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I am a PhD Research Fellow (FCT) hosted by the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. My research interests include quantum gravity and cosmology. Currently I am enrolled in the Mathematical Sciences PhD carrying out the FCT awarded project «Thermal Dark Energy - Its fundamental origins and observational consequences» in the String and Beyond the Standard Model Phenomenology Group based at the University of Liverpool.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joaquim António Maximiano Gomes

Citation names

  • Gomes, Joaquim M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D214-AC4A-735A
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0623-732X

Email addresses

  • j.m.gomes@liverpool.ac.uk (Professional)
  • joaquim.amgomes@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Particles and Fields Physics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/01/10 - 2026/01/09
Ongoing
Mathematical Sciences PhD (Doutoramento)
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
2018/09/12 - 2020/11/26
Concluded
Física (Mestrado)
Major in Nuclear and Particle Physics
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
"Curvature perturbations from thermal inflation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18
2013/09/26 - 2018/07/30
Concluded
Física (Licenciatura)
Major in Physics
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
13
2012 - 2013
Attended
Design de Jogos Digitais (Licenciatura)
Major in Game Design
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Comunicação Administração e Turismo, Portugal
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/02/01 - 2026/05/09 Teaching Assistant University of Liverpool Department of Mathematical Sciences, United Kingdom
University of Liverpool Department of Mathematical Sciences, United Kingdom
2018/06 - 2018/09 Summer Research Internship Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
2017/06 - 2017/09 Summer Research Internship Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - 2026/01/01 Thermal Dark Energy -- Its fundamental origins and observational consequences
2021.05180.BD
PhD Student Fellow
University of Liverpool Department of Mathematical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Joaquim António Maximiano Gomes; Edward Hardy; Susha Louise Parameswaran. "Dark energy with the help of interacting dark sectors". Phys.Rev.D 110 2 (2024): 023533-023533. http://inspirehep.net/record/2722732.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.110.023533
  2. Mar Bastero Gil; Joaquim António Maximiano Gomes; Joao G. Rosa. "Thermal curvature perturbations in thermal inflation". JCAP 06 (2024): 060-060. http://inspirehep.net/record/2627230.
    10.1088/1475-7516/2024/06/060
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/04/07 Dark energy with the help of interacting dark sectors Tales of Gravity
Nottingham Centre of Gravity (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
2024/06/27 Dark Energy with a Little Help from its Friends String Phenomenology 2024
Centro Culturale Altinate - San Gaetano (Padova, Italy)
2024/03/25 Dark Energy with a Little Help from its Friends 18th Iberian Cosmology Meeting
Gravitation and Cosmology (GRACUS) and Astrophysics Groups of the University of Salamanca (USAL) (Salamanca, Spain)
2023/04/03 Thermal power spectrum during thermal inflation IberiCos 2023
(Ponte de Lima, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/05/03 - Current Weekly journal club where mainly PhD students give informal talks based on their interests. (2024/05/03)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
University of Liverpool Department of Mathematical Sciences, United Kingdom
2025/03/12 - 2025/03/12 Liverpool Particle Physics Masterclass 2025: Promoted in the context of International Masterclasses project and aimed at high school students. In this instance the hands-on session was concerned with measuring the D0 lifetime at the LHCb. (2025/03/12 - 2025/03/12)
Other (Other)
University of Liverpool Department of Physics, United Kingdom
2022 - 2024/05/01 Weekly journal club around scientific articles suggested from a committee of organizers and general attendees. (2020 - 2024/05/01)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
University of Liverpool Department of Mathematical Sciences, United Kingdom
2023/03/27 - 2023/03/30 Dark Matter beyond the Weak Scale (2023/03/27 - 2023/03/30)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
University of Liverpool Department of Mathematical Sciences, United Kingdom

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/04/15 - 2024/04/16 Scientific discussion meeting on challenges to the standard cosmological model.
Meeting
Challenging the standard cosmological model
2023/10/09 - 2023/10/13 School aimed at PhD students which covered introductory lectures to the swampland program as well as more advanced topics on formal developments and phenomenological applications to particle physics and cosmology.
Other
ASC school 2023: The Quantum Gravity Swampland and its consequences for the observable world
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Germany
2022/07/28 - 2022/08/18 Conducting a project on dark matter with college students with a team.
Workshop
Summer Students Liverpool 2022
University of Liverpool Department of Mathematical Sciences, United Kingdom
2022/07/04 - 2022/07/08 Annual conference discusses recent progress in compactifications of string theory and their relation to particle physics and cosmology String Phenomenology 2022
University of Liverpool Department of Mathematical Sciences, United Kingdom
Distinctions

Award

2022 Departmental PGR Studentship
University of Liverpool School of Physical Sciences, United Kingdom