Professors
Cristiani Campos Plá Cid
Coordinator
Lattes Curriculum
Bachelor and Licentiate in Physics from the Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Master’s and Ph.D. in Physics, with an emphasis on Experimental Physics, at UFRGS. During her Ph.D., she completed a Sandwich Doctorate program at the University of Barcelona (UB). Electron Microprobe Operator at the Geosciences Institute at UFRGS. Postdoctoral research in Geophysics, Geosciences, and Physics: Particle Accelerator TANDAR, Constituyentes Atomic Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Geosciences Institute at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA); Physics Department at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedicine at the Bahian School of Medicine and Public Health. Substitute Professor at the Institute of Physics at UFBA and the Physics Department at UFSC. Visiting Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UFSC. Currently an Associate Professor in the Physics Department at UFSC. Coordinator of the Functional Materials Group (MATE), formerly Thin Films and Surfaces Laboratory (LFFS – UFSC).
Areas of expertise: High-resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Electron Microprobe Analysis (EPMA technique), RBS, thin film fabrication (Sputtering and Resistive techniques), Micro-Raman Spectroscopy, Monte Carlo Simulation, X-ray Diffraction, Vibrating Sample Magnetometry (VSM), PPMS system. Publications involving the following topics: thin films, Monte Carlo Simulation applied to the description of physical processes involved in electron and photon interactions in solids, theoretical and experimental determination of ionization cross sections, determination of thin film thickness using EPMA, application of SEM in porosity characterization in rocks, determination of thermodynamic parameters in mineral crystallization, structural and compositional characterization of silicate group minerals using micro-Raman spectroscopy. Structural and chemical control using Raman spectroscopy, SEM, TEM, and X-ray diffraction techniques in oxides produced by electrosynthesis.
Since 2012, she has been using electrodeposition techniques for the growth of oxides on different substrates with implications in the development of optoelectronic devices. Author of 41 articles published in international journals. Submission of one patent. Co-supervision of a Master’s thesis in the study of oxides applied to the development of optoelectronic devices. Currently engaged in research and development activities at the Central Laboratory of Electron Microscopy (LCME), UFSC, using SEM and TEM techniques (100 and 200 kV): interpretation and simulation of HRTEM images, electron diffraction patterns, including NBD technique. Vice-Director of the Institutional Multi-User Laboratory LCME, PROPESQ-UFSC.
Deise Schafer
Lattes Curriculum
Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics, as well as a Master’s and Ph.D. in Physics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She is currently a professor affiliated with the Thin Films and Surfaces Laboratory in the Physics Department at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. She has expertise in the field of Physics, with an emphasis on Condensed Matter Physics, focusing primarily on magnetic materials/properties and the synthesis and characterization of thin films and nanostructured materials
Collaborating Professors
Robinson Carlos Dudley Cruz
Lattes Curriculum
Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1991), a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering – Materials from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1996), and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe (2005). He is an Associate Professor III at the University of Caxias do Sul and the manager of the Hercílio Randon Institute (IHR) – Smart Materials Division. He has experience in the field of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, with an emphasis on Ceramics and Polymer Matrix Composites, focusing primarily on the following topics: synthesis, processing, and characterization of materials, rheology, metal oxides, alumino-silicates, geopolymers, and nanomaterials.
Visiting Professors
