FCT Researcher at CAUP
Head of CAUP Training Unit
Scientific Director of AstroCamp Project
Licenciatura in Astronomy (U. Porto 1993)
PhD in Theoretical Physics (U. Cambridge 1997)
Member of ESPRESSO, Euclid, LISA and SKAO
Chair of the ANDES Cosmology and Fundamental Physics Working Group
Member of the ELT Project Science Team
Coordinator of the ELT Line Calibrations WG
Currently supervising 6 students (3 PhD, 1 Master, 2 Secondary school)
Referee for 31 scientific journals, ESF and ESA
2010 APS Outstanding Referee Award
253 peer-reviewed publications, 42 refereed proceedings, 3 single-author books
11 books edited/chapters, 17 technical reports/mission studies, 73 non-refereed proceedings
147 communications at scientific meetings, of which 42 invited plenary/keynote talks
124 departmental seminars, 277 public/outreach talks, 25 media appearances
36 Observing programs/runs (4 as PI), corresponding to ca. 356 nights (mostly ESPRESSO/VLT)
Organizer/co-organizer of 45 international conferences and 12 local/informal workshops
Past theses/projects supervised: 3 PhD, 25 MSc, 108 Undergraduate, 44 High-school
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