Biographical Sketch


Data:

Full Name: Paulo César Carvalho Freire
Date of birth: October 1970
Place of Birth: Lisboa, Portugal
Nationality: Portuguese

Employment:

Research Associate

Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (July 2009 - Present).
I am part of the Fundamental Physics in Radio Astronomy group.

Research Professor

Department of Physics, West Virginia University (August 2008 - June 2009).
During this period I spent half my time (Spring and Fall) at WVU, working with the WVU Pulsar Group

Senior Research Associate

Arecibo Observatory, Cornell University (June 2007 - June 2009).

Research Associate

Arecibo Observatory, Cornell University (May 2003 - May 2007).

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Arecibo Observatory, Cornell University (May 2001 - April 2003).

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester, U.K. (October 2000 - March 2001).

Education:

Ph.D. in Radioastronomy

Jodrell Bank Observatory, The University of Manchester, U.K. (1997-2000).

Thesis title: ``The Pulsars in 47 Tucanae''.
Supervisor: Andrew G. Lyne.
Download Ph.D. Thesis in .pdf.gz and .ps.gz formats.

Mestrado em Física

(M.Sc. degree in Physics) Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal (1995-1997).

Licenciatura em Engenharia Física Tecnológica

(Graduation in Engineering, with specialization in Physics and Technology),
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal (1989-1994).

The last year was spent at Université Paris 7, Paris, France; working at the Observatoire de Paris a Meudon.


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