Faculty

Última modificação em 10/03/2022.

The academic staff of the Program is characterized by holding a solid background, maintaining high scientific productivity rate and displaying a great capacity to raise funds and carry out various types of projects. These features enable the staff to collaborate with competence in the students' education, in such a way as to prepare them to be autonomous and competent professionals.

Alexandre Fassini Michels (Doctor in Material Sciences, UFRGS. Postdoctoral fellow at the Physics Institute of UFRGS) - afmichels@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: functionalization and surface coating via PVD, CVD, PECVD, Dip and Spin Coating. Development of superhydrophobic surfaces and nanostructures. In situ monitoring of thin films by interferometric and polarimetric techniques. Evaluation of residual stresses, metal discontinuity via phased array and mechanical forming processes, fluid monitoring by laser viscosimetry.

André Luis Martinotto (Doctor in Materials Science, UFRGS) - almartin@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: parallel programming and distributed systems, first-principles calculations.

Carlos Alejandro Figueroa (Doctor of Science in Physics, UNICAMP. Postdoctoral fellow at UNICAMP from 2004 to 2007) - cafiguer@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: metallic materials, plasma surface modification, surface characterization in the nanoscale, thin films for energy efficiency and advanced coatings for transport applications.

César Aguzzoli (Doctor in Materials Science, UFRGS. Postdoctoral fellow at UCS in 2011) - caguzzol@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: biomaterials, surface treatments, protective coatings (monolayers and multilayers), plasma nitriding, thermal treatments.

Cláudio Antônio Perottoni (Doctor of Science in Physics, UFRGS) - caperott@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: computer simulation of materials, materials under extreme conditions, x-ray diffraction, thermophysical and electrical properties and vibrational spectroscopy.

Jadna Catafesta (Doctor in Materials Science, UFRGS. Postdoctoral fellow at Université Montpellier 2, in France, in 2011) - jcatafes@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: materials in extreme conditions, ceramic materials, materials characterization.

Janaina da Silva Crespo - Coordinator (Doctor in Chemistry, UFSC) - jscrespo@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: development of elastomers containing additives from renewable sources, development of elastomers and composites for automotive applications, preparation and characterization of polymeric thin films for bactericidal applications / hydrogen production.

Janete E. Zorzi (Doctor in Materials Science, UFRGS) - jezorzi@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: materials science and engineering with emphasis in advanced ceramics, alumina, boron carbide, zirconium tungstate, zirconia nanocrystalline, hard coatings on advanced ceramics, low-pressure injection molding, processing and characterization of ceramic materials.

Marcelo Giovanela (Doctor in Chemistry, UFSC. Postdoctoral fellow at Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans, France, in 2010) - mgiovan1@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: development, characterization and application of new materials for environmental management.

Maria Cristina Moré Farias (Doctor in Mechanical Engineering, USP. Postdoctoral fellow at USP in 2010) - mcmfarias@ucs.br or mariacmf10@gmail.com
Fields of expertise: tribology (friction, wear and lubrication) of materials and applied tribology, with emphasis on sliding wear and solid lubrication, mechanical properties of materials.

Mariana Roesch-Ely (Doctor in Dentistry - Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg) - mrely@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: Biomaterials, Biotechnology, Toxicity, Molecular Biology, Pathology, and Histology.

Otávio Bianchi (Doctor in Materials Science, UFRGS. Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minho, Portugal) - otavio.bianchi@gmail.com
Fields of expertise: polymer reactions, synthesis and characterization of polymers via reactive processing, synthesis, and characterization of hybrid silsesquioxane nanoparticles (POSS).

Robinson Carlos Dudley Cruz (PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Karlsruhe University, Germany) - robinson.cruz@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: ceramics and composites, mainly colloidal processing, functionalization of particle surface, rheology, development of feedstock for extrusion and injection molding of aluminas, silicates and glass ceramics.

Rosmary Nichele Brandalise (Doctor in Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UFRGS) - rnbranda@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: degradation and biodegradation of polymers, polymeric mixtures, composites, and biomaterials.

Sidnei Moura e Silva (Doctor in Toxicology and Analysis, USP. Postdoctoral fellow at the University Paris Sud-11, France) - smsilva11@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: organic synthesis, heterocycles, natural products, neurotoxins, drugs, neurotoxicity, liquid and gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and toxicology.

Thiago Barcellos da Silva (Doctor in Sciences (Organic Chemistry), USP. Postdoctoral fellow at University of Pennsylvania, USA in 2012) - tbsilva6@ucs.br
Fields of expertise: Design of chemo-enzymatic process for the synthesis of polymeric materials. Design and chemical characterization of new materials for catalytic process, including catalysts for biomass conversion to fuels, industrial and fine chemicals.
Structural characterization by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS).