Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Patrícia Martins Marcos
Citation names
- Patrícia Martins Marcos
- Marcos, Patrícia Martins
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- DA1D-FF26-5453
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4802-5488
Email addresses
- pmarcos@ou.edu (Professional)
Websites
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - History and Philisophy of Science and Technology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| French | Upper intermediate (B2) | Proficiency (C2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Italian | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Danish | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
| German | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| Latin | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2015/09/21 - 2022/12/10
Concluded
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History and Science Studies (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in History and Science Studies
University of California San Diego, United States
"Configurations of the Human: Population, Patriarchy, and Medical Power in the Luso-Afro-Brazilian Atlantic (1720-1800)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2013/09/15 - 2015/06/15
Concluded
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School of Public Policy (Master)
Major in Public Policy and Science and Technology Studies
Oregon State University, United States
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2007/09/01 - 2012/10/02
Concluded
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Master of Public Administration and Cultural Studies (Master)
Roskilde Universitet, Denmark
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2001/09/07 - 2006/12/01
Concluded
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Licenciatura em História (pré-Bolonha) (Licenciatura)
Major in História
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
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Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2025/01/01 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | The University of Oklahoma Department of History of Science, United States |
| 2025/12/31 - 2026/08/15 | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2025/08/01 - 2025/12/15 | Professor Visitante | Universidade de São Paulo Departamento de História, Brazil |
| Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin, Brazil | ||
| 2022/12/01 - 2024/12/01 | UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow | University of California Los Angeles, United States |
| University of California at San Diego Department of Biomedical Informatics, United States |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026/05/01 - 2026/07/31 | (Brazil) CNPq Bolsa Nº 49/2024 PVE UFMG: Imperial Whiteness: Patriarchy, Population, and the Sciences of Racial Improvement
in the Archives of Minas Gerais (1600—1850)
Nº 49/2024
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Escola de Ciência da Informação, Brazil
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico |
| 2015/09/25 - 2022/11/18 | Configurations of the Human: Population, Patriarchy, and Medical Power in the Luso-Afro-Brazilian Atlantic (1720-1800)
Configurations of the Human
University of California San Diego, United States
Brown University John Carter Brown Library, United States University of Toronto, Canada Philadelphia College of Physicians, United States The Huntington Library Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, United States University of California Los Angeles, United States American Philosophical Society, United States BBQ+ Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies, United States Yale School of Medicine Harvey Cushing John Hay Whitney Medical Library, United States University of Pennsylvania Libraries, United States |
Concluded
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| 2005/04/01 - 2006/04/04 | Projecto Portugal e a Europa: Salazarismo e as Instituições Internacionais
Portugal e a Europa
Master Student Fellow
Instituto de História Contemporânea, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2025/02/03 - 2026/08/02 | Nursing in Mozambique: African nurses, colonial dynamics, and anti-colonial imaginaries (1909-1975)
2023.11331.PEX
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2022/12/01 - 2024/11/30 | PPFP Fellow Rising to the Challenge UC Presidents Postdoctoral Program -- Imperial Whiteness. Post-Dissertation Research and
Book Proposal Development
Post-doc
University of California Los Angeles, United States
University of California Los Angeles Department of History, United States University of California Los Angeles Center for Afro-American Studies, United States University of California Office of the President, United States |
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2025/09/01 - 2025/12/31 | Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin, Universidade de São Paulo. Imperial Whiteness: Book Manuscript Development Writing
and Research Residency
Nº 49/2024
Principal investigator
Universidade de São Paulo Departamento de História, Brazil
Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin, Brazil |
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Book review |
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| Journal article |
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| Magazine article |
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| Newspaper article |
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| Online resource |
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Other
| Other output |
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Activities
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/09/01 - 2026/05/15 | Sheetal Kumari (PhD Candidate, Indian Institute of Technology), Andrew Mellon Travel Fellowship, Visiting Scholar, History
of Science, Medicine and Technology Special Collections, University of Oklahoma. PhD Thesis: Child Abuse and Trauma in Select
Sex Trafficking Narratives: Intervening Commodity, Cultural Ambivalence, and Resilience
Co-supervisor
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History of Science, Medicine and Technology; History of Reproduction (PhD)
The University of Oklahoma Department of History of Science, United States
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/05/01 - Current | Co-organizer with Roosbelinda Cárdenas (CUNY), Independence without Decolonization: The Settler Colonial Republics of Abya Yala, Latin American Studies Association, May 26-30, Paris. (2026/05/26) | |
| 2025/01/06 - Current | Co-organized with Benjamin Driver and Mackenzie Cooley panel: “Ancient Sciences in the Academy: Retrospect and Prospect,”
Early Sciences Forum, History of Science Society, New Orleans, November 13-16. (2025/11/15)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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History of Science Society, United States |
| 2024/12/01 - Current | Organizer, “Scientific Genealogies of Whiteness as Natural Norm,” History of Science Society, New Orleans, November 13-16. (2025/11/19) | History of Science Society, United States |
| 2023/04/01 - Current | Panel Organizer, “Epistemologies of Black Sovereignty,” Brazilian Studies Association, San Diego, April 2024. (2024/04/22)
Congress (Co-organisor)
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BRASA, Brazilian Studies Association, United States |
| 2023/03/01 - Current | Panel Co-Organizer, “Racialized Landscapes: Forging the Exotic and Resisting the European Gaze,” Latin American Studies Association,
Bogotá, Colombia June 2024. (2024/05/30)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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LASA, Australia |
| 2023/01/05 - Current | Southern California History of Science Graduate Conference (2023/04/14 - 2023/04/15)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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University of California Los Angeles, United States |
| 2021/05/01 - Current | Organizer, “Racialized Knowledges: Power and the Production of Epistemic Whiteness in Brazil,” Latin American Studies Association—LASA
2022, May 5-8, San Francisco, 2022 (2022/05/05)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Latin American Studies Association, United States |
| 2020/05/08 - Current | Co-Organizer, Conference: “Making Difference: Colonial Hierarchies of Being and the Postcolonial Afterlives of Race, Global
Early Modern Race and Empire,” Yearly Conference, UC San Diego, May 8, 2020.
(2020/05/08)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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University of California San Diego, United States |
| 2020/05/01 - Current | Organizer, “Racialized Knowledges: Epistemology, Difference, and the Sciences Beyond Western Teleologies.” History of Science
Society, October 2020. (2020/05/06)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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History of Science Society, United States |
| 2020/03/03 - Current | Co-Organizer, Greta LaFleur, Guest Lecture and Student Workshops (support from: UCSD Global Early Modern Group, Science Studies,
Critical Gender Studies, Literature Department). (2020/03/03)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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University of California San Diego, United States |
| 2019/09/01 - 2021/06/30 | Co-Organizer, “History of Anthropology: Medicine, Race, and Anti-Blackness,” Consortium for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine and History of Anthropology Review (2019/09/01 - 2021/06/01) | CHSTM - Consortium for the History of Science Technology & Medicine, United States |
| 2019/04/10 - 2019/04/11 | Co-Organizer, Science Studies Program Student Choice Speaker and Graduate Conference with Dr. Lorraine Daston, UCSD, April
10-11, 2019. (2019/04/10 - 2019/04/11)
Symposium
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University of California San Diego, United States |
| 2016/05/17 - 2016/05/19 | Co-Organizer with Rebecca Hardesty, Science Studies Program Graduate Student Conference, May 17-19, 2016. (2016/05/17 - 2016/05/19)
Symposium
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University of California San Diego, United States |
Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/11/30 | PhD Dissertation Committee Member (External Departmental Member), Stopping Short on Thinking “Normative” Desire, Kyle Callan,
PhD in Sociology, University of Oklahoma
(Thesis) Arguer
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Kyle Callan (PhD)
The University of Oklahoma Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences, United States
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Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2025/05/01 - 2025/06/30 | Book Series Imagining Black Europe Book Proposal Reviewer | Peter Lang |
| 2024/08/21 - 2024/10/06 | Endeavour(History and Philosophy of Science) (1873-1929) | Elsevier |
| 2023/07/01 - 2023/08/01 | Varia História (1982-4343) | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| 2023/06/01 - 2023/07/10 | Hispanic American Historical Review (00182168) | Duke University Press |
| 2023/02/01 - 2023/04/01 | Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie IV: História Moderna (1131-768X) | |
| 2023/02/01 - 2023/03/01 | Práticas da História, Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past (2183-590X.) | 1 |
| 2022/08/01 - 2022/10/01 | Endeavour (History and Philosophy of Science) | |
| 2022/04/01 - 2022/06/01 | Journal of Luso-Brazilian Studies (00247413) | University of Winsconsin Press |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2016/06/01 - Current | History of Science Society | Co-Chair of Early Sciences Forum, Jury Best Early Modern Science Prize and Elected Early Career Representative (2023-2025) |
| 2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Early Career Representative, History of Science Society (Elected) | Early Career Representative |
| 2019/09/01 - 2022/06/01 | Elected Graduate Student Representative, Forum for the History of Health, Medicine, and the Life Sciences, History of Science Society. | Graduate Representative |
| 2022/01/01 - 2022/03/01 | Nomitated for Election of Early Career Representative, Renaissance Society of America | Early Career Representative (nominated, not elected) |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/09/01 - Current | Co-Organizer, Research Consortium and Partnership, University of Toronto. Research partnership between UCSD’s Science Studies
Program and the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST), University of Toronto
Coordinator
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University of California San Diego, United States University of Toronto, Canada |
| 2025/09/01 - 2026/01/01 | Nominated Candidate, Early Career Representative, Conference for Latin American History
Coordinator
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CLAH Conference of Latin American History, United States |
| 2024/09/01 - 2025/04/30 | ACLS Intention Foundry Incubator, Collaboratory on Data Storytelling
Member
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American Council of Learned Societies, United States |
| 2023/09/01 - 2024/05/01 | The ACLS Intention Foundry, A Forum to Accelerate Equity, Inclusion, and Structural Change in the Academy
Member
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American Council of Learned Societies, United States History of Science Society, United States |
| 2022/09/01 - 2023/06/30 | Mellon-ACLS Intention Foundry on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism. Design of actionable plans for DEI in academia, conferences, and professional societies. Participant nominated by the History of Science Society | American Council of Learned Societies, United States History of Science Society, United States |
| 2020/01/01 - 2022/12/31 | Committee Member, Inclusive and Transparent Governance Review Initiative, History of Science Society.
Member
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History of Science Society, United States |
| 2020/09/01 - 2021/06/30 | Graduate Student Representative, Science Studies Program
Member
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University of California San Diego, United States |
| 2020/09/01 - 2021/06/30 | Committee to Review Science Studies Policies and Practices on Anti-Racism Pedagogies and Curricula, Science Studies Program,
UC San Diego.
Member
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History of Science Society, United States |
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
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| 2025/12/27 - 2026/02/01 | 2026 European Society for the History of Science/History of Science Society Joint Meeting | University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| 2020/06/01 - 2022/10/01 | Co-Organizer and Co-curator, “Descentrar o Império: Reparar o Futuro, Decentering Empire Repairing the Future.” Culturgest, Lisbon 4 November 2022. | Culturgest, Lisboa |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2026/05/01 - 2026/07/31 | History of Blood: From Genesis to Genomic (Graduate Seminar), Department of Information Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil | (Postgraduate Certificate) | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 2026/05/01 - 2026/07/31 | Producing Human Hierarchies: Sources, Archives, Methods (Graduate Seminar), Department of Information Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil | (Postgraduate Certificate) | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 2026/01/19 - 2026/05/08 | HSTM Graduate Seminar: Medicine, Health, and the Sciences of Humanity | (Postgraduate Certificate) | The University of Oklahoma Department of History of Science, United States |
| 2026/01/15 - 2026/05/08 | HSTM 3263 History of Public Health | (Bachelor) | The University of Oklahoma Department of History of Science, United States |
| 2025/01/06 - 2026/05/01 | HSTM 3253 Race & Science, Spring Semester 2025 | ||
| 2021/06/01 - 2021/07/01 | HILA 121A - History of Brazil Through 1889, University of California, San Diego | University of California San Diego, United States | |
| 2020/07/01 - 2020/08/01 | HILD 30 – History of Public Health, University of California, San Diego | University of California San Diego, United States | |
| 2018/09/27 - 2019/12/11 | Teaching Assistant, HICS 116, History of Bioethics, Prof. Cathy Gere (Fall 2018). | University of California San Diego, United States | |
| 2018/03/28 - 2018/06/16 | Teaching Assistant HILA 14, Film and History in Latin America, Prof. Benjamin Cowan (Spring 2018) | University of California San Diego, United States | |
| 2017/07/01 - 2017/07/31 | Teaching Assistant HIEU 109, Nationalism in Europe, Dr. James Stout (Summer 2017). | University of California San Diego, United States | |
| 2016/09/16 - 2016/12/14 | teaching assistant Historical Encounters Between Science and Religion, Prof. Robert Westman | University of California San Diego, United States | |
| 2016/04 - 2016/06/20 | Teaching Assistant HIEU 137, New Imperialism to Decolonization, Prof. Claire Edington (Spring 2016) | University of California San Diego, United States | |
| 2016/03/30 - 2016/06/15 | Teaching Assistant HILD 30, History of Public Health, Prof. Claire Edington & Dr. Wendy Gonaver(Winter & Spring 2016, Winter & Spring 2017). | University of California San Diego, United States | |
| 2016/01/03 - 2016/03/15 | Teaching Assistant, HILD 30, History of Public Health, Prof. Claire Edington & Dr. Wendy Gonaver, (Winter & Spring 2016, Winter & Spring 2017). | University of California San Diego, United States |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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| 2025/05/28 | interviewee for BBC News Brasil for the story: "Portugal Colônia do Brasil? Como a influência brasileira gera tensão no país | BBC Brazil |
| 2020/07/16 | “Patrícia Martins Marcos sobre estátuas, Black Lives Matter e colonialismo: “Há que evitar o narcisismo do presente e a presunção da nossa eternidade,” Shifter, Lisbon, July 16 2020. (Portugal). | shifter |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
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| 2026/03/03 - Current | Interview. Podcast Episode: “Reflexionemos la blanquedad en Latinoamérica,” Organizers Dra. Gisela Carlos Fregoso (Universidad de Guadalajara), Dr. Hugo Cerón Anaya (Legith University), Dr. Fe Navarrete (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2019/04/01 - Current | History of Anthropology Review (2691-8161) |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2025/03/01 - Current | Faculty Mentor, African American Student Group, University of Oklahoma | multiple students |
| 2024/04/01 - Current | Professional Training PhD Candidacy, Prospectus and Dissertation Development | Chase Caldwell Smith -- UCLA |
| 2023/01/01 - Current | UCLA Claire Votava Professional Training PhD Candidacy, Prospectus and Dissertation Development | Claire Votava |
| 2022/07/01 - Current | Mishika Parikh, Master of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University | Mishika Parikh |
| 2022/01/01 - Current | Mag Spaulding (UCLA) Professional Training PhD Candidacy, Prospectus and Dissertation Development | Margaret Spaulding |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2026/06/01 - 2026/06/01 | Jury Member, Best Essay in Early Science, Early Sciences Forum, History of Science Society | History of Science Society, United States Early Sciences Forum, History of Science Society, United States |
| 2025/04/01 - 2025/05/01 | Jury member, Best Early Sciences Article, Early Sciences Forum, History of Science Society and Journal Early Science and Medicine | History of Science Society, United States |
| 2024/04/01 - 2024/06/01 | Jury member, Best Early Sciences Article, Early Sciences Forum, History of Science Society and Journal Early Science and Medicine | History of Science Society, United States Early Sciences Forum, History of Science Society, United States |
| 2024/03/01 - 2024/04/01 | Jury Member, History of Science Society Summer School, Bologna June 2025 | History of Science Society, United States |
| 2023/04/01 - 2023/05/01 | Jury member, Best Early Sciences Article, Early Sciences Forum, History of Science Society and Journal Early Science and Medicine | History of Science Society, United States Early Sciences Forum, History of Science Society, United States |
| 2022/12/07 - 2022/12/10 | Jury member, Making and Doing Competition, 4S - Society for the Social Studies of Science, 7-10 December 2022, Cholula (Mexico). | 4S - Society for the Social Studies of Science, United States |
| 2022/09/06 - 2022/09/08 | Jury Best Essay Prize, Forum for the History of Health, Medicine, and the Life Science, History of Science Society | History of Science Society, United States |
| 2022/06/01 - 2022/06/30 | Jury member, Best Early Sciences Article, Early Sciences Forum, History of Science Society and Journal Early Science and Medicine | History of Science Society, United States Early Sciences Forum, History of Science Society, United States |
| 2022/04/01 - 2022/05/31 | Jury Member, First History of Science Society Summer School, 2023 | History of Science Society, United States |
| 2021/06/01 - 2021/06/30 | Jury Best Essay Prize, Forum for the History of Health, Medicine, and the Life Sciences, History of Science Society | History of Science Society, United States |
| 2020/06/01 - 2020/06/30 | Jury, Best Essay Prize, Forum for the History of Health, Medicine, and the Life Sciences, History of Science Society | History of Science Society, United States |
| 2019/06/01 - 2019/06/30 | Jury Best Essay Prize, Forum for the History of Health, Medicine, and the Life Sciences, History of Science Society | History of Science Society, United States |
| 2018/06/01 - 2018/06/30 | Jury Best Essay Prize, Forum for the History of Health, Medicine, and the Life Sciences, History of Science Society | History of Science Society, United States |
Distinctions
Award
| 2023 | University of California Los Angeles Chancelor’s Postdoctoral Research of Excellence Award. Department of History
University of California Los Angeles, United States
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| 2013 | Fulbright Fellow
Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
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