Entry-Level Postdoctoral Position in Experimental Positron and Positronium Science at the Australian National University (ANU). The position is funded from a recent Australian Research Council grant and is for 2.5 years. The closing date for applications is July 5.
The "VÁCUO Workshop 2026" aims to bring together specialists to promote discussion on deposition methods, materials synthesis, characterization techniques, and vacuum technology in general.
The 2026 edition will take place on Monday, March 16, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at the Auditorium of the Instituto Pedro Nunes, R. Pedro Nunes, 3030-199 Coimbra.
The study Revisiting CN⁻ Formation Mechanisms in Electron Collisions with Benzonitrile has been selected for the front cover of ChemPhysChem. The research work was first authored by Rodrigo Rodrigues, PhD student in the RaBBiT program at CEFITEC, and co-authored by the CEFITEC researchers Mónica Mendes, João Ameixa, and Filipe Ferreira da Silva.
On January 21, 2026, at 2:30 PM, Dr. Elisa Sani, Senior Researcher at National Institute of Optics, National Research Council of Italy (INO-CNR), will present a seminar entitled "Novel materials for sunlight absorption and energy transfer". The event will take place in Manuel Laranjeira Room, Physics Department (Building I).
On January 20 at 2 PM, our PhD student Hugo Costa will defend his PhD thesis in Physics Engineering.
Thesis title: Advances In Multirod Solar-Pumped Laser Technology
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dawei Liang
On January 19, 2026, at 2:30 PM, Professor Juna Sathian, Associate Professor and Deputy Lead of the Photonics Technology Group at Northumbria University, will present a seminar entitled "Advances in Room-Temperature Solid-State Masers: From Fundamental Physics to Practical Quantum Technologies." The event will take place in Ágora Room, NOVA FCT Library.
Across Europe and the World, there are major experimental facilities involving Brilliant X-ray Sources (Synchrotron) and Neutron Sources which we are able to use for free to support our research. Such facilities do not exist in Portugal.