Publications

Recent

Representative Publications:

• Nanoscale Temperature Measurements using Phonon Spectroscopy, NanoLetters 18, 4556, (2018).
• Mapping Surface and Bulk Phonon Modes in a Single Nanocube, Nature 543, 529 (2017).
• Vibrational Spectroscopy in the Electron Microscope, Nature 514, 209 (2014).
• Attosecond and Femtosecond Forces exerted on Nanoparticles induced by Swift Electrons, Physical Review B 93, 205440 (2016).
• The Role of Electronic Coupling between Substrate and 2D MoS₂ Nanosheets in Electrocatalytic Production of Hydrogen, Nature Materials 15, 1003 (2016).
• Mechanical Deformation of Atom-sized Metal Rods: When Size and Shape Matter, Physical Review Letters 106, 55501 (2011).
• The Smallest Metal Nanotube with a Square Cross-section, Nature Nanotechnology 4, 149 (2009)

Biography

Education

• Ph.D. The State University of Campinas
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Antwerp.
• Research Associate, RUTGERS, The State University of New Jersey.

Achievements

• NSERC Early Career Research award (2019)
• Microscopy & Microanalysis Postdoctoral Scholar Award (2018)
• Invited speaker presentation Award – EDGE meeting (2017)
• Capes Best Thesis Prize, Category: Physics (2012)
• 3^rd Paulo Gontijo Best Thesis Prize, Category: Physics (2011)
• Marechal do Ar Casimiro Montenegro Filho Prize, Category: Nanoscience (2010)