José Fernando Ferreira Mendes
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José Fernando Mendes
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| Born |
June 22, 1962 Porto, Portugal |
| Residence | Aveiro, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Alma mater |
University of Porto Oxford University University of Geneva Boston University |
| Known for | Research of Network theory, Complex networks, Complex systems, scale-free networks |
| Awards | Gulbenkian Prize Science, 2004 |
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| Institutions | Department of Physics, University of Aveiro |
| Doctoral advisor | Eduardo Lage |
José F.F. Mendes (born in Porto on June 22, 1962) is a Portuguese physicist (statistical physics) and professor of physics, best known for his work and contributions to the field of network theory.
Was Head of Physics Department from December 2004 to February 2010. Was from October 2009 and February 2010 Director of the Aveiro Research unit FSCOSD (I3N) and also President of the Associated Laboratory I3N (Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication).
Since February 2010 is Vice-Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies in University of Aveiro.
In 1983 he entered the University of Porto and got graduation in physics in 1987. Gained his master's diploma in 1990. Started in 1987 as Assistant at Departament of Physics, University of Porto. During is PhD visited as researcher several universities: Oxford, Geneva, CUNY, São Paulo. After finishing his PhD become in the same department Assistant Professor. In 1996 did one year posdoc in Boston University under the supervision of Sid Redner. In 2002 did his "habilitation". In 2002, become Associate Professor at University of Aveiro and in 2005 become Full Professor. He was invited as Professor by Henri Poincaré University (Nancy) and Universidade Federal Minas Gerais.
His research has focused in the last years on the study of properties of Complex Networks. The corollary of this research is the book Evolution of Networks: from biological nets to the Internet and WWW (co-author with Sergey Dorogovtsev) published in 2003 by Oxford University Press,
and is one of the most highly respected references in the field of small-world network and Complex network.
With Sergey Dorogovtsev they introduced recently a new index o-index that measures the relative performance of researchers.
In 2004 he was awarded by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian with the prize "Gulbenkian Ciência 2004".
Member of Academia Europaea since 2012.
Member of American Physical Society (APS).
Member of Sociedade Portuguesa de Fisica.
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