Leadership, Academic and Scientific Management

Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of the Portuguese Republic of the XXIII Constitutional Government (2022-2024).

Vice-Rector of NOVA University Lisbon responsible for Research (2017-2022).

Director of the Associated Laboratory - Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication - i3N (1998-2022).

Councillor of the Honorific Orders of the Presidency of the Republic (2011-2022/2024-...).

Member of the Board of Directors of the AlmaScience Collaborative Laboratory (2019-2022/2024-...).

Member of the International Advisory Board of Ciência Viva (2021-2022/2024-...).

Member of the National Council for Science, Technology and Innovation - CNCTI (2021-2022).

Member of the Board of Directors of the Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory - INL (2021-2022).

Senior Scientific Advisor to the European Commission - SAM | HLG (2015-2020).

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Luso-American Development Foundation - FLAD (2013-2022).

Member of the European Commission's CONNECT Advisory Committee (CAF) (2013-2015).

Member of the Horizon 2020 Ad Hoc Advisory Group for the dissemination of excellence and broadening of European participation (2013-2015).

Member of the National Council for Science and Technology - CNCT (2012-2014).

Member of the Scientific Council of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation (2012-2014).

Member of the Scientific Council of TICE.PT/Portugal (2009 - 2014).

Member of the Scientific Council for Exact Sciences and Engineering of FCT I.P. (2008-2012).

Representative of the Research Centers on the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2006-2017).

Last publications

1. Cunha, I., Martins, J., Bahubalindruni, P. G., Carvalho, J. T., Rodrigues, J., Rubin, S., Fortunato, E., Martins, R., & Pereira, L. (2021). Handwritten and Sustainable Electronic Logic Circuits with Fully Printed Paper Transistors. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2100633. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202100633

2. Cardoso, M. A., Correia, S. F. H., Gonçalves, H. M. R., Pereira, R. F. P., Pereira, S., Maria, T. M. R., Silva, M. M., Valente, A. J. M., Fortunato, E., Ferreira, R. A. S., & de Zea Bermudez, V. (2021). Solar spectral management with electrochromic devices including PMMA films doped with biluminescent ionosilicas. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-021-05612-z

3. Claro, P. I. C., Marques, A. C., Cunha, I., Martins, R. F. P., Pereira, L. M. N., Marconcini, J. M., Mattoso, L. H. C., & Fortunato, E. (2021). Tuning the Electrical Properties of Cellulose Nanocrystals through Laser-Induced Graphitization for UV Photodetectors. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4(8), 8262–8272. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c01453

4. Menda, U. D., Ribeiro, G., Nunes, D., Calmeiro, T., Águas, H., Fortunato, E., Martins, R., & Mendes, M. J. (2021). High-performance wide bandgap perovskite solar cells fabricated in ambient high-humidity conditions. Materials Advances, 2(19), 6344–6355. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA00432H

5. Oliveira, M. J., Cunha, I., de Almeida, M. P., Calmeiro, T., Fortunato, E., Martins, R., Pereira, L., Byrne, H. J., Pereira, E., Águas, H., & Franco, R. (2021). Reusable and highly sensitive SERS immunoassay utilizing gold nanostars and a cellulose hydrogel-based platform. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 9(36), 7516–7529. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TB01404H

Elvira Fortunato

Professor @ Materials Science Department

Leadership, Academic and Scientific Management

Last publications