Biography

I was born and raised in Uberlândia, Brazil. I studied Physics and Mathematics at the Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil, and completed my Ph.D. in Physics at the São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Afterwards, I spent nearly four years as an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Alfenas, Brazil. I also held research positions at the University of California, Davis, US, the University of Chicago, US, and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. In August 2019, I was appointed as a Lecturer in Physics in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Keele University, England.

Professional Experience

Lecturer in Physics (08/2019 to present)
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Keele University, England

Roles: 

• Programme Lead for MSc Renewable Energy (12/2025 to present)

• Physics/Astrophysics Admissions Tutor (08/2024 to present)

• PGR Lead for the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences (04/2023 to present)

• Theme Representative for Materials Science and Renewable Energy on the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Research Committee (11/2022 to 10/2024)

• Organizer of the seminar series for the Data Science Network (09/2020 to 12/2024)

• Year 1 tutor for Physics and Astrophysics (09/2021 to 05/2024)

Research Associate (11/2015 to 08/2019)
Faculty of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (Prof. Peter Kratzer’s group)
Research topics: surfaces, interfaces, 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures.
This position was partially funded (from 11/2018 to 08/2019) by an Individual Research Grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) - Temporary Positions for Principal Investigator

Postdoctoral Research Scholar (03/2014 to 11/2015)
Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, USA (Prof. Giulia Galli’s group)
Research topic: transition metal nitrides and oxides for photoelectrochemical water splitting.

Assistant Project Scientist (05/2013 to 03/2014)
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, USA (Prof. Giulia Galli’s group)
Research topic: transition metal nitrides and oxides for photoelectrochemical water splitting.

Assistant Professor of Physics (08/2009 to 04/2013)
Institute of Exact Science, University of Alfenas, Brazil
Research topics: nanomaterials and diluted magnetic semiconductors for spintronics.

Education

Ph.D. in Physics (03/2009)
Sao Carlos Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Thesis: Orbital magnetism in many-electron systems
Advisor: Prof Klaus Capelle

M.S. in Physics (02/2006)
Institute of Physics, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Thesis: Ge adsorption on SiC(0001): an ab initio study
Advisor: Prof Roberto Hiroki Miwa

B.S. in Mathematics (12/2005)
Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil

B.S. in Physics (08/2003)
Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil

Additional information

• Member of the UKRI Talent Peer Review College (since July 2025)

• Member of the RSC Solid State Chemistry Interest Group (since Dec 2023)

• Co-leader of the Interest Group Training and Skills Base of the Materials for Quantum Network (M4QN) (since Jan 2023)

• Co-organizer of the annual Workshop on Materials for Sustainability at Keele University (since Jan 2022)

• Organizer of the seminar series of the Data Science Network at Keele University (since Sep 2020)

• Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (IOP) and the Physica Scripta (IOP)