The decision to use the name "Gaia" was inspired by teachings of James Lovelock, who introduced the "Gaia hypothesis" in the 1960s. To honour the intelectual/academic approach of viewing Planet Earth as an interrelated living system, the group is contributing to disseminate this line of thought by applying the name "Gaia" within a scientific context.
The interested reader can find out more about the Gaia-hypothesis and related concepts from the books below.
A decisão de usar o nome "Gaia" foi inspirada nos ensinamentos de James Lovelock, que introduziu a "hipótese Gaia" na década de 1960. Para honrar a abordagem intelectual/acadêmica de ver o Planeta Terra como um sistema vivente e inter-relacionado, o grupo está contribuindo para disseminar esta linha de pensamento ao aplicar o nome “Gaia” dentro de um contexto científico.
O leitor interessado pode descobrir mais sobre a hipótese de Gaia e conceitos relacionados nos livros abaixo.
Lovelock, James (2000) Gaia - A new Look at Life on Earth, Oxford University Press, 176 pages, ISBN-10: 0192862189.
Tyrrell, Toby (2013) On Gaia - A Critical Investigation of the Relationship between Life and Earth, Princeton University Press, 320 pages, ISBN-10: 0691121583.
Noble, Denis (2017) Dance to the Tune of Life, Cambridge University Press, 302 pages, ISBN-10:1107176247.
People
Prof. Dr. Marius N. Müller
Project: "Overseeing change and equilibrium of the laboratory"
Outside the lab: Capoeira-Angola and hypnosis.
Current members
Me. Luiz Gustavo de Sales Jannuzzi
Project: "Bioremediation of marine ecosystems" (Postgraduation - PhD)
Outside the lab: Beachyolleyball.
Gabriel Carlos Rodrigues da Silva
Project: "Evaluation of biomass produced by microalgae using Algal Turf Scrubber (ATS) photobioreactors" (Postgraduation - Master)
Outside the lab:
Raquel Yohanna da Silva
Project:"Bioremediation and biomass production with microalgae" (TCC - PRH 38.1)
Outside the lab: Reading a good book.
Yohannah Michelle Soares de Araújo
Project: "Micrograzing in tropical and antarctic surface waters" (TCC-Oceanografia)
Outside the lab:
Associates
Marina Tonetti Botana
Post-Doc at Karolinska Institutet (Sweden).
Rolando Esteban Clavijo Arcos
PhD-student at ETH Zürich (Switzerland).
Interns (Estagiários)
Aleff Samuel Rodrigues da Silva Gomes (PIBIC - CNPq)
Pedro Henrique Correia da Silva (PIBIC - CNPq)
Alumni
Me. Celina Rebeca Valença Carneiro (CV - Lattes)
Dr. Orione Alvares Da Silva (CV - Lattes)
Graziela Hanny Claudino de Souza e Silva (CV-Lattes)
Nana Hocke (Internship from Germany)