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Personal information
Name | Eduardo Filipe Vieira de Castro |
Date of birth | 15th of February 1979 |
Nationality | Portugal |
Education
Ph.D. Condensed Matter Physics
(Theory)
Thesis: Correlations and disorder in electronic systems: from manganites to graphene
Institution: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal
Advisers: João M. B. Lopes dos Santos, Nuno M. R. Peres
Date: 2008
Thesis: Correlations and disorder in electronic systems: from manganites to graphene
Institution: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal
Advisers: João M. B. Lopes dos Santos, Nuno M. R. Peres
Date: 2008
M.Sc. Condensed Matter Physics
(Theoretical and Computational Physics)
Thesis: Effects of disorder in manganites
Institution: University of Aveiro, Portugal
Adviser: João M. B. Lopes dos Santos
Date: 2004
Thesis: Effects of disorder in manganites
Institution: University of Aveiro, Portugal
Adviser: João M. B. Lopes dos Santos
Date: 2004
Postgrad course Condensed
Matter Physics (Theoretical and Computational Physics)
Institution: Universities of Aveiro, Coimbra, and Porto, Portugal
Grade: 18/20
Date: 2003
Institution: Universities of Aveiro, Coimbra, and Porto, Portugal
Grade: 18/20
Date: 2003
Graduation Physics
Institution: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal
Grade: 17/20
Date: 2001
Institution: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal
Grade: 17/20
Date: 2001
Awards
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Prof. Moreira de Araújo award by Faculty of Sciences of the University
of Porto, 2002.
Highest mark in Physics, 2001. -
Eng. António de Almeida award by Eng. António de Almeida Foundation,
2002.
Highest mark in the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, 2001. -
Programa de Estímulo à Investigação, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
2008.
The program distinguishes each year research proposals with high creative potential in basic sciences. -
Fernando Bragança Gil award, Portuguese Physical Society, 2010.
For the PhD thesis presented to any Portuguese University (between 1/1/2007 and 31/12/2008) that makes the most substantial contribution to the progress of physics. -
Seeds of Science 2011 -- Exact Sciences, "Ciência Hoje" journal, 2011
The award distinguishes each year personalities with outstanding contributions to the production of scientific knowledge.
Fellowships
02/2009-01/2012 Post-doctoral
fellowship by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under the Juan de la Cierva program, Spain.
10/2008-11/2008 Post-doctoral at
Max Planck Insitute for the Physics of Complex Systems (visitors
program), Dresden, Germany.
03/2008-08/2008 Fellowship for
scientific research, Theoretical Physics Center at University of Porto
(Centro de Física do Porto), Portugal.
01/2004-12/2007 Fellowship for
Doctoral Degree, Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal.
02/2002-08/2002 Fellowship for
scientific research, Theoretical Physics Center at University of Porto
(Centro de Física do Porto), Portugal.