For foundational contributions to the theory of evolving networks and the mathematical description of percolation and dynamical processes on networks
J F Mendes was elected Fellow of APS in 2019 for important advances in complex network science including preferential attachment, node aging, and modification of network links.
The 2019 award for Research was atributed to José Fernando Mendes of i3N and Department of Physics, University of Aveiro.
J F Mendes received the Senior Award of the CSS for his seminal contributions and the many further developments of the theory of Complex Networks.