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Prof. Tiago Vinicius Alves

  • Assistant Professor
  • Institute of Chemistry
  • Federal University of Bahia - Salvador - Brazil

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Tiago Vinicius Alves earned his bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 2005 from Londrina State University. He completed his Master's degree in 2008 and his Ph.D. in 2013, both from the University of Sao Paulo. In 2014, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In 2016, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil. He served as the Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry of UFBA from 2020 to 2022. He coordinates the Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Spectroscopy, and Computational Kinetics at the Institute of Chemistry at UFBA and is also Secretary of the Bahia Regional Branch of the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ). In 2023, he was a Junior Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), through the Institutional Internationalization Program (CAPES - PrInt). He has experience in theoretical and computational chemistry, with an emphasis on molecular spectroscopy, chemical kinetics and dynamics, and (electro)catalysis. His recent research focuses on molecular systems with potential applications for the energy transition. The aim is to understand the reaction mechanisms involved in second-generation biofuels, develop new catalysts for green hydrogen production, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He is a permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Chemistry at UFBA and an effective member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ).

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Prof. Roberto Rivelino

  • Associate Professor
  • Institute of Physics
  • Federal University of Bahia - Salvador - Brazil

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Roberto Rivelino de M. Moreno has a PhD in Physics (2003) from the University of São Paulo and is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Bahia. Since 2010, he has been a visiting professor at Linkoping University (Sweden) in collaboration with IFM research groups. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal Spectrochimica Acta A (Elsevier). He is a regular member of the Brazilian Physics Society (SBF), the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC). His research interests involve atomistic computer simulation for condensed phases and electronic structure calculations for molecular aggregates, liquids, and nanostructures.

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Dr. Vitor Hugo Menezes da Silva

  • Associate Researcher
  • Institute of Chemistry
  • Federal University of Bahia - Salvador - Brazil

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Vitor holds a bachelor's in Chemistry from the Federal University of Uberlandia. He completed his MSc and PhD at the University of Sao Paulo. During his doctorate, he conducted a research internship abroad at the University of North Texas (USA). Subsequently, he spent a postdoctoral internship at the State University of Campinas. Later, he worked as an Associate Researcher at Montana State University (USA). He also completed a postdoctoral internship at the Federal University of Bahia (2024-2025). Currently, he is an Associate Researcher at the Federal University of Bahia, coordinating a project funded by CNPq. His research lies in computational chemistry, focusing on organometallic chemistry, enantioselective catalysis, regio- and chemoselectivity, electrocatalysis, and automation of electronic structure calculations.

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Prof. Mateus Fernandes Venâncio

  • Assistant Professor
  • Institute of Chemistry
  • Federal University of Bahia - Brazil

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He has a PhD (2017) and MsC (2013) in Chemistry from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physical Chemistry - Institute of Chemistry at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). He has expertise in Computational Chemistry, emphasizing Statistical Thermodynamics, Density Functional Theory, CASSCF, and Molecular Dynamics. He is also interested in bioinorganic, spectroscopy, and solution-reactive processes.

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