Florinda Costa

Florinda Mendes da Costa is an Associate Professor with Habilitation of Physic Department at the University of Aveiro. She finished the PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Aveiro in 1996. Her main research interest is the processing materials using laser technology, namely laser floating zone (LFZ), laser assisted flow deposition, laser ablation in liquids and laser surface treatments techniques. These techniques have been applied to the growth and treatment of a wide set of materials envisaging energy, biomedical and optoelectronic applications.