José António; Silva, Manuela Ramos; Woutersen, Sander. "Amplification of the linear and nonlinear optical response of a chiral molecular crystal". The Journal of Chemical Physics 136 13 (2012): 134501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3697842.
    10.1063/1.3697842
  31. Domingos, Sérgio R.; Panman, Matthijs R.; Bakker, Bert H.; Hartl, Frantisek; Buma, Wybren J.; Woutersen, Sander. "Amplifying vibrational circular dichroism by manipulation of the electronic manifold". Chem. Commun. 48 3 (2012): 353-355. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1cc15369b.
    10.1039/c1cc15369b
  32. Schwartz, Erik; Vdovin, Alexander; Koepf, Matthieu; Buma, Wybren Jan; Cornelissen, Jeroen J. L. M.; Rowan, Alan E.; Nolte, Roeland J. M.; Woutersen, Sander. "Direct Access to Polyisocyanide Screw Sense Using Vibrational Circular Dichroism". Macromolecules 43 19 (2010): 7931-7935. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma101601e.
    10.1021/ma101601e
  33. Pereira Silva, P. S.; Domingos, S. R.; Ramos Silva, M.; Paixão, J. A.; Matos Beja, A.. "N,N',N''-Triphenylguanidinium 5-nitro-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-1-ide". Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online 64 6 (2008): o1082-o1083. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s1600536808014244.
    10.1107/s1600536808014244
  34. Pereira Silva, P. S.; Domingos, S. R.; Ramos Silva, M.; Paixão, J. A.; Matos Beja, A.. "A new polymorph of 5-nitrouracil monohydrate". Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online 64 6 (2008): o1091-o1091. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s1600536808014426.
    10.1107/s1600536808014426
  35. Domingos, Sérgio R.; Ramos Silva, Manuela; Martins, Nuno D.; Matos Beja, Ana; Paixão, J. A.. "Pyromellitic acid–sarcosine (1/2)". Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online 64 5 (2008): o826-o826. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s1600536808009045.
    10.1107/s1600536808009045
  36. Silva, Manuela Ramos; Cardoso, Claudia; Beja, Ana Matos; Paixão, Jose A.; Domingos, Sérgio R.. "Propeller-like Conformation of Diphenylacetic Acid". Journal of Chemical Crystallography 38 6 (2007): 403-406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10870-007-9311-9.
    10.1007/s10870-007-9311-9
  37. Silva, Manuela Ramos; Beja, Ana Matos; Paixão, José A.; Domingos, Sérgio R.; Martín-Gil, Jesús. "A ladder type structure: Rubidium diphenylacetate diphenylacetic acid". Journal of Chemical Crystallography 37 1 (2006): 49-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10870-006-9143-z.
    10.1007/s10870-006-9143-z
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Domingos, Sérgio R.. "Amplified vibrational circular dichroism". PhD, Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.400315.
  2. Silva, Maria Manuela Ramos. "Novel Materials with Optical Properties". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2008. https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/handle/10316/9973.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/04/23 Microondas, rotações livres, e a estrutura de moléculas frias Olimpíadas Regionais de Física - Região Centro
Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/03/24 Moléculas Frias em Rotação, Microondas em Ação Ciência no Rómulo "Projecto Quark! - Escola de Física para Jovens"
Rómulo - Centro Ciência Viva da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/09/21 Beyond structure solving with microwave spectroscopy XVI Iberian Joint Meeting on Atomic and Molecular Physics
University of Malaga (Malaga, Spain)
2022/08/08 A rotational perspective on the recognition problem for chiral molecules 7th International Conference on Vibrational Optical Activity (VOA7)
University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
2022/05/16 Microwave spectroscopy as an evolved structural probe: from molecular physics to analytical chemistry Ciência 2022 - Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/05/11 Microwave spectroscopy as a probe of chiral molecular structure: recent advances and future challenges Café com Física
Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/04/27 Microwave Spectroscopy and Molecular Physics Dia da Investigação do Departamento de Física
Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/06/25 Chiral Molecular Recognition Trends in Aromatic and Helical Systems Revealed with Rotational Spectroscopy Proceedings of the 72nd International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
University of Urbana-Champaign, IL (Champaign, United States)
2020/05/28 On the performance of rotational spectroscopy for chiral analysis: a double-blind challenge CFEL Molecular and Ultrafast Science Seminar
(Hamburg, Germany)
2019/11/05 Molecular rotational resonance spectroscopy: from molecular physics to analytical chemistry IMM Colloquium
Institute for Molecules and Materials - Radboud University Nijmegen (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
2019/01/21 The nature of chiral recognition: rotational signatures of the dimer topologies of styrene oxide ELCH Seminar Series
University of Kassel (Kassel, Germany)
2018/09/03 Sensing chirality with rotational spectroscopy: from enantiomer differentiation to molecular recognition Stereodynamics
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Arosa, Switzerland)
2018/09 Sensing Chirality with Rotational Spectroscopy: from Enantiomer Differentiation to Molecular Recognition European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/07/24 The phenyloxirane dimer topologies and the ruling non-covalent contacts for chiral self-recognition 3rd Summer School of the SPP 1807 - Control of London dispersion interactions in molecular chemistry-
DESY (Hamburg, Germany)
2018/02 Microsolvation in the gas phase: on the structural manoeuvres of wet molecules RESOLV Seminar Series
University of Bochum (Bochum, Germany)
2018/01 Sensing chirality with rotational spectroscopy Photon Science meeting - DESY - Photon Science Division
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (Hamburg, Germany)
2017/12 Espectroscopia Rotacional de Alta Resolução em Banda Larga PhD Physics Engineering: Course: Caracterização de Materiais
CFisUC - Departamento de Física Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/06 High resolution rotational spectroscopy of a molecular rotary motor Proceedings of the 72nd International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, United States)
2017/06 Chirality hand in hand with rotational coherence: towards manipulation of chiral samples 16th International Conference on Chiroptical Spectroscopy
University of Rennes (Rennes, France)
2016/09/14 Chiral analysis using broadband rotational spectroscopy 5th International Conference on Vibrational Optical Activity
University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
2016/06 Enantiomer differentiation via broadband rotational spectroscopy HIMS Seminar
University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2016/02 Molecular structure and chirality decrypted by rotational spectroscopy German Physical Society Spring Meeting
University of Hannover (Hannover, Germany)
2016 Conformational flexibility of acyclic monoterpenes revealed by broadband rotational spectroscopy 24th International Conference on High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy
University of Prague (Prague, Czech Republic)
2014/09 Boosting up the difference between left and right: amplified vibrational circular dichroism Molecular Physics Seminar CFEL
Centre for Free-Electron Laser Science (Hamburgo, Germany)
2013 Switchable amplified VCD as a probe of local bimolecular structure European Conference of Spectroscopy of Biomolecules
Oxford University (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2011 Amplifying the effects of molecular chirality LaserLab Symposium
Free University Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2011 Amplifying VCD by manipulation of the electronic manifold Ibero-American meeting on Atomic and Molecular Physics
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2011 Boosting up the effects of molecular chirality CHAINS: Chemistry as Innovative Science
NWO (Maarssen, Netherlands)
2009 Green turns to blue without paint: nonlinear optical materials International Conference of Physics Students
University of Krakow (Krakow, Poland)
2008 Rietveld refinement of powder diffraction data: new optical materials with technological applications International Conference of Physics Students
UCL (London, United Kingdom)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - 2022/09/19 Rotational spectroscopy of an Imine-based molecular switch
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/04/01 - 2011/07/31 Intensity-Enhanced Vibrational Circular Dichroism Using the Open-shell Coordination Environment of Cobalt (II)
Co-supervisor
 Chemistry (Degree)
Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands
2011/01/02 - 2011/02/10 Accessing Absolute Configuration and Conformation of a Chiral Molecule in Solution Using Vibrational Circular Dichroism and Density Functional Theory
Supervisor
 Chemistry / Beta-Gamma (Degree)
Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Member, Organizing Committee, SFB 1319 ELCH Summer school (2019/09/17 - 2019/09/20)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universität Kassel, Germany
2016/03/14 - 2016/03/17 Member, Program Committee, Centre for Ultrafast Imaging Graduate Days (2016)
Meeting (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universität Hamburg, Germany
2009/08/10 - 2009/08/18 Member, International Steering Committee, International Conference for Physics Students, Split, Croatia (2009/08/10)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 International Association of Physics Students, France

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020/06/26 Gas-phase conformational characterisation of trace amine neurotransmitters: a rotational spectroscopy study
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Alcides Pinto Simão (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/12/02 Molecular and Supramolecular Chirality of Systems with Biological and Atmospheric Interest Studied by Sensitive (VCD) and Non Sensitive (IR and Raman) to Chirality Vibrational Spectroscopy, Microwave Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Calculations
Thesis Member
 María del Mar Quesada Moreno (PhD)
Universidad de Jaén, Spain

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2008 - 2010 International Association of Physics Students Vice President
2003 - 2004 Physics Department Student Association Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Member of the Young Research Committee for the SFB 1319 ELCH Project.
Member
 Universität Kassel, Germany
2006 - 2007 Comissão de Departamento - Departamento de Física
Member
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2005 - 2006 Pedagogical Commission - Departamento de Física
Member
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2018/01 - Current Member, Admission Committee, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)
Evaluator
 Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021/03/05 Interview on the story behind the article in Commun. Chem. (Nature Research) on the chiral molecular recognition problem Jornal Universitário de Coimbra
2017/07/12 Interview on the story behind the first microwave spectrum of a molecular motor DESY News
2016/11/18 News piece "Molecules change shape when wet" Max Planck Institute News Item
2016/06/27 News piece "Unexpected flexibility in odourant molecules" - a molecule with record number of shapes Max Planck Institute News Item
2014/03/05 News Item "Magic potion for chiral molecules: Subtle quantum-mechanical effect improves distinguishing of chiral molecules" Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences Research Highlights

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/01/03 - Current 90 Segundos de Ciência Motores Moleculares

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019/11/29 - Current Chirality (1520-636X) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2019/01/02 - Current The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (1948-7185) American Chemical Society
2018/08/28 - Current Journal of the American Chemical Society (1520-5126) American Chemical Society
2018/06/12 - Current Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (1096-083X) Elsevier
2017/10/20 - Current Angewandte Chemie International Edition (1521-3773) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2017/08/12 - Current ChemPhysChem (1439-7641) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2016/07/10 - Current Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (1463-9084) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Distinctions

Award

2011 Poster Prize for Best Poster HRSMC Annual Meeting
Holland Research School for Molecular Chemistry, Netherlands
2010 Poster Prize for 2nd Best Poster NWO Annual Meeting
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Netherlands

Other distinction

2022 Special Recognition for Young Research Leaders (Science) - World Cultural Council (WCC)
World Cultural Council, Switzerland
2021 ERC Starting Grant
European Research Council, Belgium
2015 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Germany
2008 PhD Fellowship
FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia), Portugal