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Faculty Vasco Guerra promoted to Full Professor
May 14 2024Vasco Guerra was promoted to Full Professor of the Department of Physics, in the last call of the scientific domain of Plasma Physics, Lasers and Nuclear Fusion.
Congratulations Vasco !
Ricardo Ferreira receives PhD in Engineering Physics
April 29 2024On 24 April 2024, Dr. Ricardo Ferreira received his PhD in Engineering Physics with a thesis entitled 'Development and Qualification of the European Shock Tube for High Enthalpy Research'. His work was supervised by Prof. Mário Lino da Silva (IST).
The thesis committee consisted of Dr. Christopher James (U Queensland, Australia), Dr Lionel Marraffa (ESA), Dr. Brett Cruden (NASA Ames, USA), Prof. Bernardo Carvalho (IST), Prof. Mário Lino da Silva (IST) and Prof. Luís L. Alves (IST, President).
Congratulations Ricardo !
Daniel Costa receives PhD in Engineering Physics
February 28 2024On 28 February 2024, Dr. Daniel Costa received his PhD in Engineering Physics with a thesis entitled 'Dynamics of the inboard and outboard
density profile at ASDEX Upgrade'. His work was supervised by Dr. Carlos Silva (IST).
The thesis committee consisted of Dr. Garrard Conway (IPP, Germany), Dr Elisabeth Wolfrum (IPP, Germany), Dr. Bruno Gonçalves (IST), Dr. Carlos Silva (IST) and Prof. Luís L. Alves (IST, President).
Congratulations Daniel !
Mariana Moreira receives PhD in Engineering Physics
January 25 2024On 23 January 2024, Dr. Mariana Moreira received her PhD in Engineering Physics with a thesis entitled 'Properties of the hosing and self-modulation instabilities of
long particle beams in overdense plasma'. Her work was supervised by Prof. Jorge Vieira (IST), Dr. Patric Muggli (CERN) and Dr. Bernhard Holzer (CERN).
The thesis committee consisted of Prof. Robert Bingham (Univ. Strathclyde, UK), Prof. Alexander Pukhov (Univ. Dusseldorf, Germany), Dr. Nelson Lopes (IST), Prof. Jorge Vieira (IST) and Prof. Luís L. Alves (IST, President).
Congratulations Mariana !
André Torres receives PhD in Engineering Physics
December 05 2023On 5 December 2023, Dr. André Torres received his PhD in Engineering Physics with a thesis entitled 'Design and commissioning of the magnetic diagnostics system for COMPASS-U'. His work was supervised by Prof. Horácio Fernandes (IST), Prof. Bernardo Carvalho (IST) and Dr. Doctor Aleš Havránek (IPP Prague).
The thesis committee consisted of Dr. Martin Hron (IPP-Prague, Czech Republic), Dr. Pedro Assis (IST), Dr. Manuel García-Muñoz (Univ. Sevilla, Spain), Prof. Horácio Fernandes (IST) and Prof. Luís L. Alves (IST, President).
Congratulations André !