Jaime Viegas

Biography

Dr. Viegas received his BSc and MSc in Optoelectronics and Lasers from the University of Porto, Portugal in 2000 and 2003 respectively. During 2000-2004, he was a lecturer in the physics department of the University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal. In May 2010 he received his PhD degree in Physics from the University of Porto on research focused on the design, fabrication and characterization of optical sensors for chemical monitoring. During 2006-2008, he was a visiting researcher at the new nano-optics fabrication laboratories of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.   

Research Interest

Microfabrication and nanofabrication; Integrated photonics; Semiconductor lasers; Integrated and fiber optical sensors; Electron Microscopy; Simulation of photonic devices; Fourier optics and optical vortices; Transparent electronic materials and devices; Nanoelectronics and plasmonics; Ultrasonic Acoustics; Ultrasonic MEMS (pMUT); Nanostructures and films for photoassisted water splitting