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Author: Verónica Savignano
New Year Message from B-MRS.
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
B-MRS Member is elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences.
Professor Sidney José Lima Ribeiro (UNESP Araraquara), a member of B-MRS, was elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) in December.
EurASc Fellows are elected through a process that consists of a nomination made by a member of the society, who must present curriculum information of the nominee and nomination and support letters, followed by acceptance of the application by the Society’s General Board. After that, the candidate is invited to be a Fellow.
Post-doctoral fellowship at Unesp Rio Claro.
Applications open by January 7, 2019.
More information, here.
(Português) Seleção para mestrado em Engenharia Ambiental (PPGEAMB) da Universidade Federal de Lavras.
Sorry, this entry is only available in Brazilian Portuguese.
Members of B-MRS are authors of a new book on Density Functional Theory.
The members of B-MRS Sérgio Ricardo de Lázaro (UEPG professor) and Luis Henrique da Silveira Lacerda (PhD student at UEL/UEPG/UNICENTRO) are the authors of the book “Teoria do Funcional da Densidade e Propriedades dos Materiais“, published by the Brazilian publishing house CRV. The book is co-authored by Renan Augusto Pontes Ribeiro, also a doctoral student of the program. The Density Functional Theory (DFT) is based on Quantum Mechanics and was applied in the area of Materials Chemistry.
More information about the book: https://editoracrv.com.br/produtos/detalhes/33536-crv
B-MRS Member is editor of Elsevier’s new book on photonic nanostructures.
Professor Luciana Reyes Pires Kassab (School of Technology of São Paulo, Fatec São Paulo), member of B-MRS, is co-editor of the book “Metal Nanostructures for Photonics”. Published by the Elsevier publishing house, the book discusses the photonic properties and applications of metallic nanostructures, as well as the preparation and characterization techniques of these materials. Professor Luciana R. Pires Kassab edited the book with Professor Cid Bartolomeu de Araujo (UFPE). More than 40 authors from different countries sign the book’s 12 chapters.
More information about the book: https://www.elsevier.com/books/metal-nanostructures-for-photonics/pires-kassab/978-0-08-102378-5
Three PD positions available for glass research.
Applications for postdoctoral fellowships are invited for conducting fundamental research at the Center for Research, Technology and Education in Vitreous Materials (CeRTEV) in São Carlos, Brazil; http://www.certev.ufscar.br. The period of the fellowship is two years, starting in April-June 2019, renewable for two additional years upon mutual consent.
CeRTEV is an 11-year (started in 2013) joint effort of the Federal University at São Carlos (UFSCar), the University of São Paulo (USP) and the State University of São Paulo (UNESP), to research the area of Functional Glasses and Glass-Ceramics.
The post-doctoral research will be focused on fundamental investigations by Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations, NMR and in-situ, high-temperature Raman Spectroscopy of structural links to kinetic processes (diffusion, viscous flow, relaxation, phase separation, crystallization) in supercooled liquids of interest to glass and glass-ceramic science. The researcher is expected to conduct the post-doc activities in one of the joint CeRTEV laboratories and supervised by one of our Principal Investigators in close collaboration with the other CeRTEV researchers and students.
Applicants should have a Ph.D. degree in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science or Engineering, previous experience with computer simulations, Raman spectroscopy or NMR, and have a genuine interest in conducting interdisciplinary research in an international environment. Previous experience in glass science, solid state physics or chemistry is advantageous. The language requirements are English, Spanish or Portuguese.
The monthly fellowships (non-taxable) include ca. BRL 7,300, -plus 15% professional expenses (e.g., for travel). Our post-docs from Canada, Russia, Iran, India, Colombia, Pakistan and Brazil typically spend from BRL2000 to BRL2500/month for comfortable living style. Travel expenses from and to their home countries will also be covered.
Please send your application including CV, list of publications, a 2-page research proposal, and the names and email addresses of two senior references by March 20, 2019 to the following persons: MD simulations: Profs. José Pedro Rino (djpr@ufscar.br) and Edgar D. Zanotto (dedz@ufscar.br) – Raman Spectroscopy, Prof. Paulo Sergio Pizani (pizani@ufscar.br), NMR – Prof. Hellmut Eckert (eckert@ifsc.usp.br). Please always copy Laurie Leal: certevlamav@gmail.com.
Postdoctoral fellowship position.
Funded by FAPESP, a postdoctoral fellowship position is open at the Physics Institute (IF) of the University of São Paulo (USP) in the framework of the project “FLINLPFunctional Lattice Instabilities in naturally layered Perovskites”.
This is a bi-lateral cooperation project among groups at USP in São Paulo and at the University of Porto (UP), in Portugal, with support from FAPESP (Brazil) and FCT (Portugal). More information about the project can be found in https://bv.fapesp.br/en/auxilios/101517.
The candidate must have a PhD in Physics, Materials Science or related areas with experience in computer simulations through ab-initio electronic structure calculations in the framework of the Density Functional Theory (DFT).
The inscription into the selection process can be made by sending (in pdf format) to the email hmpetril@if.usp.br of Profa. Helena Maria Petrilli :
a) an up to date curriculum vitae with photo ;
b) a one-page personal statement;
c) full contact details (including email addresses) of 2 professional references.
The initial submission deadline is December 17, 2018, but may be open until the position is fulfilled with all FAPESP requirements.
This opportunity is open to candidates of any nationalities.
The selected candidate will receive a FAPESP’s Post-Doctoral fellowship in the amount of R$ 7,373.10 per month and a research contingency fund, equivalent to 15% of the annual value of the fellowship which should be spent in items directly related to the research activities. The candidates should have completed their doctoral programs no more than seven years prior to application. More information about the fellowship can be found at: http://www.fapesp.br/en/postdoc .
B-MRS Newsletter. Year 5, issue 11.
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