Astronomer / Planetary Scientist
Principal Researcher of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, affiliated to the R&D Unit: Institute of Astrophysics and Space Science—Coimbra's node—based at the Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory of the University of Coimbra.
Fields of Research / Interests
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary Sciences, Minor bodies of the Solar System: Kuiper Belt, Trans-Neptunian Objects, Centaurs, Comets, Asteroids, NEOs, and other families, Space Safety, Space Debris, Solar Activity, Education and Public Outreach: both with and without Planetariums.
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Brief Curriculum
Nuno Vasco Munhoz Peixinho Miguel, a.k.a. Nuno Peixinho, is a Sub-Director of the Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory of the University of Coimbra (OGAUC), being the Coordinator of the Observatory's Office for Science Communication, and a researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA). He is co-responsible for Space Debris Laboratory of the University of Coimbra (SpaDeLab), teaches Planetary Sciences at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), and is a National Astronomy Education Co-Coordinator (NAEC) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). He has been awarded with the naming of asteroid (40210) Peixinho.
Before his current position he was an Invited Professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), for three months, a fixed-term contract Researcher of FCTUC, for six years, and a Management of Science and Technology Fellow at OGAUC for three years, while being an Ex Gratia Invited Professor at FCTUC, and before that he was a Professor at the Faculty of Basic Sciences of the University of Antofagasta, Chile, affiliated to the Astronomy Unit of the University of Antofagasta (UAUA)—now called Center for Astronomical Research, Technology, Education, and Outreach (CITEVA)—, for three years also. He was a Research Associate at the Department of Mathematics of FCTUC for five years, and a Post-Doctorate Fellow at the Institute for Astronomy (IfA) of the University of Hawaii, USA, for two year, spending one more year at the Astrophysics Group of the University of Coimbra (GAUC). He obtained a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), Portugal, in 2005, in a shared thesis between the Observatoire de Paris - Meudon, France, and the Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Lisbon (CAAUL). Before his Masters in Astronomy and Astrophysics by FCUL, in 2001, he was a Coordinator of the Outreach Unit of the Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto (CAUP) / Planetarium of Porto, and he obtained his Licenciatura in Physics / Applied Mathematics (Astronomy) at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), in 1996.
