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A one-day symposium

on the occasion of the 60 years of

Mário N Berberan e Santos


July 1st, 2022

Salão Nobre do Instituto Superior Técnico

Lisboa, Portugal

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Mário Nuno Berberan e Santos was born in Lisbon in September 1961. He is a Full Professor of Physical Chemistry, Materials and Nanosciences at Instituto Superior Técnico since 2009.
 
Studied at Cascais Secondary School (at Carcavelos). Obtained a BSc in Chemical Engineering (Chemistry and Processes) from Instituto Superior Técnico, in 1984, and a Doctorate in Chemistry also from Instituto Superior Técnico in 1989, with the thesis «Orientational and geometric effects in electronic energy transfer» (supervisor: Manuel Prieto). He did his postdoctoral work in Paris (CNAM) and Orsay (Université de Paris-Sud) in «Photophysics of supramolecular systems» (with Bernard Valeur). Habilitation in Chemistry in 1997, with the lesson «Fullerene Photochemistry».
 
He is president of the College of Chemistry of the University of Lisbon, coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Chemistry at IST, member of the Permanent Steering Committee of the MAF Conferences. He was president of the Portuguese Society of Chemistry (2010-2013). Coordinates the IBB's BSIRG research group. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, member of the International Academy of Mathematical Chemistry and a Chemistry Europe Fellow (Class of 2018/2019). Received the Ferreira da Silva Award (Portuguese Society of Chemistry) in 2020.
 
He is a member of the Editorial Boards of MATCH - Communications in Mathematical and in Computer Chemistry, Molecules (MDPI), Methods and Applications in Fluorescence (Institute of Physics, UK), and Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology (Elsevier).
 
Mario Berberan Santos has carried out theoretical and experimental work on the structure of nano and supramolecular systems, on the photophysics of molecular probes, fluorescence polarization, radiative and nonradiative (FRET) electronic energy transfer and transport, on the kinetics of diffusion-influenced processes, and on the photophysics of fullerenes and other carbon compounds and nanostructures. Current interests include the luminescence of fullerenes and other carbon nanostructured systems, as well as luminescence relaxation and other kinetic processes, including applications such as optical sensing and OLEDs.
 
He is the author/editor of four books, including Molecular Fluorescence. Principles and Applications (with Bernard Valeur, Wiley-VCH, 2nd ed. 2012), and author/co-author of more than 230 articles and book chapters, and 3 patents. Presented 40 plenary and invited lectures at international conferences.
 
 
ORCID: 0000-0002-2946-1498                            http://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/berberan/english/index_e.htm

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David Birch

David Birch has been Professor of Photophysics at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland, UK) since 1993 having cofounded the Photophysics Group in 1978. His research focuses on fluorescence probes and their application to interdisciplinary molecular grand challenges at the biomedical interface.
David grew up in the Lancashire village of Burscough and then went on to study for his BSc and PhD in the Physics Department at the University of Manchester. He lectured there for one year before moving into industry to work in organic mass spectrometry with VG Micromass Ltd. While at VG he recognised the commercial potential of his PhD for which he had designed and built a novel time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) fluorescence lifetime spectrometer. On arrival at Strathclyde he started to convert his PhD into what were to become world-leading products though IBH, the company he co-founded in 1977. IBH was Strathclyde's first spin-out and one of earliest in Scotland.  He is a pioneer of modern-day fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy and a driving force that has helped make Scotland their global manufacturing hub by having successfully bridged the Industry-University divide for over 40 years as a Company Director and Academic. As Chairman David led IBH in its merger with HORIBA in 2003 and together they are now the market leader in fluorescence spectroscopy.
David's innovations in measurement are contributing to a wide range of applications, many of critical importance in understanding the molecular science which underpins healthcare. In recent years  his research has focused on biomolecular structure and dynamics down to the single molecule level; melanin structure, photophysics and melanoma; fluorescence guided surgery; glucose sensing for diabetes; aggregation leading to fibrils e.g. beta-amyloid and Alzheimer’s disease; gold nanoparticle photophysics and its application to sensing, imaging and fluid biopsy and 1-10 nm nanoparticle metrology.
His contributions have been recognised internationally through numerous awards and appointments. In 2017 David was awarded the HORIBA Lifetime Achievement Award for 40 years innovation in TCSPC with the Institute of Physics Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize for pioneering the UK fluorescence lifetime industry following in 2020.
David is a Fellow of Scotland's National Academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Since 2002 he has been the Visiting Professor of Applied Physics at the Czech Technical University in Prague. In 1998-99 he held the Sir C V Raman Endowment Chair at the University of Madras and in 2000 Visiting Professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology. In 2014 he was appointed to the Green Honors Chair in Physics at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
He was Editor-in-Chief of Measurement Science and Technology from 2012-2016. The journal was launched in 1923 as the world's first measurement journal and the first research journal produced by the Institute of Physics. Presently he is founding co-Editor-in-Chief of Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. He was a member of the Editorial Board of Plenum's Journal of Fluorescence from its launch in 1990 until 2002 and SPIE's Journal of Biomedical Optics from its launch in 1996 until 2019. David served as Head of Department from 2004-10 building up to the Government-led REF 2014 assessment from which the Times Higher Education ranked Strathclyde 1st in the UK for the quality of its physics research.
David convened the session on Photochemistry, Photophysics and Electrochemistry at the 7th EuCheMS Congress in Liverpool in August 2018. He initiated the FluoroFest Series of International Workshops in Prague in 2009 and Chaired the 12th FluoroFest held in Glasgow in 2017. The latest in the series was held in Fort Worth in May 2019.

09:30

Opening of the morning session

(on behalf of organizers: Manuel Prieto, Joaquim Faria)

09:40

Former and present graduate students (Chair: Sandra Pinto)

09:40-10:00   Tiago Palmeira
10:00-10:15     Diogo Sousa
10:15-10:30     Alexandre Miranda

10:30

Refreshments

           

10:50

Former students and Coworkers (Chair: José Prata)

10:50-11:15      Liliana Martelo
11:15-11:40       Bruno Pedras
11:40-12:05     João Avó
12:05-12:30    Filipe Menezes

12:30

Lunch break

          

14:00

Opening of the afternoon session

(President of the Scientific Council of Instituto Superior Técnico, Prof. Rodrigo Rodrigues, President of the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB), Prof. Joaquim Sampaio Cabral, President of the Portuguese Chemical Society, Prof. Artur Silva, and on behalf of the Organizers, Prof. Miguel Castanho, FMUL-ULisboa)

14:30

Invited speaker I (Chair: Manuel Prieto)

David Birch (Strathclyde University, Glasgow), "Fluorescence lasts a lifetime!"

15:15

Move from “Salão Nobre” to Amphitheatre GA4


15:20

Invited speakers II (Chairs: Ana Coutinho, Fábio Fernandes, Joaquim Faria)

15:20-15:50    Manuel Prieto (IST-ULisboa), "Recollections over time: Snapshots of Mário Nuno's trajectory"
15:50-16:20    Nuno Correia dos Santos (FMUL-ULisboa), "Wanders and Wonders of a Rover"
16:20-17:05    Mário Nuno Berberan Santos (IST-ULisboa), "Looking back, looking forward..."

17:05

Break - Return to “Salão Nobre”

     

17:30

Harpsichord recital

Cristiano Holtz; works of Kirnberger, C.Ph.E. Bach, Sousa Carvalho, Carlos Seixas, J.S. Bach

18:30

Apotheosis, remerciements and closure

        

19:00

Travel to Guincho (Cascais)

Transportation not provided (please see navigation instructions below).

20:15

Informal dinner (restaurante Meste Zé)

       

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Harpsichord recital

Cristiano Holtz; works of Kirnberger, C.Ph.E. Bach, Sousa Carvalho, Carlos Seixas, J.S. Bach

Downloadable programme (PT)

Cristiano Holtz, influenced by J.S.Bach, began his harpsichord studies when he was twelve years old, with Pedro Persone. When he was fifteen, following an invitation from Jacques Ogg, he moved to the Netherlands in order to pursue musical studies with him. He stayed there for ten years, working with various teachers such as Anneke Uittenbosch and Menno van Delft.

From a very young age his strongest influence had been Gustav Leonhardt, who exceptionally accepted him as his last official student. It was also very important for him to have worked privately with Pierre Hantaï, Marco Mencoboni and Miklós Spányi. This last later invited him to play and record pieces for two harpsichords by C.Ph.E.Bach. In 1998, at the invitation of several music schools and Conservatories such as the Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa and the National Conservatory of Music, he came to work in Portugal as a professor of harpsichord, clavichord and chamber music. Cristiano Holtz is often invited to give master classes at international venues such as Harvard University (Boston), Liszt Ferenc Academy (Budapest) and ESMAE (Porto). He performs mostly as a soloist on harpsichord, clavichord and on historical organs in various countries in Europe, Asia, South America and the United States, including appearances in prestigious international festivals. He enjoys joining friends such as Miklós Spányi, Concerto Armonico Budapest, Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Antonio Carrilho and Raquel Cravino to play chamber music.

His recitals and recordings (for Ramée, Bis, Aeolus, Editions Hortus, Edition Hera) have been highly acclaimed in the internacional press and have obtained several awards: 5 Stars Choir and Organ Magazine, Diapason d’Or, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, 5 Stars Goldberg Magazine, Record Geijutsu Award, Fanfare Magazine (USA), and twice, “Excellent disque” in Classica Magazine.

For several decades he has been intensively researching J. S. Bach’s keyboard technique. This project culminated in 2022 in the book published by AVA Musical Editions, entitled J. S. Bach’s Keyboard Technique According to Historical Sources.

https://cristianoholtz.net/

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Informal dinner at restaurante Meste Zé, Guincho, Cascais

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Menu (35 euros; students: 25 euros)

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Couvert (bread, butter, olives)

Cheese and rolled ham

Codfish cakes

Scampi

Vegetable soup

Shellfish rice with lobster

Dessert (homemade nougat ice cream with caramel, or fruit salad)

Wine (green, white or red, ½ bottle)

Water, soft drinks

Coffee or tea

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