IIP News 02

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New IIP researchers
IIP News - Year II, number 02
A new group of post-doctoral researchers is arriving at the IIP in 2017 to work in one of its six areas
of research. Some of those physicists are already in Natal, conducting research jointly with IIP
professors and external collaborators.
SAMURAÍ BRITO
Born in Rio de Janeiro, but already living in Natal
for many years, Samurai Brito finished her master’s
and doctorate degree at the UFRN focusing
on statistical and computational physics.
Now as a member of the IIP, Dr. Brito is working
in the field of Quantum information under the
supervision of IIP’s Professor Rafael Chaves.
“This certainly is a new challenge in my career.
I am working a lot in this new project. For now I
am reviewing some famous experiments to get
to know better this field (quantum information), but I hope to make new contributions soon”.
ANDREA PRUDENZIATI
Andrea Prudenziati was born in Milan (Italy) and concluded his doctorate at SISSA, Trieste, where
he started his work in the field of String Theory. Later, Dr Prudenziati moved to Japan, to work
at the University of Kyoto. “What attracted me to the
researcher career was the opportunity to work in
different places around the world and the flexibility
that I would have to develop my work in my own time”,
says Prudenziati.
After some time in Japan he had the opportunity to
come to Brazil and joined the University of São Paulo
(USP), where he worked on String Theory and ADS/
CFT Correspondence. “I wanted to visit other centers
in Brazil when I heard about the IIP in Natal. At the
time I did not know about the post-doc position here,
but when I got the opportunity I came”. At the IIP Dr.
Prudenziati is also working on holographic description
of entanglement and is collaborating with Professors
Dmitry Melnikov and Rafael Chaves.
Post-Doctoral Positions in Quantum Information
The starting date for the positions can
be negotiated but is expected to be in
the period between May 2017 and November
2017. The post-doctoral appointments
will be for two years (extendible
to two more years depending on mutual
agreement) with a tax free monthly
salary of R$ 7.000,00 (seven thousand
Brazilian Reais).
Interested candidates should send their
CV with a list of publications,a short research
statement and at least two letters
of reference (in English) to Prof. Rafael
Chaves (rchaves@iip.ufrn.br).
The IIP-UFRN is located in the city of
Natal in the Northeast of Brazil. It is a
research institute of an international
character, focused on the theoretical
research in the modern areas of fundamental
physics.
Aiming at a leading role in the region,
the Institute supports vast exchange,
visitor and conference programs. It is
also connected to the graduate program
in physics of the UFRN, where
it assists in providing excellence in
post-graduate education in Brazil.