astronomy

Nuno Maulide

Nuno Maulide is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Nuno Maulide rather than just read about it. In short: Nuno Maulide (born 1979) is a Portuguese chemist. As of 2023, he is professor of organic chemistry at the University of Vienna, as well as a science-related writer and speaker.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Nuno Maulide (born 1979) is a Portuguese chemist. As of 2023, he is professor of organic chemistry at the University of Vienna, as well as a science-related writer and speaker. He is also an amateur pianist. Son of a Mozambican father and a São Toméan mother, who were physicians, he was the first black professor at the institution in over six centuries of existence. He is also involved in science divulgation and the popularization of chemistry, especially for children.

Biography Nuno Maulide was born in Lisbon in 1979, son of a couple of medical doctors who were born in Portuguese Africa. His father, Ibraimo Maulide, was born in the then territory of Portuguese Mozambique and his mother, Ermelinda Xavier Daniel Dias Maulide, was born in the then territory of Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe. They met each other while they were studying medicine at the Medical School of the University of Coimbra, in Portugal, after the Carnation Revolution of 1974 and the eventual independence of the African territories where they were born. Nuno Maulide was raised in Lisbon, and after studies at the Instituto Superior Técnico in the same city and a master's degree in Molecular Chemistry at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, he underwent doctoral studies in the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in Belgium. In 2007, he obtained his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Istvan Marko, working on the application of functionalized orthoesters in organic synthesis. He then moved to Stanford University for a post-doctoral stay in the group of Prof. Barry Trost. Nuno Maulide started his independent career in 2009, when he was appointed group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr. In 2013 at the age of 33 he moved to the University of Vienna, taking a position as Full Professor of Organic Synthesis (as the successor to Johann Mulzer). In 2012, Nuno Maulide was awarded a European Research Council Starting grant. He currently holds a European Research Council Consolidator grant (awarded in 2015-16). Nuno Maulide is also a member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and since 2017 serves in the Board of the Austrian Science Fund. He is also the founding Chair of the Division of Organic Chemistry of the Austrian Chemical Society. He has been Associate Editor at the American Chemical Society journals Organic Letters and JACS Au since 2018. Nuno Maulide is also Adjunct PI at the CeMM since 2018 and runs a large collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, funded by the Christian Doppler Gesellschaft, since 2019.

Personal life Maulide lives in Vienna with his wife, a pharmacologist. He is an avid piano player and has employed his talent as a pianist in his public-speaking presentations about science themes. Nuno Maulide gave concerts on various occasions. Notably, he was finalist in the 2012 International Amateur Piano Competition held in Manchester. He was also finalist and fourth place at the International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in Paris 2013.

Awards Lhoist R&D Prize (2005) Best oral communication at the YoungChem (2005) Best oral communication at the Frühjahrssymposium (2006) Roche Award (2007) DSM Awards in Science & Technology (2007) Thieme Journal Award (2010) ERC Starting Grant (2011) ADUC Prize (2012) Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award (2012) Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize (2013) "Wiener Mut" Prize (2014) EurJOC Young Researcher Award (2015) ERC Consolidator Grant (2016) Elisabeth Lutz-Preis of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2016) Elected to the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2017) Incentive Award of the City of Vienna (2017) Marcial Moreno-Manas Lectureship (2017) Springer Heterocyclic Chemistry Award (2018)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Nuno Maulide

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Nuno Maulide claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Nuno Maulide before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Nuno Maulide ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Nuno Maulide

In research: Nuno Maulide appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Nuno Maulide in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Nuno Maulide is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1979 births, Academic staff of the University of Vienna, European Research Council grantees, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Nuno Maulide outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Nuno Maulide in simple terms?

Nuno Maulide (born 1979) is a Portuguese chemist. As of 2023, he is professor of organic chemistry at the University of Vienna, as well as a science-related writer and speaker.

Why does Nuno Maulide matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Nuno Maulide?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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