Curriculum Vitae
Unit of Reactors and Nuclear Safety
Name: Nuno
Surnames: Pessoa Barradas
Birth Date/Born: 05-01-1967, Lourenço-Marques/Mozambique
Nationality: Portuguese
Tel.: (+351) 21 994 6150
Fax: (+351) 21 994 1039
E-mail: nunoni (@itn.pt)
Education
- 2003 – Habilitation in Physics, Lisbon University.
- 1999 – M.A. in European Studies, University of Surrey.
- 1994 – Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics, Lisbon University.
- 1991 – M.Sc. in Applied Nuclear Physics, Lisbon University.
- 1989 – B.Sc. in Physics, Lisbon University.
Professional Employment Career
- 06/2006 – Deputy Supervisor of the RPI, ITN.
- 02/2006 – Principal researcher, ITN.
- 04/1999 – Auxiliary researcher, ITN.
- 1996-1999 – Research Fellow, University of Surrey.
- 1994-1996 – Post-doc at the Research Centre Rossendorf (FZR), Germany, under a Human Capital and Mobility European Union Fellowship.
- Since 1989 – Member of the Nuclear Physics Center of the Lisbon University.
Main Scientific Area of Research (group activity)
- Ion beam analysis.
- Portuguese research reactor.
- Applied Nuclear Physics.
Scientific Works
- The on-going research and collaborations involve other researchers from ITN and other national and international institutions and universities. They cover different areas, centered mainly in the RPI, materials analysis and development, and in the development of ion beam analysis techniques, namely in the development of advanced physical models and their implementation in data analysis codes.
- This research is documented in over 100 publications in international journals, in ITN/RPI internal reports, and RPI safety analyses.
Selected Publications
- Simulated annealing analysis of Rutherford backscattering data, N.P. Barradas, C. Jeynes, and R.P. Webb, Appl. Phys. Lett., 71 (1997) 291-293.
- Rutherford backscattering analysis of thin films and superlattices with roughness, N. P. Barradas, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 34 (2001) 2109-2116.
- Depth profiling InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells by Rutherford backscattering: The role of intermixing, S. Pereira, E. Pereira, E Alves, N. P. Barradas, K. P. O’Donnell, C. Liu, C. J. Deatcher, and I. M. Watson, Appl. Phys. Lett., 81 (2002) 2950-2952.
- Artificial neural network algorithm for automation of Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy experiments and data analysis, N. P. Barradas, A. Vieira, R. Patrício, Phys. Rev., E65 (2002) Article 066703, 1-12.
- Status of IBA data analysis and simulation software, E. Rauhala, N. P. Barradas, S. Fazinic, M. Mayer, E. Szilágyi, M. Thompson, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., B244 (2006) 436-456.
- Accurate simulation of backscattering spectra in the presence of sharp resonances, N.P. Barradas, E. Alves, C. Jeynes, M. Tosaki, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., B247 (2006) 381-389.
Software