EDUCATION:
| Years | Degree |
| 1997 – 2000 | PhD in Theoretical Physics
University of São Paulo Title: “Aspects of Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Stochastic Processes and Analogy with Turbulence” Advisor: Carlos O. Escobar |
| 1995 – 1996 | PhD Student
Auckland University, Department of Physics Subject: Light scattering from Bose-Einstein condensates Advisor: Dan Walls |
| 1992 – 1994 | MSc in Theoretical Physics
University of São Paulo Title: “Studies of Dissipative Effects in the Quantum Limit of Weber Antennas”. Advisor: Carlos O. Escobar |
| 1988 – 1991 | BSc in Physics
University of São Paulo |
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
| Years | Academic Position |
| 2022 – | Professor (Associate Department Head for Administration 2023 -) University of Connecticut, Department of Physics |
| 2014 – 2022 | Professor (Chair 2016 – 2022)
Yeshiva University, Department of Physics |
| 2013 – 2014 | Associate Professor
Yeshiva University, Department of Physics |
| 2007 – 2013 | Assistant Professor
Yeshiva University, Department of Physics |
| 2004 – 2007 | Research Associate
Dartmouth College, Department of Physics Advisor: Lorenza Viola |
| 2002 – 2004 | Research Associate
Michigan State University, Department of Physics Advisor: Mark I Dykman |
| 2000 – 2001 | Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale University, Department of Physics Advisor: Dimitri Kusnezov |
EDITORIAL BOARDS:
| Years | Journal |
| 2021 – | Physical Review E |
| 2020 – 2021 | New Journal of Physics |
AWARDS and HONORS:
| Years | Award |
| 2021 | Simons Fellow in Theoretical Physics |
| 2017 | Outstanding Referee for the American Physical Society |
| 2015 | Cottrell Scholar |
| 2015 | Sabbatical funded by the ITAMP, Harvard |
| 2012-2017 | NSF CAREER Award |
| 2010 | Dean Karen Bacon Award for an Outstanding Junior Faculty Member |
| 2009-2012 | KITP Scholar |
| 2009-2010 | Cottrell College Science Award |
| 2008 | Member of the U.S. delegation to the “3rd IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics” |
| 2000-2001 | Fellowship for postdoctoral position at Yale University: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo – FAPESP |
| 1997-2000 | Fellowship for PhD program: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq |
| 1995-1996 | New Zealand Official Development Assistance (NZODA) Study Award for PhD program at Auckland University |
CONFERENCE ORGANIZER:
*) International Workshop on Disordered Systems – IWDS (Spain, 2024)
*) Workshop: New Directions in far from Equilibrium Integrability and beyond (Apr/29 – May/3, 2024)
Program: New Directions in far from Equilibrium Integrability and beyond (Simons Center at Stony Brook, Mar/11 – May/10, 2024)
*) Quantum Thermodynamics Conference – QTD (Vienna, Austria, 2023)
*) Conference: Exploring Non-equilibrium Long-range Quantum Matter (Nov/13 – 17, 2023)
Program: Out-of-equilibrium Dynamics and Quantum Information of Many-body Systems with Long-range Interactions (KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara, Oct/16 – Dec/22, 2023)
*) Quantum Matter: Dynamics and Sensors (UConn, Dec/19-22, 2022)
*) Workshops in Mexico (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
*) Workshop: Applications of Random Matrix Theory to many-body physics (Sep/16 – 20, 2019)
Program: Universality and ergodicity in quantum many-body systems (Simons Center at Stony Brook, Aug/26 – Oct/18, 2019)
*) International Workshop on Disordered Systems (IWDS): From Localization to Thermalization and Topology (South Korea, 2018)
*) Workshop: Quantum non-equilibrium phenomena (International Institute of Physics, Natal, Brazil, Jun/06-18, 2016)
*) EscobarFest: Celebrating Prof. Carlos O. Escobar’s 60th birthday (UNICAMP, Brazil, 2008)
EXTERNAL SERVICES:
*) Referee for Science, Science Advances, Nature Physics, Nature Communication, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, B, E, and X, New Journal of Physics, Annals of Physics, Annalen der Physik, Europhysics Letters, Journal of Optics B, Physics Letters A, Journal of Physics A, Journal of Physics B, Physica Scripta, Philosophical Magazine, Chaos, Journal of Statistical Mechanics, Journal of Statistical Physics, American Journal of Physics, Quantum Information Processing, Foundations of Physics, Proceedings of the Royal Society, SciPost Physics, Entropy.
*) Reviewer/Panelist for the National Science Foundation, Research Corporation, Department of Energy, German Research Foundation, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Israel Science Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation, British Royal Society, Simons Investigators, Science Foundation Ireland.
*) APS Metropolis Award Selection Committee.
*) APS LeRoy Apker Award selection committee for outstanding research by undergraduates.
*) Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee of the APS Forum of Physics and Society.
WOMEN IN PHYSICS:
*) Participation on the 2023 Faculty Women of Color in the Academy (FWCA) conference.
*) Talk at Smith College (2023).
*) Research projects with 28 female undergraduates and 2 female high school students.
*) Mentored 4 students from the Jewish Foundation for the Education of Women (JFEW) fellowship.
*) Visited high schools for girls to talk about careers in physics.
*) Prepared presentations on “Why study physics” for Open Houses and Major Fairs at Stern College for Women.
*) Supported 10 female undergraduate students to give oral presentations at the APS March Meetings. Helped student with application for child-care support from the APS.
*) Sent students to the APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics.
*) Obtained the NSF Travel Grant for Women Speakers that covers the expenses of female professors who give talks at Stern College for Women.
*) Wrote article “Science for All” which appeared in the Gazette – the Newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics of the American Physical Society (2009).
*) Co-authored the U.S. delegation paper “Women in Physics in the United States” for the proceedings of the 3rd IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics (2008).