Identification
            Personal identification
- Full name
- Carlos Martins
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- Martins, C. J. A. P.
- Martins, Carlos
- Martins, C.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 4D17-61B5-3A0C
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4886-9261
Email addresses
- carlos.martins@astro.up.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Telephone
- 
                           - 226089830 (Professional)
 
Addresses
- Centro de Astrofísoca da Universidade do Porto. CAUP, Rua das Estrelas s/n, 4150-762, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/en/4D17-61B5-3A0C (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Astronomy
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Astronomy
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Particles and Fields Physics
- Social Sciences - Educational Sciences - Education, General
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | 
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | 
| French | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | 
Education
            | Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 Concluded | Master of Advanced Study (Master) University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics, United Kingdom | n/a | 
| 1994 - 1997 Concluded | PhD in Theoretical Physics (Doctor of Philosophy) University of Cambridge, United Kingdom "Quantitative String Evolution" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) | n.a. | 
| 1993 - 1994 Concluded | Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics (Mathematical Tripos, Part III) (Postgraduate Certificate) University of Cambridge, United Kingdom "Global Topological Defects" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) | Distinction | 
| 1989 - 1993 Concluded | Licenciatura Interdisciplinar em Fisica e Matematica Aplicada (Licenciatura) Major in Astronomy Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "n.a." (THESIS/DISSERTATION) | 18 valores | 
| 1986 - 1989 Concluded | Ensino Secundário (Ramo Científico) (Ensino secundário) Escola Secundária de Santa Maria Maior, Portugal | 19.7 | 
Affiliation
            Science
| Category Host institution | Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal | ||
| 2013 - 2018 | Researcher (Research) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2007 - 2012 | Researcher (Research) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2003 - 2007 | Postdoc (Research) | University of Porto, CFP, Portugal | 
| 2000 - 2003 | Postdoc (Research) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 1997 - 2000 | Postdoc (Research) | University of Cambridge, DAMTP, United Kingdom | 
| University of Cambridge, DAMTP, United Kingdom | 
Projects
            Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Phi in the Sky: Astrophysical probes of fundamental physics 2022.04048.PTDC 10.54499/2022.04048.PTDC Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Ongoing | 
| 2025/08/10 - 2025/08/24 | AstroCamp 2025 AstroCamp 2025 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva European Southern Observatory Universidade do Porto Concluded | 
| 2024/08/04 - 2024/08/18 | AstroCamp 2024 AstroCamp 2024 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva Fundação Millenium bcp European Southern Observatory Universidade do Porto Concluded | 
| 2023 - 2024 | Towards Realistic Cosmic String Networks EU2022R03-260 (Karolina) Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Partnership for Advanced Computing In Europe Concluded | 
| 2023/08/06 - 2023/08/27 | AstroCamp 2023 AstroCamp 2023 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva Fundação Millenium bcp European Southern Observatory Universidade do Porto Concluded | 
| 2021/01/01 - 2022/12/31 | Evolution of realistic cosmic strings and superstrings IEA2020-302614 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Concluded | 
| 2022/08/07 - 2022/08/28 | AstroCamp 2022 AstroCamp 2022 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação Millenium bcp Ciência Viva European Southern Observatory Universidade do Porto Concluded | 
| 2020/10 - 2021/09 | Coding the cosmos: From cosmic strings to superstrings PRACE 2020225448 (Piz Daint) Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Partnership for Advanced Computing In Europe Concluded | 
| 2021/08/08 - 2021/08/22 | AstroCamp 2021 AstroCamp 2021 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação Millenium bcp Ciência Viva European Southern Observatory Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto Universidade do Porto Concluded | 
| 2018/06 - 2021/05 | Cosmology and fundamental physics with ESPRESSO PTDC/FIS-AST/28987/2017 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2019/10 - 2020/09 | Abelian-Higgs cosmic strings: network evolution PRACE 2019204986 (Piz Daint) Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Partnership for Advanced Computing In Europe Concluded | 
| 2017/10 - 2020/09 | Coding the Cosmos with GPUs NVIDIA GPU Academic Grants Program Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | NVIDIA Corp Concluded | 
| 2020/08/09 - 2020/08/23 | AstroCamp 2020 AstroCamp 2020 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva Fundação Millenium bcp European Southern Observatory Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto Universidade do Porto Concluded | 
| 2019/04 - 2019/09 | AstroCamp 2019 AstroCamp 2019 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva Fundação Millenium bcp European Southern Observatory Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Universidade do Porto Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto Concluded | 
| 2018/10 - 2019/04 | Cracks in the Sky: Cosmic strings with CUDA-MPI PRACE 2010PA4610 (Piz Daint) Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Partnership for Advanced Computing In Europe Concluded | 
| 2018/04 - 2018/09 | AstroCamp 2018 AstroCamp 2018 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva Fundação Millenium bcp European Southern Observatory Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Universidade do Porto Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto Concluded | 
| 2017/06 - 2017/09 | AstroCamp 2017 CV: 2016-90/800 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva Fundação Millenium bcp European Southern Observatory Universidade do Porto Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto Concluded | 
| 2016/01 - 2016/09 | AstroCamp 2016 CV: 2016-24/769 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva Fundação Millenium bcp Universidade do Porto Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto Concluded | 
| 2014/12 - 2016/05 | Optimization of ESPRESSO Fundamental Physics Tests Gulbenkian2014 (Proc.2148613525) Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Concluded | 
| 2015/06 - 2015/09 | AstroCamp 2015 CV: 2014-95/721 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva Fundação Millenium bcp Universidade do Porto Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto Concluded | 
| 2014/01 - 2015/06 | ESPRESSO: a new spectrograph for the VLT (part V): Control electronics and the ADC subsystem RECI/FIS-AST/0163/2012 Researcher
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2014/01 - 2015/03 | Cosmic Superstrings in the Planck Era Gulbenkian2013 (Proc. 132590) Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Concluded | 
| 2011/07 - 2014/12 | The Dark Side of the Universe PTDC/FIS/111725/2009 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2014/02 - 2014/09 | AstroCamp 2014 CV: 2013-83/678 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto Concluded | 
| 2013/01 - 2013/12 | ESPRESSO: a new spectrograph for the VLT (part III) - on Coudé Train PTDC/CTE-AST/120251/2010 Researcher
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. | 
| 2012/08 - 2013/12 | Astrophysical Tests of Fundamental Physics PP-IJUP2011-212 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Reitoria da Universidade do Porto Concluded | 
| 2012/01 - 2013/12 | Probing Fundamental Physics with Planck FCT/1562/25/1/2012/S Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2013/03 - 2013/09 | AstroCamp 2013 CV: 2012-107/628 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto Concluded | 
| 2010/06 - 2012/12 | ESPRESSO: a new spectrograph for the VLT PTDC/CTE-AST/098604/2008 Researcher
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2012/05 - 2012/09 | AstroCamp 2012 CV: 2011-59/562 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Ciência Viva Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto Concluded | 
| 2011/01 - 2012/06 | Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect FCT-MICINN 2011-2012 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2010/04 - 2011/03 | Evolution and Observational Consequences of Cosmic Strings and Superstrings CRUP/British Council Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas Concluded | 
| 2009/01 - 2010/12 | The Dark Side of the Universe FCT-DAAD 2009-2010 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2009/01 - 2010/03 | Applications of String theory to Particle Physics, Black Holes and Cosmology Researcher
                                     University of Porto, CFP, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2006/11 - 2008/08 | From String Theory to Cosmology Researcher
                                     University of Porto, CFP, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2004/10 - 2006/09 | The quest for cosmological scalar fields: from alpha to omega POCI/CTE-AST/60808/2004 Principal investigator
                                     University of Porto, CFP, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2000 - 2003 | Testing Theories of Initial Conditions FCT/SFRH/BPD/1600/2000 Post-doc Fellow
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 1997 - 2000 | Topological defects: Evolution and Cosmological Consequences FCT/PRAXISXXI/BPD/11769/97 Post-doc Fellow
                                     University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics, United Kingdom | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 1994 - 1997 | Quantitative String Evolution JNICT/PRAXISXXI/BD/3321/94 PhD Student Fellow
                                     University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics, United Kingdom | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 1993 - 1994 | Part III of the Mathematical Tripos FMRH/BM/1251/93 Master Student Fellow
                                     University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics, United Kingdom | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/06/01 - 2028/05/31 | Beyond Lambda: Astrophysical probes of fundamental physics 2021.01214.CEECIND/CP1658/CT0001 Researcher
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing | 
| 2025/02/17 - 2026/02/16 | CANONICS: ChArge aNd current ON cosmIC Strings EHPC-REG-2024R02-178 Principal investigator
                                     Partnership for Advanced Computing In Europe, Belgium | Ongoing | 
| 2024/04/01 - 2025/03/30 | Mapping dark energy with the Euclid satellite 2023.13272.CPCA.A1 Principal investigator
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing | 
| 2024/07/01 - 2024/09/30 | Mapping dark energy with ESA’s Euclid satellite POR005PRE Principal investigator
                                     Rede Nacional de Computação Avançada, Portugal | Concluded | 
| 2024/06/28 - 2024/08/28 | Coding the cosmos: current-carrying and superconducting strings EHPC-BEN-2024B06-048 Principal investigator
                                     Partnership for Advanced Computing In Europe, Belgium | Concluded | 
| 2018 - 2021 | Cosmology and fundamental physics with ESPRESSO CIAAUP-18/2018-CTTI Researcher
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences UID/FIS/04434/2019 FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded | 
| 2013 - 2018 | Critical Tests of LambdaCDM IF/00064/2012 Researcher
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
| 2007 - 2012 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics FCT/MCTES and POPH/FSE Researcher
                                     Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded | 
Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2026 | Breaking the 1 m/s/yr barrier in the measurement of the cosmic redshift drift 0116.A-0282 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | |
| 2025 - 2026 | A new golden quasar absorption system for testing fundamental physics 0116.B-0022 VLT-ESPRESSO  Researcher
                                    
                                  | Ongoing | 
| 2025 - 2025 | Testing fundamental physics with distant red clump stars 0115.D-2015 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | Ongoing | 
| 2025 - 2025 | ESPRESSO in the Sky with Diamonds: The small-scale structure of the IGM with spectroscopy of lensed quasars 0115.A-2252 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | Ongoing | 
| 2024 - 2025 | An ESPRESSO Redshift Drift Experiment, Part IIb 0113.A-2264 VLT-ESPRESSO Principal investigator
                                    
                                  | Ongoing | 
| 2024 - 2024 | Testing the Invariance of Fundamental Physical Constants with ESPRESSO 0113.A-0200 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | Concluded | 
| 2023 - 2024 | Testing the Invariance of Fundamental Physical Constants with ESPRESSO 0112.A-0248 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | Concluded | 
| 2023 - 2024 | Testing fundamental physics with distant red clump stars - Phase 1: Bright local reference stars 0112.D-2017 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | Concluded | 
| 2023 - 2024 | An ESPRESSO Redshift Drift Experiment, Part IIa 0112.A-2298 VLT-ESPRESSO Principal investigator
                                    
                                  | Concluded | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Testing the Invariance of Fundamental Physical Constants with ESPRESSO 0111.A-0229 ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2023 - 2023 | On the origin of Li in exoplanets: search for evidence for spallation with 6Li 0111.C-0230 ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2023 - 2023 | An ESPRESSO Redshift Drift Experiment, Part Ib 0111.A-2279 ESPRESSO Principal investigator
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Detection and characterization of Earth-like planets with ESPRESSO 1110.C-4044 VLT-ESPRESSO  Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2022 - 2023 | ESPRESSO observations of the Most Metal Poor stars ($[Fe/H] < -4.5$) 0110.D-4244 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2022 - 2023 | ESPRESSO observations of a unique CO absorber: paving the way to fundamental physics and cosmology with ELT-ANDES 0110.A-4084 VLT-ESPRESSO Research Technician Fellow 
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2022 - 2023 | An ESPRESSO Redshift Drift Experiment, Part Ia 0110.A-0289 VLT-ESPRESSO Principal investigator
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2022 - 2022 | ESPRESSO observations of the Most Metal Poor stars ($[Fe/H] < -4.5$) 0109.B-0496 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2022 - 2022 | Detection and characterization of Earth-like planets with ESPRESSO 1108.C-0096B VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2022 - 2022 | Testing the Invariance of Fundamental Physical Constants with ESPRESSO 0109.A-0515 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2021 - 2022 | Detection and characterization of Earth-like planets with ESPRESSO 1108.C-0096A VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2021 - 2022 | ESPRESSO observations of the Most Metal Poor stars ($[Fe/H] < -4.5$) 0108.B-0484 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2021 - 2022 | Testing fundamental physics with distant solar twins: first science 0108.B-0032 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2021 - 2022 | Testing the Invariance of Fundamental Physical Constants with ESPRESSO 0108.A-0512 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2020 - 2021 | Detection and characterization of Earth-like planets with ESPRESSO 106.21M2 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2020 - 2021 | Testing the Invariance of Fundamental Physical Constants with ESPRESSO 106.218R VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2020 - 2020 | ESPRESSO observations of the Most Metal Poor stars ([Fe/H] < -4.5) 0105.20NN VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Detection and characterisation of Earth-like planets with ESPRESSO 1104.C-0350 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2019 - 2020 | ESPRESSO observations of the Most Metal Poor stars ([Fe/H] < -4.5) 0104.D-0688 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2018 - 2020 | ESPRESSO tests of the invariance of fundamental physical constants 1102.A-0852 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2019 - 2019 | An ESPRESSO measurement of primordial Deuterium 0103.A-0512 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2019 - 2019 | Large hunting for molecular absorption by extragalactic CN, CH and CH+ 0103.A-0529 VLT-UVES Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2019 - 2019 | ESPRESSO observations of the Most Metal Poor stars ([Fe/H] < -4.5) 0103.D-0700 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2019 - 2019 | Lensed QSOs probing the small scale structure of the Inter-Galactic Medium 0104.A-0468 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2018 - 2019 | Intensive Doppler monitoring of the nearby and bright K3 dwarf HD40307 0102.D-0346 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2018 - 2019 | Detection and characterisation of Earth-like planets with ESPRESSO 1102.C-0744 VLT-ESPRESSO Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2018 - 2018 | Toward stronger fundamental physics tests in the matter era 2018OCTS/C3272 ATCA Researcher
                                    
                                  | Australia Telescope Compact Array Concluded | 
| 2016 - 2017 | Enabling millimeter tests of the stability of fundamental couplings at high redshift 098.A-0887 APEX/SHFI Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2010 - 2014 | The UVES Large program for Testing Fundamental Physics 185.A-0745 VLT-UVES Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2009 - 2009 | Measuring Dimensionless Constants with UVES 083.A-0733 VLT-UVES Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
| 2003 - 2004 | Measuring the fine-structure constant at z~2.5 072.A-0703 VLT-ISAAC Researcher
                                    
                                  | European Southern Observatory Concluded | 
Outputs
            Publications
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| Book chapter | 
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| Conference paper | 
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| Conference poster | 
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| Edited book | 
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| Encyclopedia entry | 
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| Journal article | 
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| Newsletter article | 
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| Newspaper article | 
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| Online resource | 
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| Preface / Postscript | 
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| Report | 
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| Thesis / Dissertation | 
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Artistic / Performance
| Curatorial / Museum exhibition | 
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Other
| Dataset | 
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Activities
            Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/08/22 | The Eddington Curvature of Light Iberian Peninsula Scientific Experiment | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2025/06/12 | To scale, or not to scale | CURL Seminar U.C. Louvain | 
| 2025/05/27 | Fundamental cosmology from high-resolution astrophysical spectroscopy | Copernicus Seminar University of Warsaw | 
| 2025/04/16 | Varying fundamental constants cosmography | IberiCos 2025, 19th Iberian Cosmology Meeting Universidade de Coimbra | 
| 2025/04/15 | Como se pesa a luz: A Experiência de Eddington na Península Ibérica | (Outreach talk) Rómulo, Dept. Física da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal | 
| 2025/02/04 | An update on the ESPRESSO iodine cell experiment | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto | 
| 2024/12/17 | Phi in the Sky: On the Cosmological Evolution of Domain Walls | VIII Cosmological Olentzero, Bilbao, Spain | 
| 2024/11/25 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Gaia Nascente, Oliveira do Douro, Portugal | 
| 2024/11/19 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES de Santa Maria Maior, Viana do Castelo, Portugal | 
| 2024/11/18 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES António Aleixo, Portimão, Portugal | 
| 2024/11/14 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES de Airães, Felgueiras, Portugal | 
| 2024/11/14 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES À Beira Douro, Gondomar, Portugal | 
| 2024/11/13 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Molelos, Tondela, Portugal | 
| 2024/11/12 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES João Gonçalves Zarco, Matosinhos, Portugal | 
| 2024/11/11 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Quinta das Palmeiras, Covilhã, Portugal | 
| 2024/11/06 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES de Arga e Lima, Lanheses, Portugal | 
| 2024/11/05 | Cosmological impact of SKA redshift drift measurements | SKA 2024 Cosmology SWG meeting, Nice, France | 
| 2024/11/05 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Fernando Namora, Amadora, Portugal | 
| 2024/11/05 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES de Castro Verde, Portugal | 
| 2024/11/04 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Públia Hortênsia Castro, Vila Viçosa, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/31 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES José Gomes Ferreira, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/31 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Martinho Vaz de Castelo Branco, Póvoa de Sta. Iria, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/30 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) Colégio Marista de Carcavelos, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/29 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Sebastião da Gama, Setúbal, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/29 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Emídio Navarro, Almada, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/21 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Pinhal de Rei, Marinha Grande, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/17 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Rocha Peixoto, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/17 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Aurélia de Sousa, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/16 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES Fornos de Algodres, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/16 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES S. Pedro do Sul, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/15 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Camilo Castelo Branco, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/14 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES de Vouzela, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/11 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES de Rio Tinto, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/11 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Vilela, Paredes, Portugal | 
| 2024/10/09 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Clara de Resende, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024/09/25 | Does light gravitate? | CAUP Seminar, University of Porto, Portugal Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto | 
| 2024/08/16 | Testing General Relativity with the Eddington Experiment | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2024/06/10 | To scale, or not to scale | 2024 Manchester defects meeting University of Manchester | 
| 2024/03/27 | The ESPRESSO Redshift Drift Experiment | IberiCos 2024 Meeting, Salamanca, Spain University of Salamanca | 
| 2024/03/22 | Reaching new heights in fundamental cosmology with ANDES | CAUP Seminar, University of Porto, Portugal Center from Astrophysics of the University of Porto | 
| 2024/01/16 | Watching the Universe's acceleration era with the SKA | SKA Cosmology SWG annual meeting Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto | 
| 2023/12/19 | To scale, or not to scale | VII Olentzero Workshop | 
| 2023/11/27 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES Filipa de Vilhena, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023/11/13 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES Aurélia de Sousa, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023/11/10 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Fajões, Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal | 
| 2023/11/09 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES Rocha Peixoto, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal | 
| 2023/11/08 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES de Vouzela, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/30 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES Latino Coelho, Lamego, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/26 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Emídio Navarro, Almada, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/26 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Sebastião da Gama, Setúbal, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/25 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/24 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES da Bemposta, Portimão, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/24 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) Nobel International School Algarve, Lagoa, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/20 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES Filipa de Vilhena, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/20 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES da Maia, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/19 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Josefa de Óbidos, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/17 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global, | (Outreach talk) ES José Macedo Fragateiro, Ovar, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/17 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES de Estarreja, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/13 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Pinhal de Rei, Marinha Grande, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/12 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) Colégio da Trofa, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/12 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Camilo Castelo Branco, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/11 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES da Ribeira Grande, Azores, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/09 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES de S. Roque do Pico, Azores, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/09 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Fonseca Benevides, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2023/09/07 | [INVITED] Testing the standard model with QSO absorption lines | Spectral Fidelity Conference, Florence, Italy | 
| 2023/08/21 | The Phi in the Sky project | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2023/08/18 | How to improve Portuguese secondary education | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2023/07/19 | [INVITED] Reaching new heights in fundamental cosmology with the redshift drift | StEm65 Conference, Sexten, Italy | 
| 2023/07/01 | Euclid e o Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Euclid Launch Event Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto | 
| 2023/05/23 | The ESPRESSO I2 Cell Experiment | ELT Working Groups Plenary Meeting 2023, ESO-Garching, Germany | 
| 2023/05/16 | Phi in the Sky: Astrophysical probes of fundamental physics | ITP Seminar, University of Heidelberg, Germany | 
| 2023/04/03 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) IberiCos 2023 Public Talk, Ponte de Lima, Portugal | 
| 2023/03/27 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES de Castro Verde, Portugal | 
| 2023/03/08 | Cosmology and Fundamental Physics in the 2030s | ANDES System Architecture Meeting 2023, Tenerife, Spain | 
| 2023/02/13 | Phi in the Sky: Astrophysical probes of fundamental physics | ICCUB Seminar, Barcelona, Spain | 
| 2023/02/09 | The ESPRESSO I2 Cell Experiment | ESPRESSO Science Team Meeting 2023, Lanzarote, Spain | 
| 2023/02/08 | The ESPRESSO Redshift Drift Experiment | ESPRESSO Science Team Meeting 2023, Lanzarote, Spain | 
| 2023/01/09 | The ANDES Calibration Validation Strategy | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/30 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Amadeu Gaudêncio, Nazaré, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/25 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Ponte de Sôr, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/22 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Sebastião da Gama, Setúbal, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/22 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélite | (Outreach talk) Externato Cooperativo da Benedita, Alcobaça, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/17 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES de Santa Maria Maior, Viana do Castelo, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/17 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Inês de Castro, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/14 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES de Mora, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/14 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES de Camilo Castelo Branco, Carnaxide, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/11 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Júlio Martins, Chaves, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/10 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES António Granjo, Chaves, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/09 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Mouzinho da Silveira, Portalegre, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/08 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Francisco Fernandes Lopes. Olhão, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/08 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES Laura Ayres, Quarteira, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/04 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Afonso de Albuquerque, Guarda, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/04 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Pinhal de Rei, Marinha Grande, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/03 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES da Amadora, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/03 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES António Carvalho Figueiredo, Loures, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/28 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES da Ribeira Grande, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/28 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Emídio Navarro, Almada, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/26 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES Aurélia de Sousa, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/26 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES Clara de Resende, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/25 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES da Bemposta, Portimão, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/24 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Josefa de Óbidos, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/21 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES António Damásio, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/21 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES José Gomes Ferreira, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/20 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) Colégio Vasco da Gama, Sintra, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/20 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES da Portela, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/19 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES Martinho Vaz de Castelo Branco, Póvoa de Santa Iria, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/19 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Gago Coutinho, Alverca, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/17 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES de S. Pedro do Sul, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/14 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES José Saramago, Mafra, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/12 | The Physics of the Atmosphere and Global Warming | (Outreach talk) ES Camilo Castelo Branco, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/12 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES Camilo Castelo Branco, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/12 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES D.Sancho I, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/11 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES de S. Roque do Pico, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/07 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES de Fornos de Algodres, Portugal | 
| 2022/10/06 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES de Rio Tinto, Portugal | 
| 2022/09/06 | An overview of ELT Line Calibrations WG activities | 32nd Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022/08/19 | Do Portuguese high school students understand the physics of global warming? | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2022/05/09 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES Raul Proença, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal | 
| 2022/04/27 | CosmoESPRESSO: A scientific research project, from alpha to Omega | Physics & Astronomy Department, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022/01/18 | Recent Developments and Next Steps for ELT-HIRES | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021/12/10 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | ES Pinhal do Rei, Marinha Grande, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/17 | High school students' understanding of the physics of global warming | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/12 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES da Bemposta, Portimão, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/11 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Fonseca Benevides, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/11 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES António Bento Franco, Ericeira, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/10 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/08 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Eça de Queirós, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/05 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES João Gonçalves Zarco, Matosinhos, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/05 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES de Paredes, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/04 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/04 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES da Maia, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/03 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Clara de Resende, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/02 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES de S. Pedro do Sul, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/29 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES da Amadora, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/29 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Luís Dantas, Câmara de Lobos, Madeira, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/28 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES do Vale do Tamel, Barcelos, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/28 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES da Santa Maria Maior, Viana do Castelo, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/27 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES António Granjo, Chaves, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/27 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Seomara Primo, Amadora, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/25 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES de Sever do Vouga, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/25 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES de Arga e Lima, Lanheses, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/22 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Latino Coelho, Lamego, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/22 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES de Fornos de Algodres, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/20 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES D Sancho I, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/20 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Camilo Castelo Branco, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/19 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Carlos Amarante, Braga, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/19 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES Vitorino Nemésio, Praia da Vitória, Açores, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/18 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES Afonso Lopes Vieira, Leiria, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/18 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Gama Barros, Sintra, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/12 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) Colégio Júlio Dinis, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/11 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES José Falcão, Miranda do Corvo, Portugal | 
| 2021/10/11 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Al Berto, Sines, Portugal | 
| 2021/08/18 | AstroCamp at Ten | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2021/08/13 | ELT - How to Prepare a Revolution | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2021/08/03 | Primordial nucleosynthesis with varying fundamental constants: Improved constraints and a possible solution to the Lithium problem | COSMO-21 Conference, Online | 
| 2021/07/09 | Teaching Relativity at the AstroCamp | Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics | 
| 2021/07/08 | Observational constraints on nonlinear matter extensions of general relativity | Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics | 
| 2021/07/08 | Closing the cosmological loop with the redshift drift | Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics | 
| 2021/07/07 | Alternatives to Lambda: Torsion, Generalized Couplings, and Scale Invariance | Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics | 
| 2021/07/06 | Astrophysical spectroscopy tests of the Einstein Equivalence Principle: the ESPRESSO era | Second EPS Conference on Gravitation: measuring gravity European Physical Society | 
| 2021/07/06 | Varying fundamental constants and dark energy in the ESPRESSO era | Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics | 
| 2021/05/11 | [INVITED] Varying Fundamental Constants, from Alpha to Omega | Lagrange Seminar Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur | 
| 2021/05/08 | Astrophysics Training and Research Opportunities at CAUP | PLANCKS 2021 | 
| 2021/05/08 | ELT: How to Prepare a Revolution | PLANCKS 2021 | 
| 2021/04/01 | BBN with GUTs | XV Iberian Cosmology Meeting | 
| 2021/03/25 | [INVITED] Coding the Cosmos: A new generation of superstring simulations | EuroHPC Summit Week/PRACEdays 2021 PRACE | 
| 2021/03/12 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES D. Sancho I, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2021/01/29 | Recent Fundamental Physics Theoretical Developments | ESPRESSO Science Team Meeting 2021 | 
| 2021/01/26 | [INVITED] Testing the Universality of Physical Laws at the BBN Epoch | ESO Cosmic Duologues 2021 European Southern Observatory | 
| 2020/11/27 | O Projecto ELT: Como se prepara uma revolução | (Outreach talk) Junior science academy plenary talk Universidade da Beira Interior | 
| 2020/11/20 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES João Gonçalves Zarco, Matosinhos, Portugal | 
| 2020/11/18 | CosmoESPRESSO: A Second-year Progress Report | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020/11/13 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES de Ponte de Sor, Portugal | 
| 2020/11/10 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES de Ourique, Portugal | 
| 2020/11/05 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) Nobel International School Algarve, Lagoa, Portugal | 
| 2020/11/04 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) Colégio Júlio Dinis, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020/11/03 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES de Esmoriz, Portugal | 
| 2020/10/30 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Pinhal do Rei, Marinha Grande, Portugal | 
| 2020/10/28 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES António Damásio, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2020/10/23 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES de Paredes, Portugal | 
| 2020/10/21 | Varying Fundamental Constants, From Alpha to Omega | INFN Newton 1665 Online Seminar Series INFN | 
| 2020/10/19 | An Overview of Fundamental Physics with ESPRESSO | IA-ON7 Online Workshop Virtual Workshop | 
| 2020/10/19 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES da Portela, Loures, Portugal | 
| 2020/10/19 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES de Rio Tinto, Portugal | 
| 2020/10/16 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Vergílio Ferreira, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2020/10/12 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES José Falcão, Miranda do Corvo, Portugal | 
| 2020/10/09 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES António Bento Franco, Ericeira, Portugal | 
| 2020/10/02 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES Camilo Castelo Branco, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2020/09/11 | Constraining the fine-structure constant 13 billion years ago | 30th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020/08/20 | The Physics of Life | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2020/08/18 | ELT - How to Prepare a Revolution | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2020/07/07 | [INVITED] From Alpha to Omega | Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Btazil | 
| 2020/05/26 | [INVITED] From Alpha to Omega | ITP, University of Heidelberg, Germany | 
| 2020/05/25 | Building the Foundations of ELT Science | CAUP, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019/12/19 | [INVITED] The Status of Varying Constants | III Cosmological Olentzero Workshop, Bilbao, Spain | 
| 2019/10/29 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Marques Castilho, Àgueda, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/28 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES da Maia, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/22 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Afonso Lopes Vieira, Leiria, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/22 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Pinhal do Rei, Marinha Grande, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/18 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/18 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES da Amadora, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/17 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Quinta do Marquês, Oeiras, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/17 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Camões, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/16 | A Física da Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES Poeta Al Berto, Sines, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/15 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Laura Ayres, Quarteira, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/11 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES de Rio Tinto, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/04 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Camilo Castelo Branco, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2019/10/04 | A Física da Atmosfera e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) ES Camilo Castelo Branco, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2019/09/05 | From alpha to omega: improved tests of the stability of fundamental couplings and their cosmological implications | COSMO-19, Aachen, Germany | 
| 2019/08/15 | The Physics of Life and Aliens | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2019/08/13 | Supercomputing, Science and Art | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2019/08/08 | The Physics of Radioactivity and Cancer | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2019/08/05 | The Physics of Energy and Global Warming | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2019/07/17 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) Junior University 2019, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019/07/10 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) Junior University 2019, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019/05/21 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES Laura Ayres, Quarteira, Portugal | 
| 2019/05/16 | CosmoESPRESSO: From Precision Spectroscopy to Fundamental Physics | DFA, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019/04/15 | Fundamental Physics and Cosmology in the ESPRESSO Era | IberiCos 2019 Meeting, Bilbao, Spain | 
| 2019/04/05 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES José Macedo Fragateiro, Ovar, Portugal | 
| 2019/04/02 | Aventuras em Astronomia e Física | (Outreach talk) ES de Santa Maria Maior, Viana do Castelo, Portugal | 
| 2019/03/13 | O Lado Escuro do Universo e o CosmoESPRESSO | (Outreach talk) ES Domingos Sequeira, Leiria, Portugal | 
| 2019/02/21 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES de Vilela, Paredes, Portugal | 
| 2019/01/23 | CosmoESPRESSO: First Results | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019/01/10 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES de Ponte de Lima, Portugal | 
| 2019/01/10 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Santa Maria Maior, Viana do Castelo, Portugal | 
| 2019/01/07 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Monserrate, Viana do Castelo, Portugal | 
| 2018/11/22 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES José Régio, Vila do Conde, Portugal | 
| 2018/11/20 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Dr. António Granjo, Chaves, Portugal | 
| 2018/11/19 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES de Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal | 
| 2018/11/14 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES João de Deus, Faro, Portugal | 
| 2018/11/14 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Laura Ayres, Quarteira, Portugal | 
| 2018/11/13 | A Física das Estrelas | (Outreach talk) ES de Castro Verde, Portugal | 
| 2018/10/24 | [INVITED] To Scale, or Not To Scale | Cosmic Topological Defects Workshop, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands | 
| 2018/10/19 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES do Vale do Tamel, Barcelos, Portugal | 
| 2018/10/19 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Sidónio Pais, Caminha, Portugal | 
| 2018/10/18 | A Física das Estrelas | (Outreach talk) ES Domingos Sequeira, Leiria, Portugal | 
| 2018/10/15 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Ponte de Sôr, Portugal | 
| 2018/10/12 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES José Falcão, Miranda do Corvo, Portugal | 
| 2018/10/11 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES D. João II, Setúbal, Portugal | 
| 2018/10/10 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Cacilhas-Tejo, Almada, Portugal | 
| 2018/10/09 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) Escola Regional José Dinis da Fonseca, Guarda, Portugal | 
| 2018/10/09 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Quinta das Palmeiras, Covilhã, Portugal | 
| 2018/09/10 | CosmoESPRESSO Goes to School(s) | 28th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal | 
| 2018/09/07 | [INVITED] Fundamental Physics and Cosmology in the ELTs Era | Current and Future Observational Facilities Advanced School, Belgrade, Serbia | 
| 2018/08/31 | [INVITED]Fundamental Physics and Cosmology in the ELTs Era | IAU Symposium 347 (Early Science with ELTs), Vienna, Austria | 
| 2018/08/17 | ELT: How to Prepare a Revolution | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2018/08/13 | Supercomputing, Science and Art | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2018/08/08 | Neptune and Vulcan | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2018/08/06 | The Physics of Sport | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2018/07/17 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) Junior University 2018, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018/07/10 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) Junior University 2018, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018/03/26 | Constraining Late-time Dark Energy Phase Transitions | IberiCos 2018 Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2018/03/26 | O Projecto ELT: Como se prepara uma revolução | (Outreach talk) IberiCos 2018 Workshop Public Talk, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2018/02/27 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) Rómulo, U. Coimbra Ciência Viva Center, Coimbra, Portugal | 
| 2018/01/19 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES José Gomes Ferreira, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2018/01/19 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES Filipa de Lencastre, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2018/01/18 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES João de Deus, Faro, Portugal | 
| 2018/01/15 | A Física das Estrelas | (Outreach talk) Colégio Júlio Dinis, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018/01/11 | The ESPRESSO Fundamental Couplings Science Case | ESPRESSO Science Team Workshop, Madrid, Spain | 
| 2018/01/11 | Placing Stringent Constraints on the CMB Temperature at High Redshift with ESPRESSO | ESPRESSO Science Team Workshop, Madrid, Spain | 
| 2018/01/09 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) ES Almeida Garrett, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | 
| 2017/10/04 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Homem Cristo, Aveiro, Portugal | 
| 2017/10/04 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Domingos Sequeira, Leiria, Portugal | 
| 2017/10/03 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Afonso de Albuquerque, Guarda, Portugal | 
| 2017/10/02 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES de São Pedro do Sul, Portugal | 
| 2017/10/02 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Emídio Navarro, Viseu, Portugal | 
| 2017/09/01 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal | 
| 2017/08/31 | Fundamental Cosmology in the ELT Era: The Dark Side, The ELT & The Road Ahead | 3rd Azores School on Observational Cosmology, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal | 
| 2017/08/28 | Fundamental Cosmology in the ELT Era: Theoretical Motivation & Status Quo | 3rd Azores School on Observational Cosmology, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal | 
| 2017/08/17 | The Physics of Radioactivity: Nuclear reactors and cancer | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2017/08/15 | The Physics of Radioactivity: Nuclear medicine and bombs | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2017/08/09 | The Physics of Global Warming: Solutions | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2017/08/07 | The Physics of Global Warming: Evidence | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2017/07/20 | Astronomy Education Writ Large: The Solar System Trail | 27th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2017/07/19 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) Junior University 2017, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017/07/12 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) Junior University 2017, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017/05/31 | Fundamental Cosmology in the ELT Era | Lorentz Center Cosmology Seminar, Leiden, The Netherlands | 
| 2017/04/11 | Varying Couplings and Dark Energy: A Meta-analysis | IberiCos 2017 Meeting, Valencia, Spain | 
| 2017/03/27 | Varying Couplings and Dark Energy: A Meta-analysis | 52nd Rencontres de Moriond Gravitation Session, La Thuile, Italy | 
| 2017/03/08 | The E-ELT: How to Prepare a Revolution | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016/11/21 | Supercomputing, Science, and Art | FCUL, University of Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2016/11/15 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES de Camarate, Portugal | 
| 2016/11/03 | [INVITED] Scientific and Technological Challenges of Modern Astrophysics: ESPRESSO, and the road to the E-ELT | InnovationNow 2016, Aveiro, Portugal | 
| 2016/10/26 | Supercomputing, Science, and Art | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016/10/10 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Francisco Fernandes Lopes, Olhão, Portugal | 
| 2016/10/07 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES António Damásio, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2016/10/06 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Gago Coutinho, Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal | 
| 2016/10/06 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES José Cardoso Pires, Santo António dos Cavaleiros, Portugal | 
| 2016/10/04 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) Colégio Júlio Dinis, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016/10/03 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Dr. António Granjo, Chaves, Portugal | 
| 2016/09/15 | [INVITED] Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era | Varying Constants and Fundamental Cosmology Conference, Szczecin, Poland | 
| 2016/09/09 | Fundamental Physics with ELT-HIRES | 26th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Aveiro, Portugal | 
| 2016/08/19 | História da Astronomia: Neptuno e Vulcano | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2016/08/16 | História da Astronomia: O Nascimento da Ciência Moderna | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2016/08/15 | História da Astronomia: O Universo Grego | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2016/08/13 | A Origem do Modelo do Sistema Solar | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2016/08/08 | A Física dos Jogos Olímpicos | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2016/07/20 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) Junior University 2016, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016/07/15 | Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016/07/13 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) Junior University 2016, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016/05/04 | [INVITED] Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era | Theoretical Cosmology in the Era of Large Surveys, Galileo Galilei Institute, Arcetri, Italy | 
| 2016/04/26 | The Taxonomy of Varying Alpha Models | Galileo Galilei Institute, Arcetri, Italy | 
| 2016/04/20 | Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era | OATS Seminar, Trieste Observatory, Italy | 
| 2016/03/22 | Fine-structure constant constraints on dark energy and the Weak Equivalence Principle | 51st Rencontres de Moriond Cosmology Session, La Thuile, Italy | 
| 2016/03/14 | [INVITED] Walls | From Algorithms to Architectures Workshop, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2015/11/13 | Constraining the evolution of the CMB temperature with SZ measurements from Planck data | IA-ON2 Seminar, IAPMEI, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2015/11/03 | Fundamental Cosmology with ESPRESSO | ESPRESSO Day, CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015/10/19 | [INVITED] Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era: The Dark Side, The E-ELT & The Road Ahead | STEEL E-ELT School, Erice, Italy | 
| 2015/10/18 | [INVITED] Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era: Theoretical Motivation & Status Quo | STEEL E-ELT School, Erice, Italy | 
| 2015/10/08 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Loulé, Portugal | 
| 2015/10/08 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Francisco Fernandes Lopes, Olhão, Portugal | 
| 2015/10/07 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES D. Dinis, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2015/10/07 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES da Portela, Loures, Portugal | 
| 2015/10/06 | A Física das Estrelas | (Outreach talk) ES Adolfo Portela, Àgueda, Portugal | 
| 2015/10/06 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES Adolfo Portela, Àgueda, Portugal | 
| 2015/10/05 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) Colégio Júlio Dinis, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015/09/11 | [INVITED] From Precision Spectroscopy to Fundamental Cosmology: Testing GR and the Equivalence Principle, 100 years on | COSMO-15 Conference, Warsaw, Poland | 
| 2015/08/21 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2015/08/18 | O Universo Quântico | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2015/08/13 | Neptuno e Vulcano | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2015/08/10 | 400 Anos de Telescópios, de Galileu ao E-ELT | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2015/07/23 | Was Einstein Right? Testing GR and the Equivalence Principle, 100 years on | 25th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2015/07/22 | O Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Junior University 2015, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015/07/15 | Was Einstein Right? Testing GR and the Equivalence Principle, 100 years on | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015/07/15 | O Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Junior University 2015, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015/05/20 | 100 Anos de Relatividade | (Outreach talk) Colégio N.S. Esperança, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015/05/12 | [INVITED] Testing the Universality of Physical Laws | ESPRESSO Science Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland | 
| 2015/04/09 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) Externato Cooperativo da Benedita, Alcobaça, Portugal | 
| 2015/04/09 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) Externato Cooperativo da Benedita, Alcobaça, Portugal | 
| 2015/03/30 | The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics: Status and Dark Side Constraints | IberiCos 2015 Workshop, Aranjuez, Spain | 
| 2015/03/27 | COrE+: Mapping our cosmic origins | 50th Rencontres de Moriond Gravitation Session, La Thuile, Italy | 
| 2015/03/23 | The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics: Latest Results and Constraints on Dark Energy | 50th Rencontres de Moriond Gravitation Session, La Thuile, Italy | 
| 2015/03/18 | COrE+: Mapping our Cosmic Origins | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015/03/18 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) ES José Belchior Viegas, S. Brás de Alportel, Portugal | 
| 2015/01/21 | The Dark Side of the Universe: A Status Report | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015/01/14 | 100 Anos de Relatividade | (Outreach talk) ES Tomaz Pelayo, Santo Tirso, Portugal | 
| 2014/10/09 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES D. Martinho Vaz de Castelo Branco, Vila Fraca de Xira, Portugal | 
| 2014/10/08 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES de São Pedro do Sul, Viseu, Portugal | 
| 2014/10/08 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de São Pedro do Sul, Viseu, Portugal | 
| 2014/10/07 | A Física da Gravidade e dos Satélites | (Outreach talk) ES de Moimenta da Beira, Viseu, Portugal | 
| 2014/10/06 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES de Barcelinhos, Barcelos, Portugal | 
| 2014/10/03 | [INVITED] The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics: Latest results, cosmological implications and the road ahead | Dark Energy Interactions, NORDITA (Stockholm), Sweden | 
| 2014/09/18 | [INVITED KEYNOTE] Fundamental Physics at ESO (in theory) | ESO Fundamental Physics Workshop, ESO (Garching), Germany | 
| 2014/09/17 | The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics: Latest results and the road ahead | MIAPP Workshop Cosmology after Planck, Excellence Cluster Universe, Garching, Germany | 
| 2014/08/21 | A Física da Vida e dos Extraterrestres | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2014/08/18 | A Física das Ondas e dos Terramotos | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2014/08/14 | A Física do Desporto | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2014/08/12 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2014/07/17 | The COrE+ Proposal: Current Status | 24th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014/07/11 | Fundamental cosmology with the E-ELT and ALMA | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014/06/18 | IYL2015 | (Outreach talk) Cookie Seminar, CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014/06/05 | [INVITED] Fundamental cosmology with the E-ELT and ALMA | 2nd Azores School on Observational Cosmology, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal | 
| 2014/06/05 | A Física do Big Bang | (Outreach talk) ES Jerónimo Emiliano de Andrade, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal | 
| 2014/04/28 | The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics: Latests Results and Some Consequences | IberiCos 2014 Workshop, Aveiro, Portugal | 
| 2014/03/26 | [INVITED KEYNOTE] Astrophysical tests of the stability of fundamental couplings | 49th Rencontres de Moriond Joint Cosmology/QCD Session, La Thuile, Italy | 
| 2014/01/31 | The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics | IDPASC NWPAC14 Workshop, Braga, Portugal | 
| 2013/11/25 | Fundamental Cosmology with the E-ELT | APC Cosmology Seminar, Univ. Paris VII, Paris | 
| 2013/11/07 | The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics | CENTRA, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2013/09/18 | Precision Consistency Tests of LambdaCDM | Synergistic Science with Euclid and the SKA Workshop, Oxford, U.K. | 
| 2013/09/03 | The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics | COSMO-13 Conference, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2013/08/14 | Neptuno e Vulcano | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2013/08/08 | A Física do Desporto | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2013/08/06 | O Projecto E-ELT: Como se prepara uma revolução | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2013/07/19 | Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era | 23rd Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2013/07/17 | Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013/07/09 | Probing Fundamental Physics and Unification with Varying Constants | Varying Fundamental Constants and Dark Energy Workshop, Sexten, Italy | 
| 2013/06/20 | Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era | Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with Planck, CERN, Switzerland | 
| 2013/06/05 | Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era | ICAP Seminar, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France | 
| 2013/05/20 | Astrophysical Probes of Varying Constants and Unification | Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics VI, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2013/05/17 | Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era | Laser Center, VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 
| 2013/05/15 | WP10 Satatus Report | Euclid Consortium Meeting, Cosmology Theory SWG splinter, Leiden, The Netherlands | 
| 2013/04/24 | Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era | VIII Iberian Cosmology Meeting (IberiCos 2013), Granada, Spain | 
| 2013/02/16 | O Projecto E-ELT: Preparando uma revolução | (Outreach talk) Astronomy Day, CAUP, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013/01/10 | Fundamental Cosmology: Testing Fundamental Physics in the Early Universe | CENTRA, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2012/12/20 | Fundamental Cosmology with the E-ELT | New Worlds in Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2012/12/04 | [INVITED] Scaling Properties of Cosmic Superstring Networks | Quantised Flux in Tightly Knotted and Linked Systems Workshop, Cambridge, UK | 
| 2012/11/21 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) Carolina Michaelis High School, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012/10/23 | Three Tests of LambdaCDM | Instituut Lorentz Seminar, Leiden, The Netherlands | 
| 2012/10/04 | O Projecto E-ELT: Preparando uma Revolução | (Outreach talk) Part of ESO 50th anniversary celebrations, CAUP, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012/09/25 | [INVITED] The E-ELT: Preparing a Revolution | 22nd Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012/09/12 | [INVITED] Three Tests of Lambda CDM | Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology (Multicosmofun'12), Szczecin, Poland | 
| 2012/09/07 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) XXX EJC, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012/08/17 | A Física da Radioactividade e do Cancro | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2012/08/14 | A Física das Ondas e dos Terramotos | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2012/08/10 | A Física do Desporto e dos Jogos Olímpicos | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2012/08/07 | A Física da Energia e do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) CEIA-PPCB, Paredes de Coura, Portugal | 
| 2012/07/25 | The Bright Side of the Pyrenees | (Outreach talk) Cookie Seminar, CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012/05/03 | Three Tests of LambdaCDM | IAP Seminar, Paris, France | 
| 2012/05/02 | Three Tests of LambdaCDM | LAL Seminar, Orsay, France | 
| 2012/03/21 | Three Tests of LambdaCDM | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012/03/16 | Three Tests of Lambda CDM | 47th Rencontres de Moriond, Cosmolgy Session, La Thuile, Italy | 
| 2012/01/18 | My Big Fat Greek Summers | (Outreach talk) Cookie Seminar, CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012/01/13 | Three Tests of LambdaCDM | Particle Theory Seminar, University of Nottingham, U.K. | 
| 2011/10/06 | Three Tests of Lambda CDM | Dark Universe Conference, Heidelberg, Germany | 
| 2011/09/15 | [INVITED KEYNOTE] Towards Realistic Modeling of Cosmic Superstrings | Modern Trends in Field Theory IV, Salamanca, Spain | 
| 2011/09/09 | [INVITED KEYNOTE] Cosmology: The Next 10 Years | 21th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal | 
| 2011/09/02 | O Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Astronomia no Paul, Praia da Vitória, Portugal | 
| 2011/09/01 | [INVITED] Looking for New Physics in the Early Universe | Azores School on Observational Cosmology, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal | 
| 2011/08/18 | A Importância da Astronomia e da Física no Mundo Moderno | (Outreach talk) Serões da Bonjóia, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011/07/27 | A História do Universo | (Outreach talk) Polaris Talk, E.B. Meadela, Viana do Castelo, Portugal | 
| 2011/06/30 | Varying Constants and Early Dark Energy | CAUP CosmoClub Seminar, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011/06/07 | A Importância da Astronomia e da Física no Mundo Moderno | (Outreach talk) Santa Maria da Feira High School, Feira, Portugal | 
| 2011/04/26 | Necklaces, Lattices and Semilocal Strings | CFP Journal Club Seminar, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011/04/20 | [INVITED KEYNOTE] Looking for New Physics in the Early Universe | 6th Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Salamanca, Spain | 
| 2011/04/06 | Looking for New Physics in the Early Universe | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010/12/07 | Dark Matter in Galaxies | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal (Part of DMAW2010) | 
| 2010/11/30 | Necklaces, Lattices and Semilocal Strings | ITP Seminar, University of Heidelberg, Germany | 
| 2010/11/24 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics | Universe Cluster of Excellence Wine-and-cheese Colloquium, Garching, Germany | 
| 2010/11/08 | [INVITED] Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics | IAP Varying fundamental Constants Workshop, Paris, France | 
| 2010/10/29 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics | DAMTP GR Seminar, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2010/10/21 | [INVITED] Necklaces, Lattices and Semilocal Strings | Modern Trends in Field Theory III, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010/10/16 | A História do Universo | (Outreach talk) Gondomar High School, Gondomar, Portugal | 
| 2010/09/06 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics | JENAM2010 From Varying Couplings to Fundamental Physics Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2010/05/27 | The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics | Oslo Astrophysics Seminar, University of Oslo, Norway | 
| 2010/03/30 | The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics | 5th Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010/03/29 | A Física do Aquecimento Global | (Outreach talk) Iberian Cosmology Meeting Public Talk, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010/03/18 | The UVES Large Program for Testing Fundamental Physics | CFP Journal Club Seminar, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010/03/03 | My Big Fat Greek Summers | (Outreach talk) Cookie Seminar, CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2009/11/25 | A História do Universo | (Outreach talk) Baião High School, Baião, Portugal | 
| 2009/10/24 | O Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Algarve Hands-on Science Centre, Faro, Portugal | 
| 2009/06/26 | Astrophysical Searches for Varying Constants | OATS-DAUT Special Seminar, Trieste Observatory, Italy | 
| 2009/06/15 | Astrophysical Searches for Varying Constants | DAMTP-Cavendish-IoA Joint Cosmology Seminar, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2009/05/27 | Astrophysical Tests of Fundamental Physics | ITP Seminar, University of Heidelberg, Germany | 
| 2009/05/22 | Astrophysical Tests of Fundamental Physics | Universe Cluster of Excellence Seminar, Garching, Germany | 
| 2009/05/12 | A Importância da Astronomia e da Física no Mundo Moderno | (Outreach talk) Carolina Michaelis High School, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2009/04/29 | A História do Universo | (Outreach talk) Portuguese Physical Society Physics on Wednesdays Series, U.Porto, Portugal | 
| 2009/04/23 | O Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Comendador Ângelo Azevedo High School, Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal | 
| 2009/04/16 | Varying Constants and Fundamental Physics | 4th Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Madrid, Spain | 
| 2009/04/14 | A Importância da Astronomia e da Física no Mundo Moderno | (Outreach talk) Dona Maria II High School, Braga, Portugal | 
| 2009/03/26 | O Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Cristelo High School, Paredes, Portugal | 
| 2009/03/25 | O Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Arnoso-Santa Maria High School, Famalicão, Portugal | 
| 2009/03/24 | A História do Universo | (Outreach talk) Monserrate High School, Viana do Castelo, Portugal | 
| 2009/02/06 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics | Fundamental Interactions Group Seminar, University of Brussels, Belgium | 
| 2009/01/23 | From Alpha (and Mu) to Omega | Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Florence, Italy | 
| 2008/12/12 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics | Department of Fundamental Physics, University of Salamanca, Spain | 
| 2008/11/26 | O Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Aurélia de Sousa High School, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2008/09/17 | What Can Astrophysicists Learn from the LHC? | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2008/07/02 | Artificial Satellites | (Outreach talk) Natural History Museum of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos, Sigri, Greece | 
| 2008/06/30 | The Constellations and Greek Mythology | (Outreach talk) Natural History Museum of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos, Sigri, Greece | 
| 2008/06/24 | Stars, Planets and Flares | (Outreach talk) Natural History Museum of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos, Sigri, Greece | 
| 2008/03/27 | [INVITED KEYNOTE] Astrophysical Tests of Fundamental Physics | ESF Exploratory Workshop, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2008/03/07 | The Dark Side of the Universe | 3rd Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2008/02/27 | Scalar Fields in Cosmology and Astrophysics | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2007/10/12 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics | CENTRA, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2007/07/20 | A Fundamental Physics Probe at the LBT | 17th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2006/12/14 | Particle Physics Models for Varying alpha and their Astrophysical Consequences | CFP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2006/12/02 | From alpha to w | 1st Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2006/12/02 | O Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Iberian Cosmology Meeting Public Talk, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2006/11/03 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics | Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Florence, Italy | 
| 2006/10/12 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics | Theory Group Seminar, INFN - University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy | 
| 2006/09/13 | [INVITED] Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics | ESO Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics Conference, Aveiro, Portugal | 
| 2006/09/08 | Stringy Misconceptions | ESF Laboratory Cosmology Workshop, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands | 
| 2006/09/07 | Frustrated Expectations | ESF Laboratory Cosmology Workshop, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands | 
| 2006/08/29 | An Optimal Probe of Dark Energy | UK Cosmology Meeting, Ambleside, U.K. | 
| 2006/07/22 | [INVITED] Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics | 16th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Espinho, Portugal | 
| 2006/06/08 | Frustrated Expectations: Domain Walls and Dark Energy | UK Cosmology Meeting, Oxford, U.K. | 
| 2006/05/22 | Frustrated Expectations: Domain Walls and Dark Energy | DAMTP Cosmology Club, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2006/05/11 | If Only I Had a Brane... | (Outreach talk) Darwin College Sciences Group Meeting, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2006/03/19 | From alpha to w | Contents and Structures of the Universe (Rencontres de Moriond 2006), La Thuile, Italy | 
| 2006/03/16 | From alpha to w | CFP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2006/01/12 | From GUTs to H2 | CFP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2005/12/02 | Dark Energy from Varying-alpha Models | ICG, University of Portsmouth, U.K. | 
| 2005/11/18 | [INVITED KEYNOTE] The Dynamics of Cosmic String Networks | Dutch Theoretical Cosmology Meeting, Leiden, The Netherlands | 
| 2005/11/18 | Astrophysical Searches for Scalar Fields | Instituut-Lorentz Seminar, Leiden University, The Netherlands | 
| 2005/11/07 | Astrophysical Tests of Fundamental Physics | Einstein Legacy Conference, Munich, Germany | 
| 2005/10/21 | Astrophysical Searches for Scalar Fields | CAPAC Seminar, Imperial College, London, U.K. | 
| 2005/09/27 | The Quest for Cosmological Scalar Fields | Third Aegean Summer School on the Dark Universe, Karfas, Greece | 
| 2005/09/16 | Astrophysical Tests of Fundamental Physics | Physics Department, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2005/09/15 | Astrophysical Tests of Fundamental Physics | Applied Mathematics Department, University of Coimbra, Portugal | 
| 2005/08/29 | [INVITED] Quantitative Defect Evolution | ESF COSLAB Network Conference, Smolenice, Slovakia | 
| 2005/07/29 | Superstrings for Astronomers | 15th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2005/07/29 | O Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Portuguese National Astronomy Meeting Public Talk, FCUL, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2005/07/12 | The Quest for Cosmological Scalar Fields | EPS13 Conference, Bern, Switzerland | 
| 2005/07/12 | Quantitative Defect Evolution | EPS13 Conference, Bern, Switzerland | 
| 2005/06/27 | [INVITED] From Alpha to Omega: Astrophysical Tests of Einstein Gravity | Einstein2005 Meeting, FCUL, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2005/06/01 | The Quest for Cosmological Scalar Fields | London Relativity Seminar, QMW, London, U.K. | 
| 2005/02/17 | Multi-fractal Properties of Cosmic String Networks | CFP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2004/12/08 | Measuring alpha with Emission Lines | Leverhulme Meeting, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2004/11/01 | O Lado Escuro do Universo | (Outreach talk) Portuguese Society Seminar Series, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2004/10/22 | Constraining alpha at z=3 using Emission Lines | GR Lunch Seminar, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2004/10/15 | Quantitative String Evolution | Leverhulme Seminar, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2004/09/15 | [INVITED] Looking for Time and Space Variations of the Fine-structure Constant | ICTP Conference on Fundamental Symmetries and Fundamental Constants, Trieste, Italy | 
| 2004/09/12 | [INVITED] A Unified Model for Vortex-String Evolution | ESF COSLAB Network Conference, Ambleside, U.K. | 
| 2004/09/03 | New Searches for Varying alpha | UK Cosmology Meeting, Edinburgh, U.K. | 
| 2004/04/02 | [INVITED] New Constraints on Varying alpha | Exploring the Universe (Rencontres de Moriond 2004), La Thuile, Italy | 
| 2004/03/25 | Measuring alpha with Quasars | CFP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2004/02/19 | The Motivations for Varying alpha | CFP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2003/12/17 | A Unified Model for Vortex-string Network Evolution | CFTC, University of Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2003/11/25 | Latest News on Varying alpha | DAMTP Cosmology Club, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2003/11/19 | A Unified Model for Vortex-string Network Evolution | CFP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2003/11/18 | Measuring alpha in the Early Universe | CENTRA, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2003/11/06 | Measuring alpha in the Early Universe | Astrophysics Seminar, University of Durham, U.K. | 
| 2003/10/30 | The Dark Side of the Universe (Not Just a Phantom Menace Anymore) | (Outreach talk) Darwin College Sciences Group Meeting, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2003/09/25 | [INVITED] Measuring alpha in the Early Universe | Second Aegean Summer School on the Early Universe, Ermoupoli, Greece | 
| 2003/09/10 | Cosmic Concordance or Cosmic Conspiracy? | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2003/08/25 | CMB Polarization, Reionization and Varying alpha | COSMO-03 Conference, Ambleside, U.K. | 
| 2003/07/28 | Cosmology (and Physics) in the Next Decade | 13th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal | 
| 2003/07/16 | Cosmic Strings, Domain Walls and the Anna Karenina Principle | First Joint COSLAB-VORTEX-BEC2000+ Workshop, Bilbao, Spain | 
| 2003/06/25 | New Constraints on Varying alpha | Cosmology and Fundamental Physics Conference, Marseille, France | 
| 2003/06/17 | CMB Polarization, Reionization and Varying alpha | XV Rencontres de Blois (Physical Cosmology), Chateau de Blois, France | 
| 2003/05/24 | The Velocity-dependent One-scale Model | Porto COSLAB Workshop, CAUP, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2003/05/24 | Non-standard Roles for Cosmic Defects | Porto COSLAB Workshop, CAUP, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2003/05/07 | Astrophysical Constraints on Varying Constants | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2003/04/30 | Local Constraints on Varying Constants | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2003/04/24 | Extra Dimensions and Varying Constants | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2003/04/23 | The Motivation for Extra Dimensions | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2003/04/09 | Basics of Cosmic Defect Evolution | IFM, University of Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2003/04/03 | Matéria Escura, Energia Escura e Constantes Variáveis | (Outreach talk) 2003 Popular Astronomy Series, Republica e Resistência Museum, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2003/03/12 | Measuring alpha in the Early Universe | HEP/GR Wednesday Seminar, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2003/02/28 | Measuring alpha with the CMB: WMAP Results and the Promise of Polarization | CAPAC Seminar, Imperial College, London, U.K. | 
| 2003/02/06 | Brane-damaged Universes | (Outreach talk) MMMC Seminar Series, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2003/01/28 | Cosmic Strings, Domain Walls, and the Anna Karenina Principle | Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, U.K. | 
| 2003/01/16 | Non-standard Roles for Cosmic Defects | Theoretical Physics Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland | 
| 2003/01/03 | Cosmological Tests for Varying Fundamental Constants | 7th Portuguese Cosmology Meeting, U. Algarve, Faro, Portugal | 
| 2002/12/19 | Astrofísica e Cosmologia num Universo Multidimensional | (Outreach talk) Astronomia às 21 Seminar, CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2002/11/26 | If you can't beat'em, join'em: CMB Polarization, Reionization and Varying alpha | U.K. Cosmology Meeting, CMS, U. Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2002/10/15 | What is the Value of G? | DAMTP Cosmology Club, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2002/09/24 | Looking for Extra Dimensions in Cosmology | Physics Department, University of Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2002/09/03 | [INVITED] The Cosmology of Extra Dimensions and Varying Fundamental Constants | JENAM2002, VFC Workshop, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2002/07/25 | Cosmology in a Brane Universe | Multi-dimensional Cosmology Seminar Series, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2002/07/24 | Extra Dimensions and Varying Alpha | Multi-dimensional Cosmology Seminar Series, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2002/07/17 | Looking for Extra Dimensions in Cosmology | CFT, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Portugal | 
| 2002/07/03 | Extra Dimensions and Varying Alpha | IAP Colloque 2002, Paris, France | 
| 2002/06/25 | Measuring alpha in the Early Universe | Seminaire Cosmologie, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France | 
| 2002/06/18 | Cosmic Defects: a Problem for Cyclic Universes? | Cosmoseismology and Entropy Perturbations Workshop, University of Portsmouth, U.K. | 
| 2002/04/29 | Cosmology in a Brane Universe | Cosmology Group Meeting, Physics Department, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2002/04/18 | A Procura de Dimensões Suplementares em Cosmologia | (Outreach talk) Astronomia às 21 Seminar, CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2002/03/18 | Measuring alpha in the CMB | The Cosmological Model (Rencontres de Moriond 2002), Les Arcs, France | 
| 2002/03/11 | Measuring alpha in the CMB | Joint Cambridge Cosmology Seminar, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2002/02/12 | Searching for Cosmological Variations of Fundamental Constants | DAMTP Cosmology Club, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2002/01/30 | Modified Median Statistics and Type Ia Supernova Data | U.K. Cosmology Meeting, U. Sussex, Brighton, U.K. | 
| 2002/01/24 | Looking for Extra Dimensions and Varying Constants in Cosmology | Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, U.K. | 
| 2001/10/29 | Modified Median Statistics and Type Ia Supernova Data | Joint Cambridge Cosmology Seminar, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2001/10/18 | A Cosmological Brane Scan | (Outreach talk) Darwin College Sciences Group Meeting, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2001/09/21 | Is our Universe Brane-Damaged? | 6th Portuguese Cosmology Meeting, CAUP, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2001/08/27 | Is our Universe Brane-Damaged? | U.K. Cosmology Meeting, Ambleside, U.K. | 
| 2001/08/23 | Searching for Variations of the Fundamental Constants | M-theory Cosmology Conference, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2001/07/18 | The Brane New World | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2001/06/19 | The Evolution of Cosmic String Networks | DARC, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France | 
| 2001/06/06 | Cosmology with Varying Constants | Seminaire Cosmologie, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France | 
| 2001/05/21 | New Constraints on a Varying Fine-structure Constant | U.K. Cosmology Meeting, DAMTP, CMS, U. Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2001/04/27 | Cosmological Constraints on Varying alpha | ESO Project Workshop, Guimarães, Portugal | 
| 2001/04/19 | Cordas Cósmicas: O Regresso do Spaghetti Bolognese | (Outreach talk) Astronomia às 21 Seminar, CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2001/02/09 | The Fractal Properties of Cosmic String Networks | DAMTP Relativity Seminar, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2000/11/15 | Realistic Varying-constant Theories and the CMB | Institute of Astronomy Seminar, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 2000/10/20 | Cosmic Strings: The Return of the Spaghetti Bolognese | Centro de Física do Porto, Physics Department, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2000/07/27 | Non-Standard Roles for Cosmic Defects | 10th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, IST, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2000/07/13 | Cosmology with Varying Constants | Cosmology2000 Workshop, IST, Lisbon, Portugal | 
| 2000/03/31 | VSL Cosmologies | ESA Space Astronomy Meeting, Porto, Portugal | 
| 2000/03/28 | A Outra Face da Lua: Astrologia versus Astronomia | (Outreach talk) Lanheses High School, Viana do Castelo, Portugal | 
| 2000/03/17 | A General Framework for Cosmic String Evolution | CAPAC Seminar, Imperial College, London, U.K. | 
| 2000/03/15 | Topological Defects: Fossils of an Anisotropic Era? | U.K. Cosmology Meeting, Imperial College, London, U.K. | 
| 1999/12/17 | String Networks and Loops in Lambda Universes | 4th Portuguese Cosmology Meeting, CFNUL, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 1999/09/17 | On the Evolution of Cosmic String Networks | International Conference on Modern Theories of Structure Formation, Porto, Portugal | 
| 1999/08/02 | Numerical and Analytic Methods for Cosmic String Evolution | NATO ASI on Structure Formation in the Universe, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 1999/06/10 | Cosmic Strings: The Return of the Spaghetti Bolognese | (Outreach talk) Darwin College Sciences Group Meeting, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 1999/05/05 | Analytic and Numerical Methods for Cosmic String Evolution | Valencia99 Workshop, Valencia, Spain | 
| 1999/04/14 | Basics of Cosmic String Evolution | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 1999/04/10 | Modelling Cosmic String Evolution | 3rd Portuguese Cosmology Meeting, IST, Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 1999/03/28 | Analytic and Numerical Methods for Cosmic String Evolution | U.K. Cosmology Meeting, IAP, Paris, France | 
| 1999/01/27 | The Fractal Properties of Cosmic String Networks | London Relativity Seminar, QMW, London, U.K. | 
| 1999/01/07 | The Fractal Properties of Cosmic String Networks | EC Multi-fractals Summer School, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 1998/12/22 | High-resolution Cosmic String Simulations | 2nd Portuguese Cosmology Meeting, Covilhã, Portugal | 
| 1998/11/20 | High-Resolution Cosmic String Simulations | DAMTP Relativity Seminar, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 1998/09/12 | Cosmic String Evolution: Analytic and Numerical Methods | 1st Portuguese Cosmology Meeting, Porto, Portugal | 
| 1998/07/04 | Topological Defects and Open Inflation | 8th Portuguese Astronomy Meeting, Porto, Portugal | 
| 1998/04/01 | Cosmological Consequences of Strings | CAUP, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 1998/03/04 | Is there a Vorton Problem? | U.K. Cosmology Meeting, Imperial College, London, U.K. | 
| 1998/01/16 | Elastic Cosmic Strings | DAMTP Relativity Seminar, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 1997/11/28 | Wiggly Cosmic Strings | The Non-sleeping Universe Meeting, Porto, Portugal | 
| 1997/10/30 | Superconducting Strings and Vortons | DARC, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France | 
| 1997/10/28 | Wiggly Cosmic Strings | DARC, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France | 
| 1997/09/30 | O Primeiro Segundo do Universo | (Outreach talk) Lanheses High School, Viana do Castelo, Portugal | 
| 1996/12/04 | Elastic Cosmic Strings | U.K. Cosmology Meeting, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 1996/11/21 | Elastic String Models | Theoretical Physics Group, Imperial College, London, U.K. | 
| 1996/11/14 | Cosmic Strings | (Outreach talk) Darwin College Sciences Group Meeting, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 1996/11/08 | Elastic Cosmic String Models | DAMTP Relativity Seminar, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 1996/09/27 | Cordas Cósmicas | (Outreach talk) Technology Department, IPVC, Viana do Castelo, Portugal | 
| 1996/02/12 | Average Loop Evolution | U.K. Cosmology Meeting, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 1995/12/15 | Cosmology Beyond the Standard Model | Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 1995/10/27 | Cosmic String Evolution | DAMTP Relativity Seminar, Cambridge, U.K. | 
| 1995/07/25 | What are Cosmic Strings For? | CAUP Seminar, University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 1995/06/10 | String Evolution with Friction | EC Phase Transitions in the Early Universe Meeting, Paris, France | 
| 1995/02/17 | The Friction-dominated Epoch of String Evolution | U.K. Cosmology Meeting, Imperial College, London, U.K. | 
| 1995/02/03 | Strings with Friction | DAMTP Cosmology Seminar, Cambridge, U.K. | 
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role | Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - Current | Evolution of realistic cosmic string and superstrings Supervisor of Ricarda Heilemann | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - Current | Fundamental cosmology from precision spectroscopy: The ESPRESSO road to ANDES Supervisor of Catarina Marques | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024 - 2025 | Analytic Methods for Realistic Cosmic Strings Supervisor of Pedro Barbosa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024 - 2025 | Cosmological Solutions in Geometric Modified Gravity Supervisor of Paulo Monteiro | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2025 | Astrophysical and Local Tests of the Einstein Equivalence Principle Supervisor of João Freitas Dias | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024 - 2024 | Cosmic Paleontology Supervisor of Rafael Bento | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024 - 2024 | Cosmic Paleontology Supervisor of Ricardo Ferreira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024 - 2024 | Varying constants cosmography Supervisor of Mar Artigas | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024 - 2024 | Varying constants cosmography Supervisor of Noelia Vadillo | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2024 | Dark energy and modified gravity Supervisor of David Santos | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2024 | Geometric modified gravity models Supervisor of Paulo Monteiro | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2024 | Varying constants and dark matter Supervisor of Pedro Barbosa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2024 | Forecasts for the redshift drift with curvature Supervisor of Mariana Melo e Sousa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2024 | Challenging LambdaCDM with New Observational Probes Supervisor of João Duarte Pestana | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2024 | Probing Fundamental Physics using Compact Objects Supervisor of Eleanna Kolonia | Panepistemio Patron, Greece | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Varying $\alpha$ in the Galaxy Supervisor of Chloé Barjou-Delayre | M2 Internship (Scientific initiation) Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, France | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Varying $\mu$ Cosmography Supervisor of Celia Clerfeuille | M2 Internship (Scientific initiation) Université de Strasbourg Faculté de physique et ingénierie, France | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Constraining alternative cosmological models Supervisor of Alena Vanzurova | Masarykova univerzita, Czech Republic | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Measuring the CMB temperature with ESPRESSO Supervisor of Samy Vinzl | Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, France | 
| 2023 - 2023 | The physics of other universes Supervisor of Magda Roçadas | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Watching the universe expand in real time Supervisor of Ana Alexandra Dias | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Watching the universe expand in real time Supervisor of Sofia Fernandes | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Scaling solutions of defect networks Supervisor of Josep Vaquer | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Scaling solutions of defect networks Supervisor of Unai Canudas | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Probing the nature of dark energy Supervisor of Hanna Sára Berger | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Probing the nature of dark energy Supervisor of Cátia Sofia Silva | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Analytical solutions for the evolution of current carrying cosmic strings Supervisor of Francisco Pimenta | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Is string theory falsifiable? Supervisor of Martim Carvalho | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Varying $\alpha$ Cosmography Supervisor of Pedro Figueiredo | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Testing dark energy and modified gravity models Supervisor of José Ascensão | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Tests of dynamical dark energy models Supervisor of Bruno Parracho | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Astrophysical tests of modified gravity models Supervisor of Samuel Veiga | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Watching the universe expand in real time Supervisor of Tomás Pinto | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Constraining curvature with the redshift drift Supervisor of Mariana Melo e Sousa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Loop solutions for wiggly and superconducting strings Supervisor of Iuna Dreyer | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Scientific literacy and numeracy in Portugal Supervisor of Teresa Miranda | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Astrophysics, programming and statistics for secondary schools Supervisor of Joana Costa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2022 | Redshift drift second derivatives with SKAO Supervisor of Jorge Lopes | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2022 | Low redshift constraints on modified gravity models Supervisor of Ana Mafalda Vieira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2022 | Forecasting Redshift Drift Cosmography with ELT Measurements Supervisor of Blanca Gilabert | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2022 | Forecasting constraints on the stability of alpha at multiple redshifts Supervisor of Clara Prats | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2022 | Domain Walls' evolution studied by network simulations Supervisor of Lívia Moura | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2022 | Astrophysical tests of fundamental physics: modified gravity models Supervisor of Adrian Cabral | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2022 | Astrophysical tests of fundamental physics: modified gravity models Supervisor of Samuel Veiga | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2021 | New Maps of the Dark Side: The redshift drift Supervisor of Axel Lapel | M2 Internship (Scientific initiation) Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2021 | Testing the universality of physical laws: from ESPRESSO to the ELT Supervisor of Julien Poyatos | M2 Internship (Scientific initiation) Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2021 | From string theory to observational cosmology Supervisor of Thomas Raveau | M2 Internship (Scientific initiation) Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2021 | Development of astrophysics contents for secondary education Supervisor of Mafalda Matos | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2021 | Astrophysical tests of fundamental physics: runaway dilatons Supervisor of Francisco Pimenta | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2021 | New Maps of the Dark Side: Redshift drift cosmography Supervisor of Bruno André Ribeiro Rocha | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2021 | Analytic Models for Realistic Cosmic Strings Supervisor of Ana Rita Rebelo de Almeida | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2021 | Simulation and visualization of superstrings with GPUs and CUDA Supervisor of Filipe Costa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2021 | Evolution of alpha in canonical scalar field models Supervisor of Pedro Marto | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2021 | Tests of the universality of physical laws with ESPRESSO and the ELT Supervisor of Francisco Ferreira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2021 | Cosmological constraints on the Canuto model Supervisor of Diogo Pinheiro | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2021 | Cosmological constraints on scale-covariant models Supervisor of Júlio Oliveira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2021 | Coding the Cosmos: A New Generation of Superstring Simulations Supervisor of José Ricardo Correia | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2021 | The ESPRESSO Road to Fundamental Cosmology Supervisor of Ana Catarina Leite | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2020 | Measuring Cosmic String Loops One by One Supervisor of Siri Berge | Uppsala Universitet, Sweden Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Defect evolution beyond quartic potentials with GPUs and CUDA Supervisor of Manuel Rosa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Optimizing the differential redshift drift Supervisor of Joshua Esteves | Université de Montpellier, France Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Constraining dark energy with alpha measurements Supervisor of Praveen Kumar | Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Coding the Cosmos: Scaling of walls Supervisor of Mariana Encarnação | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Coding the Cosmos: Visualizing walls Supervisor of Margarida Pereira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Domain walls in collapsing universes Supervisor of Bernardo Dias | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Comparing field theory and Goto-Nambu walls Supervisor of Diogo Gomes | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Varying Fine Structure Constant Generalized DBI Models Supervisor of Vasco Tavares | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Varying fundamental constants and Nucleosynthesis Supervisor of Vítor Ferreira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Constraining gravity with generalized couplings Supervisor of Carlos Fernandes | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2020 | Constraining the scale invariance model at low redshifts Supervisor of Bruno Rocha | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2020 | Testing dark energy models with the redshift drift Supervisor of Beatriz Gamboa Pereira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2019 | The Dark Side of the Universe: Mukhanov's model Supervisor of Adrià Barbecho | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2019 | The Dark Side of the Universe: CPL parametrization Supervisor of Carlos Serrano | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2019 | Fine-structure constant constraints on late-time dark energy transitions Supervisor of Maria Prat | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2019 | Consistency of local and astrophysical tests of the stability of fundamental constants Supervisor of Meritxell Vila | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2019 | Testing dark energy models at low and high redshift Supervisor of Tiago Teixeira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2019 | Astrophysical tests of rolling tachyons Supervisor of Vasco Tavares | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2019 | Computational simulation and visualization of superstrings with GPUs and CUDA Supervisor of Bernardo Dias | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2019 | Cosmological impact of watching the expansion of the universe in real time Supervisor of Catarina Marques | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2019 | Astrophysical and Local Tests of the Einstein Equivalence Principle Supervisor of Léo Vacher | Université Grenoble Alpes, France Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2018 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Ana Serejo | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2018 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Gonçalo Rego | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2018 | High-performance computing Supervisor of Javier López-Contreras | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2018 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Maria Prat | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2018 | Cosmography from the redshift drift Supervisor of José Guilherme Matos | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2018 | Primordial nucleosynthesis and varying constants Supervisor of Miguel Clara | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2018 | ESPRESSO Tests of the Universality of Physical Laws Supervisor of Carolina Silva | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2018 | Searching for spatial variations of the fine-structure constant Supervisor of Bruno Mota | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2018 | Scaling solutions for wiggly strings Supervisor of João Santos | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2018 | Watching the Universe Expand in Real Time Supervisor of Tomás Silva | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2018 | Redshift drift tests of modified gravity Supervisor of Maria Faria | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2018 | Cosmic Paleontology: Searching for Superstrings Supervisor of Ivan Rybak | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2017 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Sofia Cardoso | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2017 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Sara Raposeiro | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2017 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Ferran Delgà | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2017 | Scaling of wiggly networks in Minkowski spacetime Supervisor of António Manso | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2017 | Constraining dark energy with the redshift drift and varying alpha Supervisor of Catarina Alves | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2017 | Freezing and thawing varying alpha models Supervisor of Duarte Magano | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2017 | Freezing and thawing varying alpha models Supervisor of João Vilas Boas | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2017 | Cosmography from the redshift drift Supervisor of José Guilherme Matos | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2017 | Cosmic Palaeontology Supervisor of Maria Carolina Barbosa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2017 | Constraining unification scenarios with primordial nucleosynthesis Supervisor of Miguel Clara | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2017 | Constraining dark energy with the redshift drift and varying alpha Supervisor of Tomás Silva | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2016 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Ainna Li Avilés | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2016 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Martí Vives | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2016 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Joana Carneiro | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2016 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Sara Dourado | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2016 | Scientific literacy and astronomy teaching Supervisor of Liliana Novais | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2016 | Evolution of branes and cosmic superstrings Supervisor of Pedro Ribeiro | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2016 | Evolution of domain wall networks Supervisor of Mariana Gomes | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2016 | Evolution of domain wall networks Supervisor of André Maia | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2016 | Forecasts for dark energy constraints from varying alpha Supervisor of Tomás Silva | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2016 | The redshift drift and its derivative Supervisor of Maria Ramos | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2016 | Forecasts for dark energy constraints from varying alpha Supervisor of Catarina Alves | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2016 | White dwarf constraints on varying alpha Supervisor of João Vilas Boas | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2016 | White dwarf constraints on varying alpha Supervisor of Duarte Magano | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2016 | Big Bang Nucleosynthesis anv Varying Constants Supervisor of Cláudia Espinha | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2016 | Equivalence Principle Tests in Cosmology Supervisor of Ana Marta Pinho | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2016 | Tests of Fundamental Physics with the Euclid Satellite Supervisor of Fernando Moucherek | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Arnau Gusart | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Júlia López | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Catarina Rocha | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of Patrícia Carreira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2015 | Dark energy constraints from supernovas and varying alpha Supervisor of Mar Pino | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2015 | Dark energy constraints from supernovas and varying alpha Supervisor of Max von Wietersheim | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2015 | White dwarfs and varying constants Supervisor of Pedro Vianez | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2015 | Cosmological constraints from the redshift drift Supervisor of Maria Ramos | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2015 | Fine-structure constant constraints on dark energy Supervisor of Ana Marta Pinho | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2015 | Varying alpha in Bekenstein models Supervisor of André Pereira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2015 | Varying alpha in quintessence models Supervisor of Pedro Costa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2015 | Evolution of domain walls and strings Supervisor of Manuel Cabral | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2015 | Scaling solutions for superconducting strings Supervisor of António Antunes | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2015 | Using the fine-structure constant to probe dark energy Supervisor of David Corre | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2015 | Optimization of ESPRESSO Fundamental Physics Tests Supervisor of Ana Catarina Leite | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2014 | Constraining dynamical dark energy: Opacity, CPL parametrization and BSBM model Supervisor of Ankur Sharma | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2014 | Constraining dynamical dark energy: Low-redshift expansion and early dark energy Supervisor of Naleep Gupta | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | Varying Fundamental Constants Supervisor of Joan Solà | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | Varying Fundamental Constants Supervisor of Oriol Frigola | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | Constraining Varying Couplings with Galactic Objects Supervisor of Pedro Vianez | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | The Dark Side of the Universe Supervisor of José António Sá | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | Astrophysical tests of dynamical dark energy models Supervisor of Ana Marta Pinho | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | The Physics of Other Universes Supervisor of Inês Mota | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | Fundamental Cosmology from Precision Spectroscopy: Varying Couplings Supervisor of Ana Catarina Leite | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | On the Stability of Fundamental Couplings in the Galaxy Supervisor of Simão João | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | Cosmic Defects in Contracting Universes Supervisor of Manuel Cabral | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | Superstrings and Other Cosmic Fossils in the Planck Era Supervisor of Ana Sofia Brandão | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | Cosmic Strings in Realistic Universes Supervisor of Rui Azevedo | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | Evolution of the Fine-structure Constant in Quintessence-type Models Supervisor of Rui Alves | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2014 | Cosmic Superstrings in the Planck Era Supervisor of José Pedro Vieira | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2014 | Fundamental Cosmology with Euclid Supervisor of Pauline Vielzeuf | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Varying Constants and the Sun Supervisor of José Pedro Vieira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Dynamics of the Bekenstain Model Supervisor of Luís Ventura | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Coherent Velocities of Cosmic String Networks Supervisor of Artur Sousa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Varying Alpha in the Symmetron Model Supervisor of Marvin Silva | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Observational Strategies for Varying Constants with ESPRESSO and ELT-HIRES Supervisor of Pedro Pedrosa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Scaling Properties of Semilocal String Networks Supervisor of André Nunes | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Astrophysical Consequences of Scalar-Photon Couplings Supervisor of Ana Mafalda Monteiro | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Statistical Properties of Wiggly Strings Supervisor of Gil Marques | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Anisotropic Domain Walls Supervisor of Inês Leite | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Characterizing Dark Energy With Fundamental Couplings and Supernovas Supervisor of Ana Catarina Leite | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Varying Alpha in the Bekenstein Model Supervisor of Pedro Leal | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Astrophysical Probes of Unification Scenarios Supervisor of Miguel Ferreira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Effects of Biases in Domain Wall Evolution Supervisor of José Ricardo Correia | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2012 | Testing Fundamental Physics in the Sun Supervisor of José Pedro Vieira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2012 | Velocity Profiles of Cosmic String Networks Supervisor of Artur Sousa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2012 | N-body Simulations and Varying Constants Supervisor of Marvin Silva | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2012 | Evolution of Multi-tension Defect Networks Supervisor of Miguel Oliveira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2012 | Evolution of Semilocal String Segment Networks Supervisor of André Nunes | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2012 | Fractal Properties of Cosmic String Networks Supervisor of Gil Marques | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2012 | Characterizing Dark Energy with Varying Alpha Datasets Supervisor of Ana Catarina Leite | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2012 | Numerical Simulations of Semilocal Strings Supervisor of Amélia Mafalda Leite | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2012 | New Tests of Fundamental Physics Supervisor of Mariana Julião | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2012 | Probing Fundamental Physics with Atomic Clocks Supervisor of Miguel Ferreira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2012 | Varying Constants and Dark Energy with CODEX Supervisor of Pauline Vielzeuf | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2011 | Using Stars as Fundamental Physics Laboratories Supervisor of José Pedro Vieira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2011 | Cosmic String Evolution with a Conserved Charge Supervisor of Miguel Oliveira | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2011 | Constraining the Evolution of the Temperature of the Universe with ESPRESSO and CODEX Supervisor of Ana Mafalda Monteiro | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2011 | Astronomical and Scientific Literacy in Portuguese Schools Supervisor of Gil Marques | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2011 | Variation of Fundamental Parameters and Dark Energy: A Principal Component Approach Supervisor of Ana Catarina Leite | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2011 | Scaling Properties of Domain Wall Networks Supervisor of Amélia Mafalda Leite | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2008 - 2011 | String and Brane Networks in Higher Dimensions Supervisor of Lara Sousa | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2009 - 2010 | Evaluation of the Knowledge of Astronomy in Portuguese Schools Supervisor of Osvaldo de Souza | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2009 - 2010 | The Astroquiz Project: Astronomical Literacy in Portuguese Schools Supervisor of Óscar Pinto | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2009 - 2010 | Cosmology with CODEX Supervisor of Pedro Pedrosa | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2009 - 2010 | Analytic Models for the Evolution of Semilocal String Networks Supervisor of André Nunes | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2007 - 2008 | Observational Constraints on Dark Matter from Cosmic Strings Supervisor of Nuno Guerreiro | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2025 | Euclid Theory SWG Annual Meeting 2025 (2025/06/04 - 2025/06/06) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2025 - 2025 | AstroCamp 2025 (2025/08/10 - 2025/08/24) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024 - 2024 | AstroCamp 2024 (2024/08/04 - 2024/08/18) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024 - 2024 | Fifth Azores School on Observational Cosmology (2024/09/02 - 2024/09/08) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2023 | IberiCos 2023: 17th Iberian Cosmology Meeting (2023/04/03 - 2023/04/05) Conference (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2023 | AstroCamp 2023 (2023/08/06 - 2023/08/27) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022/06/20 - 2022/06/23 | General Relativistic effects in observing the Large Scale Structure of the Universe (2022/06/20 - 2022/06/23) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2022 | AstroCamp 2022 (2022/08/07 - 2022/08/28) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2021 | Massively Parallel Large Area Spectroscopy from Space (2021 - 2021) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee) | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2021 | From Cosmic Strings to Superstrings (Parallel Session at XVI Marcel Grossmann Meeting) (2021 - 2021) Workshop (Other) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2021 | AstroCamp 2021 (2021/08/08 - 2021/08/22) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2021 | Fourth Azores School on Observational Cosmology (2021/09/06 - 2021/09/12) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2020 | AstroCamp 2020 (2020/08/09 - 2020/08/23) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2019 | IAU Symposium 352: Uncovering Early Galaxy Evolution in the ALMA and JWST Era (2019 - 2019) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee) | International Astronomical Union, France | 
| 2019 - 2019 | AstroCamp 2019 (2019/08/04 - 2019/08/18) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2018 | The Current and Future Observing Facilities PhD School (2018 - 2018) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee) | European Southern Observatory, Germany | 
| 2018 - 2018 | AstroCamp 2018 (2018/08/05 - 2018/08/19) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2017 | XXVII Meeting of the Portuguese Astronomical Society (2017 - 2017) Conference (President of the Organising Committee) | Portuguese Astronomical Society, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2017 | Third Azores School on Observational Cosmology (2017 - 2017) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2017 | AstroCamp 2017 (2017/08/06 - 2017/08/20) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2016 | 11th Iberian Cosmology Meeting (2016 - 2016) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2016 | 2016 Euclid Consortium Meeting (2016 - 2016) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) | Euclid Consortium, France | 
| 2016 - 2016 | AstroCamp 2016 (2016/08/07 - 2016/08/21) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | AstroCamp 2015 (2015/08/09 - 2015/08/23) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2014 | IAU Symposium 306: Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology (2014 - 2014) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee) | International Astronomical Union, France | 
| 2014 - 2014 | Second Azores School on Observational Cosmology (2014 - 2014) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2014 | ESO Fundamental Physics Workshop (2014 - 2014) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee) | European Southern Observatory, Germany | 
| 2014 - 2014 | AstroCamp 2014 (2014/08/10 - 2014/08/24) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2013 | Sexten Conference on Varying fundamental Constants and Dynamical Dark Energy (2013 - 2013) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) | Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Italy | 
| 2013 - 2013 | AstroCamp 2013 (2013/08/04 - 2013/08/18) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2012 | AstroCamp 2012 (2012/08/05 - 2012/08/19) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2011 | COSMO-11 (2011 - 2011) Conference (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2011 | Azores School on Observational Cosmology (2011 - 2011) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2010 | 5th Iberian Cosmology Meeting (2010 - 2010) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2010 | JENAM2010 Symposium: From Varying Couplings to Fundamental Physics (2010 - 2010) Symposium (President of the Organising Committee) | European Astronomical Society, Switzerland | 
| 2009 - 2009 | Galileo Galilei Institute Conference on Dark Energy (2009 - 2009) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) | Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Sezione di Firenze, Italy | 
| 2009 - 2009 | Galileo Galilei Institute Conference on Dark Matter (2009 - 2009) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) | Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Sezione di Firenze, Italy | 
| 2009 - 2009 | Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics Program on New Horizons for Modern Cosmology (2009 - 2009) Other (Member of the Organising Committee) | Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Sezione di Firenze, Italy | 
| 2009 - 2009 | Lorentz Center Varying Fundamental Constants Workshop (2009 - 2009) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee) | Lorentz Center, University of Leiden, Netherlands | 
| 2008 - 2008 | ESF Exploratory Workshop on Astrophysical Tests of Fundamental Physics (2008 - 2008) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | European Science Foundation, France | 
| 2008 - 2008 | Non-Gaussianity from Fundamental Physics (2008 - 2008) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) | University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, United Kingdom | 
| 2006 - 2006 | 1st Iberian Cosmology Meeting (2006 - 2006) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2004 - 2004 | Phi in the Sky (2004 - 2004) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2003 - 2003 | Phase Transitions & Defects ESF COSLAB Workshop (2003 - 2003) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee) | European Science Foundation, France | 
| 2002 - 2002 | The Cosmology of Extra Dimensions & Varying Fundamental Constants (JENAM 2002 Workshop) (2002 - 2002) Workshop (Other) | European Astronomical Society, Switzerland | 
| 2002 - 2002 | JENAM 2002: The Unsolved Universe - Challenges for the Future (2002 - 2002) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) | European Astronomical Society, Switzerland | 
Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role | Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/07/25 | Cosmological Solutions in Geometric Modified Gravity Supervisor | Paulo Monteiro (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2025/07/24 | Analytic Methods for Realistic Cosmic Strings Supervisor | Pedro Barbosa (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2025/05/27 | Constraining Cosmological Paradigms through Fine-Structure Constant Variations Supervisor | João Freitas Dias (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2024/12/06 | Channlenging LambdaCDM with New Observational Probes Supervisor | João Duarte Pestana (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2024/09/19 | The Redshift Drift as a New Cosmological Probe (Thesis) Main arguer | Pedro Bessa (PhD) Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil | 
| 2023/12/04 | Is string theory falsifiable? Supervisor | Martim Carvalho (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2023/11/28 | Analytical solutions for the evolution of current carrying cosmic strings Supervisor | Francisco Pimenta (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2022/05/16 | Optimization of spectroscopic tests of fundamental physics: from ESPRESSO to the ELT Supervisor | Catarina Marques (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | 
| 2022/05/13 | Coding the Cosmos: A New Generation of Superstring Simulations Supervisor | José Ricardo Correia (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2021/12/02 | Analytic Models for Realistic Cosmic Strings Supervisor | Ana Rita Rebelo de Almeida (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2021/11/25 | New Maps of the Dark Side: Redshift Drift Cosmography Supervisor | Bruno André Ribeiro Rocha (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2020/11/24 | Domain wall evolution beyond quartic potentials with GPUs and CUDA Supervisor | Manuel Correia Rosa (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2019/09/24 | On Teacher Training and Community Building for Innovation in Education: Strategies to Improve Science Learning in Classroom (Thesis) Main arguer | Rosa Doran (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal | 
| 2019/01/14 | Theoretical and observational aspects of the variation of fundamental constants of nature President of the jury | Franco Albareti (PhD) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain | 
| 2018/12/18 | Cosmic Paleontology: Searching for Superstrings Supervisor | Ivan Rybak (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2016/11/07 | Equivalence Principle Tests in Cosmology Supervisor | Ana Marta Pinho (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2016/04/28 | Artificial intelligence applied to the automated analysis of absorption spectra (Thesis) Main arguer | Matthew Bainbridge (PhD) University of New South Wales, Australia | 
| 2015/11/23 | Optimization of ESPRESSO Fundamental Physics Tests Supervisor | Ana Catarina Leite (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2015/08/31 | Using the fine-structure constant to probe dark energy Supervisor | David Corre (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2015/04/07 | Search for a Variation of the Proton-electron Mass Ratio from Molecular Hydrogen and Methanol Thesis Member | Julija Bagdonaite (PhD) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands | 
| 2014/09/29 | Constraining Alternative Theories of Gravity with Astrophysical and Cosmological Datasets Thesis Member | Ivan de Martino (PhD) Universidad de Salamanca, Spain | 
| 2012/12/18 | Varying Constants and Dark Energy with CODEX Supervisor | Pauline Vielzeuf (Master) Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011/11/18 | String and Brane Networks in Higher Dimensions Supervisor | Lara Sousa (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2011/02/28 | Searching for Variations in the Fine-structure Constant and the Proton-to-electron Mass Ratio Using Quasar Absorption Lines (Thesis) Main arguer | Julian King (PhD) University of New South Wales, Australia | 
| 2008/12/18 | Observational Constraints on Dark Matter from Cosmic Strings Supervisor | Nuno Guerreiro (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2008/03/14 | Unified Dark Energy Models Thesis Member | Luís Beça (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2007/12/20 | Cosmological Consequences of Topological Defects: Dark Energy and Varying Fundamental Constants Thesis Member | Josinaldo Menezes (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2007/07/17 | Domain Walls in Cosmology: Network Evolution and Dark Energy Scenarios Thesis Member | Joana Oliveira (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 - Current | CAUP Training Unit | Coordinator | 
| 2003 - Current | International Astronomical Union | Full Member | 
| 2000 - Current | Portuguese Astronomical Society | Full Member | 
| 2009 - 2011 | CAUP Galaxies and Cosmology Team | Coordinator | 
| 1998 - 2005 | Coordinator of Portuguese Cosmology Network | Coordinator | 
Committee member
| Activity description Role | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 - Current | ESO ELT Working Group 2.4 (Line Calibrations) Coordinator Coordinator | European Southern Observatory, Germany | 
| 2012 - Current | Member of ESO ELT Project Science Team Member | European Southern Observatory, Germany | 
| 2011 - Current | Member of COSMO International Steering Committee Member | |
| 2008 - 2019 | Member of ESF Referees Pool/ESF College of Expert Reviewers Member | European Science Foundation, France | 
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2025 | COSMO-25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 
| 2024 - 2024 | COSMO-24 | Kyoto University | 
| 2023 - 2023 | COSMO-23 | IFT, Madrid | 
| 2022 - 2022 | COSMO-22 | Rio de Janeiro | 
| 2021 - 2021 | COSMO-21 | University of Illinois | 
| 2019 - 2019 | 14th Iberian Cosmology Meeting | University of the Basque Country, Bilbao | 
| 2019 - 2019 | COSMO-19 | RWTH, Aachen | 
| 2018 - 2018 | IAU Symposium 347: Early Science with ELTs | IAU General Assembly, Vienna | 
| 2018 - 2018 | 28th Meeting of the Portuguese Astronomical Society | Observatório Geofísico e Astronómico da Universidade de Coimbra | 
| 2018 - 2018 | COSMO-18 | IBS; Daejon, Korea | 
| 2017 - 2017 | 12th Iberian Cosmology Meeting | IFIC; University of Valencia | 
| 2017 - 2017 | COSMO-17 | APC, Paris | 
| 2016 - 2016 | Varying Constants and Fundamental Cosmology Conference | University of Szczecin, Poland | 
| 2016 - 2016 | COSMO-16 | University of Michigan | 
| 2015 - 2015 | 10th Iberian Cosmology Meeting | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | 
| 2015 - 2015 | COSMO-15 | University of Warsaw | 
| 2014 - 2014 | COrE/PRISM workshop for M4 ESA mission | APC, Paris | 
| 2014 - 2014 | 9th Iberian Cosmology Meeting | University of Aveiro | 
| 2014 - 2014 | COSMO-14 | KITP, University of Chicago | 
| 2013 - 2013 | 8th Iberian Cosmology Meeting | Universidad de Granada | 
| 2013 - 2013 | Modified Gravity: Beyond Einstein Legacy | Universidade de Lisboa | 
| 2013 - 2013 | COSMO-13 | CTC, University of Cambridge | 
| 2012 - 2012 | 7th Iberian Cosmology Meeting | Universidade de Lisboa | 
| 2012 - 2012 | COSMO-12 | NAO, Beijing, China | 
| 2011 - 2011 | 6th Iberian Cosmology Meeting | Universidad de Salamanca | 
| 2011 - 2011 | XXI National Astronomy Meeting | Observatório Astronómico da Universidade de Coimbra | 
| 2009 - 2009 | 4th Iberian Cosmology Meeting | CSIC, Madrid | 
| 2009 - 2009 | Are the Constants of Nature Varying with Spacetime? | IAU General Assembly (Rio de Janeiro) Joint Discussion | 
| 2008 - 2008 | 3rd Iberian Cosmology Meeting | Universidade de Lisboa | 
| 2006 - 2006 | Condensates in Physics ESF COSLAB Workshop | University of Nottingham | 
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2025 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2025 - 2025 | The Physics of the Universe (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024 - 2024 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024 - 2024 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2024 - 2024 | The Physics of the Universe (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023/11 - 2023/11 | Phi in the Sky: Astrophysical probes of fundamental physics | (Doctor) | Observatório Nacional, Brazil | 
| 2023 - 2023 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2023 | The Physics of the Universe (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Phi in the Sky: Astrophysical probes of fundamental physics | (Doutoramento) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2022 | The Physics of the Universe (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2021 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2021 | History of the Universe (Career Development/Continuing Education Course, 2 editions this year) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2021 | The Physics of the Universe (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2020 | From Particle Cosmology to Observations | PDA - U.Porto (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2020 | New Tools for Astronomy Teaching (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | FOCO (Outros) | Ciência Viva, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2020 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2020 | The Physics of the Universe (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2020 - 2020 | History of the Universe (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2019 | The Physics of the Universe (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2019 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2019 | History of the Universe (Career Development/Continuing Education Course; 2 editions this year) | FOCO (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2019 - 2019 | New Tools for Astronomy Teaching (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | FOCO (Outros) | Ciência Viva, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2018 | Scalar Fields in Cosmology (Graduate Course) | CAUP Advanced Course (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2018 | The Physics of the Universe (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2018 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2018 | History of the Universe (Career Development/Continuing Education Course; 2 editions this year) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2017 | The Physics of the Universe (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2017 - 2017 | History of the Universe (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | FOCO (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2016 | The Physics of the Universe: Relativity and Cosmology (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2016 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course; 2 editions this year) | FOCO (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2016 - 2016 | History of the Universe (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | FOCO (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | Observational Cosmology and Tests of Fundamental Physics | PDA - U.Porto (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | Fundamental Cosmology in the E-ELT Era (Advanced Course) | CAUP Advanced Course (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | From Particle Cosmology to Observations | PDA - U.Porto (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | The Physics of the Universe: Relativity and Cosmology (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | History of the Universe (Career Development/Continuing Education Course; 2 editions this year) | FOCO (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | FOCO (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2014 | The Physics of the Universe: Relativity and Cosmology (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2014 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course; 2 editions this year) | FOCO (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2013 | The Physics of the Universe (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2013 - 2013 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | FOCO (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2012 | The Night Sky (Stargazing Sessions at Academic Excellence Programme for High-School Students, Barcelona, Spain) | Joves i Ciència (Ensino secundário) | Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, Spain | 
| 2012 - 2012 | History of the Universe (Lecture Course at Academic Excellence Programme for High-School Students, Barcelona, Spain) | Joves i ciència (Ensino secundário) | Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, Spain | 
| 2012 - 2012 | History of the Universe (Course at AstroCamp - High-School Academic Excellence Program, Paredes de Coura, Portugal) | AstroCamp (Ensino secundário) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2012 | History of the Universe (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | FOCO (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2012 | The Physics of Everyday Life (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2011 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics (Graduate Course) | Graduate Course (Outros) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2011 - 2011 | History of the Universe (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | FOCO (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2010 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics (Graduate Course) | Graduate Course (Outros) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2010 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics (Graduate Course) | Graduate Course (Outros) | Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany | 
| 2010 - 2010 | The Night Sky (Stargazing Sessions at International Summer School for High-School Students, Lesvos, Greece) | (Ensino secundário) | Hyphenology, Greece | 
| 2010 - 2010 | History of the Universe (Lecture Course at International Summer School for High-School Students, Lesvos, Greece) | (Ensino secundário) | Hyphenology, Greece | 
| 2009 - 2009 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics (Graduate Course) | CAUP Advanced Course (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2008 - 2008 | The Night Sky (Stargazing Sessions at International Summer School for High-School Students, Lesvos, Greece) | (Ensino secundário) | Hyphenology, Greece | 
| 2008 - 2008 | History of the Universe(Lecture Course at International Summer School for High-School Students, Lesvos, Greece) | (Ensino secundário) | Hyphenology, Greece | 
| 2008 - 2008 | History of the Universe (Career Development/Continuing Education Course) | CEC (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2007 - 2007 | The Night Sky (Stargazing Sessions at International Summer School for High-School Students, Lesvos, Greece) | (Ensino secundário) | Hyphenology, Greece | 
| 2007 - 2007 | History of the Universe (Lecture Course at International Summer School for High-School Students, Lesvos, Greece) | (Ensino secundário) | Hyphenology, Greece | 
| 2006 - 2006 | Introduction to Astronomy (Lecture Course at International Summer School for High-School Students, Lesvos, Greece) | (Ensino secundário) | Hyphenology, Greece | 
| 2003 - 2003 | Multi-dimensional Cosmology (Graduate Course) | CAUP Advanced Course (Outros) | Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal | 
| 2002 - 2002 | Multi-dimensional Cosmology (Graduate Course) | Graduate Course (Outros) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2000 - 2000 | Cosmology Supervisions | Mathematical Tripos Part III (Mestrado) | University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics, United Kingdom | 
| 1999 - 1999 | Cosmology Supervisions | Mathematical Tripos Part III (Mestrado) | University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics, United Kingdom | 
| 1998 - 1998 | Theoretical Cosmology Supervisions | Mathematical Tripos Part III (Mestrado) | University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics, United Kingdom | 
| 1997 - 1997 | Cosmology Supervisions | Mathematical Tripos Part III (Mestrado) | University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics, United Kingdom | 
| 1996 - 1996 | Cosmology Supervisions | Mathematical Tripos Part III (Mestrado) | University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics, United Kingdom | 
| 1996 - 1996 | Mathematical Methods Supervisions | Mathematical Tripos Part IB (Licenciatura) | University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics, United Kingdom | 
| 1995 - 1995 | Statistical Physics & Cosmology Supervisions | Mathematical Tripos Part IIA (Licenciatura) | University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics, United Kingdom | 
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/10/07 | Interview with Anni Jakobsson (CSC.fi) on the cosmic string simulations at LUMI | |
| 2024/07/09 | Interview with Simon Devos on the ELT for Ciel et Espace | Ciel et Espace | 
| 2023/07/20 | A New Generation of String Simulations | |
| 2023/03/29 | Encontro Ibérico de cosmologia acontece em Ponte de Lima | El Trapezio | 
| 2022/02/22 | Interview with Harry O'Neill for PRACE Success Story | PRACE Success Stories Website | 
| 2022/02/04 | Interview on AstroCamp and Solar System Trail for INATEL Magazine, published in the March-April 2022 edition | Tempo Livre | 
| 2021/02/09 | CSCS press release on recent Piz Daint cosmic string simulations | CSCS.ch | 
| 2020/05/20 | Interview by Colin Stuart for BBC Magazine article | |
| 2020/05/01 | Interview by Dorine Schenck for Dutch New Scientist | |
| 2016 | Interview on fundamental physics tests with the ESPRESSO spectrograph | LUSA (Portuguese News Agency) | 
| 2016 | Interview on the E-ELT | Observador (Portuguese Digital Newspaper) | 
| 2014 | Interview with ESO Eeducation & Public Outreach office | ESO Press Release (International team tests one of the Universe's fundamental constants) | 
| 2013 | Interview on the E-ELT Project | Super Interessante (Portuguese Science Popularization Magazine) | 
| 2013 | Interview on the E-ELT Project, for the newspaper's special 40th anniversary edition | Expresso (Portuguese Weekly Broadsheet Newspaper) | 
| 2009 | Interview on the HST, Space Shuttle, satellites and space junk | JPN (University of Porto Electronic Newspaper) | 
| 2009 | Interview on the 40 years of the Moon landings | A Cabra (University of Coimbra Newspaper) | 
| 2008 | Interview on ESF exploratory workshop I organized in Porto | ESF Press Office/Newsletter ((also featured in Scienceblog, Sciencedaily, etc) | 
| 2006 | Interview on varying fundamental constants | Science Tuesday and SPACE.com | 
| 2003 | Interview on varying fundamental constants in the context of the Planck satellite | ESA Press Office/Website | 
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 - 2017 | TSF (Portuguese News Radio Station) | Interview on the AstroCamp | 
| 2014 - 2014 | Ciência2.0: Time (Episode in Portuguese TV Science Series) | Interview on time in relativity | 
| 2013 - 2013 | TVU (U.Porto Online TV Channel) | Interview on the E-ELT Project | 
| 2012 - 2012 | Os Dias do Futuro (Portuguese Public Radio Weekly In-depth Science Reports) | Interview on the E-ELT Project | 
| 2011 - 2011 | Porto Canal (Cable TV Channel) | Interview on COSMO-11 conference, which I organized in Porto | 
| 2011 - 2011 | RDP Açores (Azores islands branch of National public radio station) | Interview on the Azores cosmology school and public talks | 
| 2009 - 2009 | Visão Global (Portuguese Public Radio Weekly In-depth Current Affairs Reports) | Interview on the state of Astronomy research and teaching in Portugal | 
| 2003 - 2003 | 2010 (Portuguese Public TV Weekly Science & Technology News) | Interview on dark energy, extra dimensions and varying constants | 
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - 2024 | Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo Mentorship | Margarida Braz | 
| 2022 - 2023 | Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo Mentorship | Joana Sousa | 
| 2020 - 2022 | Observational constraints on nonlinear matter extensions of general relativity | Eleanna Kolonia | 
| 2020 - 2022 | Cosmological impact of microwave background temperature measurements | Lea Gelo | 
| 2020 - 2022 | Cosmological impact of microwave background temperature measurements | Naser Quevedo | 
| 2017 - 2017 | Phenomenological Models for Varying Alpha | Beatriz Silva | 
| 2017 - 2017 | Phenomenological Models for Varying Alpha | Siri Berge | 
| 2014 - 2015 | Dark energy constraints from supernovas and varying alpha | Catarina Rocha | 
| 2012 - 2013 | A Brief Study of Dark Matter | Joan Solà | 
| 2012 - 2013 | On Olbers Paradox and the Luminosity of the Night Sky | Gerard Orriols | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Formation of Chemical Elements in the Universe | Nieves Montes | 
| 2012 - 2013 | How do we Know that the Earth is Rotating? | Pau Mir | 
| 2012 - 2013 | Looking for Lambda | Carlota Corbella | 
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - Current | Referee for Comptes Rendus Physique | |
| 2025 - Current | Referee for Open Journal of Astrophysics | |
| 2020 - Current | Referee for Physica Scripta | |
| 2020 - Current | Referee for Astrophysics & Space Science | |
| 2020 - Current | Referee for Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan | |
| 2020 - Current | Referee for Open Astronomy | |
| 2020 - Current | Referee for Science Advances | |
| 2019 - Current | Referee for Annals of Physics | |
| 2019 - Current | Referee for Nature Scientific Reports | |
| 2018 - Current | Referee for Communications in Theoretical Physics | |
| 2018 - Current | Referee for Canadian Journal of Physics | |
| 2017 - Current | Referee for Physics of the Dark Universe | |
| 2017 - Current | Referee for Reports on Progress in Physics | |
| 2016 - Current | Referee for Chaos, Solitons & Fractals | |
| 2015 - Current | Referee for Gravitation and Cosmology | |
| 2014 - Current | Referee for Modern Physics Letters A | |
| 2014 - Current | Referee for PLOS ONE | |
| 2014 - Current | Referee for General Relativity and Gravitation | |
| 2014 - Current | Referee for The European Physics Journal C | |
| 2013 - Current | Referee for Classical and Quantum Gravity | |
| 2013 - Current | Referee for Journal of High Energy Physics | |
| 2012 - Current | Referee for Astronomy & Astrophysics | |
| 2012 - Current | Referee for New Astronomy | |
| 2011 - Current | Referee for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
| 2008 - Current | Referee for Foundations of Physics | |
| 2007 - Current | Referee for Advances in High Energy Physics | |
| 2005 - Current | Referee for Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics | |
| 2002 - Current | Referee for The Astrophysical Journal | |
| 1998 - Current | Referee for Physics Letters B | |
| 1997 - Current | Referee for Physical Review Letters | |
| 1996 - Current | Referee for Physica Review D | |
| 2021 - 2021 | Member of Evaluation Panel, FCT Call for Advanced Computing Projects - 2nd edition | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal | 
| 2007 - 2021 | Referee for Europhysics Letters | |
| 2020 - 2020 | Referee for Universe | 
Distinctions
            Award
| 2009 | APS Outstanding Referee American Physical Society, United States | 
| 1996 | J.T. Knight Prize University of Cambridge, United Kingdom | 
| 1993 | Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida Prize Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida, Portugal | 
Title
| 2003 | IAU Full Member International Astronomical Union, France | 
| 2000 | SPA Full Member Portuguese Astronomical Society, Portugal | 
