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CURRICULUM VITAE

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E-mail: lpereira (@itn.pt)

Education

• 1998 – PhD, Inorganic Chemistry, FCUL, Lisbon, Portugal.
• 1993 – MSc, Physical-Chemistry of Materials, FCUL, Lisbon, Portugal.
• 1989 – Graduated, Chemistry, FCUL, Lisbon, Portugal.

Professional Employment Career

• 1999 – Auxiliary Researcher, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN), Sacavém, Portugal.

Fellowships and Training

• 2006, 2005, 2004 – STSM (short term scientific mission) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics from the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
• 1999 – PRAXISXXI/BPD/18821/98, Post-Doc Grant at FCUL and ITN with the research project (PRAXIS/PCEX/FIS/12070/98).
• 1996-1998 – PRAXISXXI/BD/5099/95, PhD grant at ITN.
• 1996 – W. Trzebiatowski Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
• 1993-1996 – EC Joint Research Centre fellowship grant at the Institute for Transuranium Elements, Karlsruhe, Germany.
• 1991-1993 – JNICT BM/1005/90RN, MSc grant at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and ITN (former ICEN-INETI).
• 1992 – NATO Advanced Study Institute, Dundee University, Scotland.
• 1989-1991 – ITN (former ICEN-INETI) Undergraduate fellowship grant.

Scientific Specialization

• Solid State Physics and Chemistry.

Main Scientific Areas of Research

• The main scientific have been related with the strongly correlated electron systems which aim at establishing correlations between the crystal structure of intermetallic compounds with f elements and their unusual properties such as heavy fermion, spin fluctuations, etc. derived from the existence of narrow bands nearby or at the Fermi level. The experimental work involves their synthesis, structure and physical characterization. Magnetic properties by means of DC magnetization and AC susceptibility of a wide variety of materials with special relevance on intermetallics and new magnetic molecular compounds have been extensively explored.
• Responsible for the Magnetic Characterization Facility (Maglab 2000 and SQUID) of the Solid State group.

Membership of Professional Societies

• Member of Centro de Física da Matéria Condensada (CFMC-UL) of the University of Lisbon, in the "magnetic properties of materials" domain.

Scientific Works

• PhD Thesis in Inorganic Chemistry "Intermetallic Compounds from the An₂T₂X Family, An = U, Np, Pu e Am, T = Transition metal from groups 8 to 12, X = In and Sn", Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
• Author or co-author of more than 55 original publications in Refereed Journals.
• 90 lectures, oral presentations and communications to national and international meetings.

Participation in Projects

• PTDC/CTM/64357/2006 Novel layered ferrite materials with mixed ionic-electronic conductivity for applications in alternative energy sources. Prime contractor: ITN (J.C. Waerenborgh).
• PTDC/QUI/65379/2006, Molecular conductors “Switchable”. Prime contractor: ITN (V. Gama).
• PTDC/QUI/65369/2006: Synthesis and characterization of new U and Fe compounds with Ge, Ga and Sb. Prime contractor: ITN (A.P. Gonçalves).
• PTDC/QUI/64967/2006: Transition metal complexes based on new thio-azo ligands for heterobimetallic networks and molecular conductors. Prime contractor: ITN (M. Almeida).
• Network of Excellence 500341-2 Priority3-NMP: Molecular approach to nanomagnets and multifunctional materials - MAGMANET.
• POCI/FIS/60153/2004: Study of nanostructured half-metallic systems prepared by pulsed injection MOCVD. Prime Contractor: CFMCUL/ Physics Dept. Univ. Lisbon (Margarida Godinho).
• POCTI/FIS/57876/2004: Structural and magnetic study of Low-dimensional coordination compounds. Prime Contractor: Physics Dept. Univ. Coimbra (M. Manuela Ramos Silva), ITN (L.C.J. Pereira).
• POCTI/CTM/38320/2001:Study of the Dy-Fe-Sn phase diagram. Prime Contractor: ITN (L.C.J. Pereira)
• POCTI/QUI/45108/2002: Thiophenic dithiolates as building blocks in molecular materials: Physical properties – Crystal structure correlation.
• POCTI/QUI/46066/2002: Synthesis, crystal growth and characterization of new f-element borides and borocarbides with Ni, Pd, or Pt.
• POCTI/39601/QUI/2001: Molecule magnets based on decamethylmetallocenes and DCNQI derivative planar acceptors.
• PRAXIS/PCEX/FIS/12070/98 and POCTI/P/FIS/12070/2001: Heavy-Fermion properties of the systems (U_xTh_1-x)₂Pt₂In and (U_xTh_1-x)₂Pd₂In.
• ICCTI/France Embassy: Preparation and study of new intermetallic compounds with U, Fe and Al, Si or B, (2003-2009).
• ICCTI/ASCR (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic): Physical properties of strong correlated systems, (2003-2009).

Selected Publications

• Dynamic susceptibility study of YFe_xAl_12−x (4 ≤ x ≤ 5), S. Sério, L.C.J. Pereira, M.M. Cruz, M. Godinho, J.C. Waerenborgh, J. Alloys and Comp. 477 23 (2009).
• Magnetic properties of Co-doped TiO₂ anatase nanopowders, L.C.J. Pereira, M.R. Nunes, O.C. Monteiro, A.J. Silvestre, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 222502 (2008)
• Metallocenium salts of Nickel bis-α-thiophenedithiolate [M(Cp*)₂][Ni(α -tpdt)₂] (M =Fe, Mn, Cr); metamagnetism and magnetic frustration, D. Belo, J. Mendonça, I.C. Santos, L.C.J. Pereira, M. Almeida, J.J. Novoa, C. Rovira, J. Veciana, V. Gama,”, Eur. J. Inor. Chem. 5327-5337 (2008).
• Evidence of uranium magnetic ordering on U₂Fe₃Ge, M.S. Henriques, O. Tougait, H. Noel, L.C.J. Pereira, J.C. Waerenborgh, A.P Gonçalves, Solid State Comm., 148 159 (2008).
• Synthesis and characterization of tetrahedral and square planar bis-iminopyrrolyl complexes of Cobalt(II), S.A. Carabineiro, L.C. Silva, P.T. Gomes, L.C.J. Pereira, L.F. Veiros, S.I. Pascu, M.T. Duarte, S. Namorado, R.T. Henriques, Inorg. Chem., 46 6880 (2007).
• Precipitation of zinc ferrite nanoparticles in the Fe₂O₃–ZnO–SiO₂ glass system, M.G. Ferreira da Silva, L.C.J. Pereira, J.C. Waerenborgh, J. Non-Cryst. Sol., 353 2374 (2007).
• Magnetic properties of hydrides of uranium ternary intermetallics, L. Havela, K. Miliyanchuk, A.V. Kolomiets, A.V. Andreev, L.C.J. Pereira, A.P. Gonçalves, Hydrogen In Matter 837 97-103 (2006).
• Structural and magnetic characterization of DyFe_xSn₂ (0≤x≤0.3) intermetallics, L.C.J. Pereira, D.P. Rojas, J.C. Waerenborgh, Intermetallics, 13, 61-67 (2005).