further and higher education


M. Sci. (1992-1994)


Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Supervisor: V.S.Bagnato
Thesis:``Spatial configurations for a two-level atom in magneto-optical traps: ring-shaped structures''
Result of examination: 10 with distinction out of 10 with distinction
Abstract

PhD (1995-1999)


Technische Universität Berlin/Max Born Institut, Berlin, Germany (DAAD Fellow)
Supervisor: W. Sandner, M. Dörr
Thesis: ``Interaction of atoms with intense laser fields and ultrashort pulses''
Result of examination: ''sehr gut'' (over 90%)

postdoctoral positions

07/1999--12/2001:


 
Post-doctoral research associate
(Fellowship from the Max Planck Society)
Max Planck Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme,
Dresden, Germany

01/2002--05/2003:


Post-doctoral research Associate (BAT IIa-Ost position)
Max Born Institut für nichtlineare Optik und kurzzeitspektroskopie, Berlin, Germany

06/2002--09/2002:


Assistant (C1) position (equivalent to a tenure track)
Technische Universität, Wien, Vienna, Austria


06/2003--12/2004:


 Post-doctoral research associate
(Grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Institut für theoretische Physik, Universität Hannover, Germany

10/2004--12/2004:


Visiting Research Fellow,
Centre for Mathematical Science, City University,
London, United Kingdom


10/2004--12/2005:


Visiting Research Fellow,

 Imperial College London London, United Kingdom

01/2005--09/2006


 University Research Fellow
Centre for Mathematical Science, City University,
 London, United Kingdom


tenured positions

10/2006--03/2007:


EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow and Lecturer in Mathematics
Centre for Mathematical Science, City University,
London, United Kingdom

04/2007--2011:


EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow and Lecturer
AMOPP Group, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy,
University College London, London, United Kingdom

11/2011--09/2013:


Lecturer
AMOPP Group, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy,
University College London, London, United Kingdom

10/2013--09/2018:


Reader in Physics
AMOPP Group, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy,
University College London, London, United Kingdom


10/2018--:


Professor of Physics
AMOPP Group, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy,
University College London, London, United Kingdom