Master students

Gustavo Henrique de Faria Candido


Academics:
Master in Chemistry and graduated in Chemistry from the State University of Campinas (2023). He is part of the Materials Simulation Laboratory at Unicamp (UMSL) in the area of Heterogeneous Catalysis under the guidance of Professor Dr. Miguel Angel San Miguel Barrera, from the Department of Chemical Physics at IQ-Unicamp. He has experience in the search for potential catalytic sites in bimetallic MN nanoparticles of 13 atoms (M and N = Pd, Pt, or Ni) for the water-gas shift reaction.

Contact information:
g217463@dac.unicamp.br

Scientific interests:

    Computational chemistry that deals with both development and applications such as:
  • Heterogeneous Catalysis;
  • Bimetallic Nanoparticles;
  • Water-Gas Shift Reaction;
  • Materials Simulation;
  • Computational Modeling

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PhD students

Thomas A. C. Martins


Academics:
Bachelor’s degrees in Chemistry, including a teaching certification, from UFPR (2022). Master’s in Chemistry from PPGQ-UFPR (2025), with a focus on Analytical Chemistry. Currently a doctoral student at CPQIQ-UNICAMP, specializing in Physical Chemistry. Conducts research at the UNICAMP Materials Simulation Lab, focusing on the theoretical investigation of transition metal tungstates as potential photocatalysts for reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation for antibacterial activity.

Contact information:
t258045@dac.unicamp.br

Scientific interests:

  • Theoretical condensed matter chemistry;
  • Density Functional Theory.
  • Design of functional materials with photocatalytic potential.
  • First principle studies of solid surfaces in the context of a periodic approximation.

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Felipe Lipsky Gonzalez


Academics:
BSc in Chemistry with a Environmental Chemistry major by University of São Paulo (USP, Ribeirão Preto). MS in Physical Chemistry by University of Campinas (UNICAMP).

Contact information:
felipe-lipsky@gmail.com

Scientific interests:

  • Theoretical condensed matter chemistry;
  • Density Functional Theory.

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Laura Menezes Silva


Academics:
BSc Chemistry degree at UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense). MS in Physical Chemistry by University of Campinas (UNICAMP).

Contact information:
lauramenezes@id.uff.br

Scientific interests:

  • Electrochemical systems, particularly focused on energy harvesting;
  • Biomass oxidation;
  • Carbon dioxide reduction;
  • Analysis of perovskits like materials.

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Manoel Victor Frutuoso Barrionuevo


Academics:
BSc in Environmental Chemistry by São Paulo State University (UNESP, São José do Rio Preto), and MS in Inorganic Chemistry by University of Campinas (UNICAMP).

Contact information:
manoelvfb@gmail.com

Scientific interests:

  • Machine learning;
  • Data mining;
  • Molecular docking;
  • Regioselectivity determination;
  • Condensed matter and inorganic materials.

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