Instituto de Física dos Materiais da Universidade do Porto

Instituto de Nanotecnologias-Unidade IFIMUP

 

Physics department FCUP

 

Rua do Campo Alegre, 687

4169-007 Porto

Portugal

 

Contacts:

Tel: +351-22-0402336

Fax: +351 220402706

email: celiasousa@fc.up.pt

Education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conferences and training

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participation in research projects

 

Completed Projects:

PTDC/CTM/66558/2006, Strain-sensors arrays for e-textiles and health care, from 01-11-2007 to 31-10-2010.

CERN/FP/83506/2008, Perturbed Angular Correlations and Electron Channeling Solid State Physics Experiments at ISOLDE, from 01-11-2008 to 31-12-2009.

CERN/FP/83643/2008, Research on Magnetic and Multiferroic Oxides using Radioactive Isotopes at ISOLDE-CERN, from 02-01-2009 to 01-01-2010.

NANO/NMed-SD/0156/2007, Smart joint implants using bionanocomposites-(SIMBIO), from 01-10-2009 to 30-09-2011.

CERN/FP/109325/2009, Local probe studies on Metal/Oxide junctions, from 02-01-2010 to 01-01-2011.

CERN/FP/109357/2009, Research on Magnetic and Multiferroic Materials using Radioactive Isotopes at ISOLDE-CERN, from 02-01-2010 to 01-01-2011.

NANO/NMed-SD/0156/2007, Smart joint implants using bionanocomposites-(SIMBIO), from 01-10-2009 to 30-09-2011.

 

On-going Projects:

PTDC/EQU-EQU/101397/2008, DyeCell - Modeling, optimization and up-scaling of nanostructured materials for robust dye-sensitized solar cells, from 01-05-2010 to 30-04-2013.

PTDC/FIS/105416/2008, MULTIFOX: Nanometric Probing and Modification of Multiferroic Oxides, from 01-03-2010 to 28-02-2013.

PTDC/EQU-EQU/101397/2008 DyeCell - Modeling, optimization and up-scaling of nanostructured materials for robust dye-sensitized solar cells, from 01-05-2010 to 30-04-2013.

CERN/FP/109272/2009, Perturbed Angular Correlations and Electron Channeling Solid State Physics Experiments at ISOLDE, from 01-01-2010 to 31-12-2013.

CERN/FP/116320/2010, Perturbed Angular Correlations and Electron Channeling Experiments at ISOLDE - applied materials research with nuclear techniques, training and development, from 03-01-2011 to 02-01-2012.

SOE2/P1/E280 TRAIN2, Transpyrenees Action on Advanced Infrastructures for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, from 01-01-2011 to 31-12-2012.

 

Submitted as a Principal Investigator:

PTDC/QEQ-ERQ/2187/2012, Plasmonic photoelectrochemical solar cells using nanostructured materials, Submitted to FCT.

 

 

Supervising experience

 

- Co-supervisor of João Carlos Almeida Monteiro Azevedo PhD, with working plan title “New hematite nanostructures for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting”, FCT fellowship Ref. SFRH/BD/79207/2011 from 01-01-2012 to now.

 

-Co-supervisor of Suellen Silveira Moraes Master, with working plan title “Nanotubes and Magnetoliposomes for Drug Delivery”, Medical Physics Master, from 01-09-2012 to now.

 

- Supervisor of two academic stages, Pedro Miguel da Rocha Rodrigues and Stephane da Silva Azevedo, in the program: PEEC- Programa de Estágios Extra-curricular da FCUP 2012 on the " Preparation and characterization of nanostructured materials for sensors and solar cells based on metamaterials.”  and “Nanotubes and magnetoliposomes for drug controlled release.”, respectively, from 01-10-2012 to now.

 

- Co-supervisor of an academic stage, Tiago Faria Pinto in the program: PEEC- Programa de Estágios Extra-curricular da FCUP 2011 on the "Fabrication and physical studies of nanowire arrays using nanoporous alumina templates", from 01/01/2012 to 30/09/2012.

Instituto de Física dos Materiais da Universidade do Porto

IFIMUP

Caixa de texto: Research

 

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2011

Graduated in Physics and Chemistry, from Sciences Faculty of Porto University (FCUP-Portugal), four year overall average 14/20.

The graduatim research project was made under supervision of Prof. M.Lopes dos Santos on (“Anisotropic aspects in electrical and vibrational behavior of ammonium and lithium sulfate and ammonium and sodium sulfate”) with final mark 18/20.

Master student in MSc in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, from Pharmacy Faculty of Porto University (FFUP), Portugal with very good classification.

The title of the thesis was “Study of Effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the cellular membrane fluidity”, supervised by Prof. Salette Reis and Prof. Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva.

PhD degree at Science Faculty of Porto University supervised by Dr. João Pedro Esteves de Araújo and João Guilherme Correia. The title of the thesis was “Development of Nanoporous Alumina Templates for Biotechnological Applications”.

 

2012

Pos-Doctoral Researcher from 1 February at Institute of Nanotechnology (IFIMUP-IN), Porto University, and Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon (INA), Zaragoza University.

Dates

Position held

Institution

1st September 2004

 31st August 2005

High School  Teacher.

Escola EB2,3 Milheirós de Poiares

15th January 2006

15th March 2006

Fellowship in Islas Balleares University for environmental studies.

Islas Balleares University - Spain

15th March 2006

 31st July 2006

Research for the Master Tesis.

REQUIMTE - Pharmacy Faculty of Porto University - Portugal

15th March

15th July 2007

Fellowship Young Research.

IFIMUP - IN Sciences Faculty of Porto University - Portugal

21st June

03rd July 2007

Online-experiments with radioactive propes at ISOLDE/CERN, for studies on manganites using perturbed angular correlations.

ISOLDE - CERN, Genève, Switzerland

15th July 2007

31st January 2008

Fellowship for Science Research.

IFIMUP - IN Sciences Faculty of Porto University - Portugal

2nd June

14th June 2008

Online-experiments with radioactive propes at ISOLDE/CERN on bulk manganites, rare-earth nanostratified compounds and nanoparticles.

ISOLDE - CERN, Genève, Switzerland

21th January

11th June 2009

Research at INA on hyperthermia, XRD, VSM, XPS, SEM and Dual Beam at clean room.

Instituto de NanoCiencia de Aragon (INA), Zaragoza, Spain

2nd June

12th June 2009

Online-experiments with radioactive propes at ISOLDE/CERN on bulk manganites, rare-earth nanostratified compounds and nanoparticles.

ISOLDE - CERN, Genève, Switzerland

20th September

24th September 2009

SAXS and WAXS experiments in suspensions of nanoparticles and drugs.

Hasylab, DESY, Hamburg, Germany

26th May

4th June 2010

Online-experiments with radioactive propes at ISOLDE/CERN on bulk manganites and nanoparticles.

ISOLDE - CERN, Genève, Switzerland

19th July

20thAugust 2010 

Research at ISOLDE-CERN, on nanoparticles surface functionalization with radioisotopes probes.

ISOLDE - CERN, Genève, Switzerland

19th September

 25th September 2010

Research at ISOLDE-CERN, on nanoparticles surface functionalization with radioisotopes probes.

ISOLDE - CERN, Genève, Switzerland

6th – 12th July 2011

Research at ISOLDE-CERN with radioisotopes probes.

ISOLDE - CERN, Genève, Switzerland

11sh – 16th September 2011

Research at ELECTRA with EXAFS in Fe compounds.

ELECTRA, Trieste, Italy

24th September

1st October

Research at ISOLDE-CERN with radioisotopes probes.

ISOLDE - CERN, Genève, Switzerland

20th October - Now

Post-doc period of permanence abroad working with Sputtering, Pulsed Laser Deposition, Optical lithography and Focus Ion Beam.

Instituto de NanoCiencia de Aragon (INA), Zaragoza, Spain

Dates

Conference/School

Local

29th  -  30th  March

 2007

SPQ- ANALÍTICA’07.

Lisbon, Portugal

9th May

2007

III Jornadas do IFIMUP.

Porto, Portugal

17th  -  20th  September

2007

EMRS Fall Meeting.

Varsaw, Poland

20th  -  21sh  September

2007

8º ENCMP SPQ.

Lamego, Portugal

25th  -  28th  September

2007

MORIS 2007.

Pittsburg, USA

14th  -  15th  February

 2008

XIV Workshop on Magnetism and Intermetallics.

Coimbra, Portugal

1st  -  11st May

2008 

Engineering and characterisation of nanostructures by photon, ion beam, and nuclear methods – Erasmus School.

Smolenice, Slovakia

 

11st  -  13rd June

2008

XXI EN-SPQ, Química e Inovação.

Porto, Portugal

18th June

2008

IV Jornadas do IFIMUP.

Porto, Portugal

14th  -  16th  Julyy

 2008

ANM 2008.

Mira, Portugal

24th August

13th September 2008

ESONN – European School of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology.

CRNS, Grenoble, France

16th - 17th January

 2009

MAP-Fis PhD Research Conference 2008/2009.

Braga, Portugal

12nd - 15th June

 2009

NanoMedicine.

27-31 july 2009

 

Cascais, Portugal

27th – 31st July

 2009

Iinternational Conference on Magntism, ICM.

Karlsruhe, Germany

18th – 19th July

 2010

Encontro Nacional de Física da Matéria Condensada 2010.

Lisbon, Portugal

9th – 12nd March

 2009

NanoSpain 2009.

Zaragoza, Spain

4th – 6th March

 2010

XVI Workshop on Magnetism and Intermetallics.

Porto, Portugal

22th – 24th April

 2010

VII International Workshop on Electrodeposited Nanostructures.

Bristol, England

12nd – 15th September

 2010

III International Conference on Advanced Nano Materials.

Agadir, Morocco

10th December

 2010

II Meting in Integrated Lab on Chip platforms for medical diagnostics.

Aveiro, Portugal

17th – 19th March

 2011

VIII International Workshop on Electrodeposited Nanostructures.

Milan, Italy

11st – 14th April

 2011

ImagineNano 2011.

Bilbao, Spain

27th – 29th June

2011

MPA Meeting 2011.

Alvor, Portugal

30th October – 3rh November  2011

MMM 2011

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

1st September 2011– 20th January 2012

Operator licence of the FE-SEM at CEMUP

CEMUP, Porto, Portugal

27th February– 1st March

2012

NanoSpain 2012

Santander, Spain

3rd May– 4th May

2012

Workshop on Nanometrology

Barcelona, Spain

15th May

2012

Meeting for synthesis and outcomes of  TRAIN2 European Project

Toulouse, France

15th May

2012

IX International Workshop on Electrodeposited Nanostructures

Porto, Portugal