Hugo Natal da Luz

Research Scientist at the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics,
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic.

Born in: Vila do Conde, Portugal, 20th of June, 1975
Nationality: Portuguese

WOS ResearcherID: O-4412-2019

On-going project as PI

CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000766 (Czech Science Foundation)
Measurement of anomalies in angular correlation of electron and positron internally produced in excited 8Be and 4He

Academic degrees

01/2010
Ph.D. at the University of Aveiro. Title of the thesis: Development of X-ray and neutron imaging detectors based on Micro-Hole & Strip Plates.
06/2004
Master of Science — Leipzig University. Title of the thesis: Determination of metal-to-protein stoichiometry in metalloproteins by Particle Induced X-ray Emission.
07/2000
Graduation (Licenciatura) in Physical Engineering at the University of Coimbra. Project: Algorithms for Cerenkov ring reconstruction for the Hera-b RICH.

Academic Positions after the Ph.D.

11/2016–03/2019:
Research Fellow in the High Energy Physics and Instrumentation Center at the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
02/2014–10/2016:
Post Doctoral research fellow in the High Energy Physics and Instrumentation Center at the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marcelo Gameiro Munhoz.
02/2010–01/2014:
Post Doctoral research fellow in the Physics Department of the University of Coimbra. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Joaquim dos Santos.

Previous Research projects

FAPESP/2016/05282-2 (São Paulo State Research Foundation, Brazil)
PI, Development and applications of Micropattern Gaseous Detectors
FAPESP/2013/17405-3
Development of Gaseous Chambers based on Micropattern Gaseous Detectors for tests of a new ASIC within the international collaboration ALICE
PTDC/FIS/113005/2009 (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology)
Detectors for Digital Hadron Calorimetry at the ILC based on hole type multipliers
Last update: May 2021