Rodrigo Martins#
| Membership Number: | 6718 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | PORTUGAL |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.cenimat.fct.unl.pt/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-1997-7669 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 - 2026 QiuShi Chair Visiting Professor at Zhejiang University, China; Honorary Professor of the Heife Institutes of Physical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Honorary Professor of the Technical University of Wuhan, China (Institute of Materials)
- 2022 - 2026 Coordinator/Chair of the the Institute for Nanostructures, Nanomolding and Nanofabrication, Portugal, i3N, https://www.i3n.org
- 2023 - 2024 Member of the executive committee of the International Union of Materials Research Societies, IUMRS
- 2022 - 2026 Director of the Research Center in Advanced Materials, CENIMAT, Portugal
- 2021 - 2022 President of the International Union of Materials Research Societies, IUMRS
- 2020 - 2022 Member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council
- 2018 - 2026 President of the European Academy of Sciences
- 2015 - present Chair of the European Committee affairs for the European Materials Research Society, E-MRS
- 2011 - 2013 President of the European Materials Research Society, and presently member of the senate, E-MRS, https://www.european-mrs.com/about/senate
- 1989 - present Director of the Center of Excellency in Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Processes, Portugal
Fields of Scholarship
- Advanced functional materials
- Design and architecture of solar cells
- Tandem solar cells
- Biosensors
- Thin film solar cells
- Oxide semiconductor
- Energy storage: super-capacitors, batteries, hydrogen
- Co-pioneer in transparent electronics
- Responsible electronics
- Co-pioneer and co-inventor of the paper transistor and paper memory
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Member of the selected committee for the Nobel Prize in Physics
- 2023 Member of the jury of the REI JAUME I PRIZES 2023, (basic research) Valencia, Spain, https://fprj.es/en/awards/e
- 2022 Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Virtual Research Institute (VRI) on Sustainability, lead by Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi), involving two U.S. institutions (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT and New York University, NYU), for the area of materials for renewable energy
- 2022 Scientific supervisor and coordinator of the Advanced ERC Grant project title Multifunctional Digital Materials Platform for Smart Integrated Applications, DIGISMART (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/787410)
- 2022, NOVA-Altice Research Award given by UNL and Altice (https://blogempresas.meo.pt/altice-empresas-nova-marca-nova-imagem-94181)
- 2021 Career and Recognition Award 2021 given by the Portuguese Materials Research Society
- 2021 Best Publicly Funded Project Demonstrator award given by OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics – Association: OE- Competition 2021, with the project Supersmart.
- 2019, Scientific Prize of Cidade de Almada, Portugal, 3rd edition (honorable distinction, 2nd position award).
- 2017 Best Publicly Funded Project Demonstrator award given by OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics – Association: OE- Competition 2017 for Multifunctional Demonstrators based on organic and printed electronics) during the LOPEC - Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention 2017, held in Munich, March 2017 to the EC project iFlexys, Integrated X-ray Sensor Systems;
- 2017 INCM Innovation Prize 2017 (Prémio Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda), given to the work Secret paper project, (https://incm.pt/site/index.php)
- 2016, Awarded with the Gold Medal of merit and distinction by the Almada Municipality, Portugal
- 2016 Named as one of 3 finalist of the European patent Office Research Award 2016 with the work on paper transistor
- 2015 Demonstrator award given by OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics – Association) during the LOPEC - Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention 2015, held in Munich, February 2015 to the EC project Autonomous Printed Paper Products for Labels & Electronics, A3Ple project
- 2014 The Best Research award given by Faculty of Science and Technology of New University of Lisbon to 3 top researchers of all Faculty for the period between 2010 to 2012; The Best Leadership and Service award given by Faculty of Science and Technology of New University of Lisbon to 3 top researchers of all Faculty for the period between 2010 to 2012
- 2012 Scientific Prize of Cidade de Almada, 1st edition with work Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials @FCT-UNL, a window of opportunities opened to the world
- 2012 Doctor Honoris Causa by University of Galati, Romania
- 2012 Prize Innovation with the work solar tiles, Energy Live Expo, Lisbon
- 2012 Green awards, 2012, first prize
- 2012 Member of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering
- 2010 Portuguese Science and Technology award 2010/2011, district 1960 of the International Rotary Foundation
