Phase III Short-term Research Internships at UT Austin 2024 – Beneficiaries & Hosts

The UT Austin Program remains committed to one of its pillars: fostering mobility by providing researchers with new opportunities to enhance their research work.

The year 2024 was no exception with a new Call for Expressions of Interest for Short-Term Research Internships at UT Austin being launched on March 21 and running until May 28, focusing on three areas: Advanced Computing; Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies; and Space-Earth Interactions. In this edition, 11 researchers spent up to three months at the University of Texas at Austin, benefiting from increased funding for an immersive experience at the American university.

Below you can find out more about the successful candidates, including the area of the program in which they carried out their research, as well as their host in Austin. At the end of their experience, they will be asked to submit their final visit reports.

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Meet the Beneficiaries

Meet the Hosts

Brian A. Korgel

Cockrell School of Engineering, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Feliciano Giustino

College of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin

Jonathan Y. Chen

College of Natural Sciences, School of Human Ecology, University of Texas at Austin

Junfeng Jiao

School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin

Laura J. Suggs

College of Natural Sciences, Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs, University of Texas at Austin

Lizy Kurian John

Cockrell School of Engineering, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Nicholas A. Peppas

Cockrell School of Engineering, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Per-Gunnar Martinsson

Oden Institute, University of Texas at Austin

Tanya Hutter

Cockrell School of Engineering, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Role	MSc Student
Affiliation Institution	Faculty of Science of the Unversity of Porto
Host Institution	Cockrell School of Engineering, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Host	Feliciano Giustino, Professor
Program Area	Nanotechnologies

Role	Postdoctoral Researcher
Affiliation Institution	Centre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), University of Minho (UM)
Host Institution	College of Natural Sciences, School of Human Ecology, University of Texas at Austin
Host	Jonathan Y. Chen, Professor
Program Area	Nanotechnologies

Role	Research Fellow
Affiliation Institution	Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra
Host Institution	Cockrell School of Engineering, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Host	Nicholas A. Peppas, Professor Cockrell School of Engineering, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Program Area	Nanotechnologies

Role	Doctoral Researcher
Affiliation Institution	LEPABE – Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy – Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
Host Institution	Cockrell School of Engineering, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Host	Brian A. Korgel, Professor
Program Area	Nanotechnologies

Role	MSc Student
Affiliation Institution	University of Minho
Host Institution	Cockrell School of Engineering, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Host	Jennifer Maynard, Professor
Program Area	Nanotechnologies

Phase III Short-term Research Internships at UT Austin 2024 – Beneficiaries & Hosts

Meet the Beneficiaries

Diogo Batista

Helena Felgueiras

Mafalda Correia

Maria Francisca Cardoso

Maria Inês Costa

Miguel Morais

Mushahid Hussain

nicolas guidotti

Paloma Toscan

Paula Correia

Pedro Cerqueira