Abstract: One of the most interesting and current phenomenological extensions of General Relativity is the so-called f(R) class of theories; a natural generalization of this includes an explicit non-minimal coupling between matter and curvature.
Some of my research interests are:
o Black hole physics
o General relativity, numerical relativity and gravitational radiation
o Supergravity, string theories and the gauge/gravity duality
o Differential geometry
o Casimir effect and quantum field theory
o Cosmology and inflationary models
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Some distinctions/awards:
Gr@v is a team of researchers, based at the Mathematics and Physics Department of Aveiro University, Portugal, working on strong gravity and high energy physics. The group was established in 2010. In January 2015 Gr@v integrated the FCT funded CIDMA research unit (UIDB/04106/2020 and UIDP/04106/2020), as the Gravitational Geometry and Dynamics research group. The group scientific coordinator is C. Herdeiro.