Paulo Limão-Vieira, D Phil, DSc

Professor of Molecular Physics
Head of Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory
CEFITEC, Department of Physics
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Tel: (+351) 21 294 85 76 (ext. 10570)
Fax: (+351) 21 294 85 49
plimaovieira at fct.unl.pt

ORCID: 0000-0003-2696-1152
Researcher ID: K-2115-2013

Short biography

Paulo Limão-Vieira is Professor of Molecular Physics within NOVA School of Science and Technology (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa). His research interests include: the electronic state spectroscopy of biomolecules, aeronomic and plasma processing molecules by interaction with photons (VUV photoabsorption, REMPI, He(I) photoelectron) and electrons (dissociative electron attachment, electron energy loss); charge transfer processes in atom-molecule and anion-molecule collisions and the role of negative ions; surface induced chemistry, especially the reactivity of co-adsorbed molecular species and the formation of ices in the Earth’s upper atmosphere and in the interstellar medium, that might be in the origin of some microorganisms. Charge transfer experiments in atom-(bio)molecule collisions with negative ion formation. Other research interests include positron scattering from atoms and molecules as well as positronium formation.

He is graduated in Engineering Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal (1994), obtained a D Phil from University College London (UCL), University of London, United Kingdom (2003) and an Habilitation (DSc) in Applied Atomic and Molecular Physics, Engineering Physics, Portugal (2010).

From 2001-2003 as part of post-graduate studies reading for a PhD degree in Physics, he held teaching duties at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, UK.

Since 2006 he has kept short-term visiting Professor positions the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, The Open University, UK, Flinders University, South Australia, Australia National University, Chungnam National University, Korea and Instititut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Austria.

From 2010 he has been appointed regular visiting Professor at the Department of Physics/Department of Material and Life Sciences, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan and from 2022 visiting Professor at the Department of Physics, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. In 2016 he was a fellowship recipient from the Japan Society of Promotion of Science (JSPS). In 2021 and 2024 he was advisor to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Currently he is author/co-author of ca. 300 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, he has delivered ca. 100 invited lectures across the globe, over 300 conference contributions and serves as reviewer for different international peer-reviewed journals and funding agencies.

For further information on peer-reviewed publications, see major list of publications