Heloisa Nunes Bordallo

Short presentation

The unifying theme of my research has been to understand the effects of structural changes on the physical properties principally those governing dynamics in, and induced around, a material. The sequence of topics I worked on evolved from luminescent impurities in ionic crystals to other classes of materials; ferroelectrics, colossal magnetoresistance, molecular magnets, cement paste, clays, and then to systems of biological significance. As a consequence of this development of scientific interest, I have been trained in a broad range of experimental and computational techniques, starting with optical spectroscopy and proceeding to Raman, infrared, elastic and inelastic neutron scattering, X-rays and synchrotron radiation.
I have sought to develop links to strong collaborators at the international level and have being engaged on promoting neutron scattering as a technique that possesses the ability to answer important questions to physicists, chemists, material scientists, and biologists.

CV

Personal information

 Education

Professional skills

Development of neutron and laser instrumentation

Experimental research in multidisciplinary areas: pharmaceuticals, geosciences, model biological systems, water dynamics, molecular magnetism, and ferroelectricity

Specialist in advanced scattering techniques: neutron scattering and synchrotron radiation

Trained in Raman, Infrared and X-rays scattering

Publications: 2 book chapters, 13 general interest publications and 89 publications in international refereed journals with more than 1200 citations as of January 2015.

Supervision of PhD, Master and Bachelor Projects: Main supervisor of 4 bachelor students (3 graduated, 1 active), 4 Masters students (2 graduated), 3 Ph.D. students (2 active, 1 graduated) and 3 Post Docs (one active). Co-supervisorof 17 Ph.D. students (16 graduated, one active). Participation in 11 examining boards of PhD thesis and French Habilitation.

Professional appointments

Distinctions

Awards, honors and personal fellowships

2014                Carlsberg Foundation: Infrared apparatus (DKK 400.000)

2014                European Spallation: Postdoctoral project  (DKK 1.240.000)

2013                Carlsberg Foundation: Thermo-analysis apparatus (DKK 400.000)

2013                University of Copenhagen 2016 Funding: CoNEXT (chair Sine Larsen)

2013         Research Council of Norway: Research Project with joint PhD student

(DKK 4.960.000 - principal investigator Jon Otto Fossum)

2013         Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation: International Network Programme (DKK 287.640 - principal investigator Kell Mortensen)


2011                European Spallation: Researcher Fellowship  (DKK 2.200.000)

2011                European Spallation Source: PhD student project (DKK 1.200.000)

2008                DFG (Germany) –CNPq (Brazil): Bilateral Collaboration (€ 2.200)

1998         Award for Outstanding Accomplishments and Dedication, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Professional Activities

2013-            Expert evaluator REA-ITN

2011-            Organizer of the NBIA Workshop-School on Neutron Science

2011-            Project leader on the development of a backscattering instrument for the ESS

2010-            Expert evaluator of bilateral European scientific projects, ERA-Chemistry

2010-            Expert evaluator for the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique-FNRS Belgium,

2000- Expert evaluator for neutron and synchrotron proposals (SNS, ANSTO, NIST, APS, LNLS)

2000-2002 Instrument Advisory Team Member, Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), USA,

1999-2001            Expert evaluator, Department of Energy (DOE), USA

1999-2001            Expert evaluator, National Research Council of Canada, Canada