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Pedro Caridade is a highly accomplished researcher with a Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Coimbra. For over 20 years, he has made significant contributions to physical chemistry and reaction dynamics. It's expertise covers a wide range, including potential energy surfaces, advanced computational methods, and atmospheric modeling. He has published over 50 articles in prestigious journals and contributed to books. Beyond his theoretical knowledge, he is passionate about practical applications. His skills extend to air quality assessment, pollutant modeling, and satellite data analysis. He focuses on the connection between chemistry, environment, and health, utilizing innovative molecular approaches. Caridade's talents extend beyond the lab. He is proficient in machine learning, regression models, and artificial intelligence, which enhances his work in multidisciplinary research. A strong advocate for bridging the gap between research and real-world solutions, Caridade actively participates in technology transfer events and has played a key role in creating a startup company. This demonstrates his entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to bringing scientific discoveries to market. Caridade's leadership and expertise have resulted in successful ventures that commercialize cutting-edge technologies. This further solidifies his impact on the bridge between academia and industry.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
PEDRO JORGE DOS SANTOS BRANCO CARIDADE

Citation names

  • CARIDADE, PEDRO
  • Caridade, P. J. S. B.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6812-66CA-8510
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0947-5750

Email addresses

  • pedrojcaridade@uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Chemistry Centre, Chemistry Department, University of Coimbra, 3004-535, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2004
Concluded
PhD in Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"A Reacção OH+O2 Como Fonte de Ozono na Atmosfera: Influência da Excitação Vibracional." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Approved with “Suma Cum Laude”
2004
Concluded
Química (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Química Teórica
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"A Reacção Oh+o2 Como Fonte de Ozono na Atmosfera. Efeito da Excitação Vibracional" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2003
Concluded
MSc in Chemistry, Physical Chemistry (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Estudos Teóricos no Sistema H2O(1A)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Very Good
1996
Concluded
Chemistry (Scientific) (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Estudos Sobre Superfícies de Energia Potencial" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2007 - 2012 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2014/05/01 - Current FCT PostDoc Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2018 - 2018 FCT Project PostDoc Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2016 - 2017 VER Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2007 - 2015 VER Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2014/04/30 PostDoc Project Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2013/05/01 - 2013/07/31 PostDoc Project Researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013 - 2013 VER Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2007/11/01 - 2012/11/01 Assistant Reseracher Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2011 - 2011 VER Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2004/08/01 - 2007/07/01 Postdoc researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2006/06/01 - 2006/07/01 Invited researcher Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
2005/06/01 - 2005/07/01 Invited researcher Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China
1999/10/01 - 2003/09/01 Trainee Assistant Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
1997/04/01 - 1999/07/01 Trainee Assistant Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2007/11 - 2012/11 Ciência 2017 Starting Grant
NA
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/10/01 - Current Co-creating resilient and sustainable food systems towards FOOD2030
CITIES2030
Researcher
Commission Européenne Représentation au Luxembourg
2007 - Current Non-adiabatic interactions in molecular system
GRICES/Índia-2007
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2004 - Current Química-física não adiabática: Teoria e aplicações a sistemas simples e seus isotopomeros
GRICES/CAPES-2004
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Instituto de Ciências Moleculares
LA/P/0056/2020
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/02 - 2025/01/01 Not Available
DL 57/2016/CP1370/CT0050
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Química - Coimbra
UID/QUI/00313/2019
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - 2019 Sensor Observation of Urban Life: Pollution mitigation
NA
Principal investigator
European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Concluded
2018 - 2018 Smart Air Quality Monitoring
NA
Principal investigator
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro
2015 - 2018 Smart Atmospheric Alerts
NA
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Commission Européenne Représentation au Luxembourg
Concluded
2015 - 2018 Sensor Observation of Urban Life | Space
NA
Principal investigator
European Space Agency
2013/08/16 - 2015/10/31 Potenciais moleculares e dinâmica reaccional a partir de primeiros princípios
PTDC/QEQ-COM/3249/2012
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/08/16 - 2015/09/30 Química Teórica e Computacional da Atmosfera: dos Processos Elementares a Cadeias Complexas de Reacção
PTDC/AAG-MAA/4657/2012
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 313 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/QUI/UI0313/2011
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/05/01 - 2013/08/15 Estudos teóricos rigorosos em sistemas de complexidade crescente com relevância ambiental
PTDC/AAC-AMB/099737/2008
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/03/17 - 2013/08/15 Potenciais moleculares e dinâmica reaccional: em busca de um tratamento rigoroso
PTDC/QUI-QUI/099744/2008
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008 - 2010 Fundamental issues in the aerothermodynamics of planetary atmosphere re-entry
AO/1-5593/08/NL/HE
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
European Space Agency
2005/11/01 - 2008/10/31 Química ambiental teórica
POCI/AMB/60261/2004
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/06/01 - 2006/12/31 Química quântica dentro, e para além, da aproximação de Born-Oppenheimer: dos primeiros princípios à capacidade predictiva
POCI/QUI/60501/2004
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003 - 2006 Predicting Catalysis: Understanding Ammonia Production from First Principles
HPRN-CT-2002-00170
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
European Commission

Other

Designation Funders
2015 - Current Civil Protection and Environmental Warnings
NA
Principal investigator
Cancelled
2015 - 2015 MyDay: Health Daily Planner based on ESA Satellite Data and SAP
NA
Principal investigator
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. CARIDADE, PEDRO. "Copernicus Helping Civil Protection". In Copernicus4Regions, edited by European Commission; European Space Agency; Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies, 220. Brussels, Belgium, 2019.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Amilcar Duque-Prata; Tiago B. Pinto; Serpa, Carlos; CARIDADE, PEDRO. Corresponding author: CARIDADE, PEDRO. "Using DFT to Design New Organic Electron Transfer Systems: Redox Potentials and Free Energy Calculations". Paper presented in 15º Encontro Nacional de Química Física, 2023.
  2. A. Duque-Prata; Serpa, Carlos; CARIDADE, PEDRO. "How the structure of intermediate species influences selectivity in the photoreaction of 1-allyl-4-aryltetrazolones in solution". Paper presented in 14º Encontro de Química Física, 2021.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Sergio P.J. Rodrigues; Pedro J.S.B. Caridade. "Computational Chemistry in Graduation Courses of Chemistry". 2024.
    10.4995/HEAd24.2024.17342
  2. CARIDADE, PEDRO. "Sensor Observation of Urban Life | Quantificação de (bio)-aerossóis". Paper presented in 3 Fórum de Imunoalergologia do Centro, 2017.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. A. Duque-Prata; Serpa, Carlos; CARIDADE, PEDRO. "Photochemistry of 1-phenyl-4-allyl-tetrazol-5-one: A theoretical study contribution towards mechanism elucidation". Paper presented in 7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, 2021.
Edited book
  1. CARIDADE, PEDRO. From Potentials to Dynamics: The Starting Journey. Portugal. 2015.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Amílcar Duque-Prata; Carlos Serpa; Pedro J. S. B. Caridade. "Theoretical Evaluation of Fluorinated Resazurin Derivatives for In Vivo Applications". Molecules (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29071507.
    10.3390/molecules29071507
  2. B R L Galvão; P J S B Caridade; V C Mota; A J C Varandas. "SiS formation in the interstellar medium via SiH + S collisions". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2580.
    10.1093/mnras/stad2580
  3. Amílcar Duque-Prata; Tiago B. Pinto; Carlos Serpa; Pedro J. S. B. Caridade. "Performance of Functionals and Basis Sets in Calculating Redox Potentials of Nitrile Alkenes and Aromatic Molecules using Density Functional Theory". ChemistrySelect (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202300205.
    10.1002/slct.202300205
  4. Amílcar Duque-Prata; Carlos Serpa; Pedro J. S. B. Caridade. "Full theoretical protocol for the design of metal-free organic electron donor–spacer–acceptor systems". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP03323F.
    10.1039/D3CP03323F
  5. Rodrigues, Sérgio Paulo Jorge; Caridade, P. J. S. B.. "História da química computacional e do uso dos computadores em química". História da Ciência e Ensino: construindo interfaces 25 (2022): 140-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.23925/2178-2911.2022v25espp140-153.
    10.23925/2178-2911.2022v25espp140-153
  6. João Gregório; Carla Gouveia-Caridade; Pedro J. S. B. Caridade. "Modeling PM2.5 and PM10 Using a Robust Simplified Linear Regression Machine Learning Algorithm". Atmosphere (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13081334.
    10.3390/atmos13081334
  7. V. C. Mota; P. J. S. B. Caridade; A. J. C. Varandas; B. R. L. Galvão. "Quasiclassical Trajectory Study of the Si + SH Reaction on an Accurate Double Many-Body Expansion Potential Energy Surface". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2022): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.2c01633.
    10.1021/acs.jpca.2c01633
  8. Bernardo A. Nogueira; Alexandre D. Silva; Maria Inês P. Mendes; Ana Dora R. Pontinha; Carlos Serpa; Mário J. F. Calvete; Alexandra Rocha-Gonçalves; Pedro J. B. S. Caridade; Sérgio P. J. Rodrigues. "Molecular School – a pre-university chemistry school". Chemistry Teacher International 0 0 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2020-0013.
    10.1515/cti-2020-0013
  9. Amilcar Duque-Prata; Carlos Serpa; Pedro J. S. B. Caridade. "Photochemistry of 1-Phenyl-4-Allyl-Tetrazol-5-One: A Theoretical Study Contribution towards Mechanism Elucidation". Applied Sciences 11 9 (2021): 4045-4045. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094045.
    10.3390/app11094045
  10. P. J. S. B. Caridade; Jing Li; V. C. Mota; A. J. C. Varandas. "The O + NO(v) Vibrational Relaxation Processes Revisited". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2018): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.8b03431.
    10.1021/acs.jpca.8b03431
  11. Zhang, Lei; Luo, Pingya; Guo, Ke; Zeng, Rong; Caridade, Pedro J. S. B.; Varandas, Antonio J. C.. "Theoretical investigation of vibrational relaxation of highly excited O-3 in collisions with HO2". Rsc Advances 4 19 (2014): 9866-9874.
    10.1039/c3ra45634j
  12. Li, Jing; Caridade, Pedro J. S. B.; Varandas, Antonio J. C.. "Quasiclassical Trajectory Study of the Atmospheric Reaction N(D-2) plus NO(X (2)Pi) -> O(D-1) + N-2(X (1)Sigma(+)(g))". Journal of Physical Chemistry a 118 8 (2014): 1277-1286.
    10.1021/jp408487y
  13. Teixeira, O. B. M.; Caridade, P. J. S. B.; Mota, V. C.; Garcia de la Vega, J. M.; Varandas, A. J. C.. "Dynamics of the O plus CIO Reaction: Reactive and Vibrational Relaxation Processes". Journal of Physical Chemistry a 118 51 (2014): 12120-12129. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000347360000028&KeyUID=WOS:000347360000028.
    10.1021/jp511498r
  14. Mota, V.C.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Ab initio-based global double many-body expansion potential energy surface for the first 2A¿ electronic state of NO 2". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 116 11 (2012): 3023-3034. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858763040&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp300031q
  15. Galvão, B.R.L.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "N(4S/2D)+N2: Accurate ab initio-based DMBE potential energy surfaces and surface-hopping dynamics". Journal of Chemical Physics 137 22 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871219287&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1063/1.4737858
  16. Galvão, B.R.L.; Corzo-Espinoza, J.A.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Quasiclassical trajectory study of the rotational distribution for the O+NO(v = 0) fundamental vibrational excitation". International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 43 7 (2011): 345-352. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955575452&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/kin.20560
  17. Joseph, S.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Quasiclassical trajectory study of the c( 1 d) + h 2 reaction and isotopomeric variants: Kinetic isotope effect and cd/ch branching ratio". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 115 27 (2011): 7882-7890. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960139473&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp2032912
  18. Mota, V.C.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Toward the modeling of the NO2(2A¿) manifold". International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 111 14 (2011): 3776-3785. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052080207&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/qua.22907
  19. Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Galvão, B.R.L.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Quasiclassical trajectory study of atom-exchange and vibrational relaxation processes in collisions of atomic and molecular nitrogen". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 114 19 (2010): 6063-6070. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952340970&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp101681m
  20. Zhang, L.; Luo, P.; Zeng, R.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Dynamics study of the atmospheric reaction involving vibrationally excited O3 with OH". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 12 37 (2010): 11362-11370. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956545089&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b927542h
  21. Song, Y.Z.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Potential energy surface for ground-state H2S via scaling of the external correlation, comparison with extrapolation to complete basis set limit, and use in reaction dynamics". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 113 32 (2009): 9213-9219. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-68549123398&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp903790h
  22. Mota, V.C.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Diabatic electronic manifold of hn2(2a') and n + nh reaction dynamics on its lowest adiabat". Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry 8 5 (2009): 849-859. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70449568485&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1142/S0219633609005076
  23. Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Mota, V.C.; Mohallem, J.R.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "A theoretical study of rate coefficients for the O + NO vibrational relaxation". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 112 5 (2008): 960-965. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39649119312&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp075419r
  24. Song, Y.Z.; Kinal, A.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.; Piecuch, P.. "A comparison of single-reference coupled-cluster and multi-reference configuration interaction methods for representative cuts of the H2 S (1 A') potential energy surface". Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM 859 1-3 (2008): 22-29. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-43949141732&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.theochem.2008.02.028
  25. Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Poveda, L.A.; Rodrigues, S.P.J.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Recalibrated double many-body expansion potential energy surface and dynamics calculations for HN2". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111 7 (2007): 1172-1178. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33847763247&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp066898h
  26. Ballester, M.Y.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Dynamics and kinetics of the H + SO2 reaction: A theoretical study". Chemical Physics Letters 439 4-6 (2007): 301-307. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34247323881&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cplett.2007.03.112
  27. Varandas, A.J.C.; Chu, T.-S.; Han, K.-L.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.. "Accurate rate constant and quantum effects for N(2D) + H2 reaction". Chemical Physics Letters 421 4-6 (2006): 415-420. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33645842490&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cplett.2006.01.073
  28. Varandas, A.J.C.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Zhang, J.Z.H.; Cui, Q.; Han, K.L.. "Dynamics of X+CH 4 (X=H, O, Cl) reactions: How reliable is transition state theory for fine-tuning potential energy surfaces?". Journal of Chemical Physics 125 6 (2006): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33747241977&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1063/1.2217953
  29. Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Rodrigues, S.P.J.; Sousa, F.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Unimolecular and bimolecular calculations for HN2". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 109 10 (2005): 2356-2363. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-15944364111&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp045102g
  30. Caridade, P.J.B.S.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Dynamics Study of the N(4S) + O2 Reaction and Its Reverse". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108 16 (2004): 3556-3564. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2342582123&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp037040k
  31. Teitelbaum, H.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Calculation of the rate constant for state-selected recombination of H+O2(v) as a function of temperature and pressure". Journal of Chemical Physics 120 22 (2004): 10483-10500. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2942694314&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1063/1.1712765
  32. Silveira, D.M.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.; Silveira, Dora M.; Caridade, Pedro J. S. B.; Varandas, António J. C.. "Dynamics study of the O + HO2 reaction using two DMBE potential energy surfaces: The role of vibrational excitation". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108 41 (2004): 8721-8730. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-7044274614&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp049575z
  33. Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Llanio-Trujillo, J.L.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Nascent versus "steady-State" Rovibrational Distributions in the Products of the O(3P) + O3(X~1A) Reaction". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 107 50 (2003): 10926-10932. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0347568374&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp030756v
  34. Garrido, J.D.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Dynamics study of the OH + O2 branching atmospheric reaction. 4. Influence of vibrational relaxation in collisions involving highly excited species". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 106 21 (2002): 5314-5322. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037198790&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp0203245
  35. Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Sabin, J.; Garrido, J.D.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Dynamics of OH + O2 vibrational relaxation processes". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 4 20 (2002): 4959-4969. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036401586&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b203101a
  36. Varandas, A.J.C.; Caridade, P.J.S.B.. "The OH(v')+O2(v¿) reaction: A new source of stratospheric ozone?". Chemical Physics Letters 339 1-2 (2001): 1-8. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035805465&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00314-1
  37. Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Zhang, L.; Garrido, J.D.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Dynamics study of the OH + O2 branching atmospheric reaction. 2. Influence of reactants internal energy in HO2 and O3 formation". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 105 18 (2001): 4395-4402. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035837967&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  38. Caridade, P.J.S.B.; Betancourt, M.; Garrido, J.D.; Varandas, A.J.C.. "Dynamics study of the OH + O2 branching atmospheric reaction. 3. Dissociation in collisions of vibrationally excited reactants". Journal of Physical Chemistry A 105 31 (2001): 7435-7440. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035833817&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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Report
  1. CARIDADE, PEDRO. 2018. GOSAFE | Outdoor Experience.
  2. CARIDADE, PEDRO. 2017. Sensor Observation of Urban Life | Space.
  3. B.L.R. Galvão; V.C. Mota; CARIDADE, PEDRO; A.J.C. Varandas. 2011. Fundamental Issues in the Aerothermodynamics of Planetary Atmosphere Re-Entry.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Gregório, João Alberto Madeira. "Forecasting airborne pollutants via time-series models". Master, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/83178.
  2. Alves, Styve da Conceicao. "Estimativa e diagnóstico da qualidade do ar obtida por dados de observação da Terra". Master, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/82952.
  3. Caridade, Pedro Jorge dos Santos Branco. "A reacção OH+O2 como fonte de ozono na atmosfera : efeito de excitação vibracional". PhD, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/2053.
Translation
  1. CARIDADE, PEDRO. IUPAC Green Book” section translation to Portuguese (PT-PT & PT-BR) and Technical Edition. 2019.

Other

Other output
  1. Dynamics with CBS: Coupling electronic structure dynamics (2018–, GPL license). 2018. CARIDADE, PEDRO.
  2. CHIPR PES: Toolbox for fitting potential energy surface (2018–, GPL license). 2018. CARIDADE, PEDRO.
  3. VENUS96-Coimbra: A quasi-classical package for dynamics (2016–, shareware license). 2016. CARIDADE, PEDRO.
  4. ¿buntu: Quantum Chemistry Tailored Linux OS for Computational Chemistry. 2015. CARIDADE, PEDRO.
  5. RATES: a chemical reaction database (2013–, LPPL license). 2013. CARIDADE, PEDRO.
Spin-off company
  1. 2015. SpaceLayer Technologies. Air pollution.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/10/20 Earth Observation: Downstream Applications Aeronautics, Space & Defense Cluster Days
ADEI (Oeiras, Portugal)
2019/03/07 Forecasting Air Pollution GBI Bridge Event
GBI (Bangalore, India)
2019/03/02 Entrepreneurship: Space, Maths and Chemistry ERAMUS+
BEST (Coimbra)
2018/10/22 Entrepreneurial Stories from Copernicus Accelerator Alumni Copernicus Accelerator Webinars
Copernicus Support Office (Brussels, Belgium)
2018/10/17 Remote Sensing: Data Aggregation, Platform & Algorithms Risk AquaSoil
University of Coimbra (Pedrogão Pequeno, Portugal)
2018/10/09 Copernicus Services for Remote Sensing Copernicus Ecosystem Workshop
Copernicus Support Office (Brussels, Belgium)
2018/09/26 Earth Observation and Civil Protection Copernicus4Regions
European Commission, European Space Agency and Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies (Brussels, Belgium)
2018/07/05 Copernicus e a Observação da Terra: Satélites e a Química Ambiental Summer School University of Coimbra
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/05/30 The Need of Air Quality Forecast India Clean Air Initiative
Get in the Ring (Cascais, Portugal)
2018/05/28 Sensor Observation of Urban Life NewSpace Atlantic Summit 2018
FCT (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/05/02 Earth Observation and air quality monitoring using Copernicus INEOStart2018
Instituto Pedro Nunes (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/04/15 Earth Observation: From Data to Applications Climate KIC @ University of Porto
Climate KIC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/03/17 Machine Learning in (Bio)-Aerosols Quantification MedSummit2018
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/11/29 Machine Learning in Air Quality monitoring 93rd Tech Day@Altice Labs: Artificial Intelligence
Altice Labs (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/11/17 SOUL: Air Pollution Monitoring and Applications European Institute of Technology: Climate KIC
Climate KIC (Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal)
2017/11/07 Sensor Observation of Urban Life: European Commission Government Challenge Satellite Masters Conference
European Commission (Tallin, Estonia)
2017/11/07 Sensor Observation of Urban Life: Lessons Learned Satellite Masters Conference
European Commission (Tallin)
2017/10/25 Air Pollution Modeling and Forecast for Climate Threats ClimateKIC@University of Coimbra
ClimateKIC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/10/02 Machine Learning and Technological Transfer CABRIOLET - University of Coimbra
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/07/21 Air pollution Monitoring and Applications European Institute of Technology: Climate KIC,
Climate KIC (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/07/13 Earth Observation: From Collecting Data to Daily Use Applications Coimbra Space Summer School, Lecture
ESA BIC Portugal (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/06/09 Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service: Data and Applications Copernicus InfoSession Portugal
European Commission (Açores, Portugal)
2017/06/06 Machine Learning in Pollution Forecast: From Data to Applications EIT Digital Summer School
EIT Digital (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/06/01 Machine Learning Applied to Pollution: From Data Acquisition to Forecast IOT Summit Microsoft
Microsoft (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/05/07 Ser Empreendedor
Escola Superior Tecnologias do Mar, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Peniche, Portugal)
2017/03/17 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecast CIMQ’17(Congreso Internacional Médico Quirúrgico)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2017/03/14 Air Quality Modelling and Implication on Health: SOUL Global Event for Digital Business
European Commission (Hannover, Germany)
2016/11/17 Research, Innovation and Knowledge II Encontro Científico do NEQ/AAC
NEQ/AAC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/02/03 Sensor Observation of Urban Life and Health-IT Caixa Empreender
MIT Portugal (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2016/06/23 - Current Workshop on OpenFoam CFD Toolbox (2016/06/23)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
SpaceLayer Technologies, Portugal
1997/03/21 - Current Coimbra HCM Meeting on Multichannel Reactions and Kinetic Modeling of Combustion Processes (Coimbra, Portugal, March 21-22, 1997). (1997/03/21)
Congress (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/03/05 - 2018/03/09 Startup Europe Week, promoted by European Commission (2018/03/05 - 2018/03/09)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal

SpaceLayer Technologies, Portugal
2016/03/30 - 2016/04/03 MOLIM2016: From Potentials to Dynamics: The Starting Journey (2016/03/30)
Congress (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Comissão de Avaliação Maiores-23
Member
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - Current Editoral board: Medicinal Open Source Journal.
Other
2015 - Current Editorial Board: Young Chemistry (Sociedade Portuguesa de Química)
Other
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization Funding entity
2019 - Current CORDINET
Evaluator
Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies, Belgium
2019 - Current Evaluator for Horizon2020 (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks).
Evaluator
European Commission, Belgium
2017 - Current Evaluator for Horizon Price of European Commission
Evaluator
European Commission, Belgium
2009 - Current Project evaluator of Argentina Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, Argentina, for Theoretical Chemical-Physics.
Evaluator
Agencia Nacional De Promoción Científica Y Tecnológica, Argentina
Distinctions

Award

2017 Copernicus Masters
European Commission, Belgium

Copernicus Masters, Belgium
2016 2016 EIT Health Innostars Award
2016 Lisbon Summer School EIT Digital

Other distinction

2015 Building Global innovator, 6th Edition: Health It & Medical Devices
2014 Soul-Fi Accelerator Programme