Título: Programme Shaping the Future

Resumo: In 2015, Instituto Superior Técnico launched the programme Shaping the Future (https://shapingthefuture.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/), bringing together a set of mechanisms unique within the Portuguese university system designed to support Assistant Professors and Researchers during their probationary period. The programme aims to promote the full integration of tenure-track faculties and researchers into the academic life of Técnico and its departments, to convey ethical values and institutional best practices, and to provide a strategic perspective on career development. These objectives are achieved through a wide range of coordinated initiatives, which will be presented and discussed during the talk. Any suggestions on how to improve the programme will be most welcome.  

Orador: Luís Lemos Alves, Full Professor, Department of Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Scientific Area of Plasma Physics, Lasers and Nuclear Fusion – Institute of Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion.

Bio: Luís L. Alves has a PhD in Physics from the Lisbon Technical University. He is Full Professor in the Department of Physics of Instituto Superior Técnico, a former coordinator of the Scientific Domain of Plasma Physics, Lasers and Nuclear Fusion of the same department and a former Head of this department. He is also a former member of the Scientific Council of Técnico. He is the Head of group N-Plasmas Reactive: Modelling and Engineering (N-PRiME) with Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, where he also serves as member of the Governing Board. His research focuses on the modelling and simulation of low-temperature plasmas. He is responsible for the development of the LisbOn KInetics (LoKI) suite of tools (https://github.com/LoKI-Suite). He is Deputy Head of IST, as Coordinator of the Programme Shaping the Future (https://shapingthefuture.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/). He is married and father of 4 (3 women). He likes to listen, talk and help people.

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