Curriculum Vitae

Updated 21-07-2010

Unit of Radiological Protection and Safety

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Name: José Pedro Miragaia Trancoso Vaz
Place/Date of birth: Lobito (Angola) on September 9, 1962
Nationality: Portuguese

Phone: +351 21 994 6230
Telefax: +351 21 994 1995
E-mail: pedrovaz (add @itn.pt)


Academic degrees

  • Habilitation in Physics Engineering, Technical University of Lisbon, 2006.
  • PhD. in High Energy Physics, CERN and Technical University of Lisbon, 1991.
  • MSc. in High Energy Physics, CERN and Technical University of Lisbon, 1988.
  • Degree as Engineer of Telecommunications, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon 1985.

Employment record and duties

  • Coordinator, Unit of Radiological Protection and Safety of ITN, since 2008.
  • Director, Department of Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety of ITN, 2007-2008.
  • Principal Researcher of ITN, Lisbon, since December 2001.
  • Invited Professor at the Physics Department of IST, Lisbon, since December 2001.
  • Professor at the Physics Department of IST, Lisbon, between September 2000 and December 2001.
  • Administrator in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, in Paris, 1993-2000.
  • Professor at the Physics Department of IST, Lisbon, starting April 1993 (on special leave at the OECD between October 1993 and September 2000).
  • Fellowship from CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics), Geneva, 1991-1993.
  • Associate researcher at CERN, Geneva, 1986-1991.
  • Fellowship from LIP, 1988-1991.
  • Fellowship from JNICT, 1986-1988.

Representation and other duties

  • Portuguese delegate to the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA).
  • Portuguese delegate to the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC)of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) – rapporteur for Shielding and Dosimetry activities of the NSC
  • ITN representative in the General Assembly of the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS)

Membership of International Groups and Societies

  • Elected member of the Executive Group of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), since 2009~.
  • Member of the American Nuclear Society.
  • Member (international liaison) of the Computational Medical Physics Working Group (CMPWG) of the American Nuclear Society.
  • Member of the Experts Group on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF).
  • Member of the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS).

Main Scientific Areas of Research

  • Radiological Protection, Radiation Dosimetry and Radiation Shielding.
  • Computational Radiation Physics and applications in Radiation Protection, Radiation Dosimetry and Radiation Shielding.
  • Particle and radiation transport simulation using Monte Carlo methods.
  • Radiation Shielding design and assessment.

Domains of Specialization

  • Monte Carlo simulation methods and their application for particle and radiation transport.
  • Radiation Dosimetry and Radiation Shielding calculations and applications in Radiation Physics and Radiation Technologies.

Present Research Interests

  • Radiological Protection and Dosimetry.
  • Radiation Shielding calculations.
  • Nuclear Physics methods in Science and Technology.
  • Computational methods in Radiation Technologies.
  • Transmutation of Radioactive Waste.
  • Neutron Dosimetry.

Participation in Research Projects

  • Coordinator of the following projects funded by the Portuguese Foundation for the Science and Technology (FCT):
    − "Participation of ITN in the n-TOF experiment at CERN"
    − "Participation of ITN in the n-TOF experiment at CERN (second year)"
    − "Participation of ITN in the n-TOF experiment at CERN (third year)"
    − "Participation of ITN in the n-TOF experiment at CERN (fourth year)"
    − "Participation of ITN in the n-TOF-Ph2 experiment at CERN"
    − "Participation of ITN in the n-TOF-Ph2 experiment at CERN (second year)"
    − "Cooperation with CERN in the framework of the Portuguese participation in the project "EURISOL Design Study"
    − "Cooperation with CERN in the framework of the Portuguese participation in the project "EURISOL Design Study (second year)”
    Member (as coordinator of the Portuguese team or participant) of the following projects funded by the European Union in the 5th, 6th and 7th Framework Programmes:
    − PDS-XADS ("Preliminary Design Studies of an Experimental Acelerator Driven System")
    − IP-EUROTRANS ("EUROpean Research Programme for the TRANSmutation of High-Level Nuclear Waste in an Accelerator Driven System")
    − PATEROS ("PArtitioning and Transmutation European ROadmap for Sustainable nuclear energy”.)
    − CANDIDE ("Coordination Action on Nuclear Data for Industrial Developments in Europe")
    − CONRAD ("Coordination Network for Radiation Dosimetry")
    − "EURISOL Design Study”
    − "Central Design Team” (CDT)
    − ENETRAP-II (European Network on Education and Training in Radiation Protection)
    Supervising experience of students and fellows:
    − Supervision of more than 10 students and fellows, at the graduation, Masters and Ph.D. levels, in the framework of R&D projects activities
    Organization of International Conferences, Workshops and Training Courses:
    − Chairperson of four International Conferences (Monte Carlo 2000, ICRS-10 (2004), ICRS-11 (2008), ICENES 2009)
    − Member of the International Advisory and Scientific Committees of about twenty International Conferences and Workshops
    − Chairperson, track leader and organizer of sessions in several International Conferences and Workshops
    − Organization of several education and training courses, tutorials and Workshops in state-of-the-art computational tools for Radiation Physics and applications.

Publications

  • Co-author of more than one-hundred publications in international scientific refereed journals and about seventy contributions published in Conference Proceedings.
  • An extended version of the CV (90 pages approx.) with a detailed list of publications is available upon request.