People

Group Leader

Sérgio is the leader of the Photochemistry Group @ UC.

PhD in the Technical University of Lisbon (1996). Professor at the University of Coimbra.

Sérgio possesses over 30 years of experience in photochemistry, photophysics, and ultrafast kinetics. More recently, he has cultivated interests in the intersection of Chemistry & Art and has placed a particular emphasis on Energy Storage, particularly in the context of redox flow batteries.

In 2006, he received the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ) Award – Vicente Seabra Medal in acknowledgment of the high-quality, original, and independent research conducted in the field of Chemistry in Portugal by an investigator under 40 years of age.

His H-index is 49 according to Google Scholar and H-index is 45 according to WoS-Publons, with more than 7900 citations and over 200 publications.

PhD, Auxiliar Professor

Ultrafast laser spectroscopy materials characterization, optical spectroscopy.
Optical properties of organic and inorganic semiconductors and Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Photon Up-conversion (TTA-UC) molecular systems based on NIR excitable aggregated Pt(II) Chlorins and AIE luminogens.

PhD, Junior Researcher

The utilization of FLIM across various domains includes:

(i) Film Morphology: FLIM is employed for studying film morphology.

(ii) Oxygen Sensing (FLIM/PLIM): FLIM is used as an oxygen sensor in in vitro experiments.

and Energy Storage: development of active materials for  Redox Flow Batteries (RFB).