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Solid-state chemistry, nanoporous materials, MOFs, NMR and the long arc from fundamental structure to useful materials.
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João
Rocha
Full Professor of Chemistry at the University of Aveiro and researcher at CICECO. Scientist, builder of research institutions, contributor to science policy, public writer and poet.
A single identity
One place for work that usually lives in separate worlds.
João Rocha’s career has developed across scientific research, institutional leadership and public engagement, while retaining sustained interests in literature, martial arts, gardening and amateur nature photography.
This website is designed as a canonical point of reference: a concise, verifiable account of the same person behind the chemistry, CICECO, national and European science-policy work, newspaper essays, Arte Rupestre, and Shotokan Karate.
570+SCI papers
33k+Google Scholar citations*
2002–21CICECO director
3rd danShotokan · Kase Ha
* Citation count is intentionally rounded because bibliometric indicators change continuously. Verified August 2026.
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Leadership & science policy
Building CICECO, representing research institutions, European evaluation and advanced-materials policy.
Public writing
Essays and interviews on science, democracy, funding, institutions and Europe’s scientific choices.
Literature & beyond
Arte Rupestre, fiction in preparation, Shotokan Karate, gardening and amateur nature photography.