Profile
About Joao
I am an Associate Professor in Earth and Exoplanet Climatology at the University of Southampton, developing theory and numerical tools for atmospheric dynamics.
Outside research I am from Vidigueira, Portugal, and I enjoy hiking, mountain exploration, football, films, and Age of Empires III.
Earth & PlanetsClimate DynamicsHigh-Performance ComputingObservation + Modelling
Research
My work focuses on numerical models for climate and atmospheric dynamics across Earth, Solar System planets, and exoplanets.
- Team Leader of OASIS for advanced 3D planetary climate modelling.
- Co-Principal Investigator of the Hot Rocks Survey on irradiated terrestrial exoplanets.
- Co-Investigator in ESA missions ARIEL and EnVision.