Carlos Rodrigues da Cruz

Carlos R. Cruz received his PhD in physics from the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 1994. He is a senior lecturer at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon, and coordinator of the Complex Fluids NMR and Surfaces Group, Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials (CeFEMA), University of Lisbon. His research work focuses on liquid crystal experimental physics, with an emphasis on NMR and X-ray diffraction studies. In recent years, he has been the Portuguese team leader of two European projects on liquid crystal dendrimers.