{"id":673,"date":"2021-10-17T13:54:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T13:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/execed.fct.unl.pt\/?post_type=faculty_nova&#038;p=673"},"modified":"2021-10-17T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T14:00:47","slug":"manuel-mendes","status":"publish","type":"faculty_nova","link":"https:\/\/execed.fct.unl.pt\/en\/faculty_nova\/manuel-mendes\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuel Mendes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manuel J. Mendes received the Engineering Licenciatura degree in Physics in 2005 from&nbsp;<em>Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Univ. de Lisboa<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2008 he completed a Master of Science degree from Rice University (Houston, USA), working in Carbon Nanotubes technology for Energy Harvesting, at the group of the Nobel Laureate Richard Smalley who is considered one of the founding fathers of Nanotechnology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012 he completed his PhD in Photovoltaics (PV) at the&nbsp;<em>Instituto de Energ\u00eda Solar<\/em>&nbsp;(Madrid, Spain) on the novel topic of Nanophotonics for Quantum-structured PV. 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