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PhD Student in Physics at Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional (CFTC) of University of Lisbon (since 2019). Concluded Master's at the University of Lisbon (2018). Concluded Bachelor's degree at University of Lisbon (2016). During the master's degree used numerical and analytical methods to study electrostatics of granular matter. Research intern at Princeton University, Rutgers University and Durham University (UK). During the master's published a scientific article in an international peer-review journal. Assistant teacher in three university courses. Local organizer in multiple conferences and outreach activities. Research interests include computational physics, granular matter, and fluid dynamics.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
André Filipe Valente Matias

Citation names

  • Matias, André

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5311-9020-8D19
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0078-8988
Google Scholar ID
vU0bye8AAAAJ

Email addresses

  • afmatias@alunos.fc.ul.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Condensed Matter Physics
  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Condensed Matter Physics
Education
Degree Classification
2019/02/27 - 2023/02/27
Ongoing
 Douturamento em Física (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal
2016/09/10 - 2018/08/25
Concluded
 Masters in Physics (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Granular electrostatics and the formation of aggregates" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2013/09/10 - 2016/07/07
Concluded
 Physics (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/02/27 - 2018/04/30 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, United States
2017/07/25 - 2017/09/09 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal
Princeton University, United States
2016/07/13 - 2016/09/13 Research Trainee (Research) Durham University - Institute for Computational Cosmology, United Kingdom
Durham University - Institute for Computational Cosmology, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/09/15 - 2018/02/09 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/02/27 - Current PhD student Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal
2015/09/21 - 2016/06/20 Tutoring center Sinfonia dos Saberes, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Matias, A. F. V.; Shinbrot, T.; Araújo, N. A. M.. "Mechanical equilibrium of aggregates of dielectric spheres". Physical Review E 98 6 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreve.98.062903.
    10.1103/physreve.98.062903
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Matias, André Filipe Valente. "Granular electrostatics and the formation of aggregates". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Física, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/35672.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018/12/04 Electrostatics in the growth of aggregates in protoplanetary disks Soft Matter in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/08/29 Formação de agregados de grãos carregados 21a Conferência Nacional de Física
Sociedade Portuguesa de Física (Covilhã, Portugal)
2018/03/08 Self-charging of Identical Grains in the Absence of an External Field (apresentação do orientador) APS March Meeting
American Physical Society (Los Angeles, United States)
2018/02/06 Electrostatic interactions and the formation of granular aggregates Flowing Matter
COST European Cooperation in Science & Tecnology (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/07/23 - 2018/07/27 Ser cientista (divulgação) (2018/07/23 - 2018/07/23)
Other (Other)
 Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Física, Portugal
2018/05/09 - 2018/05/09 Dia aberto (divulgação) (2018/05/09 - 2018/05/09)
Other (Other)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/02/05 - 2018/02/09 Flowing Matter 2018 (local organizer) (2018/02/05 - 2018/02/09)
Conference (Other)
 Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/09/10 - 2018/02/10 Física experimental II Física experimental II (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Física, Portugal
2017/09/10 - 2018/02/10 Física Experimental Física Experimental (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Física, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2015 Award for Scholar Merit
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal