Vice-presidente "The International Liquid Crystal Society", 2016-2018
Lic.Eng.Química (1983,IST/UTL);Provas de Apt. Ped. e Cap. Cient., Materiais Poliméricos e Mesomorfos(1986, FCT/UNL);Doutoramento em Ciência dos Materiais, Materiais Poliméricos e Mesomorfos (1992,FCT/UNL);Agregação Materiais Poliméricos e Mesomorfos (2003)
Principais interesses científicos na área de Síntese e Caracterização de Polímeros líquido-cristalinos Celulósicos e Elastómeros, Estudo da Morfologia e Comportamento Dinâmico. Cristais Líquidos.
“Mind the Microgap in Iridescent Cellulose Nanocrystal Films”, S.N. Fernandes, P.L. Almeida, N. Monge, L.E. Aguirre, D. Reis, C.L.P. de Oliveira, A.M.F. Neto, P. Pieranski, M.H. Godinho*, Advanced Materials, 10.1002/adma.201603560 (2016) (front cover)
“Sensing surface morphology of biofibers by decorating spider silk and cellulosic filaments with nematic microdroplets”, L.E. Aguirre, A. de Oliveira, D. Seč, S. Čopar, P.L. Almeida, M. Ravnik, M.H. Godinho, S. Žumer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 113(5), 1174, 2016 (corresponding author)
“Helical twisting of electrospun liquid crystalline cellulose micro- and nanofibers”, J.P. Canejo, J.P. Borges, M.H. Godinho, P. Brogueira, P.I.C. Teixeira, E.M. Terentjev, Advanced Materials, 20(24), 4821, 2008 (corresponding author)
“Hierarchical wrinkling on elastomeric Janus spheres” A.C. Trindade, J.P. Canejo, P. Patricio, P. Brogueira, P.I. Teixeira, M.H. Godinho, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22(41), 22044, 2012(corresponding author)
“Water-Based Cellulose Liquid Crystal System Investigated by Rheo-NMR” G. Yong, P.L. Almeida, G.M. Feio, J.L. Figueirinhas, M.H. Godinho, Macromolecules, 46(11), 4296, 2013 (corresponding author)
“A cellulose liquid crystal motor: a steam engine of the second kind” Y. Geng, P.L. Almeida, S.N. Fernandes, C. Cheng, P. Palffy-Muhoray, M.H. Godinho, Scientific Reports, 3 Article Number:1028 DOI: 10.1038/srep01028, 2013 (corresponding author)
“Liquid crystal necklaces: cholesteric drops threaded by thin cellulose fibres” Y. Geng, D. Sec, P.L. Almeida, O.D. Lavrentovich, S. Zumer, M.H. Godinho, Soft Matter, 9(33), 7928, 2013 (cover)(corresponding author) (Hot paper July 2013)
