Prizes and Fellowships

• Prémio Literário Manuel Teixeira Gomes
  Portimão City Council book award
• Egas Moniz Prize 2002 and 2004
  (Awarded to the best student of the University of Aveiro)
• Vale de Guimaraes Prize 2003
  (Awarded to the best local student studying at the University of Aveiro)
• University of Aveiro Prize 2001
  (Awarded to the best first year student)
• Merit Scholarships (2003, 2004 and 2005 )
• Marie-Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Career development (IEF), 2010
• Gulbenkian Programa de Est­mulo à Investigação 2010
  Awarded by Gulbenkian Foundation to creative research proposals

Presentation Awards

• Best poster award at EMRS 2010, Symposium I, Strasbourg, 2010
• Best poster award, top-10 non-student, ChinaNano2011, Beijing, 2011