Field of Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary Sciences, Minor bodies of the Solar System: Kuiper Belt, Trans-Neptunian Objects, Centaurs, Comets and associated families.
Brief Curriculum
Post-Doc in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii (USA), supervised by Dr. David Jewitt, and the Group for Astrophysics of the University of Coimbra (Portugal), supervised by Dr. João Fernandes, from 2005 to 2008.
PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics by the Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon (Portugal), in 2005, in a shared thesis between the Observatoire de Paris (France), supervised by Dr. Alain Doressoundiram and Dr. Antonella Barucci, and the Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Lisbon (Portugal), supervised by Dr. Maarten Roos-Serote.
Masters in Astronomy and Astrophysics by the Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon (Portugal), in 2001, supervised by Dr. Maarten Roos-Serote.
Coordinator of the Outreach Unit of the Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto / Planetarium of Porto (Portugal), from 1996 to 1998.
"Licenciatura" in Physics / Applied Mathematics (Astronomy) by the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto (Portugal), in 1996.
Nuno Peixinho
Assistant Researcher at the Faculty for Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra, Portugal
Center for Computational Physics of the University of Coimbra
Astronomical Observatory of the University of Coimbra
Portugal
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