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Conferences Conferências

Organisation Organização

• 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.
• “9^th Liquid Matter Conference” (EPS), Chairman of the International Programme Committee, Lisboa, Portugal (2014).
• STATPHYS 25, “25^th 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, “25^th International Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics” (IUPAP), Membro do Topic Committee (5), Seoul, Korea (2013).
• “3^rd 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).
• “25^th Marian Smoluchowski Symposium on Statistical Physics”, Membro do Organizing Committe, Krakow, Poland, 9-13 September (2012).
• “8^th 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, “24^th 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).
• “7^th Liquid Matter Conference” (EPS), Membro do Organizing and International Programme Committee, Lund, Suécia (2008).
• STATPHYS 23, “23^rd International Conference on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics” (IUPAP), Membro do International Advisory Committee, Génova, Itália (2007).
• “9^th 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 60^th birthday), Co-organizadora (com S. Dietrich), Lisboa, Portugal (2006).
• 15ª Conferência Nacional de Física, “Física 2005”, Membro da Comissão Científica, Porto, Portugal (2005).
• “6^th 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).
• “6^th 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).
• “4^th 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).
• “10^th General Conference Trends in Physics” (EPS), Membro do Organizing Committee, Sevilha, Espanha (1996).
• “3^rd 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).
• “10^th General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division” (EPS), Membro do Local Organizing Committee, Lisboa, Portugal (1990).
• 2^nd Spring School on “Polymer Blends”, Membro do Comité Organizador, Lisboa, Portugal (1988).
• 1^st 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.