Team

Optical and Luminescent Materials

Andrea de Camargo

Chemist, Professor

Profile and Research interests

andreasc@ifsc.usp.br

Gustavo Galleani

Chemist, Post-doctoral

Project:  Preparation of fluoride-phosphate glass and glassceramics doped with rare-earth ions for potential use as radiation detectors

gugalleani@yahoo.com.br

Leonnam Gotardo Merízio

Chemist, Post-doctoral

Project:  Luminescent materials incorporated to glasses: New composites for application in safety lighting and radiation detection

lmerizio@iq.usp.br

Walter José Faria 

Computational Physicist, PhD Student

Project:  Theoretical-experimental approaches to the radiative properties of trivalent rare-earth ions in glass materials

walter.faria@usp.br

Marylyn Setsuko Arai

Chemist, PhD Student

Project:  Nanomaterials-based luminescent sensors for bacteria detection and quantification

arai@usp.br

Raquel Riciati do Couto Vilela

Physicist, PhD Student

Project:  Luminescent host-host systems based on coordination compounds: Synthesis, characterization and applications

raquelvilela@usp.br

Thiago Augusto Lodi

Food Engineer, PhD Student

Project:  Ionizing radiation detectors based on phosphates and fluorophosphates glasses doped with trivalent rare earth ions

augustolodi@usp.br 

Pedro Felipe Garcia Martins da Costa

Chemist, PhD Student

Project:  Functionalized luminescent nanostructures for multifunctional biophotonics applications

costapedro@usp.br

Vinicius Duarte Jesus

Physicist, PhD Student

Project: Direct laser writing of waveguides in co-doped rare-earth and silver containing fluoride-phosphate glasses

vinicius.duarte.jesus@usp.br

Vitor de Lima Reis

Physicist Engineer, MSc Student 

Project:  Rare-earth ions doped glass and glass ceramics for high energy radiation detection

vitorlima.reis@usp.br

Gabriel Vinícius Brambilla

Scientific Initiation

Project:  Synthesis and characterization of luminescent nanoparticles for application in supramolecular systems

gabrambilla@usp.br

Giulia Alves dos Santos

Scientific Initiation

Project:  Development of gold nanostructures for the intensity modulation of luminescent nanomaterials

giuliaquim@usp.br

Leonardo da Cruz Rea

Scientific Initiation

Project:  Functionalized Upconversion Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy Usage

leonardocr@usp.br

Thales Eduardo Quadros Bastos

Scientific Initiation

Project:  Theoretical prospection for the optimization of Luminescence Intensity Ratio in Optical Thermometry

thaleseduardoqb@usp.br

Akira Yamashiro

Scientific Initiation

Project: High energy radiation detectors based on scintillating glass composites

akirayamashiro@usp.br

Pedro dos Santos Silva

Scientific Initiation

Project: Automated Data Analysis in Spectroscopic Measurements

p.santos@usp.br

Letícia Cerqueira Vasconcelos

Scientific Initiation

Project: Lanthanide ion doped luminescent nanoparticles supported in glassy hosts for chemical and biological sensors

leticiacvasconcelos@usp.br

Isabella Porcionato Arantes

Scientific Initiation

Project: Evaluation of the influence of dense and porous silica coatings on the photophysical properties of nanostructures

isabellaaranttes@usp.br 

Mabily Bilancieri Rosa

Scientific Initiation

Project: Development of a rector for in situ monitoring of reaction parameters and emission of quantum dots

mabily_bilancieri@usp.br 

Roberto Fukuhara

Electronics technician

fukuhara@ifsc.usp.br

Magnetic Resonance

Hellmut Eckert

Chemist, Professor

Profile and Research interests

 eckert@ifsc.usp.br

Bianca Machado Cerrutti

Chemist, Post-doctoral

Project:  Correlation between structure and properties in melt cooled and mesoporous bioglasses containing boron using Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

 bicerr@gmail.com

Henrik Bradtmüller

Chemist, Post-doctoral

Project:  Elucidating structural rearrangements during glass relaxation and crystallization

mail@bradtmueller.net

Anuraag Gaddam

Materials Engineer, Post-doctoral

Project:  Compositional-structure-property correlations in boron containing bioglasses, elucidated by solid state magnetic resonance

anuraagg@usp.br

Millena Logrado dos Santos

Physicist, PhD Student

Project:  Incorporation of group-13 elements into bioactive glasses: new structure and function relations uncovered by advanced solid-state NMR techniques

 millena.santos@usp.br