Luis Miguel Gomes Abegão

Luis is a researcher in the field of Applied Physics, with a focus on Photonics and its applications in Agri-Photonics, Bio-Photonics, and Low-Cost Photonic Prototype Development. Among his notable projects is the development of the Low-Cost Optical Power Meter, named AYR 1.0 (Affordable Yet Reliable).In 2021, he founded the Photonics Research Group (www.photonicsresearchgroup.org) at the Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Goiás (IF/UFG), registered in the CNPq Research Group Directory, serving as group leader until 2024. He was a permanent member of the Graduate Program in Physics at IF/UFG (2021-2024). After his transfer to the Department of Physics at the Federal University of Sergipe (DFI/UFS) in September 2024, he became a collaborator of the Optics Group and a member of the Graduate Program in Physics (NPGFI).His international experience includes working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Yale University (2018-2020) in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, where he contributed to projects funded by the Homeland Security and National Nuclear Security Administration, developing photonic prototypes for quantifying ionizing radiation. In 2020, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Photonics Group at IFSC/USP, enhancing his expertise in ultrafast spectroscopy.Luis has established collaborations with prestigious institutions such as the Nanomaterials Research Institute (Japan), Yale University (USA), FCT/NOVA (Portugal), and IFSC/USP (Brazil). He has extensive experimental experience with photonic techniques, including Random Laser, Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering, Z-Scan Technique, and Photoluminescence Detection Systems. He also employs Gaussian software to predict linear and nonlinear optical properties of organic and inorganic molecules and developed Hyper-QCC, a free software for optimizing molecular hyperpolarizability analysis.At the undergraduate level, he has supervised theses on technological applications, such as "Determination of Foliar Response to Laser Radiation Exposure." He has overseen more than 15 internships in Engineering Physics and numerous scientific and technological research projects, including "Development of Post-Processing Software for Interpreting Non-Gaussian Laser Beams via AI Algorithms." At the graduate level, he co-supervised one masters dissertation and one doctoral thesis at the Università di Pisa.An active advocate of University Extension, Luis co-founded the first Student Chapter of the OPTICAL Society of America (now OPTICA) at UFS in 2015. As a faculty member, he coordinated the Student Chapter in Optics and Photonics extension project at UFG (2021-2024), involving 25 students. Currently, at DFI/UFS, he is developing extension projects to reactivate the OPTICA Student Chapter and bridge the gap between industry professionals and academia.Luis has also actively contributed to administrative and educational activities, serving as a member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (2021-2024), Internship Coordinator (2021-2023), Coordinator of the Junior Enterprise (2021-2024), and President of the Engineering Physics Diploma Revalidation Committee (2021-2024). At UFS, he is a member of the DFI board and the Physics Bachelors Program Committee.He earned his PhD from UFS, focusing on Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds and Random Laser systems, and holds a masters and bachelors degree in Engineering Physics from FCT/NOVA, Portugal. He is also a reviewer for international journals such as Optical Materials, Optics Express, Photonics, and Applied Sciences, and has served as a guest editor for Photonics (2022-2023) and Applied Sciences (2023-2024). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)