FAPESP Post-Doctoral Fellow in Brazil in the area of Physical-Chemical Education.

Abstract

The Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos (IQSC) of the University of São Paulo (USP) is offering a postdoctoral fellowship linked to the Thematic Project – FAPESP “Study and application of electrochemical technology for the analysis and degradation of endocrine interferents: materials, sensors, processes and scientific dissemination “coordinated by Prof. Dr. Marcos Lanza.

The project aims at the production of new materials with electrocatalytic activity and their application in electrochemical analysis sensors and in advanced effluent treatment processes. In addition to the publication of the scientific knowledge through scientific articles, the dissemination of results will also occur through scientific popularization. Through the production of didactical material to improve the teaching of physicochemistry in Basic Education and the realization of interactive expositions open to students and the general population, it is hoped to arouse interest in science, especially among school-age youth.

Requirements

The candidate should be involved in the development of research on scientific dissemination and the teaching of physicochemistry in Basic Education (students aged between 10 and 18 years). In this sense, the fellow is expected to be able to delineate research questions and design data collection strategies that allow the development of scientific dissemination and chemical education activities, with publication of the results in national and international journals in the area of Chemical Education.

Must have immediate availability to reside in São Carlos/SP/Brazil and have completed a doctorate for less than 7 years.

If selected, the candidate will have a FAPESP postdoctoral fellowship (www.fapesp.br/270) in the monthly amount of R $ 7,174.80 (approximately US $ 1,700.00 US dollars per month) for 24 months.

Entries should be made through the email marcoslanza@usp.br to the supervisor, Prof. Dr. Marcos Lanza, until March 03, 2019. The following documents must be attached to the e-mail:

1) Curriculum Vitae containing the academic training and publications (maximum of 4 pages). Experience in international publications and in the Physical Chemistry and Education fields must be proven.

2) Letter of the candidate justifying the interest on the vacancy (maximum of 200 words).

3) Work plan of two research proposals related to the topics of scientific dissemination and chemical education of this project containing objective, theoretical reference, data collection instruments and international periodical of interest for submission (maximum of 5 pages).

Post-doctoral Scholarship in Methane Conversion.

Nº: 0001

Field of knowledge: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering and related areas.

FAPESP process: 2017/11937-4

Project title: Conversion of methane at ultrahigh temperature through thermochemical redox reactions.

Working area: Oxide-based Cathalysts, Thermochemical Reactors, Gas analysis.

Number of places: 1

Main investigator: André S. Ferlauto.

Unit/Instituition: CECS/UFABC.

Deadline for submissions: 2019-02-23.

Publishing date: 2019-01-24.

Address: Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciência Sociais Aplicadas, UFABC, Santo André, SP – Brazil

E-mail for proposal submission: andre.ferlauto@ufabc.edu.br

Summary

The Center for Innovation on New Energies (CINE) at Federal University of ABC (UFABC) is seeking to hire one post-doctoral researcher to work in methane conversion, preferably with knowledge in more than one of the following areas: heterogeneous catalysis, oxide-based cathalysts, gas analysis techniques (gas chromatography and mass spectrometry), thermochemical reactions at high temperature.

The UFABC M2P Lab has two permanent faculty members as well as several undergraduate and graduate students, and it is a part of the division 3 of the CINE, a new Shell – FAPESP Engineering Research Center, funded to develop new technological routes to convert methane into chemicals, amongst other goals.

Located at Santo André city, in the region known as ABC (São Paulo state), Federal University of ABC (UFABC) is one of the youngest Brazilian universities. Founded in 2006, today it operates two campuses, both still partly under construction, but has already established a reputation for high-level interdisciplinary research and teaching.

The positions are for two years, with a possibility for extension.

Applications should include a CV (including a list of publications), research statement, and three letters of recommendation, all submitted through e-mail to: andre.ferlauto@ufabc.edu.br.

Review of applications will begin on January 24th, 2019 and willcontinue until the position has been filled. An interview through remoteconnection will be requested for applicants. The starting date for successful candidates is flexible but is anticipated to be as soon as March 1st.

This opportunity is open to candidates of any nationalities. The selected candidate will receive a Post-Doctoral scholarship in the amount of R$ 7,373.10 monthly.

B-MRS member is distinguished with the title of Professor Honoris Causa of the Federal University of Ceará.

Prof. Oswaldo Luiz Alves
Prof. Oswaldo Luiz Alves

Professor Oswaldo Luiz Alves (IQ – UNICAMP), a member of B-MRS, was awarded the title of Professor Honoris Causa of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). The title was granted by the University Council of the institution on December 17, 2018. In addition to being a full professor of UNICAMP, Alves has been a collaborating professor of the Graduate Program in Physics of UFC for more than 30 years.

In October 2018, Professor Alves received another important distinction, the admission to the Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit in the Grand Cross class.

B-MRS Newsletter. Year 5, issue 12.

 

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Newsletter of the
Brazilian Materials
Research Society

Year 5, issue 12. December 21, 2018.

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New Year Message

With this New Year Message, I greet the entire B-MRS community in Brazil and abroad.

There is great expectation that in 2019 Brazil will resume its investments in science, technology and innovation, which we believe to be minimally necessary for the continuation of our system, developed with tremendous effort over the last decades. For the meeting that the academic community had with the future minister of science and technology in early December 2018, the main suggestion B-MRS sent was about reinstating the budget in the area. It is known that Brazil needs to invest much more in the generation of knowledge to solve its serious economic and social problems.

Reinstating the budget is merely the first and most urgent step given the situation of universities and research centers in the country. Also important and part of B-MRS ‘s suggestions is the emphasis on partnerships between ministries to address the problems of society at large, which always entail knowledge, technology and innovation, and the search for synergy with the private sector to transform knowledge into wealth and social well-being.

The materials area in particular has proved to be essential for any and all development. From fundamental discoveries of basic science for the understanding of nature and the conquest of space, to applications in medicine and agriculture, areas that today advance significantly from new materials and methodologies created to study them. In Brazil, for example, the inauguration of the first phase of Sirius, a new source of synchrotron light, at the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials, revealed a masterpiece of materials science and engineering. Even more relevant is that much of this technology is Brazilian.

B-MRS has continuously strived to provide space for researchers from Brazil and abroad to communicate and discuss their scientific and technological contributions and to seek partnerships for new challenges in a highly multidisciplinary field. Our last meeting in Natal (RN), in September 2018, repeated the success of previous editions with this perspective. Some of the many advances in materials science and technology have been highlighted in the B-MRS Newsletters, as a sample of the quality work being done in Brazil. B-MRS also considers scientific dissemination as strategic. In 2018 it created a new section of the Newsletter, entitled “From idea to innovation,” with special reports on the effect of technologies that reached society.

I end by thanking the B-MRS community, wishing all much health and success in 2019, and hoping to meet many of you in our next Meeting at Balneário Camboriú (SC), September 22-26.

Professor Osvaldo Novais de Oliveira Junior
President of B-MRS

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XVIII B-MRS Meeting/ Encontro da SBPMat
(Balneário Camboriú, SC, Brazil, September 22 – 26, 2019)

The event website is up and running! www.sbpmat.org.br/18encontro/

Symposia. 23 symposia proposed by the international scientific community were approved by the organization and comprise this edition of the event. See the symposia list, here.

Abstract submission. The submission of abstracts is open until April 15. Approval, modification, or rejection notifications will be sent by May 31. Final notices for abstracts needing modification will be sent by June 21.

Student awards. To participate in the Bernhard Gross Award, authors must submit an extended abstract by July 11 in addition to the conventional abstract. Learn more, here.

Registrations. Registration is now open. More information, here.

Venue. The meeting will be held in the delightful Balneário Camboriú (State of Santa Catarina, Brazil), at the Hotel Sibara Flat & Conventions, located in the center of the city, close to many hotels, restaurants and shops, and only 100 meters from the sea. More information, here.

Memorial lecture. The traditional Memorial Lecture Joaquim da Costa Ribeiro will be given by Professor Yvonne Primerano Mascarenhas (IFSC – USP).

Plenary lectures. Leading scientists from institutions in Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States will deliver plenary talks on border issues at the event. There will also be a plenary session by the Brazilian scientist Antônio José Roque da Silva, director of CNPEM and the Sirius project (new Synchrotron Light Lab). Learn more about the plenary sessions, here.

Organization. The chair of the event is Professor Ivan Helmuth Bechtold (Physics Department of UFSC) and the co-chair is Professor Hugo Gallardo (Department of Chemistry of UFSC). The program committee is formed by professors Iêda dos Santos (UFPB), José Antônio Eiras (UFSCar), Marta Rosso Dotto (UFSC) and Mônica Cotta (Unicamp). Get to know all the organizers, here.

Exhibitors and sponsors. 9 companies have already confirmed their participation in the event. Those interested in booking booths or participating with other forms of sponsorship can contact Alexandre at the e-mail comercial@sbpmat.org.br.

News from B-MRS Members

– B-MRS member Prof. Sidney José Lima Ribeiro (UNESP Araraquara) was elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. Know more.

– B-MRS member Prof. Luciana Reyes Pires Kassab (Fatec São Paulo) is co-editor of Elsevier’s new book on photonic nanostructures. Know more.

– B-MRS members Prof. Sérgio Ricardo de Lázaro and Luis Henrique da Silveira Lacerda (UEPG) are authors of a new book on Density Functional Theory. Know more.

Reading Tips

– A Brazilian scientific team obtained the largest sheet of graphene ever reported with a simple and low-cost chemical method. The work is the cover article of the flagship journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and was published in the RSC release (Chemical Science). Know more.

– Scientists are able to film microparticles colliding with metals at high speed and, based on the data obtained, they can predict what can occur with the particle and the material. The study can benefit industrial processes based on the impact of microparticles on surfaces (Nature Communications). Know more.

– When conducting experiments with gold nanoparticles, scientists discover an unexpected way of light – matter interaction, which can help develop optical nanoantennas and nanocomponents (ACS Nano). Know more.

Opportunities

Postdoctoral positions for glass research at CeRTEV (São Carlos, Brazil). Know more.

Events

Escola de Fabricação e Caracterização de Nanomateriais e Nanodispositivos. Duque de Caxias, RJ (Brazil). February 18 – 22, 2019. Site.

International Workshop on Advanced Magnetic Oxides (IWAMO 2019). Aveiro (Portugal). April 15 – 17, 2019. Site.

2019 E-MRS Spring Meeting e IUMRS – ICAM. Nice (France). May 27 – 31, 2019. Site.

XVIII B-MRS Meeting. Balneário Camboriú, SC (Brazil). September 22 – 26, 2019. Site.

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