7 May 2025
Luís Carlos, researcher at CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials and professor in the Department of Physics (DFis) at the University of Aveiro (UA), is the winner of the 2025 Medinaveitia-Lourenço Prize.
Awarded annually and alternately by the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry and the Portuguese Chemical Society, the prize—better known as the Luso-Spanish Chemistry Award—aims to recognize internationally significant scientific research conducted in Portugal and Spain in the field of Chemistry, across any of its subdisciplines.
Luís Carlos is recognized for his work in the field of light-emitting materials and their applications, particularly in temperature measurement at the nanoscale.
“This distinction is a recognition of the work developed by the research group in photonic hybrid and nanomaterials (Phantom-g), which I created in 2000. It has counted on the effort and dedication of many of its members and is, therefore, also a testament to their scientific merit,” emphasized the UA researcher. For that reason, Luís Carlos extends his gratitude to all of them, especially the students he has supervised, as well as to UA—particularly the DFis and CICECO—“for creating the conditions that allowed the development of an internationally visible research group at UA, pioneering in the study of luminescent nanothermometers and organic-inorganic light-emitting hybrids.”
“I am truly honored that the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry has recognized the merit of the work we have developed, and I am grateful for it,” said Luís Carlos. “I hope to continue enjoying the sweet breeze of discovery, contributing to the development of research at UA and helping affirm its international standing.”
Luís Carlos earned his PhD in Physics from the University of Évora in 1995, with a thesis on photoluminescent polymer electrolytes incorporating lanthanide salts. He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Physics at UA. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and recipient of the FCT Excellence Stimulus Award (2004) and the ICOM 2022 Award (for lifetime achievements in the field of optical materials).
Throughout his career, he has had the privilege of being a visiting professor at institutions such as São Paulo State University (Brazil), the University of Montpellier (France), Nanjing University of Technology (China), and the University of Wroclaw (Poland). In 2000, he founded the research group “Phantom-g” at the University of Aveiro, dedicated to photonic hybrids and nanomaterials. His research interests lie primarily in the field of luminescent materials for sensors, and he is widely recognized as an influential and pioneering figure in this field, especially for his work on luminescence-based (nano)thermometry.
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