Manuel Pedro Fernandes Graça
Associate Professor, Department of Physics
University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal
Biography
Manuel Pedro Fernandes Graça (MPFG) is Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Department of Physics, University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal. He holds a degree in Physics Engineering (1998), an MSc in Materials Science and Engineering (2000), and a PhD in Physics (2006), developed jointly between UA and the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.
His research focuses on solid-state physics, electrical and magnetic properties of materials, and micro- and nanomaterials processing. He is a member of i3N – Institute for Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication, where he coordinates the Physics of Advanced Materials and Devices (PAMD) group and serves on the Scientific Council.
MPFG has authored/co-authored 2 books, 37 book chapters and over 400 peer-reviewed papers, with more than 10,000 citations and an h-index of 51 (Google Scholar). Since 2021, he has been included in Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists list. In 2025, he co-founded Glass2Med, Lda., where he serves as CEO.