Professors – Faculty and Areas of Research

Faculty and Areas of Research

ABDELMOUBINE AMAR HENNI
He holds an undergraduate degree in Theoretical Physics from Université d’Oran Es-Senia (2001), a master’s degree in Theoretical Physics from Université d’Oran Es-Senia (2005) and a doctoral degree in Geometry from International School for Advanced Studies (2009). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at UFSC. He has experience in the area of Mathematics with emphasis on Algebraic Geometry, working mainly with: ADHM construction, Hilbert scheme of points, perverse instantons and instanton.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2745843382864439
Supervises master’s students.
ALCIDES BUSS
CNPq Research Productivity Fellow  – Level 2
He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Computational Science from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2000), a master’s degree in Mathematics and Computational Science from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2003) and a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Westifälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany (2007). He has experience in the area of Mathematics with emphasis on Operator Algebras (Functional Analyzis), working mainly with: non-commutative dynamical systems, quantum groups, fell bundles, inverse semigroups and groupoids.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0652935816170371
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
ANTONIO CARLOS GARDEL LEITÃO
CNPq Research Productivity Fellow  – Level 1B
He holds an undergraduate degree in Computing from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1990), a master’s degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1992), and a doctoral degree from Goethe Universität, Frankfurt (1997). Currently, he is an Associate Professor at UFSC. He was a visiting researcher at Kepler Universität (Linz, 2000), Radon Institut (Linz, 2003), Goethe Universität (Frankfurt/M, 2009) and IMPA (Rio de Janeiro, 2014). He has experience in the area of Applied Mathematics with emphasis on Numerical Analysis. His main research topics are: inverse problems, interactive methods, and regularization theory.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4744886169495346
Supervises masters and doctoral students.
CLEVERSON ROBERTO DA LUZ
CNPq Research Productivity Fellow – Level 2He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal de Ponta Grossa (2002), a master’s degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2005), and a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2009). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UFSC. He has experience in Mathematics with emphasis on Partial Differential Equations, working mainly with the following subjects: evolution equations, existence and uniqueness of solutions, asymptotic behavior of solutions, exact controllability.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0190407106880826 
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
 DANIEL GONÇALVES – (Deputy Coordinator 2018-2020)
CNPq Research Productivity Fellow – Level 2.He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Computational Science from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1998), a master’s degree in Mathematics and Computational Science from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2001), a doctoral degree in Mathematics from University of Victoria, Canada (2006), and postdoctoral degrees from University of Victoria (2006) and University of Ottawa (2006-2007). Currently, he is an Associate Professor at UFSC, secretary of the southern region of the Brazilian Mathematical Society (SBM) and coordinator of the cooperation agreements between UFSC and Ottawa, Canada, and between UFSC and Wollongong, Australia. He has experience in Mathematics, working mainly with the following subjects: C*-algebras, rings and algebras associated with combinatorial objects, dynamic systems, and symbolic dynamics.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6681475115643656
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
DANILO ROYER
He holds an undergraduate degree (licenciatura) in Mathematics from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1998), a master’s degree in Mathematics and Computational Science from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2000), a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2004) and a postdoctoral degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2005). Currently, he works as an Associate Professor at UFSC. His research interests are Operator Theory and C*-algebras.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9882879180162278
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
 DOUGLAS SOARES GONÇALVES
He holds an undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2006), a doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2013) and a postdoctoral degree from IRISA, Université de Rennes 1, France (2014). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at UFSC. His research interests are Optimization, Quantum Information Theory and Distance Geometry.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6195313452069297
Supervises master’s students.
ELIEZER BATISTA
He holds an undergraduate degree in Physics from Universidade de São Paulo (1990), a master’s degree in Physics from Universidade de São Paulo (1993) and a doctoral degree in Physics from the Institute for Theoretical Physics (IFT) at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1997). He carried out postdoctoral research at the Institute of Physics of the Universidade de São Paulo (IFUSP) between April 1997 and February 1998, at the Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, between September 2001 and August 2002, and  at the Department of Mathematics of the Université Libre de Bruxelles between January 2013 and January 2014. Nowadays, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UFSC. His research focuses mainly on Algebra and Mathematical Physics, with emphasis on the following topics: non-commutative geometry, quantum groups, Hopf algebras, monoidal categories and operator algebras.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8647463476122200
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
FABIO SILVA BOTELHO
He holds an undergraduate degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica ITA (1992), a master’s degree in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica ITA (1996), and a doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics from Virginia Tech – USA (2009). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UFSC. His research interests are: functional analysis, convex analysis, calculus of variations and duality applied to physics and engineering problems.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8476129194599888
Supervises master’s students.
FERMÍN SINFORIANO VILOCHE BAZÁN
CNPq Research Productivity Fellow  – Level 2
He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (1978), a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1991) and a doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1993). He carried out postdoctoral research in Belgium (1997-1999) and at CERFACS in Toulouse, France (2004-2005). Currently, he is an Associate Professor at UFSC. He has experience in Applied Mathematics with emphasis on Numerical Analysis and Computational Science, working mainly with: stability analysis in Computational Science, theoretical and practical development of methods in inverse problems, parametric identification, eingenvalues and singular values.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6878108362835584
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
GILLES GONÇALVES DE CASTRO
He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Computational Science from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2003), a master’s degree in Mathematics and Computational Science from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2005) and a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Université d’Orléans (2009). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at UFSC. He has experience in Mathematics, working mainly with the following subjects: C* -algebras, KMS states, groupoids, and inverse semigroups.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2823925789462856 
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
 Giuliano Boava
He holds a master’s degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2007) and a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (2011). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at UFSC. He works with Algebra and Operator Algebras, with emphasis on universal algebras and C*-algebras, partial actions and inverse semigroups.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4918706756138339
Supervises master’s students.
IGOR MOZOLEVSKI
He holds an undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics from Belorussian State University (1972), a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Belorussian State University (1974) and a doctoral degree in Mathematical Physics and Partial Differential Equations from Belorussian State University (1978). Currently, he is a Full Professor at UFSC. He has experience in Mathematics with emphasis on Partial Differential Equations, working mainly with: discontinous and stabilized finite element methods, discontinous Galerkin finite element methods for homogenous and heterogenous interface problems, computational mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, and petroleum reservoir simulations.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8931042370763809
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
 JAÚBER CAVALCANTE DE OLIVEIRA
He holds an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1992), a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Federal do Ceará (1989), a doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (1997), and a postdoctoral degree from University of Pittsburgh (2011). Currently, he is an Associate Professor at UFSC. He has experience in Partial Differential Equations, with focus on the existence, uniqueness, stability and asymptotic behavior of solutions of nonlinear systems of partial differential equations.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5904412851004861
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
IVAN PONTUAL COSTA E SILVA
He holds an undergraduate degree in Physics from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (1992), a master’s degree in Physics from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (1996) and a doctoral degree in Physics from Universidade de São Paulo (2001). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. He has experience in the area of Mathematical Physics with emphasis on Mathematical Methods of General Relativity and Global Lorentzian Geometry. His current interests include: connection between causal and topological structures in spacetime, singularity theorems and topological censorship.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9422893357132293
Supervises master’s students.
JULIANO DE BEM FRANCISCO
He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Computational Sciences from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2000), a master’s degree in Mathematics and Computational Sciences from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2002), and a doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2005). He carried out postdoctoral research at IMECC-Universidade Estadual de Campinas in 2005 and at the École des Ponts Paris Tech (ENPC), France, in 2010. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at UFSC. He has experience in Applied Mathematics with emphasis on Numerical Optimization.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4650775659020101
Supervises master’s students.
LEANDRO BATISTA MORGADO
He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Computational Science from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) an undergraduate degree in Law from Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (Univali), a master’s degree in Legal Science from Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (Univali) and a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Currently, he is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UFSC.
Curriculum Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0804197176549919
Supervises master’s students.
LEONARDO KOLLER SACHT
He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Computational Science from UFSC, a master’s degree in Mathematics (Computer Graphics) and a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UFSC. His main research interests are image processing, geometry processing and numerical analysis.
Curriculum Lattes:  http://lattes.cnpq.br/9919593157262527 
Supervises master’s students.
LUCIANO BEDIN
He holds an undergraduate degree (Licenciatura) in Mathematics from Universidade de Passo Fundo (2000), a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2002) and a doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2005). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at UFSC. He develops research in Applied Mathematics.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9101295277192393 
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
MAICON MARQUES ALVES
CNPq Research Productivity Fellow – Level 2
He holds an undergraduate degree from Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (2003), a master’s degree from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2005), a doctoral degree from Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada – IMPA (2009) and a postdoctoral degree from Georgia Institute of Technology (2016). Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UFSC. He has experience in Applied Mathematics, with emphasis on the theory, algorithms and applications of Convex Analysis and Optimization. His current research concerns the development and complexity analysis of proximal algorithms and their applications in large-scale problems in Convex Optimization.
Curriculum Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5844825538055336
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
MARCELO SOBOTTKA (PPGMTM Coordinator 2018-2020)
CNPq Research Productivity Fellow  – Level 2
He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics (Licenciatura) from Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (2000), a master’s degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2001) and a doctoral degree in Mathematical Engineering from Universidad de Chile (2005).  He carried out postdoctoral research in the Department of Statistical Methods at Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) and in the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics at Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil). He worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Engineering at Universidad de Concepción (Chile). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UFSC. He has experience in Mathematics and Probability, with emphasis on Dynamical Systems, working mainly with: dynamical systems, symbolic dynamics, ergodic theory and discrete-time particle systems.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9524322570995295
Supervises master’s students.
MARIANNA RAVARA VAGO
She holds an undergraduate degree (2007) and a master’s degree (2009) in Mathematics from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, a doctoral double degree in Mathematics (2013) from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Universidad de Valladolid (Spain), and a postdoctoral degree from IRMAR, Université de Rennes 1, France. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Her research interests are: holomorphic foliations, reduction of singularities, complex geometry and topology.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6998985372838049
Supervises master’s students.
MATHEUS CHEQUE BORTOLAN
He holds an undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, a master’s degree in Mathematics (2009) and a doctoral degree in Mathematics (2013) from the Universidade de São Paulo.  He also carried out postdoctoral research in the Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Comunicação – ICMC/USP in the areas of nonlinear dynamic systems, ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations. Currently, he is a professor and researcher at the Department of Mathematics, UFSC.
Lattes Curriculum:  http://lattes.cnpq.br/5685727906758384
Supervises master’s students.
MIGUEL ANGEL ALEJO PLANA
Research Grant CNPq – Level 2
He holds a doctoral degree in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations from Basque Country University (2010) and postdoctoral degrees from University of Bonn, Germany (2011-12) and University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2012-13). Currently, he is a professor and researcher at the Department of Mathematics, UFSC. His field of expertise is Mathematical Analysis, with emphasis on nonlinear PDEs and biomathematics and complex systems.
Curriculum Lattes:  http://lattes.cnpq.br/5546115588679639
Supervises master’s students.
MYKOLA KHRYPCHENKO
He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University (2007), a master’s degree in Mathematics from Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University (2008), a doctoral degree in Algebra and Number Theory from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (2011) and a postdoctoral degree from Universidade de São Paulo (2015). He has experience in Algebra with emphasis on Ring Theory, working mainly with: incidence rings and partial actions.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5099276978671255
Supervisor of the Graduate Program (Master)
PAULO MENDES DE CARVALHO NETO
He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2006), a master’s degree in Mathematics from Universidade de São Paulo (2009), a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Universidade de São Paulo (2013) and a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Universidad de Sevilla (2013). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at UFSC. He has experience in Mathematics with emphasis on Partial Differential Equations, working mainly with: fractional derivative equations, Navier-Stokes equations and nonlinear dynamical systems.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6699427867624277
Supervises master’s students.
RUY COIMBRA CHARÃO
He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1979), a master’s degree in  Mathematics  from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1982) and a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1992). He carried out postdoctoral research at the Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada – IMPA (1995 and 2003). Currently, he is an Associate Professor at UFSC. He has experience in the area of Mathematical Analysis, with emphasis on Evolutionary Partial Differential Equations, working mainly with:  mathematical physics equations, hyperbolic equations, dispersive equations, stability and asymptotic behavior of solutions, Cauchy problems, ressonances, Huygens principle, problems of bounded and unbounded domains, and problems of localized and delocalized dissipation.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0190407106880826
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
RUY EXEL
He holds an undergraduate degree from Universidade de São Paulo (1976), a master’s degree from Universidade de São Paulo (1978), a doctoral degree from University of California (1985) and a postdoctoral degree from University of Warwick (1987). Currently, he is a professor at UFSC. He has experience in Mathematics, with emphasis on Analysis, working mainly with: operator algebras, harmonic analysis, K-theory.
Curriculum Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6531889931012965
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
SÉRGIO TADAO MARTINS
He holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2004), a master’s degree in Mathematics (2007) and a doctoral degree in Mathematics (2012) from Universidade de São Paulo. His area of research is Algebraic Topology, with emphasis on Group Cohomology.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6531889931012965
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
VINÍCIUS VIANA LUIZ ALBANI
He holds a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada – IMPA (2012). He was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Vienna, Austria (2014-2016) and a postdoctoral researcher at IMPA (2012-2014). His main research areas are Inverse Problems in Partial Differential Equations and Mathematical Methods for Finance.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0405753444630180
Supervises master’s students.
VIRGÍNIA SILVA RODRIGUES
She holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), a master’s degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), a doctoral degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2004) and postdoctoral degrees from Universidade do Porto, Portugal (2005 to 2006) and Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina (2013-2014). Currently, she is an Associate Professor at UFSC. She has experience in Mathematics, with emphasis on non-commutative algebra, working mainly with: module theory, Hopf algebras (weak Hopf algebras) and module categories over tensor categories.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9994105147884339
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.
VLADIMIR PESTOV
He holds a doctoral degree in Topology and Geometry from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (1983). Currently, he is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada. His research background is in Mathematics, with emphasis on transformation groups and functional analysis, and in Computer Science, particularly machine learning and data science. He has received the New Zealand Mathematical Society Research Award (1995) and the Victoria University of Wellington Award for Excellence in Research (2001), and headed the winning team at the 2013 International Cybersecurity Datamining Competition.
Lattes Curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9915810445799232
Supervises master’s and doctoral students.