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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marina Vinhas Cortês

Citation names

  • Cortês, Marina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DB1C-D334-2145
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0485-3767

Email addresses

  • mvcortes@ciencias.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Astronomy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Dutch Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
French Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2008
Concluded
 Ph.D Cosmology (Doutoramento)
University of Sussex Astronomy Centre, United Kingdom
"The Early and New Universe in the Era of Precision Cosmology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2005
Concluded
 Fisica Teorica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Fisica Teorica" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/07/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
2012/10/01 - 2013/03/27 Researcher (Research) Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
2012/11/28 - 2013/03/10 Visiting Researcher (Research) Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada
2011/04/12 - 2011/06/04 Visiting Researcher (Research) African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, South Africa

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/10/20 - 2020/02/20 Emmy Noether Visiting Research Fellow Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada
2016/05/01 - 2019/08/31 FCT POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
2018/05/27 - 2018/09/23 Maternity Leave Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/05/27 Sick Leave during pregnancy Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
2016/02/01 - 2016/07/31 Invited Research Fellow Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada
2013/04/01 - 2016/04/30 MARIE CURIE FELLOW - EUROPEAN UNION ACTIONS - IIF The Royal Observatory Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2015/09/27 - 2016/01/31 Maternity Leave The Royal Observatory Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2014/02/01 - 2014/07/31 Invited Research Fellow Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada
2012/10/01 - 2013/03/31 FCT POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
2008/12/02 - 2011/09/30 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW E O Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States
2011/01/10 - 2011/02/21 Visiting scholar University of Sussex Astronomy Centre, United Kingdom
2009/06/01 - 2009/06/16 Invited Researcher Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Japan
2009/05/19 - 2009/05/31 Invited Researcher Ewha University - Institute for the Early Universe , South Korea
2005/10/01 - 2008/10/29 PH.D. STUDENT UNDER SUPERVISION OF PROF A. R. LIDDLE University of Sussex Astronomy Centre, United Kingdom
2008/01/25 - 2008/03/05 Visiting Ph.D. Student under Supervision of Prof. C. Baccigalupi Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Italy
2006/09/19 - 2007/04/25 Visiting Ph.D. Student under Supervision of Prof. B.A. Bassett University of Cape Town Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South Africa
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/10/21 - 2026/10/20 Addressing observational tensions in cosmology with systematics and fundamental physics (CosmoVerse)
CA21136
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
European Commission
Ongoing
2016/05/01 - 2019/08/31 Time Comes First -- The Role of Time in Cosmology and Quantum Gravity
SFRH/BPD/111010/2015
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/10/01 - 2013/03/31 THE DARK ENERGY IMPRINT ON THE BARYON ACOUSTIC OSCILLATIONS
SFRH/BPD/79284/2011
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/10/01 - 2008/09/30 RESEARCH IN COSMOLOGY - CERTIFICATE OF ADVANCED STUDY IN MATHEMATICS CASM
SFRH/BD/16363/2004
University of Cape Town, South Africa
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/07/01 - 2026/06/30 Cosmological tests of time and time irreversibility
CEECIND/02581/2018/CP1553/CT0010
10.54499/CEECIND/02581/2018/CP1553/CT0010
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 BEYond Lambda
PTDC/FIS-AST/0054/2021
10.54499/PTDC/FIS-AST/0054/2021
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
UIDB/04434/2020
10.54499/UIDB/04434/2020
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
UIDP/04434/2020
10.54499/UIDP/04434/2020
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022/01/01 - 2023/12/30 Biocosmology: The birth of a new science
EXPL/FIS-AST/1418/2021
10.54499/EXPL/FIS-AST/1418/2021
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
UID/FIS/04434/2019
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
UID/FIS/04434/2019
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
UID/FIS/04434/2019
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/07/01 - 2014/12/31 The Dark Side of the Universe
PTDC/FIS/111725/2009
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/11/01 - Current LISA: Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
000000
Researcher
European Space Agency, France
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

European Space Agency
Ongoing
2022/08 - Current Jogo e Causalidade Física / Game and Physical Causality
S/ referência
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Estudos Filosóficos e Humanísticos, Portugal
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Estudos Filosóficos e Humanísticos
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Cortês, M.. "FREE WILL AND THE ARROW OF TIME". 327-350. 2023.
Journal article
  1. Marina Cortês; Andrew R. Liddle. "Interpreting DESI's evidence for evolving dark energy". Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (2024): https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/12/007.
    10.1088/1475-7516/2024/12/007
  2. Marina Cortês; Andrew R Liddle. "On data set tensions and signatures of new cosmological physics". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters (2024): https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slae030.
    10.1093/mnrasl/slae030
  3. Cortês, M.; Smolin, L.; Verde, C.. "Physics, time, and qualia". Journal of Consciousness Studies 28 9-10 (2021): 36-51. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85116039267&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5376/20512201.28.9.036
  4. Eliahu Cohen; Marina Cortês; Avshalom C. Elitzur; Lee Smolin. "Realism and causality. II. Retrocausality in energetic causal sets". Physical Review D (2020): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.124028.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.102.124028
  5. Eliahu Cohen; Cortês, Marina; Avshalom C. Elitzur; Lee Smolin. "Realism and causality I: Pilot wave and retrocausal models as possible facilitators". Phys. Rev. D 102, 124027 (2020) (2020):
    10.1103/physrevd.102.124027
  6. Stephon Alexander; Marina Cortês; Andrew R. Liddle; João Magueijo; Robert Sims; Lee Smolin; Alexander, S.; et al. "Zero-parameter extension of general relativity with a varying cosmological constant". Physical Review D 100 8 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.083506.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.100.083506
  7. Stephon Alexander; Marina Cortês; Andrew R. Liddle; João Magueijo; Robert Sims; Lee Smolin. "Cosmology of minimal varying Lambda theories". Physical Review D 100 8 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.083507.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.100.083507
  8. Cortês, Marina; Smolin, Lee; Cortês, M.; Smolin, L.. "Reversing the irreversible: From limit cycles to emergent time symmetry". Physical Review D 97 2 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.026004.
    Published • 10.1103/physrevd.97.026004
  9. Byrnes, C.T.; Cortês, M.; Liddle, A.R.. "Curvaton scenarios with inflaton decays into curvatons". Physical Review D 94 6 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84990956867&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.94.063525
  10. Cortês, M.; Liddle, A.R.; Smolin, L.. "Cosmological signatures of time-asymmetric gravity". Physical Review D 94 12 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85022224105&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.94.123514
  11. Cortês, M.; Smolin, L.. "Spin foam models as energetic causal sets". Physical Review D 93 8 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964375043&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.93.084039
  12. Kobayashi, T.; Cortês, M.; Liddle, A.R.. "A separate universe view of the asymmetric sky". Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2015 5 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84934876041&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1475-7516/2015/05/029
  13. Cortês, M.; Liddle, A.R.; Parkinson, D.. "Tensors, BICEP2 results, prior dependence, and dust". Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 92 6 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84943604654&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.92.063511
  14. Cortês, M.; Gomes, H.; Smolin, L.. "Time asymmetric extensions of general relativity". Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 92 4 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940481501&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.92.043502
  15. Cortês, M.; Smolin, L.. "Quantum energetic causal sets". Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 90 4 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908185204&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.90.044035
  16. Byrnes, C.T.; Cortês, M.; Liddle, A.R.. "Comprehensive analysis of the simplest curvaton model". Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 90 2 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904363732&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.90.023523
  17. Cortês, M.; Smolin, L.. "The universe as a process of unique events". Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 90 8 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908199221&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.90.084007
  18. Liddle, A.R.; Cortês, M.. "Cosmic microwave background anomalies in an open universe". Physical Review Letters 111 11 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884258043&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.111302
  19. Leauthaud, A.; Tinker, J.; Bundy, K.; Behroozi, P.S.; Massey, R.; Rhodes, J.; George, M.R.; et al. "New constraints on the evolution of the stellar-to-dark matter connection: A combined analysis of galaxy-galaxy lensing, clustering, and stellar mass functions from z = 0.2 to z = 1". Astrophysical Journal 744 2 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855235601&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0004-637X/744/2/159
  20. Cortês, Marina. "The Lyman-alpha forest in three dimensions: measurements of large scale flux correlations from BOSS 1st-year data". The Lyman-alpha forest in three dimensions: measurements of large scale flux correlations from BOSS 1st-year data (2011): http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.5244.
  21. Eisenstein, D.J.; Weinberg, D.H.; Agol, E.; Aihara, H.; Allende Prieto, C.; Anderson, S.F.; Arns, J.A.; et al. "SDSS-III: Massive spectroscopic surveys of the distant Universe, the MILKY WAY, and extra-solar planetary systems". Astronomical Journal 142 3 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052767135&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0004-6256/142/3/72
  22. Cortês, M.; Liddle, A.R.; Parkinson, D.. "On the prior dependence of constraints on the tensor-to-scalar ratio". Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2011 9 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80053480503&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1475-7516/2011/09/027
  23. Aihara, H.; Prieto, C.A.; An, D.; Anderson, S.F.; Aubourg, E.; Balbinot, E.; Beers, T.C.; et al. "Erratum: The eighth data release of the sloan digital sky survey: First data from SDSS-III (The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (2011) 193 (29))". Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series 195 2 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80051776665&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0067-0049/195/2/26
  24. Aihara, H.; Allende Prieto, C.; An, D.; Anderson, S.F.; Aubourg, É.; Balbinot, E.; Beers, T.C.; et al. "The eighth data release of the sloan digital sky survey: First data from SDSS-III". Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series 193 2 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955702204&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0067-0049/193/2/29
  25. Cortês, M.; Linder, E.V.. "Old dark energy". Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 81 6 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77951292098&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.81.063004
  26. Cortês, M.; Liddle, A.R.. "Viable inflationary models ending with a first-order phase transition". Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 80 8 (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70449644256&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.80.083524
  27. Bassett, B.A.; Brownstone, M.; Cardoso, A.; Cort¿s, M.; Fantaye, Y.; Hlozek, R.; Kotze, J.; Okouma, P.. "Is the dynamics of scaling dark energy detectable?". Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2008 7 (2008): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-49749099232&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1475-7516/2008/07/007
  28. Hlozek, R.; Cortês, M.; Clarkson, C.; Bassett, B.. "Dark energy degeneracies in the background dynamics". General Relativity and Gravitation 40 2-3 (2008): 285-300. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39149120255&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10714-007-0548-6
  29. Calcagni, G.; Cortês, M.. "Inflationary scalar spectrum in loop quantum cosmology". Classical and Quantum Gravity 24 4 (2007): 829-853. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33947605728&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0264-9381/24/4/005
  30. Cortês, M.; Liddle, A.R.; Mukherjee, P.. "On what scale should inflationary observables be constrained?". Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 75 8 (2007): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34247202567&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.75.083520
  31. Cortês, M.; Liddle, A.R.. "Consistency equation hierarchy in single-field inflation models". Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 73 8 (2006): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33645841334&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevD.73.083523
Preprint
  1. George Tambouratzis; Cortês, Marina; Andrew R Liddle. "AI Horizon Scanning -- White Paper p3395, IEEE-SA. Part III: Technology Watch: a selection of key developments, emerging technologies, and industry trends in Artificial Intelligence". 2024. https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.03449.
    10.48550/ARXIV.2411.03449

Other

Other output
  1. Hawking evaporation and the Landauer Principle. 2024. Cortês, M.; Liddle, A.R.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85204510552&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2407.08777
  2. AI Horizon Scanning, White Paper p3395, IEEE-SA. Part I: Areas of Attention. 2024. Cortês, M.; Liddle, A.R.; Emmanouilidis, C.; Kelly, A.E.; Matusow, K.; Ragunathan, R.; Suess, J.M.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85207023939&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2410.01808
  3. Higher Dimensional Energetic Causal Sets. 2023. Gil Gomes, V.; Cortes, M.; Liddle, A.R.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85179984694&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2309.08694
  4. The TAP equation: Evaluating combinatorial innovation in Biocosmology. 2022. Cortês, M.; Kauffman, S.A.; Liddle, A.R.; Smolin, L.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85148113492&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2204.14115
  5. Biocosmology: Biology from a cosmological perspective. 2022. Cortês, M.; Kauffman, S.A.; Liddle, A.R.; Smolin, L.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85181610473&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arxiv.2204.09379
  6. Biocosmology: Towards the birth of a new science. 2022. Cortês, M.; Kauffman, S.A.; Liddle, A.R.; Smolin, L.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85181611589&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arxiv.2204.09378
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/10/01 - 2022/09/30 Quantum space-time Leaps: Higher dimensional causal sets
Supervisor
 Física Teórica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/10/30 - Current Chair - Standard for Safeguards in Artificial Intelligence Models p3395 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Chair: Working Group p3395 - Standard for Behavioural Safeguards of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Models

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/05/06 Interviewed for article on new cosmological results published by the DESI collaboration (US). Just a few days after the release of the results I wrote one the first comments on their dark energy results in [arXiv.org/2404.08056]. In the interview I provided both background information and specific analysis of the results of my analysis paper. Quanta Magazine ISSN 2640-2661 http://quantamagazine.org/
2023/10/04 Donald Trump Legal Defence on Charges of Bank Fraud: The news outlet wished to use the "lens of physics [to} explore Trump’s assertion that his 2014 estimates were true then because they became true in 2022. The Daily Beast contacted one of the world’s leading thinkers about the concept of time: cosmologist Marina Cortês at the Institute for Astrophysics and Space Sciences in Portugal." https://www.thedailybeast.com
2020/04/01 Interview commenting on the work of Swiss physicist Nicolas Gisin on the subject of the flow of time. Quanta Magazine (New York, US)

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/12/14 - Current LISA Consortium Mentorship Program Domenica N. Garzon, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, US
2021/02/01 - Current Mentorship for Women in Physics - Supernova Foundation Priyal Bordia - India
2018/02/18 - 2020/05/21 Mentorship for Women in Physics Ana Marta Pinho
Distinctions

Other distinction

2017 TED Fellowship - unable to accept due to impossibility of traveling to conference site in Aruba, Tanzania
2015 Inaugural Buchalter Cosmology Prize (FIRST PLACE) with LEE SMOLIN US$10,000