Elvira Fortunato, former Professor at the Materials Science Department of the School of Science and Technology FCT|NOVA, and current Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, won, for the second consecutive year, the “Reader’s Digest Selections” award for the Most Trusted Personality in Scientific Research.

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It was with great honour that we see named as Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunato, vice-Rector of NOVA, Director of CENIMA|i3N, and Professor and researcher at DCM and CEMOP. Elvira was a pioneer in European research on transparent electronics and has participated in several PS initiatives, such as the National Forum, where she asked for a “policy of more confidence” in Science investments.

In the media:

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SYNERGY coordinator Elvira Fortunato was chosen, by the French Presidency of the EU, to join a group of 27 inspiring women from Europe for International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8th.

27 videos were made, in which these women talk about Europe and the very diverse activities in which they have excelled. They are physicists, songwriters, chefs, activists, police inspectors, top athletes, and they all have brilliant professional careers.

“I was surprised by the choice of my name made by the French Presidency of the EU in this very important initiative on International Women’s Day, and it is also worth mentioning the fact that science was the sector contemplated to represent Portugal”, says Elvira Fortunato to Expresso.

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SYNERGY is hosting a virtual event that will be held on Tuesday 26th April, spanning from 11:00-12:30 CET, hosted by two speakers. Dr. Jaakko Leppäniemi, senior scientist and project manager at VTT, will speak from 11:00-12:00 on ‘An Introduction to High-Resolution Printing Methods’, followed by Liam Gillan MSc, research scientist at VTT, who will speak from 12:00-12:30 on ‘Strategies for Print-Patterned Electrodes with Metal Oxide Thin-Film Transistors’.

There are no participation requirements, however registration prior to the event is compulsory to attend. To register, click here.

Professor Rodrigo Martins, SYNERGY Coordinator, Professor at FCT|NOVA and Director of CEMOP-UNINOVA, has been interviewed for Expresso Newspaper about the 1D-NEON project  that aims to create outstanding added value for the textile manufacturing industry.

In the words of Professor Martins, “The 1D NEON project makes it possible to produce curtains that are screens, luminous walls, or sensors of all kinds. The first commercial products could appear within three to four years”.

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Congratulations to Professor Rodrigo Martins and Professor Luis Pereira!
Professor Rodrigo Martins, SYNERGY Coordinator, Professor at FCT|NOVA and Director of CEMOP-UNINOVA, has been elected for the Admission and Qualification Commission (CAQ). Furthermore, Professor Luis Pereira, cluster manager of SYNERGY project, has been elected for the College of Materials of the Southern Region.

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SYNERGY coordinator Elvira Fortunato receives a €150,000 grant from the European Research Council for her project “e-GREEN: From forest to electronics: green graphene”

“The e-GREEN project aims at the direct formation of graphene-based 3D patterns [supposedly the thinnest material in the world, formed by a two-dimensional layer of carbon atoms organized in hexagonal structures] for the formation of printed circuits on recyclable flexible substrates, avoiding the need to use scarce, non-ecological metallic materials in addition to costly processes, pollutants and delays”

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Congratulations to SYNERGY coordinator professor Elvira Fortunato who has been distinguished by the European Research Council (ERC),the most reputable institution for granting funds for scientific and technological research in Europe, for the third time. The ERC awarded a total of 166 ‘Proof of Concept’ grants, each worth €150000, to European researchers, including to Professor Elvira Fortunato.

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SYNERGY invites you to attend our upcoming webinar ‘Can we be scientists without the rules? Few words about practical, socio-economical, and ethical implications of good scientific practice’. The virtual event will be presented by Dr. Malgorzata Kopycinska-Müller, currently working at Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems. The webinar will be held on Thursday 24th February at 11:00 CET, aiming to show that the rules of good scientific practice have an impact beyond the scientific community.

There are no specific participation requirements to join, however registration prior to the event is compulsory. Register by clicking here.