Conferences Conferências
Organisation Organização
- CMD31 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Conference on Condensed Matter Physics by the Condensed Matter Division of the EPS jointly with the SPF, Braga, Portugal, 2-6 September 2024
- STATPHYS 29 Member of the International Advisory Committee of the Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), 13-18 July 2025, Florence, Italy
- STATPHYS 29 Member of the Topic committee (6 - Soft Matter) of the Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), 13-18 July 2025, Florence, Italy
- EPS-CMD30 Member of the Avisory Board of the Conference on Condensed Matter EPS-CMD29, organized by the Condensed Matter Divison of the European Physical Society jointly with the FisMat2023, the Italian conference on physics of Matter, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 4-8 September 2023
- CMPC2021 Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the CMPNC 2021, organized by the Condensed Matter Physics Division of the Portuguese Physical Society (SPF), Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, 20-22 June 2021 Lisbon (postponed 28 February - 3 March 2022), Portugal
- STATPHYS 28, 28th International Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Membro do International Advisory Committee, Tokyo, Japan (2022) (postponed to 2023)
- 28th ILCC Scientific Secretary of the 28th International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 2020 (postponed July 31-August 5 2022), Lisbon, Portugal
- EPS-CMD29 Member of the Avisory Board of the Conference on Condensed Matter EPS-CMD29, organized by the Condensed Matter Divison of the European Physical Society and the IOP, 22-28 August 2021, Manchester, UK. (postponed to 21-26 August 2022)
- FLC2021 Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 18th International Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals (FLC2021), organised by the Jožef Stefan Institute, 6-10 September 2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- MPI-PKS EVENTS PROGRAM, “Active Matter at Surfaces and in Complex Environments” Membro do Organizing Committee, Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, 21-25 June 2021 (postponed to June 2023) Dresden, Germany
- EPS-CMD2020 GEFES Membro do Advisory Board of the Condensed Matter Divison of the European Physical Society and the Grupo Especializado de Física del Estado Sólido da Real Sociedad Española de Física, August 31- September 4 2020, Madrid, Spain
- SigmaPhi Conference on Statistical Physics Membro do Advisory Committee, 13-17 July 2020, Chania, Greece (postponed to 2023)
- CMPNC 2019 Member of the Scientific Program Comittee of the Condensed Matter Physics Division of the Portuguese Physical Society (SPF), Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, 8-10 May 2019 Porto, Portugal
- STATPHYS 27, 27th International Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Membro do International Advisory Committee, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2019)
- STATPHYS 27, 27th International Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Chair of the Topic Committee (5), Buenos Aires, Argentina (2019)
- Conference on Flowing Matter, COST Action MP1305 February of 2018, Lisbon, Portugal
- 10th Liquid Matter Conference (EPS) Membro do Organizing and International Programme Committee,July 2017, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 30th Marian Smoluchowski Symposium on Statistical Physics Membro do Scientific Committee, September 2017, Krakow, Poland
- SigmaPhi Conference on Stattistical Physics (EPS) Membro do Avisory Committe, July 2017 Corfu, Greece
- Conferência Nacional de Física “Física XX” Membro da Comissão Científica, Setembro 2016 Braga, Portugal
- STATPHYS 26, 26th International Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Membro do International Advisory Committee, Lyon, France (2016)
- Flowing Matter COST MP1305 Conference, Lisbon December 2014, Portugal
- “9th Liquid Matter Conference” (EPS) Chairman of the International Programme Committee, Lisboa, Portugal (2014)
- STATPHYS 25, “25th International Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics” (IUPAP) Membro do International Advisory Committe, Seoul, Korea (2013)
- STATPHYS 25, “25th International Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics” (IUPAP) Membro do Topic Committee (5), Seoul, Korea (2013)
- “3rd International Soft Matter Conference (ISMC2013)” Membro do International Advisory Board, Roma, Italy (2013)
- “Conference on Physics of Complex Colloids” Membro do International Scientific Committee, organized by the Marie-Curie Initial Training Network COMPLOIDS, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 14-18 (2013)
- Workshop “CLASS” Membro do Organizing Committee, Lisboa, Portugal (2012)
- “25th Marian Smoluchowski Symposium on Statistical Physics” Membro do Organizing Committe, Krakow, Poland, 9-13 September (2012)
- “8th Liquid Matter Conference” (EPS) Membro do Organizing and International Programme Committee, Viena, Áustria (2011)
- “SigmaPhi Conference on Stattistical Physics” (EPS) Membro do Organizing Committee, Larnaca, Cyprus (2011)
- STATPHYS 24, “24th International Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics” (IUPAP) Membro do Organizing and Programme Committees, Cairns, Austrália (2010)
- Workshop on “Flowers and Jammers” Membro do Organizing Committee, Lisboa, Portugal (2009)
- “7th Liquid Matter Conference” (EPS) Membro do Organizing and International Programme Committee, Lund, Suécia (2008)
- STATPHYS 23, “23rd International Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics” (IUPAP) Membro do International Advisory Committee, Génova, Itália (2007)
- “9th European Conference on Liquid Crystals” (ECLC) Membro do Scientific Committee, Lisboa, Portugal (2007)
- Conferência “Complex Systems: From Physics to Biology and the Social Sciences” Co-organizadora (com A. Nunes e M. San Miguel), Lisboa, Portugal (2006)
- Conferência “Soft Matter and Interfaces” (celebration of Bob Evan's 60th birthday) Co-organizadora (com S. Dietrich), Lisboa, Portugal (2006)
- 15ª Conferência Nacional de Física, “Física 2005” Membro da Comissão Científica, Porto, Portugal (2005)
- “6th Liquid Matter Conference” (EPS) Membro do Organizing and International Programme Committee, Utrecht, Holanda (2005)
- Euroconference on “Routes from Local Order to Large-Scale Cooperativity” Membro do Organizing Scientific Committee, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Itália (2003)
- “6th Liblice Conference on Statistical Physics of Liquids” Membro do International Advisory Committee, Špindlerùv Mlýn, Czech Republic (2002)
- “XXVI International Workshop on Condensed Matter Theories” Membro do National Organizing Committee, Luso, Portugal (2002)
- Euroconference on “Chains at Interfaces” of the EU Membro do Organizing Committee, Évora, Portugal (2001)
- XV Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society Membro do Scientific Committee, Coimbra, Portugal (2001)
- Workshop on “Foam Stability and Wetting Transitions” (rede europeia de Training and Mobility by Research) Organizadora, Lisboa, Portugal (2000)
- “4th Liquid Matter Conference” (EPS) Membro do International Advisory Committee, Granada, Espanha (1999)
- 11ª Conferência Nacional de Física “Física 98” Membro da Comissão Científica, Porto, Portugal (1998)
- ISTAS Summer School on “Physics of Biosystems: Self-Assembly and Evolution” Co-organizadora (com P. Tarazona), Lisboa, Portugal (1998)
- “XXI International Workshop on Condensed Matter Theories” Membro do National Organizing Committee, Luso, Portugal (1997)
- “10th General Conference Trends in Physics” (EPS) Membro do Organizing Committee, Sevilha, Espanha (1996)
- “3rd Liquid Matter Conference” (EPS) Membro do International Advisory Committee, Norwich, U.K. (1996)
- Workshop on “Solubilization and Interfacial Properties of Surfactant Solutions” (rede europeia de Capital Humano e Mobilidade) Organizadora, Lisboa, Portugal (1995)
- “Física Estadística 94” Membro do Comité Científico e Organizador, Sevilha, Espanha (1994)
- “10th General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division” (EPS) Membro do Local Organizing Committee, Lisboa, Portugal (1990)
- 2nd Spring School on “Polymer Blends” Membro do Comité Organizador, Lisboa, Portugal (1988)
- 1st Spring School on “Interfaces: Statics and Dynamics” Chairman do Comité Organizador, Lisboa, Portugal (1987)
- II Escola Ibérica de Física da Matéria Condensada on “Cooperative Phenomena” Membro do Comité Organizador, Figueira da Foz, Portugal (1987)
Courses Cursos
- Introduction to soft matter, Initial Training on Numerical Methods for Active Matter ActiveMatter 812780 ETN, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Networks (ITN) H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018 (http://active-matter.eu), held remotely, Lisbon, Portugal, January 18 - February 4, 2021. Video lectures at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIHb_iKd35E, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF8ClZvIgEs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBk_XpFq4QU
- “Theory of Wetting and Surface Critical Phenomena" Computer Simulations of Surfaces and Interfaces, NATO-ASI, Varna, Bulgaria, 2002
- “Theoretical Approaches to Liquid Crystal Surfaces and Interfaces” Wetting at Liquid Crystal Interfaces, SILC School, Portoroz, Slovenia, 2000
- "Statistical Mechanics of Surfaces and Interfaces" Time Evolution in Complex Systems, ISTAS Summer School, Oeiras, Portugal, 1997
- “Phase Diagrams and Interfacial Properties of Complex Fluids” Topics in Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics , International Summer School, Porto, Portugal, 1995
- "Liquid Crystal Interfaces" Course CXXIX, Observation, Prediction and Simulation of Phase Transitions in Complex Fluids, NATO-ASI and International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi”, Varenna, Itália, 1994