Pedro is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Integrated Quantum Materials group at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. He completed his PhD, also at the Cavendish, in the Semiconductor Physics group. During his doctoral studies Pedro looked at how electrons interact with one another when confined to low dimensions, in systems such as two-dimensional quantum wells and one-dimensional quantum wires where interaction effects can be greatly enhanced. He has received several awards related to this work, including first place in the UK Doctoral Researcher Awards and the EPSRC Doctoral Prize. Prior to his time in Cambridge, he did his BSc in Physics at the University of Porto, followed by an MSc in Physics at UCL and an MSc in Optics and Photonics at Imperial College. In 2019 he was also a Visiting Researcher at the Yale Quantum Institute.
Pedro is interested in the study of emergent phenomena in solid-state systems under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, and magnetic field. This includes, for example, low-dimensional magnetism, quantum phase transitions, ferroelectricity and ferroelastics, and superconductivity. By exploring these properties, Pedro aims to show how advanced classes of quantum devices could be used for better energy efficiency, storage, and harvesting. His expertise includes cleanroom device fabrication, electron-beam lithography, low-temperature, high-field, and/or high-pressure measurements, and low-noise electronics. Pedro also supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students at Cambridge and has been actively involved in outreach and access initiatives for over five years now.
Contact: pmtv2@cam.ac.uk
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