Mafalda will join our research group for the next month of November 2025 to work on LIBS and LA-ICP-MS!! Mafalda Costa is an Invited Auxiliary Researcher at HERCULES Laboratory (University of Évora) and a «La Caixa» Foundation Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellow. She holds a joint-degree PhD in Archaeology and Earth and Space Sciences in the Ghent University (Belgium) and the University of Évora (Portugal), respectively. Mafalda’s knowledge in a wide range of analytical techniques – XRF, SEM-EDS, micro-Raman spectroscopy, XRD and LA-ICP-MS – has enabled the determination of composition, provenance and manufacturing technology of historical artifacts and painting materials. Her…

GELP members have attended the I Encuentro Nacional de Materiales en Contacto con Hidrógeno, where academic and industry experts shared their research related to hydrogen embrittlement providing valuable insights on the state-of-the-art of this critical topic. GELP is working to demonstrate the potential of optical spectroscopy (LIBS) and mass spectrometry (GD-TOF) as techniques to characterize spatial distribution of hydrogen in materials of interest to provide complementary information to engineering studies. We hope fruitful colaborations will arise from this conference!! Congratulations to Borja Peral and Inés Fernández from SimuMecaMat for a fantastic event!!

Hana Koprivová from CEITEC BUT, Laboratory of Laser Spectroscopy (https://libs.ceitec.cz/) in Brno (Czech Republic) will stay in our Research Group for 3 months (from March 17th until the middle of June 2025) to work on a LA-ICP-MS related project! Welcome Hana!!