Public Communication of Science

I have a strong experience in public communication of science, translated in several public interventions for a multifaceted public, as it was the speech Commemorative Session of the Day of Portugal, for the Portuguese worldwide diaspora, involving more than 20 million citizens worldwide; data analytics and visualization, as taken from my involvement as member of the Portuguese Council of Science and Technology or in the Horizon 2020 advisory boards, which also includes legislative processes dealing with the strategy and vision of future, going from ideas to practical things.

Since 2006 I participate actively in Ciência Viva (a former science minister Gago initiative) in summer schools with the objective of disseminating science amongst young people (<17) at the Materials Science Department. Given the fact that I have received the 1st AdG in Portugal, this has originated a lot of interest and curiosity in the media, which was quite important since from then science got a huge societal impact. So, during the last 8 years I have given and continue to give several interviews for all kinds of media, not only nationally but also internationally including radio and TV (some of them area available in the press section).

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

Public Communication of Science

Last publications