Pedro da Silva Peixoto
Curriculum Vitae
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Personal Information
Gender
Nationality
Date and place of birth
Male
Brazilian
12/Feb/1983 - São Paulo/SP - Brazil
Academic Address
Depto. de Matemática Aplicada, Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, USP
Rua do Matão, 1010, Cidade Universitária - São Paulo - SP - Brazil - 05508-090
Telephone
University:
Personal:
+55 11 3091 6145
+55 11 99873 0906
Electronic address
University:
Personal:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Website
www.ime.usp.br/~pedrosp
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Formal Education/Degrees
2009- 2013
Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics
Institute of Mathematics and Statistics - University of São Paulo, IME-USP, Brazil
Title: Analysis of discretizations and interpolations on icosahedral grids and applications to
semi-Lagrangian transport models
Supervisor: Ph.D. Saulo Rabêllo Maciel de Barros
Grantee of: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
Year of degree: 2013
2007 - 2009
Master of Science in Applied Mathematics
Institute of Mathematics and Statistics - University of São Paulo, IME-USP, Brazil
Title: Numerical solution of PDEs using harmonic wavelets
Supervisor: Ph.D. Saulo Rabêllo Maciel de Barros
Grantee of: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
Year of degree: 2009
2006 - 2007
Graduate Specialist in Measure, Analysis, Prediction and Modeling of the Sea Level
Oceanographic Institute - University of São Paulo, IO-USP, Brazil
Title: Jason-1: Satellite altimetry data reading of sea level
Advisor: Ph.D. Carlos Augusto de Sampaio França (IO-USP)
Year of degree: 2007
2002 - 2006
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computational and Applied Mathematics
Institute of Mathematics and Statistics - University of São Paulo, IME-USP, Brazil
Monograph: Econometric modeling in industrial companies
Advisor: Ph.D. Clélia Maria de Castro Toloi (IME-USP)
1998 - 2000
Professional/Technical High School in Eletronics and Business Administration
Escola Técnica Estadual Guaracy Silveira, ETESP, Brazil
1992 - 1995
Primary and secondary education in Liverpool - UK
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Professional Experience
1.
Institute of Mathematics and Statistics - University of São Paulo - IME-USP - Brazil
2013 - today
Prof. Dr. MS3.1 (Tenured Assistant Professor) at the Applied Mathematics
Department
Teaching: Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations (undergrad)
2.
Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences - University of Cambridge - UK
2012 - 2012
Visiting Fellow for the Multiscale Numerics for the Atmosphere and Ocean
Programme
Grantee of: University of Cambridge and National Council for Scientific and
Technological Development (CNPq)
3.
Institute of Mathematics and Statistics - University of São Paulo - IME-USP - Brazil
2003 - 2013
4.
Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP - Brazil
2008 - 2012
2010 - 2011
5.
2011 - 2012
Internship – Development of Sales and Financial Models
Centro de Formação Profissional Microlins – MICROLINS
2002 - 2003
8.
Colaborator and Technical consultant of computational, mathematical and
statistical analyses
Visiting Professor of Biostatistics for the Postgraduate Program in Toxinology
Johnson & Johnson - Health Care Products & Pharmaceuticals - Brazil
2004 - 2005
7.
Technical consultant of computational, mathematical and statistical analyses
Visiting professor of Biostatistics for the Postgraduate Program in Experimental
Surgery
Butantan Institute - IBU - Brazil
2006 - 2012
6.
Assistant on undergraduate courses (mostly on Numerical Analysis)
Department of Applied Mathematics
Teacher of Mathematics and Physics in equivalency programs for adults in High
School
Escola Técnica Estadual Guaracy Silveira - ETESP
2000 - 2000
Teacher of Computer Hardware Maintenance
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Scientific and Technological Production
Refereed Publications
1. Peixoto, PS ; Barros, SRM. On vector field reconstructions for semi-Lagrangian transport methods on
geodesic staggered grids. Journal of Computational Physics (Print), accepted, 2014
2. Peixoto, PS; Barros, SRM . Analysis of grid imprinting on geodesic spherical icosahedral grids. Journal of
Computational Physics (Print), v. 237, p. 61-78, 2013.
3. Barros, SRM ; Peixoto, PS. Computational aspects of harmonic wavelet Galerkin methods and an application
to a precipitation front propagation model. Computers & Mathematics with Applications (1987), v. 61, p.
1217-1227, 2011.
4. Sousa, LF ; Nicolau, CA ; Peixoto, PS ; et al . Comparison of Phylogeny, Venom Composition and
Neutralization by Antivenom in Diverse Species of Bothrops Complex. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
(Online), v. 7, p. e2442, 2013.
5. Leite, MTC ; Freitas-Filho, LG. ; Oliveira, AS ; Semedo-Kuriki, P ; Laks, M ; Arias, VEA ; Peixoto, PS. The use
of mesenchymal stem cells in bladder augmentation. Pediatric Surgery International (Print), v. 30, p. 1-10, 2014.
6. Percani, CT ; Peixoto, PS ; Dias, WO ; Kubrusly, FS ; Tanizaki, MM . Improved method to calculate the
antibody avidity index. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis (Print), v. 21, p. 201-206, 2007.
International Conference Presentations
1. Peixoto, PS. Geometric cell alignment on geodesic grids. PDEs on the Sphere Workshop - National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR) – Colorado - USA - 2014.
2. Peixoto, PS. Analysis of grid imprinting on geodesic spherical icosahedral grids. Multiscale Numerics for the
Atmosphere and Ocean Programme at the Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences - University of
Cambridge - UK - 2012.
3. Barros, SRM, Peixoto, PS. On the use of Harmonic Wavelets for the solution of some PDE's and an
application to a precipitation front propagation model, 2010. Wavelets & Applications in Numerical Methods for
PDEs and Signal Processing - Serra Negra, Brazil.
International Conference Attendances
1. Partial Differential Equations on the Sphere - NCAR - Boulder - USA - 2014.
2. Partial Differential Equations on the Sphere - Cambridge University - UK - 2012.
3. Weather and Climate Prediction on Next Generation Supercomputers - Met Office - UK - 2012.
4. Multiscale Numerics for the Atmosphere and Ocean Programme - Cambridge University - 2012.
5. ICMC Summer Meeting on Differential Equations - São Carlos, Brazil - 2012.
6. International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Industry - University of São Paulo - Brazil - 2011.
7. Brazilian Conference on Dynamics, Control and Their Applications - Serra Negra - Brazil - 2010.
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Ad Hoc Reviewer for Scientific Journals
1. Geoscientific Model Development - ISSN 1991-959X
2. Applied Mathematics and Computation – ELSEVIER - ISSN: 0096-3003
3. Applications and Applied Mathematics (AAM) - ISSN: 1932-9466
4. Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (Print) – ISSN: 0920-5071
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Complementary Education
2009 - 2009
Summer school in Introduction to Geophysical Waves
Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Areas of Expertise
1. Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis
2. Computational Fluid Dynamics
3. Numerical Weather Prediction
4. Applied Statistics
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Languages
English
Portuguese
Spanish
Comprehends Well, Speaks Well, Reads Well, Writes Well.
Comprehends Well, Speaks Well, Reads Well, Writes Well.
Comprehends Well, Speaks Reasonably, Reads Well, Writes Little.
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Honors
2006
Honorable mention on graduation - Instituto de Matemática e Estatística - Universidade de São Paulo
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Mentorship
End-of-course monograph
1. Fernando Ozaki. European option pricing and it use in the financial market. Bachelor's degree in Applied and
Computational Mathematics - Institute of Mathematics and Statistics - University of São Paulo, IME-USP, Brazil,
2011.