Maria Rute Ferreira André

Maria Rute Amorim e Sá Ferreira André (born 1974): PhD in Physics, DSc in Structure and Photoluminescence of Organic-Inorganic Hybrids Modified by Lanthanide Ions, in 2002 and ‘’Agregação’’ in Physics, in 2012, is an Associated professor at the Physics Department, of University of Aveiro (Portugal). Currently, she is vice-director of CICECO – Aveiro Institute of materials and she is member of the Scientific Council for Exact Sciences and Engineering of the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT). Her current scientific interests are focused on the optoelectronic studies on sol-gel derived organic/inorganic hybrids without metal activator centers and doped with lanthanide ions, processed as bulk and nanostructured monoliths and thin films. She has also expertise on the characterization of waveguiding performance of organic-inorganic hybrids and on spectroscopic ellipsometry, including optimization of modelling algorithms. Her research aims at the interpretation of the photophysical behavior of these materials that is determined by synthesis and processing, foreseeing applications in the fields of optoelectronics and green photonics (solid-state lighting, and integrated optics) and photovoltaics (luminescent solar concentrators and down-shifting layers).