I am a member of the Institute of Astrophysics in Portugal and a guest researcher at Leiden Observatory. I work at NL Space Campus in the Netherlands as scientific coordinator for the ESA Phi-Lab NL, and with the ESA Space Solutions team at Instituto Pedro Nunes in Coimbra. I am part of the ESA Comet Interceptor science working group.
- MSc in Physics, 2000, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
- PhD in Astrophysics, 2005, Leiden University, The Netherlands
- Secular brightness curves of 272 comets. (Lacerda et al. 2025, accepted for publication at A&A)
- Centaur Nuclei: Sizes, Shapes, Spins, and Structure (Fernandez et al. 2025, In Centaurs, ed. K. Volk, M. Womack, & J. Steckloff, IOP Publishing)
- How much earlier would LSST have discovered currently known long-period comets? (Inno et al. 2025, Icarus 429, 116443)
- Scientific Programme Coordinator at NL Space Campus, 2024-now
- Member of the Comet Nucleus Science Working Group for the ESA Comet Interceptor mission, 2023-now
- Guest researcher at Leiden Observatory, 2025-now
- Member of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, 2022-now
- Technology Broker at ESA Space Solutions Portugal, 2022-now
- Founder, Researcher, Teacher and Baker at Miolo, 2020-2021
- Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast, UK, 2016-2019
- Max Planck Research Group Leader, MPI for Solar System Research, Germany, 2013-2016
- Michael West Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast, UK, 2010-2013
- Royal Society Newton Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast, UK, 2008-2010
- Postdoc researcher, Institute for Astronomy, U. Hawaii, 2006-2008
- Postdoc researcher, Coimbra University, Portugal, 2005-2006
- PhD researcher, Leiden University, Netherlands, 2000-2005
- Full CV linked here.
- Here is a list of my colleagues and collaborators.
- ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1708-4656
- Ciência ID: 601F-21C5-E180
- Homepage at Coimbra University