João Pedro de Carvalho Saraiva (B11C-E39E-07AA)

Curriculum Vitae

João Pedro de Carvalho Saraiva

João Pedro de Carvalho Saraiva, concluiu o mestrado em Engenharia Física em 2012 na Universidade de Coimbra (Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia). Tendo trabalhado no CERN até 2017, exerce funções desde então no LIP - Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas em Coimbra, onde trabalha com detetores gasosos (RPCs) e sistemas de aquisição de dados.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: João Pedro de Carvalho Saraiva

Citation names

João Pedro Saraiva

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: B11C-E39E-07AA
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8757-4570

Email addresses

joao.saraiva@coimbra.lip.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

239410661 (Professional)

Addresses

Gab. G8, Rua Larga - Physics Dep. , 3004-516, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Particles and Fields Physics

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2010/09/01 - 2012/09/01 Concluded	Engenharia Física (Mestrado) Major in Instrumentation Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Radiological Characterization of TFA metallic tubes from CERN Accelerator Complex." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/02/01 - Current	Science and Technology Management	Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal

2012/09/01 - 2017/01/31	Science and Technology Management	European Organization for Nuclear Research, Switzerland

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/07/01 - 2024/06/30	Avanços na tecnologia de RPCs visando experiências no CERN CERN/FIS-INS/0006/2021 10.54499/CERN/FIS-INS/0006/2021 Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Pólo de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Matemática Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/03/04 - 2024/03/03	Participação na experiência SND@LHC do CERN CERN/FIS-INS/0028/2021 10.54499/CERN/FIS-INS/0028/2021 Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Portugal Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Pólo de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/03/01 - 2023/03/01	Fast timing high resolution nRPC-4D detector concept for neutron science EXPL/FIS-NUC/0538/2021 Researcher
2021/09/01 - 2022/09/01	Short range CORrelations on Exotic nuclei at R3B/FAIR using tRPCs EXPL/FIS-NUC/0364/2021 Researcher
2021/09/01 - 2022/09/01	Muography as a new tool for geophysics EXPL/FIS-OUT/1185/2021 Researcher
2020/06/01 - 2022/06/01	Advancement of the RPC detector technology targeting CERN experiments and applications for society CERN/FIS-INS/0009/2019 Researcher	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
2018/12 - 2019/12	Participation in the SHiP experiment CERN/FIS-PAR/0030/2017 Researcher

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper

Blanco, Juan Jose; García-Población, Oscar; García-Tejedor, Ignacio; Steigies, Christian; Medina, Jose; Prieto, Manuel; López-Comazzi, Alejandro; et al. "ORCA (Antarctic Cosmic Ray Observatory): 2018 Latitudinal Survey". Paper presented in 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2019), 2019.
10.22323/1.358.1059
Saraiva, Joao P.; Brugger, Markus. "Monte Carlo simulations and benchmark studies at CERN's accelerator chain". Paper presented in Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2015.
10.1109/nssmic.2015.7581833

Journal article

João Saraiva; Alberto Blanco. "New readout codification of large-area multi-gap timing RPCs for Muon Scattering Tomography". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.170466.
10.1016/j.nima.2025.170466
João Saraiva; Alberto Blanco. "New readout scheme for large area timing & position RPCs". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.169803.
10.1016/j.nima.2024.169803
J. Saraiva; C. Alemparte; D. Belver; A. Blanco; J. Callón; J. Collazo; A. Iglesias; L. Lopes. "A large-area MRPC detector for muon scattering tomography". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168183.
10.1016/j.nima.2023.168183
J. Saraiva; C. Alemparte; D. Belver; A. Blanco; J. Callón; J. Collazo; A. Iglesias; L. Lopes. "Advances towards a large-area, ultra-low-gas-consumption RPC detector". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2022.167744.
10.1016/j.nima.2022.167744
Morozov, A.; Margato, L.M.S.; Solovov, V.; Blanco, A.; Saraiva, J.; Wilpert, T.; Zeitelhack, K.; et al. "Statistical position reconstruction for RPC-based thermal neutron detectors". Journal of Instrumentation 16 08 (2021): P08032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/p08032.
10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/p08032
Ahdida, C.; Akmete, A.; Albanese, R.; Alexandrov, A.; Anokhina, A.; Aoki, S.; Arduini, G.; et al. "Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to dark photons decaying to a pair of charged particles". The European Physical Journal C 81 5 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09224-3.
10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09224-3
Ahdida, C.; Akmete, A.; Albanese, R.; Alexandrov, A.; Anokhina, A.; Aoki, S.; Arduini, G.; et al. "Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to light dark matter". Journal of High Energy Physics 2021 4 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/jhep04(2021)199.
10.1007/jhep04(2021)199
Blanco, A.; Clemencio, F.; Fonte, P.; Franco, C.; Leonardo, N.; Lopes, L.; Loureiro, C.; Saraiva, J.; Soares, G.. "The SHiP timing detector based on MRPC". Journal of Instrumentation 15 10 (2020): C10017-C10017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/10/c10017.
10.1088/1748-0221/15/10/c10017
Saraiva, J.P.; Blanco, A.; Garzón, J.A.; Garcìa-Castro, D.; Lopes, L.; Villasante-Marcos, V.. "The TRISTAN detector—2018–2019 latitude survey of cosmic rays". Journal of Instrumentation 15 09 (2020): C09024-C09024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/09/c09024.
10.1088/1748-0221/15/09/c09024
Ahdida, C.; Albanese, R.; Alexandrov, A.; Anokhina, A.; Aoki, S.; Arduini, G.; Atkin, E.; et al. "The experimental facility for the Search for Hidden Particles at the CERN SPS". Journal of Instrumentation 14 03 (2019): P03025-P03025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/03/p03025.
10.1088/1748-0221/14/03/p03025
Infantino, A.; Cangialosi, C.; Krawina, M.; Brucoli, M.; Brugger, M.; De Carvalho Saraiva, J.P.; Danzeca, S.. "Dose gradient assessment at the new CERN CHARM irradiation facility". Radiation Physics and Chemistry 155 (2019): 225-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2018.09.001.
10.1016/j.radphyschem.2018.09.001
Alía, Rubén García; Brugger, Markus; Danzeca, Salvatore; Cerutti, Francesco; Saraiva, Joao Pedro de Carvalho; Denz, Reiner; Ferrari, Alfredo; et al. "Single event effects in high-energy accelerators". Semiconductor Science and Technology 32 3 (2017): 034003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6641/aa5695.
10.1088/1361-6641/aa5695