Name
CARDOSO, Vitor
Position and Affiliated Institution
Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa
Degree
Ph.D. and Diploma
Education and Academic Employment
Ph.D. in Instituto Superior Técnico 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Saint Louis 2005
Postdoctoral Fellow, Mississippi 2006-2008
Researcher in Physics Lisbon 2008-2010
Assistant Professor of Physics, IST 2010-2015
Associate Professor of Physics, IST 2015-2016
Full Professor of Physics, IST 2016-
Research Topic
Gravitational physics, black holes, gravitational waves
Fields of Research Interests
Gravitational physics
Academic Publications
- V. Cardoso, J. L. Costa, K. Destounis, P. Hintz and A. Jansen, PRL 120, 031103 (2018)
- V. Cardoso and P. Pani, Nature Astronomy 1, 586 (2017)
- V. Cardoso, E. Franzin and P. Pani, PRL 116 (2016) 171101
- R. Brito, V. Cardoso and P. Pani, Superradiance, Lecture Notes in Physics 906 (Springer-Verlag, 2015)
- E. Berti, V. Cardoso and A. O. Starinets, CQG 26, 163001 (2009)
Affiliated Academic Organizations
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
University of Mississippi
Awards
- Van der Waals Professorial Chair (UvA/VU Amsterdam) 2019
- Scientific Associate (CERN) 2018
- Honourable Citizen (Póvoa de Varzim) 2018
- IST Excelência no Ensino (for exceptional faculty) 2018
- Chair (elected, Marie Curie COST Action CA16104) 2017
- UL/CGD Award for exceptional researchers 2016
- Ordem de Sant’Iago da Espada Honour (awarded by President of the Portuguese Republic) 2015
Other Interests
Reading, walking
