Diego Valente

Associate Professor in-Residence and Director of Teaching Laboratories

Physics

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Education

• Ph.D., Physics, University of Central Florida, 2009
• M.Sc., Physics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 2004
• B.Eng., Electrical and Industrial Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 2002

Experience

• 2013-present: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
• 2010-2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut

Honors

• Commendation Letter for Excellence in Teaching from the Office of the Provost,University of Connecticut, Storrs, July 2015
• Commendation Letter for Excellence in Teaching from the Office of the Provost, University of Connecticut, Storrs, July 2014
• Accepted into Sigma Pi Sigma, The Physics Honor Society, Fall 2007
• Runner Up (Honorable Mention) for Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Spring 2005
• Awarded Prize Fellowship for Graduate Student of the Year, Physics Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil, Fall 2003 1992, Humboldt Fellow, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max Planck Gesellschaft, Berlin