Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Alex Heinz Ladislaus Blin
Citation names
- Blin, Alex H.
- A.H. Blin
- Alex Blin
- A. Blin
- Alex H. Blin
- Blin, A.H.
- Blin, A.
- Blin, Alex
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 8714-30A5-12E4
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-5997-8773
- Researcher Id
- M6162-2013
- Scopus Author Id
- 6603883776
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Particles and Fields Physics
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Nuclear Physics
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Polish | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | |
German | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
French | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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1999
Concluded
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Agregado em Física (Título de Agregado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
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aprovado por unanimidade |
1980
Concluded
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Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Doutoramento)
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
"Statische Berechnungen eines parameterfreien Tröpfchenmodells der Kerne" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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GUT |
1977
Concluded
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Master of Science (Mestrado)
Purdue University, United States
"Analysis of thick samples using proton induced x-ray emission" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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sem classificação |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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1987 - 1988 | Researcher (Research) | Freie Universität Berlin Fachbereich Physik, Germany |
1985 - 1987 | Researcher (Research) | Universität Regensburg Fakultät für Physik, Germany |
1985 - 1985 | Researcher (Research) | GANIL SPIRAL2, France |
1983 - 1985 | Researcher (Research) | Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives Direction CEA Tech, France |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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1988 - 1989 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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1989 - Current | Investigador (coordenador, principal, auxiliar) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
2003 - 2013 | Prof. catedrático convidado | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
2002 - 2008 | Presidente do Conselho Directivo | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal |
1981 - 1983 | Post-Doc | University of Maryland at College Park Department of Physics, United States |
1980 - 1981 | Post-Doc | Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Germany |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2004 - 2018 | Co-author and participant in 10 research projects, which were accepted for financing by the respective organisations
various
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1976 - 2018 | Participation in other research projects
various
Researcher
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2008 - 2008 | SCADRON70 - Workshop on Scalar Mesons and Related Topics
Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento project L07-V-023/2008
Supervisor
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2007 - 2008 | Financiamento plurianual
SFA-2-535
Supervisor
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2003 - 2006 | Theoretical physics: from elementary particles to the universe
Programa de financiamento plurianual FCT, unit 535
Supervisor
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1988 - 2004 | Co-author and participant in 19 research projects, which were accepted for financing by the respective organisations
various
Researcher
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2000 - 2001 | A equação de estado de NJL em estrelas de neutrões e supernovas
ESO PESO/P/PRO/15127/1999
Principal investigator
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1998 - 1998 | Um projecto piloto inovador em Astronomia e SETI numa escola secundária
Praxis XXI Ciência Viva PII-242
Principal investigator
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1996 - 1998 | Propriedades hadrónicas de estrelas de neutrões
PESO/S/PRO/1057/95
Principal investigator
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1996 - 1996 | Cálculo do factor de forma e decaimento do mesão pseudovectorial A1 em três piões, com dois piões na onda s
JNICT 9/96/1/0614
Principal investigator
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1995 - 1995 | Estudos teoreticos de propriedades de mesões no meio nuclear
Praxis XXI/BCC/4299/94
Principal investigator
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1995 - 1995 | Estudo dos efeitos da simetria quiral em reacções envolvendo hadrõs e fotões
JNICT 9/95/1/0489
Principal investigator
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/07/01 - 2022/06/30 | Toolkit for precision calculations in the standard model and beyond, composite Higgs model and hadronic parity violation
CERN/FIS-COM/0035/2019
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2020/03/01 - 2022/02/28 | High precision effective modelling of the QCD phase diagram
CERN/FIS-PAR/0040/2019
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2008 - 2013 | Contratação de doutorados para o sistema científico e tecnológico nacional
C2007-FCTUC CFTUC v09
Supervisor
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2011/04/01 - 2012/09/30 | Effective field theory with many-fermion interactions.
CERN/FP/116334/2010
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física Computacional, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2008/11/01 - 2009/12/31 | Chiral fermion systems
CERN/FP/83510/2008
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física Computacional, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2007/09/01 - 2008/08/31 | Matter in the vacuum and under extreme conditions
POCI/FP/81926/2007
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2006/09/01 - 2007/08/31 | Multi-particle correlations in low energy hadron physics and relativistic heavy-ion collisions
POCI/FP/63930/2005
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2005/09/01 - 2006/08/31 | Relativistic heavy ion collisions and meson properties
POCI/FP/63412/2005
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Conference poster |
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Edited book |
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Manual |
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Report |
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Working paper |
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Artistic / Performance
Audio recording |
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Video recording |
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Intellectual property
Patent |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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1992 | 60 outreach presentations at schools, universities and events 1992-2019 | Astrophysics, cosmology, astronomy, Nobel prizes, aerodynamics |
1977 | 40 seminar talks at universities, institutes, workshops and and conferences 1977-2014 |
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2015 - 2019 | Internships of 5 students | |
2011 - 2018 | 7 Seminars | |
1995 - 2016 | Supervison and co-supervision of 8 Master of Science theses | |
2000 - 2009 | PhD theses supervision and co-supervision | |
1998 - 2006 | Graduation (Licenciatura), 5 Theses | |
2002 - 2005 | Monographies of 7 students | |
2001 - 2005 | Scientific supervision of 13 candidates and theses in Education of Physics and Chemistry |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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1975 - 2014 | Participation in more than 50 international workshops, meetings and conferences | |
1980 - 2012 | Short-term scientific visits and collaborations at institutes and universities in Europe, North and South America and North Africa |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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1999 - 2014 | Scientific Secretary, member of organizing, international advisory or scientific committees or invited lecturer at 10 conferences |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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1989 - Current | Universidade de Coimbra: Elementos de Mecânica Estatística (1989/90) Física Teórica (problems) (1990/91) Astrofísica e Cosmologia (8 courses 1990-2003) Física Atómica (2 courses 1990-1995) Métodos Matemáticos da Física (2 courses 1994-1997) Estructura da Matéria – Astrofísica (2002) Termodinâmica e Elementos de Mecânica Estatística (3 courses 2002-2004) Física computacional (2003/04) Introdução à Astrofísica (13 courses, 2007-2020) | ||
1997 - 2019 | Short courses: Navegação aérea (15 courses in Coimbra, 1997-2003, 2010-2015, 2018, 2019) Princípios de voo (12 courses in Coimbra, 2000-2004, 2009-2015, 2018, 2019, 1 course in Santarém, 2007) Astronomia (Coimbra, 1999) Recent Theories on Matter and Energy in the Universe (BEST summer course, Coimbra, 2005) Cosmology (BEST summer course, Coimbra, 2016) Fenomenologia hadrónica (Fundação de Ensino Superior de S.João del Rei, Brazil, 2000) Preparation session for International Physics Olympiads 2018 students, Coimbra 2018 | ||
1975 - 1994 | Purdue University, USA: Experimental Physics Lab Course - Mechanics (1975/76) Universität Regensburg, Germany: Kerphysik, Quantenmechanik und Elektrodynamik (Nuclear Physics, Quantum Mechanics and Electrodynamics) (2 courses 1985-1987) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil: Astrofísica e Cosmologia (post-graduate course on Astrophysics and Cosmology) (1994) | ||
1988 - 1991 | Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal: Física Atómica (Atomic Physics) (2 courses 1988-1990) Física Atómica (Atomic Physics problems) (2 courses 1988-1990) Mecânica Quântica (Quantum Mechanics Problems) (2 courses 1988-1991)) Mecânica Quântica (Quantum Mechanics) (2 courses 1989-1991) Física do Estado Sólido (Solid State Physics) (1989/90) |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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1990 - Current | Head of selection panel of candidates for "Contratação de doutorados" of FCT (2007). In examination panels: Diploma Degree in Physics, University of Regensburg, Germany, Master’s Degree at UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Participation in examination panels of Graduation (Licenciatura), Seminars, Master’s Degree, PhD thesis proposal, PhD and Habilitation (Agregação) exams at University of Coimbra, UTAD Vila Real, IST Universidade de Lisboa. Evaluator of 5-year report of Assistant Professor at UTAD Vila Real. |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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1993 - Current | Peer reviews for: Physics Letters B, Nuclear Physics A, European Physical Journal A, Foundations of Science, Light: Science & Applications, Foundations of Science and IOP Publishing. Grant application to OPUS 5 of the Polish National Science Centre. Portuguese-British and Portuguese-Brazilian programs. Contributions to "2nd International Workshop on Hadron Physics - Effective Theories of Low Energy QCD" 2002. “Life in the Universe" ESO&ESA&CERN 2001. BEST competition 2017. |
Distinctions
Other distinction
1975 | Fulbright Scholar |