Professors

FIS-N - Nuclear Physics

Permanent Faculty:

• Prof. Dr. Brett Vern Carlson (brett@ita.br): Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Reactions
• Prof. Dr. César Henrique Lenzi (chlenzi@ita.br): Astrophysics and Gravitation.
• Prof. Dr. Franciole Marinho (franciole@ita.br): Particle Physics and Experimental Neutrino Physics.
• Profª Dra Laura Paulucci (laura.paulucci@ita.br): Experimental Neutrino Physics and Astroparticles
• Prof. Dra. Mariana Dutra (marianad@ita.br): Hadronic and Nuclear Physics, Application in Astrophysics, and Dark Matter.
• Prof. Dr. Odilon Lourenço (odilon@ita.br): Hadronic and Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics, Dark Matter, and Quark Phenomenology.
• Prof. Dr. Pedro José Pompeia (pompeia@ita.br): Quantum Field Theory, Gravitation and Cosmology.
• Prof. Dr. Tobias Frederico (tobias@ita.br): Nuclear Structure, Nuclear Reactions, and Hadron Physics.
• Prof. Dr. Wayne Leonardo de Paula (wayne@ita.br): Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics.

FIS-A - Atomic and Molecular Physics

Permanent Faculty:

• Prof. Dr. André Jorge Carvalho Chaves (andrejck@ita.br): Theoretical Research Aimed at Understanding the Structural and Electronic Properties of Solids and Nanostructures, Development of Methodology for the Study of Excited States.
• Prof. Dr. Francisco Bolivar Correto Machado (fmachado@ita.br): Molecular Electronic Structure Calculations.
• Prof. Dr. Filipe Matusalém (fmatusalem@ita.br): Atomistic simulation aimed at understanding the structural and electronic properties of solids and nanostructures using Density Functional Theory, Molecular Dynamics, and Machine Learning techniques.
• Prof. Dr. Ivan Guilhon Mitoso Rocha (guilhon@ita.br): Density Functional Theory, and Many-Body Disturbance Theory in Condensed Matter.
• Prof. Dra. Lara Kuhl Teles (lkteles@ita.br): Theoretical Research Aimed at Understanding the Structural and Electronic Properties of Solids and Nanostructures, Development of Methodology for the Study of Excited States.
• Prof. Dr. Luiz Fernando de Araújo Ferrão (ferrao@ita.br): Molecular Electronic Structure Calculations.
• Prof. Dr. Marcelo Marques (mmarques@ita.br): Theoretical Focused on Understanding the Structural and Electronic Properties of Solids and Nanostructures, Development of Methodology for the Study of Excited States.
• Prof. Dr. Renê Felipe Keidel Spada (rfkspada@ita.br): Molecular Dynamics and Astrochemistry.

FIS-P - Plasma Physics

Permanent Faculty:

• Prof. Dr. Argemiro Soares da Silva Sobrinho (argemiro@ita.br): Plasma materials processing, thermal plasmas, plasma torches, thermal spraying, materials for aerospace applications, thermal barrier coatings, waste treatment, gasification, and plasma technologies applied to energy, environmental, and aerospace sectors.
• Prof. Dr. André Luis de Jesus Pereira (andreljp@ita.br): Thin films, semiconductor oxides, functional materials, thin-film-based devices, sensors, microdevices, materials characterization, and plasma applications in deposition processes, surface modification, and the development of materials for technological applications.
• Prof. Dr. Homero Santiago Maciel (odairtur@gmail.com): Electrical discharges, fundamentals of cold plasmas, plasma diagnostics, technological applications of non-thermal plasmas, materials processing, thin-film deposition, and the development of plasma reactors and plasma-assisted processes.
• Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Sávio Pessoa (rspessoa@ita.br): Condensed matter physics and plasma physics, low-pressure and atmospheric-pressure cold plasmas, thin-film deposition, surface modification, plasma-liquid interactions, plasma-activated water, and biomedical, dental, environmental, agricultural, and agro-industrial plasma applications.

FIS-C - Nonlinear Dynamics and Complex Systems

Permanent Faculty:

• Prof. Dr. Érico Luiz Rempel (rempel@ita.br): Waves in Plasmas, Chaos, Nonlinear Dynamics.
• Prof. Dr. Jayr de Amorim Filho (jayr.de.amorim@gmail.com): Electrical Discharges, Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy.
• Prof. Dr. Marco Antonio Ridenti (aridenti@ita.br): Numerical Simulation of Cold Plasmas; Space Plasmas; Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics; Mathematical Epidemiology.