PROSPECTIVE OF STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIP UFRGS/LUND
14th e 15th October 2015
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
OCTOBER 14TH 2015
Venue: Anfiteatro do Instituto de Geociências (UFRGS, Campus do Vale)
9:00 -10:00
10:00 -10:30
Challenges of the
twenty-first century
in Logistics
10:30 -11:45
Challenges in the
twenty-first century
in Environment
Opening Ceremony
Prof. José Alcides Gobbo Junior,
Professor at School of Engineering, Unesp and
Guest Professor at the University of Lund
Prof. Ricardo Augusto Cassel,
Engineering School, UFRGS
Prof. Luiz Carlos Pinto Silva Filho,
Director of the School of Engineering, UFRGS (moderator)
Prof. Cintia Bertacchi Uvo,
Department of Water Resources, Lund University
Prof. Walter Collischonn, Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas, UFRGS
Prof. Erik Swietlicki, Assistant Dean for Research,
Engineering Faculty, Lund University
Prof. Ulisses Bremer, Department of Geography , UFRGS
Prof. Vaughan Phillips, Department of Geography & Ecosystem Sciences,
Lund University
Prof. Rita de Cassia Marques Alves,
Institute of Geology, UFRGS (moderator)
11:45 -13:15
Lunch time
13:15 -15:00
Prof. Tommy Nylander, Physical Chemistry Department, Lund University
Challenges of the
twenty-first century in
the production of
drugs and biomolecules
Prof. Adriana Raffin Polhmann, Department of Chemistry, UFRGS
Prof. Stela Maris Kuze Rates, School of Pharmacy, UFRGS
Prof. Leticia Scherer Koester, School of Pharmacy, UFRGS
Prof. Olov Sterner, Dean of Science, Lund University
Prof. Nadya Pesce da Silveira,
Director of the Chemistry Institute, UFRGS (moderator, to be confirmed)
15:00 -15:30
Challenges in the
twenty-first century
in Biological Engineering
Prof. Almut Kelber, Pro Dean Faculty of Science,
Department of Biology, Lund University
Prof. Vera Lúcia da Silva Valente Gaiesky,
Member of the Brazilian Academy of Science, Departamento de Genética, UFRGS
Prof. Naira Maria Balzaretti,
Vice-Director of the Physics Institute, UFRGS (moderator)
15:30 -16:00
16:00 -17:30
Challenges of the
twenty-first century
in Materials Science
Prof. Sven Lidin – Department of Chemistry, Lund University
Prof. Paulo Fernando Papaléo Fichtner – Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, UFRGS
Prof. Carlos Perez Bergmann – Departamento de Engenharia dos Materiais, UFRGS
Stacey Ristinmaa Sorensen – Director of the Department for Synchrotron physics,
Lund University
Prof. Gunnar Öhrwall – Research Max IV, Lund University
Dr. Marcelo Juni Ferreira – European Spallation Source
Dr. Claudio Motta – Centro Tecnológico da Marinha
Prof. Livio Amaral – Professor of Physics,
Member of the Brazilian Academy of Science, UFRGS (moderator)
OCTOBER 15TH 2015
9:00 -11:30
Working group
Challenges of the
twenty-first century
in Materials Science
Venue: Anfiteatro do Instituto de Física, Campus do Vale, UFRGS
Challenges of the
twenty-first century
in Logistics
Venue: Video-conferência Instituto de Física, Campus do Vale, UFRGS
Challenges of the
twenty-first century in
the production of
drugs and biomolecules
Brazilian Coordinator: Prof. Paulo Fernando Papaléo Fichtner
Swedish Coordinator: Prof. Sven Lidin
Brazilian Coordinator: Prof. Ricardo Augusto Cassel
Swedish Coordinator: Prof. José Vicente Gobbo
Venue: Anfiteatro do Instituto de Química, Campu:s do Vale, UFRGS
Swedish Coordinator: Prof. Olov Sterner
Challenges in the
twenty-first century
in Biological Engineering
Challenges in the
twenty-first century
in Environment
Venue: Anfiteatro do Departamento de Genética, Campus do Vale, UFRGS
Brazilian Coordinator: Prof. Vera Lúcia da Silva Valente Gaiesky
Swedish Coordinator: Prof. Almut Kelber
Venue: Anfiteatro do Instituto de Geociências, Campus do Vale, UFRGS
Brazilian Coordinator: Prof. Walter Collischonn
Swedish Coordinator: Prof. Cintia Bertacchi Uvo
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Prof. Márcia Cristina Bernardes Barbosa, Physics Institute, UFRGS
Prof. Liane Hentschke, School of Arts, UFRGS
Prof. Nicolas Maillard, International Relations, UFRGS
Sonia Coelho Sutton, International Coordinator, Lund University
SPEAKERS
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Prof. Carlos Alexandre Netto – Rector, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest - Rector Carlos Alexandre Netto is Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry of the
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, and is the President of the University for the 2008 – 2016 term. Graduated in Medicine,
he decided for the academic career and obtained his MsC and PhD Degrees in Biochemistry at UFRGS, also spending two years of Post
Doctoral training at the Institute of Psychiatry of the University of London. His academic career includes more than 110 scientific papers,
supervision of 14 Masters and 10 PhDs on neuroscience - mainly on memory neurobiology, brain ischemia and neuro-protection.
Prof. Ricardo Augusto Cassel – Engineering School, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest - Professor at the Production Engineering Department at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.
He has experience in Production Engineering with emphasis on Design, Planning and Control of Production Systems, Business Process
Management, Operational Research and Supply Chain Management.
Prof. Luiz Carlos Pinto Silva Filho-Director of the School of Engineering, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest – Professor of civil engineering with experience in the areas of materials and civil engineering structures , with emphasis on topics: durability and service life of structures , condition of buildings, special concrete , composite materials, structural strengthening , analysis and modeling of structural systems , nondestructive testing , effects high temperature structures, fire safety
and panic, skills and assessment of building systems . In addition, it operates in the area of . Disaster Prevention and Mapping Risks and
Vulnerabilities .
Prof. Walter Collischonn- Hydraulic Research Institute, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest - Professor of Hydraulic Research. His research is focused on the mathematical representation of
hydrological processes with emphasis on large-scale hydrology, including flood forecasting, hydrological model development, water
resources management and analysis of the interactions between climate and hydrology. He leads the Large Scale Hydrology research
group at where he is actively involved in the development of the MGB-IPH hydrological model and several other tools for hydrology and
water management as SAD-IPH and SIAQUA.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Ulisses Franz Bremer - Climatic and Polar Research Center, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest – Professor of the Department of Geography at the Geosciences Institute of the Federal University of
Rio Grande do Sul . He has experience in the field of Geography, with an emphasis on polar and environmental sustainability regions, acting
on the following topics: geography of Brazil , environmental analysis, periglacial environments , polar geoecology , monitoring of the
cryospher.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Rita de Cassia Marques Alves : Institute of Geology, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest – Professor in Meteorology. She has experience in Geosciences with an emphasis on meteorology,
acting on the following topics: air pollution, pollutant dispersion , micrometeorology , forecasting extreme events and numerical modeling.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Adriana Raffin Polhmann – Chemistry Institute, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest – Professor in the Organic Chemistry Department at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
She is a specialist in synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles for passive or active drug vectorization. By establishing partnerships,
her research group develops processes and products of interest to pharmochemical business and pharmaceutical sectors, holding 50
patents. Technology transfers resulted in 7 nanotechnology products on the market for Brazilian companies.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Stela Maris Kuze Rates- School of Pharmacy, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest – Professor at the School of Pharmacy. The research is focused on molecular prototypes to develop
new antidepressant and analgesic drugs from species of Hypericum and Valeriana genera. The research involves chemical composition
studies of these genera, mainly dimeric phloroglucinols (Hypericum) and iridoids (Valeriana). The dimeric phloroglucinols have been
proposed as chemotaxonomic marker of Hypericum species from South Brazil. Moreover, coumarins from species of the genus Pterocaulon (Asteaceae) are studied.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Leticia Scherer Koester- School of Pharmacy, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest – Professor at the School of Phamacy. Her research group focus on the development and characterization of lipid nanostrutured systems (nanoemulsions, solid lipid nanoparticles) and cyclodextrin complexes containing natural biologically
active molecules, especially flavonoids, isoflavones and other compounds from Achyrocline satureioides, Glicyne max, Trifolium pratense
and other species.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Nadya Pesce da Silveira- Director of the Chemistry Institute, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest – Professor of chemistry. Her research interest s include the study of macromolecules and selforganized structures with the use of spectroscopic techniques such as light scattering and X-rays. She has held a number of positions
including being the president of the state funding agency Fapers.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Vera Lúcia da Silva Valente Gaiesky – Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Biosciences
Institute, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest - Professor at Department of Genetics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She has experience in Genetics, with emphasis Animal Genetics , acting on the following topics: ' Drosophila willistoni ' Drosophilidae, Drosophila, cytogenetics , ecology, evolution Chromosome Drosophila.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Naira Maria Balzaretti- Vice-diretor of the Physics Institute, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest – Professor in physics, she has has experience in the areas of Physics, with emphasis on Condensed
Matter Physics and Materials Science , acting on the following subjects: processing and analysis of materials under extreme conditions of
pressure and temperature, raman spectroscopy, carbon nanostructures , glassy materials and glass-ceramic.
Prof. Paulo Fernando Papaléo Fichtner – Faculty of Engineering, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest – Professor of Physical Metallurgy, advisor at the Physics and at the Materials Science Graduate
Programs of UFRGS. He has experience in experimental solid-state physics and materials science, with emphasis on the microstructure
stability and evolution of materials irradiated with energetic ions and electrons. Works in materials synthesis and characterization for the
information and energy technologies.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Carlos Perez Bergmann- Engineering School, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest - Professor in the Department of Materials (School of Engineering) at the Federal University of Rio
Grande do Sul. He works on the following topics: nanostructured materials for industrial applications, materials engineering, surface
engineering, materials synthesis and characterization.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Livio Amaral – Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, UFRGS
Short Biography/Research Interest – Professor Amaral research area includes interaction of ion beams with matter; ion implantation in
semiconductor and metal materials; physical analysis techniques associated with ion beam; study structural properties and magnetic
materials implanted luminescent nanometric dimensions. He has held various positions of representation, consulting and management at
UFRGS, in agencies of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), Ministry of Education (MEC) and Foundations of Research, as well
as the Brazilian Physics Society (SBF).
Email: [email protected]
Lund University
Prof. Olov Sterner – Dean of Science, Chemistry Department Lund University
Short Biography/Research Interest - The research area of Prof. Sterner is broadly biologically active secondary metabolites, isolated
primarily from fungi and plants. The studies focus on understanding the molecular mechanisms for certain biological activities and the
development of potentially useful drug candidates. Examples of on-going projects are: Development of novel ligands for the benzodiazepine binding site of the GABAA receptor that possess selective anxiolytic activity, Selective inhibitors of the transcription complex NF-kB
based on semisynthetic damsin analogues that have improved selectivity for cancer cells, Covalent inhibition of the transcription factor
STAT3 in order to stop cell growth and reactivate apoptosis in cancer cells based on analogues of galiellalactone.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen -Pro Vice-Chancellor, Director of the Department
for Synchotron physics, Lund University
Short Biography/Research Interest – She graduated with a PhD in physics from the Chemical Physics Institute at the University of Oregon,
USA. She has worked on experiments using synchrotron radiation and XUV lasers mainly on molecules and molecular materials at a
variety of facilities world wide. Dr Sorensen was previously employed at the Royal Institute of Technology, and has been professor at Lund
University since 2003 where she is head of the division of synchrotron radiation research. She was vice Dean of the Science Faculty
(research) from 2006-2011, and is presently pro vice chancellor responsible for research and research infrastructures at Lund University.
She has been a member of the board of the Swedish Research Council and of the MAX IV National Synchroton Facility, and has led several
national projects in materials science. She has about 140 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Sven Lidin - Head of the Department of Chemistry, Lund University
Short Biography/Research Interest: Intermetallic compounds are prone to various disorders. While this has mostly been considered a
nuisance in the past it has lately been recognized that extensive disorder is conductive to several different kinds of interesting physical
properties including enhanced thermoelectric performance. This talk will cover some basics about thermoelectricity and present some
intermetallic systems where structural disorder is an important feature. The talk will also describe how to deal with such compounds from
a structural perspective.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Cintia Bertacchi Uvo - Department of Water Resources, Lund University
Short Biography/Research Interest:Cintia Bertacchi Uvo is a full professor at the Department of Water Resources Engineering. She has a
Ph.D. in Water Resources Engineering from LTH (1998), a M.Sc. in Climatology from the National Space Research Institute, Brazil (1989)
and a B.Sc. in meteorology from the University of São Paulo, Brazil (1983). Considering her broad background in meteorology, climatology
and water resources engineering, her research focuses on the interactions of climate and surface hydrology in diverse time and space
scales. Her expertise includes the development of data driven models for analysis and forecast of hydrological variables, based on climate
conditions. Prof. Uvo has almost 30 years teaching experience in many countries. She has a large international experience that comprises
long term stay and collaboration with scientific institutions in 13 countries worldwide.
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Erik Swietlicki - Assistant Dean for Research, Engineering Faculty, Lund University
Short Biography/Research Interest: Swietlicki is Professor of Aerosol Physics at the Engineering Faculty (LTH) of Lund University. He also
serves as Assistant Dean for Research at LTH. In this capacity, he is responsible for initiating and supporting research at the Faculty and at
the wider University. Our university and Faculty includes several strong research environments and we are committed to pursuing both
curiosity-driven and interdisciplinary research that will help us meet the global challenges and promote a sustainable development.
His own research is motivated by the effects of atmospheric aerosols on climate, environment and human health. He has 30 years of
experience in atmospheric aerosol science and has participated in numerous field experiments, including in Brazil and the Arctic. He is
Deputy Coordinator of a Swedish strategic research area on climate modeling coordinated by Lund University which aims to develop the
next generation of Earth system models.
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Vaughan Phillips -Departament of Geography, Lund
Short Biography/Research Interest: Professor in atmospheric modelling group particularly the development and application of numerical
models for the simulation of clouds and cloud systems. His research group has a strong track record in creating new cloud models and
applying them to tackle problems related to severe weather, cloud glaciation, lightning and mechanisms for aerosol effects on cold clouds.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Tommy Nylander - Physical Chemistry Department, Lund University
Short Biography/Research Interest: Tommy Nylander is professor in Physical Chemistry in Lund University since 2007 and his research
mainly concerns physical chemistry of biointerfaces, but has also worked on polymer-surfactant interactions at interfaces. He completed
his PhD with Prof. Kåre Larsson at Lund University on proteins at interface 1987 and a post doc with Prof. Barry Ninham at Australian
National University. The focus of his research is on molecules of biological origin, e.g. proteins and lipids, and the self-assembled structures
they form in bulk and at interfaces. He has a large expertise on interfacial techniques such as ellipsometry, surface film balance, QCM-D
and neutron reflectometry. Prof. Nylander has a large experience on application research and on international collaboration both with
academia and industry.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Almut Kelber - Department of Biology, Lund Univeristy
Short Biography/Research Interest: Professor in neuroscience specialist is the design and evolution of eyes, how eyes are adapted to
different lifestyles and habitats, and how vision is used for controlling behavior. Our techniques range from optics, electrophysiology and
theoretical modeling, to microscopy, molecular biology and behavioral experiments.
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Gunnar Öhrwall - Research Max IV, Lund University
Short Biography/Research Interest: Professor Gunnar received his Ph.D. in physics from Uppsala University in 1999, studying photoionization in small molecules. He did postdoctoral work on X-ray excited molecular fragmentation at the Advanced Light Source, in Berkeley, CA,
between 1999 and 2001. He is since 2007 employed as a beamline scientist at the Swedish national synchrotron facility, MAX IV Laboratory, in Lund, specializing in X-ray spectroscopy studies of aqueous surfaces and interfaces, with relevance for environmental and energy
applications.
Email: [email protected]
European Spallation Source
Dr. Marcelo Juni Ferreira - European Spallation Source
Short Biography/Research Interest: Doctor in physics and material science engineering specialist, expertise on surface science, gas
dynamics, ultra-high vacuum systems, project management, design, fabrication and operation of particles accelerator and complex experimental systems. Experience managing multiple tasks in demanding research environments.
Email: [email protected]
Lund University / Unesp
Prof. José Alcides Gobbo Junior- Professor at the School of Engineering,
Unesp and Guest Professor at the University of Lund
Short Biography/Research Interest: professor Gobbo as received the title of Doctor in Business Administration (with emphasis on Operations Management) from Fundacao Getulio Vargas – FGV in 2004, and Postdoctoral fellow from Packaging Logistics, Department of Lund
University, Sweden. He is currently Associate Professor at School of Engineering of Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), where he coordinated the Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering, and the MBA in Logistics. Gobbo was, also, Visiting Professor of Food Innovation
and Product Design (FIPDes) - Erasmus Mundus Master, at the Packaging Logistics, Lund University in 2013. He acts as ad-hoc advisor
to FAPESP, and journals in the area. His main research interests are in the fields of Packaging Logistics and Organizational Networks, and
to integrate these themes into innovation and sustainability perspectives.
Email: [email protected]