Curriculum Vitae of José Luís Martins

 

 

Personal:

Name: José Luís Rodrigues Júlio Martins
Birth date: February 9, 1958
Birth place: Lisbon, Portugal


 

Education:

 

  • October 75 - January 80
    Ingénieur Physicien Diplomé (B.S.) in Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Switzerland.
  • February 80 - January 84
    Docteur és Sciences (Ph.D.) in Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Switzerland. Title of Thesis: Calculation of the Electronic and Structural Properties of Alkali Metal Clusters. Thesis advisor: Prof. Jean Buttet.

Professional Experience:

 

  • March 1984 - November 1985
    Post-doctoral research with Dr. Alex Zunger, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado.
  • December 1985 - August 1987
    Fellow of the Miller Institute for Basic Research of the University of California at Berkeley. With Prof. Marvin L. Cohen.
  • September 1987 - August 1992
    Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
  • September 1992
    Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
  • January 1992 - December 2001
    Researcher at INESC (Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores), Lisbon, Portugal.
  • January 2002 - Present
    Director of INESC-MN (INESC-Microsystems and Nanotechnologies), Lisbon, Portugal.
  • May 1992 - February 1993
    Auxiliary Professor, Department of Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • March 1993 - October 1993
    Auxiliary Professor with "Agregação", Department of Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • October 1993 - December 1999
    Associate Professor with "Agregação", Department of Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • December 1999 - Present
    Professor ("Catedrático"), Department of Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.

Honors:

 

  • 1979: SVIA prize for best University-wide grade average in junior year.
  • 1980: SVIA prize for one of the best University-wide senior project.
  • 1980: Dommer prize for best University-wide final grade average.
  • 1985: Miller Fellowship of the University of California at Berkeley.
  • 1990: Ray D. Johnson - Mayon Plastics Professorship, University of Minnesota.
  • 2006: Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Academic Responsabilities:

 

  • Academic year 2000/2001: Coordinator of the Biomedical Engineering course.
  • October 2002 - December 2004: Executive comission of Physics Department, in charge of pedagogical affairs.
  • January 2004 - July 2006: Vice-president of Physics Department.

Revised 26/2/2008

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