Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Margarida Maria Salvador Cunha
Citation names
- Cunha, Margarida
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 471F-AD56-87F8
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8237-7343
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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1999
Concluded
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PhD (Doutoramento)
University of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy, United Kingdom
"Pulsations of Magnetized Stars" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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not applicable |
1995
Concluded
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Advanced Study in Mathematics (Part III) (Pós-Graduação)
University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, United Kingdom
"-" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Honours |
1994
Concluded
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Física /Matemática Aplicada - ramo Astronomia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"-" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 out of 20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2013/01/01 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2019/09 - 2020/07 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom |
2015/07 - 2015/12 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | High Altitude Observatory, United States |
2013/06 - 2013/12 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | The University of Sydney School of Physics, Australia |
2008/01/01 - 2012/12/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
2010/03 - 2010/09 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil |
1999/10/01 - 2007/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal | ||
2006/09 - 2007/01 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | High Altitude Observatory, United States |
2003/02 - 2003/08 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | University of Sussex, United Kingdom |
University of Sussex, United Kingdom |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2006 - 2006 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal |
1999 - 2003 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal |
1993 - 1994 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2024/01/01 - Current | Member of the Directive Board | Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
2021/07 - Current | Member of the Executive Board | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2018/07 - 2023/12/31 | Secretary of the General Assembly Meeting | Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
2012 - 2018 | Group leader for the team Origin and Evolution of stars and Planets: team composed of over 20 PhDs and over 10 PhD students | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2008 - 2012 | Task leader for the task Stellar populations and stellar evolution of the team Stars and Planets: team composed of 6 PhDs and 3 PhD | Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2010 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor/ collaborator | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2015/08/12 - 2015/08/15 | FLAD Travel grant (EUR 1,200)
Proj 184/2015
Principal investigator
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
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2015/08/12 - 2015/08/15 | IUA travel grant (USD 1,000)
N/A
Principal investigator
International Astronomical Union, France
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Concluded
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2003 - 2006 | Post-Doctoral Fellowship (EUR 54,000)
FCT - BPD / 8338 / 2002
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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1999 - 2003 | Post-Doctoral Fellowship (EUR 60,000)
FCT - BPD / 18893 / 98
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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1995 - 1999 | Pulsations of magnetized stars (EUR 76,800)
FCT - BD / 5519 / 95
PhD Student Fellow
University of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy, United Kingdom
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2019/03 - 2025/02 | Shedding a new light on outstanding problems in stellar physics with ultra-precise space-based photometry (~EUR 310,000)
CEECIND/02619/2017
Principal investigator
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
2023/03/10 - 2024/09/09 | ApLAB: Using Ap stars as LABoratories for probing chemical transport mechanisms, with ultra-precise space-based data (EUR~
50,000)
2022.03993.PTDC
Principal investigator
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
UIDB/04434/2020
Researcher
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
UIDP/04434/2020
Researcher
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2018 - 2021 | Breaking through outstanding problems in stellar evolution with ultra-precise space- based photometry (EUR 236,718)
PTDC/FIS-AST/30389/2017
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030389
PTDC/FIS-AST/30389/2017
Principal investigator
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
2013/07 - 2018/06 | Probing inside stars: on the inference of stellar interiors and magnetism (~EUR245,000)
IF/00894/2012
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2015 - 2017 | Understanding the nature of pulsations and the physics of the Ap stars (EUR19,430)
FCT/CNRS: PICS 2014
Principal investigator
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Concluded
|
2013 - 2017 | SPACEINN - Exploitation of Space Data for Innovative Helio- and Asteroseismology
FP7-SPACE-2012-312844
Researcher
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
European Commission
Concluded
|
2011 - 2015 | ASK - Sounding Stars with Kepler
FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES-269194
Researcher
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
European Commission |
2010 - 2013 | A space-based probe of stellar interiors (EUR 110.000,00)
POCTI/CTE-AST/57610/2004
Principal investigator
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2007/09/01 - 2011/12/31 | GAIA - National Participation in the Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) (EUR 264,000)
PDCTE/CTE-AST/81711/2003
Researcher
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2007/08/01 - 2011/03/31 | On the mass estimation for FGK stars (EUR 30,000)
PTDC/CTE-AST/66181/2006
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Observatório Geofísico e Astronómico, Portugal Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2007/08/27 - 2010/01/31 | The VLTi Spectro-Imager instrument for the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (EUR 75,000)
PTDC/CTE-AST/68915/2006
Researcher
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2006 - 2010 | HELAS - European Helio- and Asteroseismology Network (EC)
FP6-2004-Infrastructures-5-026138
Researcher
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
European Commission
Concluded
|
2006 - 2008 | HELAS - European Helio- and Asteroseismology Network (FCT)
POCI/V.5/B0094/2005
Researcher
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2005/01/01 - 2007/12/31 | Asteroseismology (55,000)
POCI/CTE-AST/57610/2004
Principal investigator
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2002 - 2004 | Stellar seismology
POCTI/FNU/43658/2001
Researcher
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2000 - 2004 | Stellar Astrophysics
POCTI/1999/FIS/34549
Researcher
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference paper |
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Edited book |
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Journal article |
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Other
Dataset |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/01/11 | Invited presentation: Asteroseismology and Interferometry | Meeting of the intensity-interferometry working group at the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA)
Intensity-interferometry working group at CTA
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2022/12/13 | Keynote: MSAP5-I Overview | PLATO WP120 Hands-On Workshops (HOW#3)
PLATO Stellar Science Board
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2022/07/13 | Invited Review: An asteroseismic view of the A-F pulsators: intriguing and challenging! | TASC6/KASC13: Asteroseismology in the Era of Surveys from Space and the Ground: Stars, Planets, and the Milky Way
KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium)
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2022/07/05 | Invited Review: The legacy of space-based asteroseismolgy | Cool Stars 21: Cambridge Workshops of Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun"
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, France (Toulouse, France)
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2021/10 | PLATO Hare-and-Hounds exercise: Modelling main sequence stars, | PLATO Mission Conference |
2021/10 | IA-Porto8th Iberian Meeting on Asteroseismology | 8th Iberian Meeting on Asteroseismology |
2021/03/04 | Invited seminar (IoA/Cambridge Colloquium series): Diving into the stars with space-based asteroseismology | IoA Cambridge Colloquium series
Institute of Astromomy, Cambridge, UK (United Kingdom)
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2021/01/07 | Invited Seminar (SAC/Aarhus seminar series): From solar-like to Mira stars: a unifying description of pulsations | SAC seminar (Stellar Astrophysics Center, Univ. Aarhus)
University of Aarhus (online)
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2020/11 | Keynote: MSAP5- 1 Stellar Analysis Pipeline | PLATO WP120 Hands-On Workshops (HOW#1)
PLATO Stellar Physics (PSM WP120)
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2020/10 | Oral contribution: From solar-like to Mira stars: on the quest to solve a long-standing problem | IA-ON 7
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço
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2020/09 | Invited Review: From the Sun to Stars and back | ENAA - Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofísica |
2020/07 | Oral contribution: Asteroseismology and Interferometry: a powerful combination to understand Ap stars | MOBSTER-1 Virtual conference |
2020/03 | Skills session: Learning Asymptotics |
University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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2019/11 | Seminar: Notes on buoyancy glitches |
University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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2019/09 | Invited review: Diagnostics from solar and stellar glitches | Dynamics of the Sun & Stars
High Altitude Observatory (Boulder, United States)
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2018/09 | Invited Review: Concluding Remarks (Final talk of the conference highlighting the main scientific results) | Physics of Oscillating stars
(Banyuls-sur-mer, France)
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2017/09 | Invited Review: Review of current performance of seismic diagnostics and stellar parameters determinations | PLATO Mission Conference
(Warwick, United Kingdom)
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2017/07 | Oral contribution: A Universal Approach to the analytical modelling of period spacings in the presence or absence of buoyancy-related glitches | TASC3/KASC10: TESSting Stellar Astrophsics
(Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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2016/09 | Oral contribution: Revisiting the Instability Strip for rapidly oscillating Ap stars | Understanding the roles of rotation, pulsation and chemical peculiarities in the upper main sequence
(Windermere, United Kingdom)
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2016/07 | Invited Lecturer: Theory of stellar oscillations | Asteroseismology and Exoplanets: Listening to the Stars and Searching for New Worlds
(Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Açores)
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2015/09 | Invited Seminar: The signature of sunspots on the solar global oscillations |
High Altitude Observatory (Boulder, Colorado, United States)
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2015/08 | Invited Talk: Probing the cores of red giants | IAU General Assembly: FM17 - Advances in Stellar Physics from Asteroseismology.
International Astronomical Union (Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)
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2015/05 | Oral communication: Pulsation excitation mechanisms | Understanding the nature of pulsations and the physics of the Ap stars
(Grenoble, France)
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2015/04 | Invited summary: Seismic diagnostics and stellar parameters output - Synthesis of WG4 splinter session | PLATO Stellar Science kick-off meeting
(Paris, France)
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2014/06 | Oral communication: Structural glitches near the cores of red giants revealed by oscillations in g-mode period spacings | The Space Photometry Revolution - Corot 3 symposium Kepler - KASC7 joint meeting
(Toulouse, France)
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2013/07 | Oral communication: Do we really understand what drives oscillations in roAp stars?, | KASK6 – A new Era of Stellar Astrophysics with Kepler
(Sydney, Australia)
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2013/06 | Invited Talk: The nature of roAp stars’ pulsations | New Advances in Stellar Physics
(Roscoff, France)
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2013/03 | Invited seminar: Modern ways to test old puzzles - The driving of oscillations in strongly magnetic, chemically peculiar stars |
Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark)
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2012/02 | Oral communication: Non-adiabatic pulsations in roAp stars and interferometry | Workshop on roAp stars
(Vienna, Austria)
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2011/07 | Invited Talk: Convective cores in solar-like stars | KASC4: From unprecedented data to revolutionary science
(Boulder, Colorado, United States)
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2011/06 | Oral communication: Waves in the atmosphere of strongly magnetic stars | Waves and Physics,
(Baia del Zaggare, Italy)
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2010/07 | Invited Seminar: Asterossísmologia: à descoberta do interior das estrelas |
Universidade Federal da Paraíba (João Pessoa)
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2010/06 | Invited Review: roAp stars: new chalanges set by Kepler | KASC#3: Asteroseismology in action
(Aarhus)
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2010/02 | Oral communication: Probing the cores of solar-like pulsators | 4th HELAS International Conference: Seismological Challenges for Stellar Structure
(Lanzarote, Spain)
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2009/08 | Invited Talk: Magneto-acoustic oscillations in Ap stars | IAU General Assembly: JD11 - New Advances in Helio- and Asteroseismology
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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2009/08 | Oral communication: Probing the deepest layers of solar-like stars | IAU General Assembly: Business meeting of Div V
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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2009/04 | Oral communication: Pulsations in roAp stars | 2nd Iberian Meeting on Asteroseismology
(Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Portugal)
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2007/06 | Invited Review: Asteroseismology of magnetic stars: what may pulsations teach us about magnetic fields? | Unsolved Problems in Stellar Physics
(Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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2006/11 | Invited Seminar: Excitation mechanism in roAp stars |
University of Colorado, JILA (Boulder, Colorado, United States)
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2006/10 | Invited Seminar: Pulsations of magnetic Ap stars |
High Altitude Observatory (Boulder, Colorado, United States)
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2006/09 | Invited Review: Theory of rapidly oscillating Ap stars | The Future of Asteroseismology
(Vienna, Austria)
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2006/08 | Oral communication: The magnetic field-pulsation connection in rapidly oscillating Ap stars | IAU General Assembly: Business meeting of interdivision WG of Ap and related stars
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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2005/12 | Oral communication: Putting asteroseismology of rapidly oscillating Ap stars to test with interferometry | Workshop on Interferometry and Asteroseismology
(2005, Portugal)
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2005/09 | Invited presenter at PhD school: The daily challenges of a researcher | ENEAS PhD school
(Pecs, Hungary)
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2005/06 | Oral communication: High frequencies vs low frequency oscillations in roAp stars, | Stellar Pulsation and Evolution
(Rome, Italy)
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2004/12 | Invited Review: Asteroseismic theory of roAp stars | ARIES International Workshop on Asteroseismology
(Nainital, India)
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2004/07 | Oral communication: Excitation of oscillations in roAp stars: the roles of chemical diffusion and winds | IAU Symposium 224 - The A-star Puzzle
(Poprad, Slovakia)
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2004/04 | Invited Seminar: Driving high frequency pulsations in rapidly oscillating Ap stars - the roles of the magnetic field and chemical profiles |
South African Astronomical Observatory (Cape Town, South Africa)
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2003/11 | Invited Seminar: Asterossismologia: 'observando' o interior das estrelas a partir do estudo das Ondas |
Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Física da Faculdade de Ciências (Porto, Portugal)
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2003/11 | Invited Seminar: À descoberta do interior das estrelas: estudo da sismologia de estrelas magnéticas |
Universidade de Aveiro, Departamento de Electrónica e Telecomunicações (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2003/10 | Seminar: Excitation of waves in rapidly oscillating Ap stars: the role of atomic diffusion |
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica (Porto, Portugal)
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2003/06 | Invited Seminar: Asteroseismology of Magnetic Stars |
University of Sussex (Brighton, United Kingdom)
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2003/05 | Invited Seminar: Acoustic oscillations in the presence of stellar magnetic fields |
University of Central Lancashire (Preston, United Kingdom)
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2001/07 | Invited Review: Pulsations in roAp stars | IAU colloq. 185: Radial and Non-radial Pulsations as Probes of Stellar Physics
(Leuven, Belgium)
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2001/06 | Invited Talk: Understanding roAp stars | New Developments in Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
(Condom, France)
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2001/04 | Invited Seminar: Magnetic fields in rapidly oscillating peculiar A stars |
Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa , United States)
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2000/06 | Seminar: Oscillations and magnetism in chemically peculiar stars |
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica (Porto, Portugal)
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2000/05 | Oral communication: The sixth frequency of roAp star HR1217 | MOST Science Workshop
(Vancouver, Canada)
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2000/04 | Oral communication: Magnetic perturbations to stellar pulsation | Space Astronomy
(Porto, Portugal)
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2000/01 | Oral communication: Searching for the roAp star instability strip | The Third MONS Workshop: Science Preparation and Target selection
(Aarhus, Denmark)
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2000 | Invited Seminar: Oscillations and magnetism in chemically peculiar stars |
Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark)
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1997/09 | Invited Review: Theoretical aspects of roAp stars | 26th Meeting and Workshop of the European Working Group on CP stars
(Vienna, Austria)
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1997 | Seminar: Magnetic fields, pulsations and peculiar stars |
University of Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2019 - Current | The physics of stars: building the next generation suite of tools to explore seismic data acquired from space
Supervisor
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Astrophysics (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2023/10/01 - 2024/06/30 | Exploring chemical peculiar stars with space-based data from NASA’s TESS mission
Supervisor
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2022/09/01 - 2023/09/01 | Application of realistic magnetic-cycle reconstruction to Sun-as-a-star observations
Co-supervisor
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Portugal |
2023/02/06 - 2023/07/06 | Spatial distribution of active regions over the solar magnetic cycle (II)
Co-supervisor
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Portugal |
2023/02/06 - 2023/07/04 | Spatial distribution of active regions over the solar magnetic cycle (I)
Co-supervisor
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Portugal |
2022/09/15 - 2023/07/04 | Probing the interior of Subdwarf B stars with asteroseismology (I)
Supervisor
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
2022/09/15 - 2023/07/04 | Probing the interior of Subdwarf B stars with asteroseismology (II)
Supervisor
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2022/09/15 - 2023/07/04 | Testing a tool to probe the core of red-giant stars
Supervisor
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Portugal |
2022/03/01 - 2022/07/20 | Probing the interior of Subdwarf B stars with asteroseismology
Supervisor
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2022/03/01 - 2022/07/20 | Pulsations of red-giant stars (I)
Supervisor
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Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2022/03/01 - 2022/07/20 | Pulsations of red-giant stars (II)
Supervisor
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Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2022/03/01 - 2022/04/30 | Masses and radii of stars from asteroseismic scaling relations
Supervisor
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2022/03/01 - 2022/04/30 | Automatic Characterization of Pulsating Red Giants across Evolution with Kepler/NASA Space Mission Data
Co-supervisor
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2021/10/07 - 2022/01/06 | Testing the core physics of evolved stars using space-based data
Supervisor
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Physics (Scientific initiation) |
2019/10/14 - 2021/09/30 | Red-giant asteroseismology (within project BreakStarS)
Supervisor
|
Post-Doctoral (Other)
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2016 - 2021 | Detection and characterization of planets orbiting oscillating red-giant stars with NASA’s TESS mission
Co-supervisor
|
Astrophysics (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2019 - 2019 | Signatures of buoyancy glitches of the mixed modes of red-giant stars
Supervisor
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BI - Research Fellowship (6-months) (Other)
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Explorando os dados científicos provenientes do satélite TESS da NASA (student 1)
Co-supervisor
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Research project (Scientific initiation)
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Explorando os dados científicos provenientes do satélite TESS da NASA (Student 2)
Co-supervisor
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Research Project (Scientific initiation)
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Ensemble Asteroseismology of Solar-Type Stars with the NASA-TESS Mission
Co-supervisor
|
astrophysics (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Asteroseismic grid modeling of red-giant stars with the NASA TESS mission
Co-supervisor
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Astrophysics (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2016 - 2019 | Fine structure of red giant spectra: inferring the properties of stellar cores' discontinuities through the study of the mixed-mode
pattern
Supervisor
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Post-Doctoral (Other)
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2014 - 2019 | On using stellar pulsations to constrain atmospheric models of strongly magnetic stars
Supervisor
|
Astrophysics (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2018 - 2018 | Determining helium abundances in evolved stars
Supervisor
|
Internship (3 months during Master Degree at Paris University) (Other)
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | Development of a new method for the determination of the ages of stars (Part I)
Supervisor
|
Programa de Estágios Extra-Curricular (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | Development of a new method for the determination of the ages of stars (Part II)
Supervisor
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Programa de Estágios Extra-Curricular (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2012 - 2017 | On the relation between magnetic activity and stellar oscillations
Supervisor
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Astrophysics (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2015 - 2016 | Support to the Scientific Exploitation of Space Data: Seismic Probes of Red Giants
Supervisor
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Post-Doctoral (Other)
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2014 - 2015 | Adaptive Optics assisted Integral Field Spectroscopy of two O star forming regions
Supervisor
|
Post-Doctoral (Other)
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal
|
2013 - 2013 | Asteroseismology of 16Cyg A and B
Co-supervisor
|
Astrophysics (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2012 - 2012 | Asteroseismology and Stellar Magnetic Cycles
Supervisor
|
Astrophysics (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2012 - 2012 | Testing the boundaries of the roAp star instability strip (6-months project; PhD student at Taurida National University, Ukraine).
Supervisor
|
BI - Research Fellowship (6 months) (Other)
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal
|
2012 - 2012 | Probing stellar cycles and rotation of solar-like pulsators with Kepler
Supervisor
|
BI - Research Fellowship (6 months) (Other)
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal
|
2008 - 2012 | Towards the understanding of the deepest layers of solar-like stars
Supervisor
|
Astrophysics (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
2011 - 2011 | Constraining convective cores using Kepler Asteroseismic data (3-months project; PhD tudent at the Max Planck
Institute for Astrophysics, Germany)
Supervisor
|
BI - Research Fellowship (3 months) (Other)
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal
|
2010 - 2010 | On determining stellar masses and ages from model fitting
Supervisor
|
Astrophysics (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2005 - 2010 | Probing transition layers in the internal structure of stars
Supervisor
|
Astrophysics (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
2007 - 2007 | Probing inside rapidly oscillating Ap stars"
Supervisor
|
Astrophysics (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2006 - 2006 | One step into the understanding of chemically peculiar Ap stars,
Supervisor
|
BI - Research Fellowship (6 months) (Other)
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal
|
2005 - 2005 | On phase and amplitude variations in UVES/VLT data of roAp stars (3-months research project; PhD student at the University
of Central Lancashire, UK)
Supervisor
|
BI - Research Fellowship (3 months) (Other)
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal
|
2004 - 2004 | Wave Reflection in rapidly oscillating Ap stars
Supervisor
|
Astrophysics (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2004 - 2004 | Asteroseismology of rapidly oscillating Ap stars (6-months project; PhD student at the University of British
Columbia, Canada)
Supervisor
|
BI - Research Fellowship (6 months) (Other)
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal
|
2001 - 2002 | A Astronomia no Ensino da Física
Supervisor
|
Mestrado em Ensino da Astronomia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2000 - 2001 | Estrelas variáveis
Supervisor
|
Mestrado em Ensino da Astronomia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
---|---|---|
2023 - 2024 | 8th TESS/15th Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium Workshop (2024/07/15 - 2024/07/19)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2023/06/26 - 2023/06/30 | PLATO Stellar Science Conference (2023/06/26 - 2023/06/30)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica, Italy |
2022/12/12 - 2022/12/13 | HOW#3: PLATO WP120 Hands-On Workshops: Simulations and Validation (2022/12/12 - 2022/12/13)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
PLATO Stellar Science Board, France |
2021/10/18 - 2021/10/21 | 8th Iberian meeting on Asteroseismology (2021/10/18 - 2021/10/21)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2021/04/12 - 2021/04/15 | HOW#2, PLATO WP120 Hands-On Workshops; Uncertainties in stellar properties determination (2021/04/12 - 2021/04/15)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
PLATO Stellar Science Board, France |
2020/11/04 - 2020/11/06 | HOW#1, PLATO WP120 Hands-On Workshops; the Stellar Analysis Pipeline : architecture, workflow, dataflow (2020/11/04 - 2020/11/06)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
PLATO Stellar Science Board, France |
2020/07/12 - 2020/07/17 | MOBSTER-1 Virtual conference (2020/07/12 - 2020/07/17)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
|
2019/07 - 2019/07 | TASC5/KASC12 (2019/07 - 2019/07)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States |
2018/09 - 2018/09 | Physics of oscillating stars (2018/09 - 2018/09)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, France |
2018/07 - 2018/07 | TASC4/KASC11: First light in a new era of astrophysics (2018/07 - 2018/07)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark |
2018/05 - 2018/05 | PLATO Stellar Science Workshop (2018/05 - 2018/05)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica, Italy |
2017/10 - 2017/10 | Asteroseismology and Optical Interferometry (2017/10 - 2017/10)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur Bibliothèque Nice Mont-Gros, France |
2017/07 - 2017/07 | TASC3/KASC10 workshop: TESSting stellar astrophysics (2017/07 - 2017/07)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom |
2016/09 - 2016/09 | Understanding the roles of rotation, pulsation and chemical peculiarities in the upper main sequence (2016/09 - 2016/09)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom |
2016/06 - 2016/06 | Seismology of the Sun and the Distant Stars 2016: Using Today’s Successes to Prepare the Future (2016/06 - 2016/06)
Conference (Co-organisor)
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2015/06 - 2015/06 | KASC8/TASC1: Space Asteroseismology: The next generation (2015/06 - 2015/06)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark |
2015/03 - 2015/03 | PLATO2.0: Coordination of the Stellar-Properties work packages (2015 - 2015)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
|
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
2015/03 - 2015/03 | PLATO Stellar Science kick-off meeting (2015/03 - 2015/03)
Meeting (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Observatoire de Paris, France |
2013/08 - 2013/08 | IAU Symposium: Precision Asteroseismology (2013/08 - 2013/08)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Poland |
2013/06 - 2013/06 | Putting A stars into context (2013/06 - 2013/06)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Moskovskij gosudarstvennyj universitet imeni M V Lomonosova Gosudarstvennyj astronomiceskij institut imeni P K Sternberga, Russia |
2013/05 - 2013/05 | New advances in stellar physics: from microscopic to macroscopic processes (2013/05 - 2013/05)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Station Biologique de Roscoff, France |
2012/06 - 2012/06 | KASC5: Extending the Kepler Mission: New Horizons in Asteroseismology (2012/06 - 2012/06)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Csillagászati és Földtudományi Kutatóközpont Konkoly Thege Miklós Csillagászati Intézet, Hungary |
2011/07 - 2011/07 | Waves and Physics (2011 - 2011)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
|
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
2011/07 - 2011/07 | KASC4: From unprecedented data to revolutionary science (2011/07 - 2011/07)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
High Altitude Observatory, United States |
2010/06 - 2010/06 | KASC3: Kepler Asteroseismology in Action, (2010/06 - 2010/06)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark |
2009/09 - 2009/09 | New insights into the Sun: the potential of a new generation of solar-stellar seismic diagnostics, (2009 - 2009)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
|
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
2009/08 - 2009/08 | Progress in understanding the physics of Ap and related stars (JD4 during the IAU General Assembly) (2009/08 - 2009/08)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
|
International Astronomical Union, France |
2006/09 - 2006/09 | The Future of Asteroseismology (2006/09 - 2006/09)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Universität Wien, Austria |
2005/12 - 2005/12 | Interferometry and Asteroseismology (2005 - 2005)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
|
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
2004/07 - 2004/07 | IAU Symposium No.224: The A-star Puzzle (2004/07 - 2004/07)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Astronomical Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences , Slovakia |
2003/07 - 2003/07 | IAU Colloquium No. 193: Variable Stars in the Local Group (2003/07 - 2003/07)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
University of Canterbury, New Zealand |
2002/07 - 2002/07 | Asteroseismology Across the HR Diagram (2002/07 - 2002/07)
Conference (Co-organisor)
|
Universidade do Porto, Centro de Astrofísica, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
|
---|---|---|
2000 - Current | Numerous presentations to schools and the general public (typically one per year)
Other
|
Several events |
1996 - Current | Participation in dozens of international conferences and workshops (typically 2 to 3 per year) since 1996
Conference
|
Several events |
2016 - 2023 | Speaker: A música da Estrelas (5 editions between 2016 e 2023: Vila Real, Évora, Assembleia da República, Parlamento, Ílhavo)
Other
|
Ignite Astro
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
2022/05/15 - 2022/05/15 | LeV — Literatura em Viagem 2022: Os limites da Ciência e da Ficção; Informal round table discussion with the author Afonso
Cruz and researcher Vítor Cardoso moderator by Science communicator Miguel Gonçalves
Round table
|
Literatura em Viagem
Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos, Portugal
|
2021/11/25 - 2021/11/25 | Presentation to high school children (ages 14-15): Ser Astrofísica
Seminar
|
Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia
Escola EB 2/3 Dr. Pedrosa Veríssimo, Paião, Portugal
|
2021/02/11 - 2021/02/11 | Video and participation in debate: Dia das mulheres e raparigas na ciência 2021
Round table
|
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
2020/11/07 - 2020/11/07 | TEDx invited talk: A música das Estrelas
Other
|
TEDxCampoSantana |
2018 - 2018 | Semana da Leitura: video contribution
Other
|
Semana da Leitura
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
2018 - 2018 | Video contribution to the comemoration of the international day of women and girls in science
Other
|
International day of women and girls in science
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
2018 - 2018 | Invited participation in play (as the astronomer): Objetoteca Popular Itinerante (OPI)
Festival
|
Festa de Outono de Serralves |
2017/04 - 2017/04 | A música das Estrelas
Seminar
|
Noites no Observatório (Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian) |
2017 - 2017 | Iastro Junior: presentation for children from 7 to 12 (included developing the content of the session, presentation, and the
reply to questions of the children published on Visão Júnior)
Other
|
Iastro Junior
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
2016 - 2016 | Debate: Conhecer o Espaço para melhor viver na Terra
Festival
|
Festival Europeu de Documentário Científico de Lisboa
Ciência Viva, Portugal
|
2015/12 - 2015/12 | Uma estrela no céu de Inverno (written Contribution)
Other
|
Uma estrela no céu de Inverno
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
|
2015 - 2015 | Participation in the Astro-Homus project as model, interviewee and round table participant
Round table
|
Astro-Homus (DGArtes nº 2) |
2014/04 - 2014/04 | Filming for documentary from the Portuguese Astronomical Society
Other
|
Astronomia made in Portugal |
2012 - 2012 | Review of documentary episode: A vida das estrelas
Other
|
Astronomia made in Portugal |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
|
---|---|---|
2023 | Developing Tools For Probing Stellar Interiors With Asteroseismology
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Yaguang Li (PhD)
The University of Sydney School of Physics, Australia
|
2022/09/19 | Seismic analysis of red giants on the asymptotic giant branch
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Guillaume Dréau (PhD)
Observatoire de Paris, France
Université de Paris, France |
2022/07/04 | Massive star asteroseismology with K2 and TESS
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Siemen Burssens (PhD)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Wetenschappen, Belgium
|
2022/05/09 | Stellar Surfaces in the Frequency Domain
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Joel Ong Jia Mian (PhD)
Yale University, Department of Astronomy, United States
|
2021/09/14 | Asteroseismic study of solar-like pulsators along their evolution
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Martin Farnir (PhD)
Université de Liège, Belgium
|
2021/06/11 | Non-linear terms in Delta Scuti stars power spectra
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Mariel Lares Martiz (PhD)
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain
|
2020/10/12 | Accurate and precise characterisation of stars for stellar, exoplanetary and Galactic studies (HDR)
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Orlagh Creevey (Aggregation)
Université Côte d'Azur, France
|
2019/03 | On using stellar pulsations to constrain atmospheric models of strongly magnetic stars
Supervisor
|
Paola Quitral-Monasalva (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2017 | On the relation between magnetic activity and stellar oscillations
Supervisor
|
Ângela Santos (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2016 | Development of automatic tools for measuring acoustic glitches in seismic data of solar-type stars
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Filipe Pereira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2014 | Stellar activity in High -Precision Photometric and Spectroscopic Transit Observations
Thesis Member
|
Mahmouddreza Oshagh (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2012 | Towards the understanding of the deepest layers of solar-like stars
Supervisor
|
Isa Brandão (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2012 | Asteroseismology and Stellar Magnetic Cycles
Supervisor
|
Ângela Santos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2010 | Probing transition layers in the internal structure of stars
Supervisor
|
Joana Sousa (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2010 | On determining stellar masses and ages from model fitting
Supervisor
|
Ana Couto Soares (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2008 | The effect of radiation and convection on stellar oscillations
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Motee Phorah (PhD)
University of Cape Town, South Africa
|
2008 | Astrosismologia y Sistemas Binarios: la relacion entre la dependencia de la estimacion de los parametros estelares y los errores
observacionales
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Orlagh Creevey (PhD)
Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
|
2007 | Probing inside rapidly oscillating Ap stars
Supervisor
|
Isa Brandão (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2004 | Wave Reflection in rapidly oscillating Ap stars
Supervisor
|
Sérgio Sousa (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2002 | A Astronomia no Ensino da Física
Supervisor
|
Maria Goreti Rocha (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
2001 | Estrelas variáveis
Supervisor
|
Sérgio Viana (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
---|---|---|
2015 - Current | TESS Asteroseismic Science Consortium (TASC) | Working Group Co-chair |
2007 - Current | PLATO mission consortium | Member (2007-) and chair of WP124 (2010-) |
2003 - Current | International Astronomical Union | member |
2009 - 2012 | Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC) | Working Group Chair |
2006 - 2012 | Portuguese Consortium for the participation in the Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) for the mission GAIA/ESA | member |
2006 - 2010 | Sociedade Portuguesa de Astronomia | Serving in the statutory bodies |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
---|---|---|
2017 - Current | WP120 Board for the Stellar Science part of PSM for the ESA PLATO mission
Member
|
|
2015 - Current | TASC Steering Committee for the NASA mission Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Member
|
|
2015 - Current | Chair of Working Group 4: Main Sequence AF classical pulsators, for the TESS/NASA Asteroseismic Science Consortium (TASC):
182 members (researchers)
Coordinator
|
|
2010 - Current | Chair of Work Package 124000: seismic diagnostics, for the PLATO/ESA Science Preparation Management (PSM): 60 members (researchers)
Coordinator
|
|
2008 - Current | White Dwarf Research Corporation Board: non-profit organization dedicated to scientific research and public education
Member
|
White Dwarf Research Corporation, United States |
2014 - 2019 | Scientific Committee for the Doctoral Network in Space Sciences (PhD::Space)
Member
|
Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
2012 - 2014 | Astronomy Working Group (AWG) for the advisory structure of the European Space Agency (ESA)
Member
|
European Space Agency, France |
2009 - 2012 | Chair of the roAp stars Working Group for the Kepler/NASA Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC)
Coordinator
|
|
2003 - 2012 | Commission 27 (Variable Stars) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Member
|
International Astronomical Union, France |
2009 - 2010 | European Telescope Strategy Review Committee (ETSRC)
Member
|
|
2006 - 2009 | Chair of Inter-division Working Group on Ap and Related Stars of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Coordinator
|
International Astronomical Union, France |
2007 - 2008 | Observing Programmes Committee (OPC) for the European Southern Observatory (ESO): panel D member, periods 80 and 81. Co-Chair
of Panel for period 81.
Member
|
European Southern Observatory, Germany |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
---|---|---|
2018/05/01 - 2022/04/30 | Idealisation and Scientific revision of Software Application named ¿Music of Stars¿ concerning stellar evolution and the acoustic sounds they produce: http://www.planetario.up.pt/pt/recursos/musica-estrelas | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2019 - 2019 | Scientific revision for planetarium session: Há Formas no Espaço | Planetário do Porto, Portugal |
2017 - 2017 | Scientific revision of short full dome session: A música das Estrelas | Planetário do Porto, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
---|---|---|---|
2021/10/11 - 2021/11/11 | Stellar Structure and Evolution (16 h) | Master in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Portugal |
2011 - 2018 | Advanced Topics in Astrophysics: Asteroseismology (several years between 2011 and 2018) | Programa Doutoral em Astronomia (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2010 - 2010 | Stars and Planets (co-responsible for preparing and lecturing the course as collaborator of the Department of Physics and Astronomy) | Astronomy (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2006 - 2006 | Biophysics | Biochemistry (Licenciatura) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal |
1999 - 2003 | Applied Statistics | Business Management (Licenciatura) | Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
---|---|---|---|
2015 - Current | Expert evaluator for the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.- FNRS), Belgium
Evaluator
|
Fonds de la Recherche Scientific | |
2015 - Current | Expert evaluator the Research Foundation - Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, FWO), Belgium
Evaluator
|
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen | |
2014 - Current | Reviewer for the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
Evaluator
|
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung | |
2013 - Current | Evaluation panels, Fulbright Commission funding progams
Evaluator
|
Fulbright Commission Portugal, Portugal | Fulbright Commission Portugal |
2012 - Current | Selection Committee for PhD and Post-Doc applications (several calls per year) | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal | |
2015 - 2016 | Selection Committee for the Doctoral program PhD::Space | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
---|---|---|
2022/12/16 | Press Release review/contribution: Astronomers discover irregularities in the core of red giants | Issued by the Institute of astrophysics and Space Sciences; reproduced in several newspapers and media |
2019 | PRESS RELEASE: TESS FIRST LIGHT ON STELLAR PHYSICS | Reported in 27 online newspapers and 2 TV channels |
2016/11 | A música das Estrelas | Visão Junior |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
---|---|---|
2022/11 - 2022/11 | Interview by high school student for school commemoration of the researcher's day | How is. it to be a researcher |
2021/10/04 - 2021/10/04 | alumni & startups | |
2016/11 - 2016/11 | 90segundos de Ciência | |
2009 - 2009 | Notícias em direto (entrevista no Jornal da Tarde sobre o lançamento do satélite Kepler) |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
---|---|---|
2002 - Current | Referee for International Journals in Astronomy, including: Nature, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Astrophysical Journal. | |
2005 - 2005 | Jury for the 1st National Olympics in Astronomy |
Distinctions
Award
2013 | International Research Collaboration Award
University of Sydney, Australia
|
Title
2006 | Fulbright Fellow
Fulbright Commission Portugal, Portugal
|
Other distinction
2006 | High Altitude Observatory Visiting Scientist Programs grant (USD 8,000)
National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States
|