Vitor Cardoso

Professor, Gravitational Physics

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vitor.cardoso@nbi.ku.dk

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Vitor Cardoso did his PhD at Técnico Lisbon in 2003. He held research positions in Coimbra, WashU-Saint Louis, Oxford MS. Professor of Physics at Técnico since 2016, he was a Fellow at Amsterdam, Belém do Pará, CERN, Perimeter Institute, Rome and Waseda University.

He joined NBIA in 2022, as a Villum Fonden Investigator and DNRF Chair and leader of the Strong team. His research interests are mainly focused on strong-gravity problems, with implications for gravitational-wave and black-hole physics, high-energy and particle physics. He is co-author of one book and of over 200 scientific papers. He is a member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences. His research was recognized by the European Research Council, with three prestigious ERC Grants. He was awarded the “Ordem de Sant’Iago da Espada” presidential title, for contributions to science and is an “Honourable Citizen” of Póvoa de Varzim.