Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Jose Manuel Lourenço Coutinho Afonso
Citation names
- Afonso, Jose
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 971B-5DF6-4743
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9149-2973
Email addresses
- jafonso@iastro.pt (Professional)
- jmafonso@ciencias.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
- jafonso@oal.ul.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 213616745 (Professional)
Addresses
- Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço. Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-018, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Astronomy
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
French | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2019/07/02
Concluded
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Astronomia e Astrofísica (Agregação) (Título de Agregado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2002/04
Concluded
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Doctor of Philosophy (Doutoramento)
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
"On the star-forming properties of faint radio sources" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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N/A |
1998
Concluded
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Astronomia e Astrofísica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"HCN and Infrared Observations of Bok Globules: detection of very young stellar objects" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Muito Bom |
1996
Concluded
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Física (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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19/20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2004/04/01 - Current | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2015/09 - Current | Director of the PhD Degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Lisbon | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | ||
2015/02/03 - 2021/07/14 | Organic Unit Director | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal | ||
2015/01 - 2019/06 | Leader of the Thematic Line “The assembly history of galaxies resolved in space and time” | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal | ||
2015/09 - 2018/09 | Vice-president of the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | ||
2011/04 - 2014/12 | Organic Unit Director | Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2010/01 - 2013/12 | On the pathway to SKA: science with the next generation of radio-telescopes | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. |
2010/01 - 2013/07 | The Bulgeless Side of Galaxy Evolution | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. |
2011/01 - 2013/04 | Cold dust and star formation properties of galaxies in the Virgo cluster | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. |
2005/06 - 2008/06 | The First Radio Galaxies: selection and study of the most distant galaxies using the deepest astronomical surveys. | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. |
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/09/03 - 2022/09/02 | Identifying the Earliest Supermassive Black Holes with ALMA
PTDC/FIS-AST/29245/2017
Principal investigator
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2020/01/01 - 2021/07/14 | Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
Principal investigator
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
UID/FIS/04434/2019
Principal investigator
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31 | Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
Principal investigator
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2015/01/01 - 2017/12/31 | Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
Principal investigator
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2013/07/01 - 2016/06/30 | Towards very high-redshift radio galaxies in the reionisation epoch using ALMA
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 | Strategic Project - UI 2751 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/FIS/UI2751/2011
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2010/01/01 - 2013/07/31 | Galáxias sem bojo e evolução galáctica
PTDC/CTE-AST/105287/2008
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Newsletter article |
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Newspaper article |
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Other
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Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/07/05 | The Quest for Radio Powerful AGN in the EoR | Shedding new light on the first billion years of the Universe International Meeting
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (Marseille, France)
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2022/11/21 | So… do powerful radio AGN even exist at the EoR? | SPARCS XI: The Rise of Sky Surveys
Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (South Africa)
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2022/07/27 | Key Science Project 8: Radio AGN in the EoR | Evolutionary Map of the Universe International Virtual Meeting
Evolutionary Map of the Universe Consortium (Australia)
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2022/06/09 | Seeking the first radio-powerful AGN within the Epoch of Reionisation | Proca Seminar Series |
2021/12/20 | Supermassive Black Holes as drivers of galaxy formation: from the Milky Way to the edge of the Universe (invited) | XIV Black Holes Workshop
Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Matemática e Aplicações (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2021/11/12 | Universe Sciences: Supporting state-of-the-art research and education in Azores - A contribution to the Azores Regional Space Strategy (invited) | Strategy of Azores for Space
Azores Regional Government (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
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2021/02/24 | Approaching the earliest radio AGN within the EoR | Seminar of the Physics Department
Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (Portugal)
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2020/09/24 | Breaking the wall: approaching the earliest AGN within the EoR (invited) | Research Seminar
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (Australia)
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2019/05/09 | Breaking the Wall - Seeking the earliest radio AGN within the EoR | IXth SKA Pathfinder Radio Continuum Survey Group (SPARCS) meeting
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2019/04/12 | Breaking the Wall - Seeking the earliest radio AGN within the EoR | SKA General Science Meeting and Key Science Workshop 2019
SKA (Cheshire, United Kingdom)
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2018/07/17 | When critical mass catches up to strategy: the road for Portuguese Astronomy (Invited) | Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society
Spanish Astronomical Society (Salamanca, Spain)
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2018/05/29 | Space 2030: where will we be in 10 years (Invited) | NewSpace Atlantic Summit
FCT (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2018/02/07 | Witnessing the birth of galaxies with SKA and SKA-precursors | SKA PT Days
FCT (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2017/07/20 | MOONS: scents of Portugal in the upcoming MOS for the VLT | 25th National Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2015/03/16 | Towards the first generation of Radio Powerful AGN in the Universe | At the Edge of the Universe: Latest results from the deepest astronomical surveys
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (Sintra, Portugal)
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2014/07/18 | The Portuguese ALMA Centre of Expertise - PACE | 24th National Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting
Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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2014/06/12 | Identifying the first generation of Radio Loud AGN in the Universe | Advancing Astrophysics with the SKA
(Sicily, Italy)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2022/11/01 - Current | On the selection and exploration of radio powerful Active Galactic Nuclei
Supervisor
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Physics and Astrophysics (PhD)
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2022/02/21 - Current | The role of Quenching in Galaxy Evolution through the eyes of MOONS
Co-supervisor
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Astronomia e Astrofísica (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2020/11/11 - Current | Objective criteria for the selection of the most distant radio galaxies
Supervisor
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Astronomia e Astrofísica (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2019 - Current | The First Radio Galaxies in the Universe
Supervisor
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Astronomy and Astrophysics (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2016/04 - 2021/04 | Towards the detection of the earliest supermassive black holes with the future generation of radio and X-ray surveys
Supervisor
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Astronomia e Astrofísica (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2016/12/16 - 2019/01/07 | Star-forming galaxies structural evolution across cosmic time and environment
Co-supervisor
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Astronomy and Astrophysics (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2015 - 2016 | The Differential Evolution of Hot- and Cold-Dust in Galaxies in the Last 7.5 Gyr
Supervisor
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Physics - specialisation in Astrophysics and Cosmology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2011 - 2016 | Caracterização em rádio-frequências da taxa de formação estelar de galáxias sem bojo a redshifts intermédios
Supervisor
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Physics - specialisation in Astrophysics and Cosmology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2012 - 2013 | The X-ray/Radio Correlation for Bulgeless Galaxies
Supervisor
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Physics - specialisation in Astrophysics and Cosmology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2009 - 2011 | Radio Galaxies at very high redshift: detection limits with the deepest radio surveys
Supervisor
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Astronomy and Astrophysics (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2009 - 2011 | Calibration and Image Reconstruction with Radio Interferometers
Co-supervisor
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Physics Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2007 - 2011 | A multiwavelenght study of near- and mid-infrared selected galaxies at high redshift: ERGs, AGN-identification and the contribution
from dust.
Supervisor
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Astronomia e Astrofísica (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2002 - 2004 | O Phoenix Deep Survey: Natureza e Evolução da População de Radio-galáxias de Sub-mJy
Supervisor
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Astronomy and Astrophysics (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2016/01/16 - Current | Organisation of the Ignite IAstro Tour, an event that takes the research of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
to locations in Portugal outside the main cities, where science communication activities may not be as frequent. In each event,
8 to 10 researchers of the Institute talk about their science using 20 slides and in 5 minutes (15 seconds per slide). (2016/01/16)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2018/05/16 - 2018/05/16 | Organisation of the Ignite IAstro Parlamento, a Science Communication event of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
for the Nacional Science Day 2018 at the Portuguese Parliament (2018/05/16 - 2018/05/16)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Assembleia da República, Portugal Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2018/02/17 - 2018/02/17 | Organisation of “Festival Antena 2 - Conferência/ debate: Explorar o Universo: viver fora da Terra" (2018/02/13 - 2018/02/18)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Rádio e Televisão de Portugal SA, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2021/11/02 - 2021/11/02 | O Lado Brilhante do Universo, presentation for high school students
Other
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O Espaço vai à Escola - High School Presentation (ES São Pedro do Sul)
Ciência Viva, Portugal
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2021/10/29 - 2021/10/29 | A Astronomia da próxima geração, presentation for primary school students
Other
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O Espaço vai à Escola - Primary School Presentation (Escola Básica Abação Guimarães )
Ciência Viva, Portugal
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2021/10/26 - 2021/10/26 | O Lado Brilhante do Universo, presentation for high school students
Other
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O Espaço vai à Escola - High School Presentation (ES José Gomes Ferreira )
Ciência Viva, Portugal
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2021/10/22 - 2021/10/22 | A Astronomia da próxima geração, presentation for primary school students
Other
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O Espaço vai à Escola - Escola Básica Abação Guimarães
Ciência Viva, Portugal
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2021/06/17 - 2021/06/17 | Em busca das primeiras galáxias, presentation for high school students
Other
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High School Presentation (Manuel Bernardes College) |
2020/06/03 - 2020/06/03 | "A Astronomia da próxima geração", online public presentation for the “Open Virtual Day” of the Faculty of Sciences of the
University of Lisbon
Seminar
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Open Virtual Day
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2020/06/03 - 2020/06/03 | "Em busca das Primeiras Galáxias", online public presentation for the “Open Virtual Day” of the Faculty of Sciences of the
University of Lisbon
Seminar
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Open Virtual Day
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2020/06/03 - 2020/06/03 | "Os telescópios Lusos", online public presentation for the “Open Virtual Day” of the Faculty of Sciences of the University
of Lisbon
Seminar
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Open Virtual Day
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2020/05/30 - 2020/05/30 | "Revele o Universo... com as suas perguntas", online public discussion for “The Universe Online” initiative
Other
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The Universe Online
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2020/04/04 - 2020/04/04 | "O lado brilhante do Universo", online public presentation for “The Universe Online” initiative
Other
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The Universe Online
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2019/04/30 - 2019/04/30 | A Astronomia da Próxima Geração, presentation for high school students
Other
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High School Presentation (Pedro Arrupe College) |
2018/09/29 - 2018/09/29 | Nearer to the unattainable, public presentation at the Noites no Observatório, Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian
Other
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Noites no Observatório, Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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2018/05/16 - 2018/05/16 | Presentation at the Ignite IAstro Parlamento, a Science Communication event of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
for the Nacional Science Day 2018 at the Portuguese Parliament
Other
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Dia Nacional dos Cientistas, Ignite IAstro Parlamento
Assembleia da República, Portugal
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
2018/02/17 - 2018/02/17 | Presentation at the “Festival Antena 2 - Conferência/ debate: Explorar o Universo: viver fora da Terra"
Conference
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Festival Antena 2 - Conferência/ debate: Explorar o Universo: viver fora da Terra
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal SA, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2016/06 - Current | Athena Wide Field Imager Consortium | Member of the Consortium Board, in representation of Portugal; Member of the Science Team |
2016/01 - Current | MOSAIC (multi-object spectrograph for the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope) | Member of the steering committee; Member of Science Team |
2014/07 - Current | Square Kilometre Array Science Working Group: Continuum Science Team | Core Member |
2014/04 - Current | Portuguese ALMA Centre of Expertise | Coordinator |
2013/04 - Current | FCT-funded Doctoral Network in Space Sciences PhD::SPACE, involving the PhD Degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Lisbon and the PhD Degree in Astronomy of the University of Porto. | Member of the Executive Board; Member of the Scientific Committee |
2011/01 - Current | MOONS (Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph for the VLT) | Co-Principal Investigator |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2015/07 - Current | Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon
Member
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2023/09/10 - 2023/09/13 | Invited co-chair of the discussion session “Radio-Quiet AGN and Evolutionary Studies”, at the “The many facets of fuelling
and feedback in jetted AGN” International Conference. September 10 - 15 2023, Tropea, Italy.
Advisor / Consultant
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Istituto nazionale di astrofisica, Italy |
2011 - 2015 | Portuguese representative for the Scientific Technical Committee of the European Southern Observatory.
Member
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European Southern Observatory, Germany |
2004 - 2011 | ALMA European Science Advisory Committee (ESO).
Member
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European Southern Observatory, Germany |
2007 - 2010 | ALMA Science Advisory Committee
Member
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Atacama Large Millimeter submillimeter Array, Chile |
2007 - 2009 | Chair of the ALMA European Science Advisory Committee (ESO).
Coordinator
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European Southern Observatory, Germany |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2024/10/21 - 2024/10/25 | Beyond the Edge of the Universe: latest results from the deepest astronomical surveys | SOC chair |
2022/07/22 - 2022/07/24 | International Evolutionary Map of the Universe International Virtual Meeting | Evolutionary Map of the Universe Consortium |
2020/11/23 - 2020/11/25 | Exploiting Archives for Radio Astronomy in the SKA-era | Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (virtual meeting), Lisbon, Portugal (SOC member) |
2019/06/28 - 2019/06/28 | Stellar populations in the era of ELTs: advances over the next decade and beyond | European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) Special Session SS12, Lyon, France (SOC member) |
2019/06/17 - 2019/06/21 | Uncovering early galaxy evolution in the ALMA and JWST era | Non-GA IAU Symposium, Viana do Castelo, Portugal (SOC member) |
2019/05/12 - 2019/05/15 | Multi-messenger astronomy with SKA precursors and pathfinders, a capacity building workshop | Aveiro, Portugal (SOC member) |
2019/05/06 - 2019/05/10 | IXth SKA Pathfinder Radio Continuum Survey Group (SPARCS) meeting | Lisbon, Portugal (SOC and LOC member) |
2018/11/20 - 2018/11/22 | Athena-WFI Consortium Meeting in Lisbon | Lisbon, Portugal (SOC and LOC member) |
2017/09/11 - 2017/09/13 | MOONS Science Consortium Meeting | Lisbon, Portugal (SOC and LOC member) |
2016/09/08 - 2016/09/09 | XXVI National Meeting of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Aveiro, Portugal (SOC member) |
2015/03/15 - 2015/03/19 | Back at the Edge of the Universe: latest results from the deepest astronomical surveys | Sintra, Portugal (SOC and LOC Chair) |
2011/04/27 - 2011/04/27 | ALMA National Community Day | Lisbon, Portugal (SOC Chair) |
2010/06/23 - 2010/06/23 | National Workshop on ALMA: Getting Ready for Early Science | Porto, Portugal (SOC Chair) |
2009/03/24 - 2009/03/27 | ALMA and ELTs: A Deeper, Finer View of the Universe | Garching, Germany (SOC member) |
2006/10/09 - 2006/10/13 | At the Edge of the Universe: latest results from the deepest astronomical surveys | Sintra, Portugal (SOC and LOC Chair) |
2005/07/28 - 2005/07/30 | XV National Meeting of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and Lisbon Astronomical Observatory, Portugal (SOC and LOC co-chair) |
Distinctions
Award
2000 | Valerie Myerscough Prize
University of London Worldwide, United Kingdom
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1997 | Program for Stimulating Research
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
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1996 | Highest grades for a Physics Graduation
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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1993 | Best grades for a first year student at the Faculty of Sciences
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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