Iveta Pimentel is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. She completed the Habilitation in Physics (2016) from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (1989) from the Department of Theoretical Physics of the University of Oxford, Master in Physics (1986) from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Degree in Physics (1982) from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Her main area of research is Condensed Matter Physics, her scientific interests focus on the theoretical study of magnetic systems with disorder and frustration, strongly correlated electron systems and superconductors, quasicrystals and fractals. She also collaborated with a Biophysics research group in the analysis of complexity in brain and heart activity.
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Personal identification

Full name
Iveta Rombeiro do Rego Pimentel

Citation names

  • Iveta Pimentel
  • I R Pimentel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CD1C-52C4-DD48
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4136-149X
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=CooNUmAAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
N-2885-2015
Scopus Author Id
22963602000

Email addresses

  • irpimentel@fc.ul.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 217500057 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Ed. C8, 1749-016, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Condensed Matter Physics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Degree Classification
2016/02/19
Concluded
 Habilitation in Physics (Título de Agregado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1989/07/15
Concluded
 DPhil in Physics (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Oxford Department of Theoretical Physics, United Kingdom
"Critical Dynamics in Spin Glasses and Dilute Magnets" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1986/06/30
Concluded
 Master in Physics (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Behavior of a Heisenberg Quantum Spin System in a Random Magnetic Field" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good
1982/12/16
Concluded
 Degree in Physics (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Study of the Effect of Variation in Binding Energy in the Ionization of the L-shell" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2003/03/07 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1989/11/01 - 2003/03/06 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1986/07/01 - 1989/10/31 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1984/02/01 - 1986/06/30 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/05/06 - Current Member of the School Council of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/07/07 - 2021/07/07 Member of the Senate of the University of Lisbon Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Grant

Designation Funders
1996/11/01 - 1997/07/31 Disordered magnetic systems
PFMRH/BLS/32/96
Research Fellow
CEA Service de Physique Théorique de Saclay, France
 Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica
Concluded
1990/10/01 - 1991/09/30 High temperature superconductors
PMCT/BPD/12/90
Research Fellow
University of California at Los Angeles Department of Physics , United States
 Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica
Concluded
1990/04/01 - 1990/09/30 Spin glasses
3.B/A.12-2/90
Research Fellow
University of California at Los Angeles Department of Physics , United States
 Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento
Concluded
1985/10/01 - 1988/12/31 Critical dynamics in spin glasses and dilute magnets
37/85/B
PhD Student Fellow
University of Oxford Department of Theoretical Physics, United Kingdom
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics
UIDP/00618/2020
10.54499/UIDP/00618/2020
UIDB/00618/2020
10.54499/UIDB/00618/2020
Research Fellow
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics
UID/FIS/00618/2019
Research Fellow
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics
UID/FIS/00618
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
1990/01/01 - 2002/12/31 Condensed Matter Physics Center
PT/FCT/INIC/DSE/0727
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Física da Matéria Condensada, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002 - 2002 Study of the spin glass transition in disordered magnetic systems: analytical approach
628 B1
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

CEA Service de Physique Théorique de Saclay, France
Instituto de Cooperação Científica e Tecnológica Internacional

Ambassade de France au Portugal
Concluded
1992 - 1995 Theory of spin glasses and high temperature superconductors
PBIC/C/CEN/1110/92
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica
Concluded
1992 - 1992 Theoretical study on spin glasses: search for scaling laws for finite systems
Proc 12136
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

CEA Service de Physique Théorique de Saclay, France
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Científica

Ambassade de France au Portugal
Concluded

Publications

Book chapter
  1. I R Pimentel. "Spin Glasses". In Strongly Correlated Systems, Coherence and Entanglement, edited by J M Carmelo; P D Sacramento; J M B Lopes dos Santos; V Rocha Vieira, 235-258. Singapore: WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2007.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1142/6391
Journal article
  1. I R Pimentel; C D Dominicis. "Spin glass field theory with replica Fourier transforms". Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 47 (2014): 455001(34pp). https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/47/45/455001.
    Published
  2. F Carvalho Dias; I R Pimentel; M Henkel. "Persistent current and Drude weight in mesoscopic rings". Physical Review B 73 (2006): 075109-1-075109-7. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.075109.
    Published
  3. F Carvalho Dias; I R Pimentel. "Spin correlations and magnetic susceptibilities of lightly doped antiferromagnets". Physical Review B 71 (2005): 224412-1-224412-5. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.224412.
    Published
  4. T Temesvári; C De Dominicis; I R Pimentel. "Generic replica symmetric field-theory for short range Ising spin glasses". European Physical Journal B 25 (2002): 361-372. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e20020041.
    Published
  5. I R Pimentel; T Temesvári; C De Dominicis. "Spin-glass transition in a magnetic field: a renormalization group study". Physical Review B 65 (2002): 224420-1-224420-16. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.224420.
    Published
  6. M T P Velhinho; I R Pimentel. "Lyapunov exponent for pure and random Fibonacci chains". Physical Review B 61 (2000): 1043-1050. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.61.1043.
    Published
  7. F Carvalho Dias; I R Pimentel; R Orbach. "Destruction of long-range antiferromagnetic order by hole doping". Physical Review B 61 (2000): 1371-1374. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.61.1371.
    Published
  8. M Costa; I R Pimentel; T Santiago; P Sarreira; J Melo; E Ducla-Soares. "The noise about chaos in heart rate - Reply". Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 11 (2000): 235-236. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00330.x.
    Published
  9. M Costa; I R Pimentel; T Santiago; M J Rebocho; J Melo; E Ducla-Soares. "Modelling a parasystolic rhythm in a heart-transplant patient". Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing 37 (1999): 492-496. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02513335.
    Published
  10. M Costa; I R Pimentel; T Santiago; P Sarreira; J Melo; E Ducla-Soares. "No evidence of chaos in the heart rate variability of normal and cardiac transplant human subjects". Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 10 (1999): 1350-1357. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00190.x.
    Published
  11. C Silva; I R Pimentel; A Andrade; J P Foreid; E Ducla-Soares. "Correlation dimension maps of EEG from epileptic absences". Brain Topography 11 (1999): 201-209. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022281712161.
    Published
  12. I R Pimentel; F Carvalho Dias; L M Martelo; R Orbach. "Magnetic properties of weakly doped antiferromagnets". Physical Review B 60 (1999): 12329-12334. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.60.12329.
    Published
  13. I R Pimentel; R B Stinchcombe. "Crossover in the specific heat of dilute magnets induced by critical spin-wave dynamics". Physical Review B 50 (1994): 6860-6865. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.50.6860.
    Published
  14. I R Pimentel; R Orbach. "Spin excitations in a two-dimensional antiferromagnet with mobile holes". Physical Review B 46 (1992): 2920-2925. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.46.2920.
    Published
  15. V R Vieira; I R Pimentel. "Relevance of the imaginary-time branch in real-time formalisms for thermodynamic equilibrium: study of the Heisenberg model". Physical Review B 39 (1989): 7196-7204. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.39.7196.
    Published
  16. I R Pimentel; R B Stinchcombe. "Dynamic critical behavior of random spin chains in a field". Physical Review B 40 (1989): 4947-4951. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.40.4947.
    Published
  17. I R Pimentel; R B Stinchcombe. "Critical dynamics in Heisenberg ferromagnets and antiferromagnets near the percolation threshold". Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 22 (1989): 3959-3967. https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/22/18/029.
    Published
  18. R B Stinchcombe; I R Pimentel. "Transfer-matrix scaling for anomalous dynamics of a vector spin-glass chain". Physical Review B 38 (1988): 4980-4983. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.38.4980.
    Published
  19. R B Stinchcombe; I R Pimentel. "Thermal crossover effects resulting from dilution-induced magnon critical dynamics". Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 21 (1988): L807-L811. https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/21/16/005.
    Published
  20. I R Pimentel; R B Stinchcombe. "Localization and critical dynamics in a vector spin glass chain". EPL Europhysics Letters 6 (1988): 719-724. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/6/8/009.
    Published
  21. A P Jesus; I R Pimentel; J S Lopes. "The binding effect in alpha- and deuteron-induced L-shell X-ray production in the Z = 32-47 region". Nuclear Instruments and Methods In Physics Research 214 (1983): 29-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-5087(83)90536-7.
    Published
Magazine article
  1. I R Pimentel. "Nobel Prize for Complex Systems", Gazeta de Física - Sociedade Portuguesa de Física , 2022, https://www.spf.pt/magazines/GFIS/507.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. I R Pimentel. "Critical Dynamics in Spin Glasses and Dilute Magnets". PhD, University of Oxford Department of Theoretical Physics, UK, 1989.
  2. I R Pimentel. "Behavior of a Heisenberg Quantum Spin System in a Random Magnetic Field". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal, 1986.
  3. I R Pimentel. "Study of the Effect of Variation in Binding Energy in the Ionization of the L-shell". Degree, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal, 1982.

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021 Magnetic and Transport Properties of Doped Antiferromagnets Vitor's Conference on Condensed and Other Matters
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021 Spin Glasses and Other Complex Systems Physics Seminar
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016 High Temperature Superconductors Physics Seminar
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2006 Spin Correlations and Magnetic Susceptibilities of Lightly Doped Antiferromagnets APS Annual Meeting on Condensed Matter Physics
American Physical Society (Baltimore, United States)
1999 Lyapunov Exponents for Pure and Disordered Fibonacci Quasicrystals Centennial Meeting of the APS
American Physical Society (Atlanta, United States)
1996 Chaotic Dynamics in Epilepsy 3rd European Conference on Mathematics Applied to Biology and Medicine
European Society of Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (Heidelberg, Germany)
1996 Spin Excitations and Transverse Susceptibility in the t-J Model at Low Doping APS Annual Meeting on Condensed Matter Physics
American Physical Society (St. Louis, United States)
1995 Chaos in Brain Activity 1st Portuguese-Spanish Biophysics Congress
Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofísica (Lisboa, Portugal)
1994 Modification of Thermodynamic Properties of Dilute Magnets Induced by Critical Dynamics Física 94 - 9º Encontro Nacional de Física
Sociedade Portuguesa de Física (Covilhã, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2016 - 2016 Fibonacci and Thue-Morse Chains
Supervisor of E. Carvalho
 Degree in Physics (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Spin Glasses and Neural Networks
Supervisor of J. Vaquinhas
 Degree in Physics (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2002 - 2007 Magnetism and Transport in Strongly Correlated Systems with Disorder
Supervisor of F. Carvalho Dias
 PhD in Physics (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1997 - 1998 Heart Rate Variability in Normal and Transplanted Individuals
Co-supervisor of M. Costa
 Master in Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1995 - 1997 Elementary Excitations in Fibonacci Quasicrystal Chains
Supervisor of M. T. P. Velhinho
 Master in Physics (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1994 - 1995 Magnetic Properties of the t-J Model for High Temperature Superconductors
Supervisor of L. M. Martelo
 Master in Physics (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022 3rd Condensed Matter Physics National Conference CMPNC2021 (2022/02/28 - 2022/03/02)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Física, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Condensed Matter Physics National Meeting 2010 (2010/02/18 - 2010/02/19)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
1994 - 1994 Workshop on Brain Dynamics: Fractals, Chaos and Neural Networks on Brain Activity (1994/07/18 - 1994/07/20)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022 Structural and Field Heterogeneity in Synchronization Dynamics on Complex Networks: Application to Neuronal Networks
(Thesis) Main arguer
 E. A. Wright (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2022 Interacting Low-Dimensonal Systems and Superconducting Phase Diagram Dependence on Density of States
(Thesis) Main arguer
 F. D. Santos (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2017 Magnetic Properties of Quantum Electronic Systems with Nontrivial Geometries
(Thesis) Main arguer
 J. D. Gouveia (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2016 Temporal Evolution of Localized States of the Lieb Network
(Thesis) Main arguer
 I. A. Macieira (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2015 Application of Classification Techniques in Time series
(Thesis) Main arguer
 L. M. Cruz (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2014 Phase Transitions and Nonlinear Phenomena in Neuronal Networks
(Thesis) Main arguer
 M. A. Lopes (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2013 Interacting Agents on Complex Networks and Stochastic Processes in Them
(Thesis) Main arguer
 F. L. Forgerini (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2010 Stochastic Resonance in Neuronal Networks
(Thesis) Main arguer
 M. A. Lopes (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2008 Superconductivity Modeling with Numerical Study
(Thesis) Main arguer
 A. S. Silva (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2005 Biophysical Approach to Physiologic Time Series
(Thesis) Main arguer
 M. Costa (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2001 Numerical Study of Growth Models Induced by Random Particle Movement
(Thesis) Main arguer
 S. Queirós (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1998 Spin Tunneling in the Lipkin Model
(Thesis) Main arguer
 N. Sousa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
1997 Effects of Nesting in Fermion Systems
(Thesis) Arguer
 F. Abreu (PhD)
Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble I, France
1997 Criticality in Ionic Fluids
(Thesis) Arguer
 A. G. Moreira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1993 Two Studies of the Mass Renormalization of a Heavy Particle in a Fermionic Sea
(Thesis) Main arguer
 F. Abreu (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1990 Dynamic Study in the Potts and Ising Models. Fokker-Planck Equation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 J. F. Mendes (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2015 - 2018 Master in Physics
Coordinator
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2018 Degree in Physics
Coordinator
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007 - 2009 Degree in Physics
Coordinator
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1998 - 2007 Erasmus Program in Physics
Coordinator
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Award

1985 Overseas Research Student Award
Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom

Other distinction

1996 Visiting Researcher
CEA Service de Physique Théorique de Saclay, France
1990 Visiting Researcher
University of California at Los Angeles Department of Physics , United States