Elvira Fortunato, a 56-year-old scientist, sees her work distinguished with the award of the Pessoa 2020 Prize, which reaches this year its 34th edition.

The scientist, professor and researcher at the NOVA School of Science and Technology has been regularly awarded both nationally and internationally. Recently she was awarded the European "Horizon Impact Award 2020" for her work in the field of sustainable materials. From the list of awards, two “ERC Advanced Grant” grants stand out, and in 2008 she won the first prize in the Engineering area with the project “Advanced Amorphous Multicomponent Oxides for Transparent Electronics | INVISIBLE” in the amount of 2.25 M €. The second Advanced Grant scholarship, awarded in 2018, with a value of 3.5 M €, becomes the largest scholarship ever awarded to a Portuguese researcher and the largest awarded by ERC in this Call to which over 2160 researchers applied worldwide.

Elvira Fortunato graduated in Materials Engineering at the Faculty of Science and Technology at the NOVA University of Lisbon (FCT NOVA), having a doctorate in 1995 in the area of ​​Microelectronics and Optoelectronics. She is currently a full professor and researcher at the NOVA School of Science and Technology | FCT NOVA, Director of the i3N Associated Laboratory, Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodeling and Nanofabrication. Since 2017 she is Vice-Rector of the NOVA University in Lisbon.

This is the second time that a researcher from this School has been awarded the Pessoa Prize. In 2006, António Câmara, professor and researcher at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, also won this award.

The award is a joint initiative of Expresso and Caixa Geral de Depósitos that distinguishes the personality of the Arts, Science or Culture that, each year, stands out for its work.

Press:

Elvira Fortunato vence o Prémio Pessoa 2020 (Expresso)

Prémio Pessoa 2020 para a cientista Elvira Fortunato (Público)

Elvira Fortunado, a inventora do transístor de papel, vence Prémio Pessoa 2020 (Observador)

Elvira Fortunato é a vencedora do Prémio Pessoa 2020, adiado devido à pandemia (TSF Online)

Elvira Fortunato vence Prémio Pessoa 2020 (Sapo Online)

Cientista Elvira Fortunato vence Prémio Pessoa 2020 (Sol Online)

Elvira Fortunato vence Prémio Pessoa (Diário IOL)