Barbosa da Silva, Luiz Carlos

Dr, BSc. in Mathematics

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20182024

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Biography

I obtained a BSc. and DSc. degrees in Mathematics (2011 and 2017, respectively) at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. As a doctoral candidate, I worked with a variety of topics in Differential Geometry, Statistical Mechanics, and Quantum Mechanics under the supervision of Fernando A. N. Santos. After three semesters as a Temporary Lecturer at the same University, I moved for five years (2018-23) of Postdoctoral Training at the Department of Physics of Complex Systems of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Under the supervision of Efi Efrati, I worked on a variety of topics related to the application of Differential Geometry to Soft Matter Physics. I have been a Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Dundee since December 2023.

Research interests

I am interested in Differential Geometry as well as its application to problems in Soft Matter Physics. I have research experience in the following subjects: submanifold theory in Riemannian and non-Riemannian geometries (with a special emphasis on finding characteristic properties of space forms); vector fields and liquid crystals; minimal surfaces and the geometry of biological membranes; quantum dynamics on curved spaces; and classical phase transitions in spin models.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Science, Differential Geometry of Rotation Minimizing Frames, Spherical Curves, and Quantum Mechanics of a Constrained Particle, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Aug 2013Jul 2017

Award Date: 27 Jul 2017

Master of Mathematics, Topological Aspects of the Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions of the k-Trigonometric Model, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Mar 2012Aug 2013

Award Date: 5 Aug 2013

Bachelor of Science, O número esperado de componentes sob uma aplicação aleatória, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Mar 2008Dec 2011

Award Date: 10 Feb 2012

External positions

Postdoctoral Researcher, Weizmann Institute of Science

8 Oct 20182 Oct 2023

Teacher Assistant, Weizmann Institute of Science

Oct 2018Aug 2020

Temporary Lecturer, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Mar 2017Jun 2018

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