Email
jmcoelho@fc.ul.pt

Biographic Notes
João Coelho is a researcher at the Physics Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. He was awarded a first degree in Physics Engineering and Materials by the Nova University of Lisbon in 1992 and a PhD by the Technical University of Lisbon in 2003. He is a member of IA since 2014.

Current research interests focus on the propagation of laser radiation in the media, optical design and optical metrology. In this fields and under the scope of IA, he has participated and is participating in several misions (e.g. ESPRESSO, MOONS and NIRPS, from ESO, and PLATO from ESA), where he contributed to the development of several optical instruments, In the near future he plans to work in the missions HIRES, from ESO, besides others requiring optical design.

Lastest publications at IA (or with IA Researchers)F. Bouchy, R. Doyon, F. Pepe, C. Melo, E. Artigau, L. Malo, F. Wildi, F. Baron, X. Delfosse, J. R. de Medeiros et al. (including: N. C. Santos, K. Al Moulla, M. Abreu, S. C. C. Barros, A. Cabral, J. Coelho, E. A. S. Cristo, J. Gomes da Silva, E. Delgado-Mena, J. P. Faria, P. Figueira, A. R. Costa Silva, B. Wehbe), 2025,
NIRPS joining HARPS at ESO 3.6 m: On-sky performance and science objectives,
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 700, 26
>> AbstractA. Suárez Mascareño, E. Artigau, L. Mignon, X. Delfosse, N. J. Cook, F. Bouchy, R. Doyon, J. I. González Hernández, T. Vandal, I. de Castro Leão et al. (including: J. P. Faria, S. C. C. Barros, E. Delgado-Mena, P. Figueira, N. C. Santos, M. Abreu, K. Al Moulla, A. Cabral, J. Coelho, E. A. S. Cristo, A. R. Costa Silva, J. Gomes da Silva, B. Wehbe), 2025,
Diving into the planetary system of Proxima with NIRPS: Breaking the metre per second barrier in the infrared,
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 700, 31
>> AbstractH. Rauer, C. Aerts, J. Cabrera, M. Deleuil, A. Erikson, L. Gizon, M.-J. Goupil, A. Heras, T. Walloschek, J. Lorenzo-Alvarez et al. (including: N. C. Santos, M. Abreu, V. Zh. Adibekyan, A. Antoniadis-Karnavas, P. P. Avelino, D. Bossini, A. Cabral, T. L. Campante, M. S. Cunha, S. C. C. de Barros, E. Delgado-Mena, O. Demangeon, E. Duarte, J. P. Faria, J. Gomes da Silva, N. A. M. Moedas, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro, F. Pereira, F. Pinheiro, A. R. G. Santos, S. G. Sousa), 2025,
The PLATO mission,
Experimental Astronomy, 59
>> AbstractR. Doyon, F. Bouchy, F. Pepe, C. Melo, E. Artigau, L. Malo, F. Wildi, F. Baron, X. Delfosse, J. Renan de Medeiros et al. (including: N. C. Santos, M. Abreu, S. C. C. Barros, A. Cabral, J. Coelho, J. Gomes da Silva, E. Delgado-Mena, J. P. Faria, P. Figueira, A. R. Costa Silva, B. Wehbe), 2025,
NIRPS Joins HARPS: Setting New Standards at Infrared Wavelengths,
The Messenger, 194, 13 - 18
>> AbstractI. M. Leite, A. Cabral, J. Coelho, 2021,
Measurement of the refractive index of glass with 10⁻⁴ level accuracy based on the lateral displacement method,
Optical Engineering, 60
>> AbstractT. M. Schmidt, P. Molaro, M. T. Murphy, C. Lovis, G. Cupani, S. Cristiani, F. Pepe, R. Rebolo López, N. C. Santos, M. Abreu et al. (including: V. Zh. Adibekyan, D. Castro Alves, A. Cabral, J. Coelho, P. Figueira, A. C. O. Leite, C. J. A. P. Martins, M. A. Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro, P. Santos, S. G. Sousa), 2021,
Fundamental physics with ESPRESSO: Towards an accurate wavelength calibration for a precision test of the fine-structure constant,
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 646, 26
>> Abstract