
Prof. Tiago Vinicius Alves
- Assistant Professor
- Institute of Chemistry
- Federal University of Bahia - Salvador - Brazil
Short Bio
Received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 2005 from Londrina State University. He received his MSc and Ph.D. in 2008 and 2013, respectively, from the University of Sao Paulo. He was a postdoc at the Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2014). In 2016, he was hired as an Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. His research interests include the characterization of molecular structures, electronic spectra, and chemical kinetics, mainly of systems related to atmospheric chemistry and combustion processes.

Prof. Roberto Rivelino
- Associate Professor
- Institute of Physics
- Federal University of Bahia - Salvador - Brazil
Short Bio
Roberto Rivelino de M. Moreno has a PhD in Physics (2003) from the University of São Paulo and is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Bahia. Since 2010, he has been a visiting professor at Linkoping University (Sweden) in collaboration with IFM research groups. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal Spectrochimica Acta A (Elsevier). He is a regular member of the Brazilian Physics Society (SBF), the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC). His research interests involve atomistic computer simulation for condensed phases and electronic structure calculations for molecular aggregates, liquids, and nanostructures.

Dr. Vitor Hugo Menezes da Silva
- Associate Researcher
- Institute of Chemistry
- Federal University of Bahia - Salvador - Brazil
Short Bio
Vitor holds a bachelor's in Chemistry from the Federal University of Uberlandia. He completed his MSc and PhD at the University of Sao Paulo. During his doctorate, he conducted a research internship abroad at the University of North Texas (USA). Subsequently, he spent a postdoctoral internship at the State University of Campinas. Later, he worked as an Associate Researcher at Montana State University (USA). He also completed a postdoctoral internship at the Federal University of Bahia (2024-2025). Currently, he is an Associate Researcher at the Federal University of Bahia, coordinating a project funded by CNPq. His research lies in computational chemistry, focusing on organometallic chemistry, enantioselective catalysis, regio- and chemoselectivity, electrocatalysis, and automation of electronic structure calculations.

Prof. Mateus Fernandes Venâncio
- Assistant Professor
- Institute of Chemistry
- Federal University of Bahia - Brazil
Short Bio
He has a PhD (2017) and MsC (2013) in Chemistry from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physical Chemistry - Institute of Chemistry at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). He has expertise in Computational Chemistry, emphasizing Statistical Thermodynamics, Density Functional Theory, CASSCF, and Molecular Dynamics. He is also interested in bioinorganic, spectroscopy, and solution-reactive processes.