Meet researchers from IDOR and other science and technology institutions collaborating on Ciência Pioneira projects.
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from UFRJ and postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Diego. His contributions to science have been recognized with the National Medal of Scientific Merit (2023). He has also held research positions at the Usona and Promega Institutes in the United States. His current research focuses on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), brain organoids, and the effects of psychedelic substances, including LSD, 5-MeO-DMT, and ayahuasca.
Bachelor's degree in biology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and a Ph.D. in genetics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). After a postdoctoral fellowship in microbiology and immunology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), he joined the Department of Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution faculty at UFMG. His research focuses on various viruses, including HIV, HCV, SIV, Dengue, Chikungunya, Oropouche, Zika, Yellow Fever, and Covid-19.
Bachelor’s in biology and Ph.D. in biophysics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). She conducted postdoctoral research in molecular pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), supported by a Pew Latin American Fellowship. Currently an Associate Professor at UFRJ, her research interests include molecular pharmacology, neuropharmacology, cannabinoid receptors, vanilloid receptors, and pain mechanisms.
B.S. in biological sciences and Ph.D. in biological chemistry from UFRJ, followed by postdoctoral training in the neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease at Northwestern University (USA). Currently an associate professor at UFRJ, her research focuses on Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and other neurodegenerative diseases.
M.D. and Ph.D. in clinical medicine from the University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP-USP) and completed his postdoctoral training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. He is currently a full professor at FMRP-USP, where his research focuses on hematological neoplasms, pathophysiology, and the development of new treatment strategies for acute leukemias.
Ph.D. in human pathology from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and is a public health researcher at the Gonçalo Moniz Institute (Fiocruz-BA) and IDOR. His research focuses on cell therapy, regenerative medicine, gene editing, CRISPR/Cas9 technology, and biomarker studies.
Quantum engineer and assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), specializing in the influence of quantum physics on biology at the nanoscale. Her notable achievements include the development of nanosensors that use quantum effects to accurately measure temperature in noisy environments.
Founder and chief scientist of Bright Photomedicine. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of São Paulo (USP), including a one-year sandwich fellowship at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Harvard Medical School. His work focuses on photomedicine, laser-tissue interactions, low-intensity lasers, biomedical optics, and photoneuromodulation.
Full Professor in the Department of Physics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), specializing in optical scientific instrumentation for nanostructure research. His contributions have been recognized by prestigious awards, including the Somiya Award (2009), Scopus Brasil (2009), ICTP Prize (2012), Georg Forster Research Award (2015), and the Medal of the Inconfidência Mineira (2016).
B.S. in psychology from PUCRS and a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Oxford University, where he also completed a postdoctoral fellowship supported by the Wellcome Trust. Currently a researcher in the Max Planck Tandem Research Group at the University of São Paulo’s Institute of Biosciences, focusing on neurophysiology, psychophysics, and cognitive and experimental psychology.
B.S. in physics from Unicamp and a Ph.D. in physics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), followed by postdoctoral work at Imperial College London. Currently a full professor at UFRJ, his research explores quantum optics, quantum mechanics, and open quantum systems. He has active international collaborations with research groups at UFMG and in Australia, France, Italy, Spain, England, and Singapore.
B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. in physics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), where he is currently a full professor. His expertise is in condensed matter physics, focusing on quantum optics, quantum information, and foundations of quantum mechanics.
B.S. in physical sciences from the University of Buenos Aires and a Ph.D. in physics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where he is currently an associate professor. After his Ph.D. studies, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Calgary (2015-2016). He specializes in quantum information, quantum optics, entanglement generation and manipulation, quantum communication, and quantum metrology. He is currently a CNPq level 2 researcher.
Psychologist with a master's and a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of São Paulo (USP) Institute of Psychology. He has also completed postdoctoral work at both Oxford University and Coventry University. He is a researcher at IDOR and the Psychiatric Institute of the USP Hospital das Clínicas. His research interests include the social psychology of religion, spirituality, religion and health, dissociation, dissociative disorders, and trance phenomena in religious contexts.
IDOR researcher with a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Sussex, specializing in the interaction between culture, cognition, and behavior. His research uses experimental and observational methods to understand how individual differences in values, personality, and unusual experiences shape diverse human groups.
B.S. in biological sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and a Ph.D. in morphological sciences from the UFRJ, in collaboration with the D'Or Institute for Research and Teaching (IDOR). His research focuses on the evolutionary and neural basis of cooperation and social behavior. He currently contributes his expertise to the Neuroscience of Values and Beliefs group at Pioneer Science.
B.S. in physics from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora and a Ph.D. in education from USP. His academic career includes positions at the Federal University of São Paulo and ABC University. His research explores the intersection between neuroscience and education, particularly how emotions influence learning and decision-making.
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