Investigators

Tiago Vinicius Alves
He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from the State University of Londrina (2005), and his M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry (2008) and Ph.D. in Sciences (2013) from the Institute of Chemistry at the University of São Paulo (USP). He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Chemistry, USP, between 2013 and 2016 and, in 2014, conducted research at the Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CiQUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. From 2016 to 2026, he served as Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry. During this period, he coordinated the Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Spectroscopy, and Computational Kinetics (LaTEC-UFBA). He currently serves as Director of the Physical Chemistry Division of the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ) for the 2026–2028 term. In 2023, he was a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain, under the CAPES-PrInt Institutional Internationalization Program. His research interests lie in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, with emphasis on molecular spectroscopy, chemical kinetics and dynamics, and homogeneous catalysis. His recent research focuses on molecular systems relevant to the energy transition, including the elucidation of reaction mechanisms involved in second-generation biofuels, the rational design of electrocatalysts for green hydrogen production, and the conversion and valorization of greenhouse gases.

Vitor Hugo Menezes da Silva
Vitor holds a bachelor's in Chemistry from the Federal University of Uberlandia. He completed his MSc and PhD at the University of São 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.