Our Team

The laboratory staff comprises post-doctoral researchers, PhD students, Master's students, and undergraduate students from different backgrounds (Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields). The students come from the Postgraduate Program in Computing (PPGC/UFRGS) and the Postgraduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology (PPGBCM/UFRGS).

Prof. Dr. Márcio Dorn

Group Leader

MetaheuristicsMachine LearningStructural BioinformaticsMolecular Docking

Dr. Bruna O. Missaggia

DTI-A CNPq - UFRGS

BioinformaticsMachine LearningDeep LearningData Science

Éderson S. M. Pinto

Ph.D(c) PPGBCM

Molecular Dynamics SimulationStructural BioinformaticsProtein ModelingMolecular Docking

Me. Fernando G. Cavatão

DTI-B CNPq - UFRGS

Molecular DynamicsData ScienceBioinformatics

Mateus Boiani

Ph.D(c) PPGC

OptimizationMetaheuristicsParallel ComputingStructural Bioinformatics

Gabriel Dominico

Ph.D(c) PPGC

Multimodal OptimizationMetaheuristicsMachine LearningFeature Selection

Gabriela F. Gonçalves

Ph.D.(c) - PPGBCM

Gene ExpressionRNA-SeqHost-pathogen Interaction

Rafael Diogo Weimer

Ph.D.(c) - PPGBCM

Data ScienceMachine LearningInterpretabilityBiotechnology

Luiza M. P. Behrens

Ph.D.(c) - PPGBCM

Data ScienceMulti-omic IntegrationPsychopathologies

Leonardo L. Dorneles

Ph.D.(c) - PPGC

Massive Parallel ComputingMetaheuristicsBioinformatics

Alexandre Tacques

M.SC.(c) - PPGC

OptimizationFluid DynamicMachine Learning

Andrey Felipe Schoier

M.Sc.(c) - PPGC

Data ScienceBioinformaticsGenomics

Cássio A. R. Bettim

M.SC.(c) - PPGBCM

Data ScienceBioinformaticsGenomics

Matheus Araujo de Lima

M.SC.(c) - PPGC

Data ScienceDeep LearningBioinformatics

Gustavo R. Kremer

M.SC.(c) - PPGC

Data ScienceBioinformaticsMachine Learning

Guilherme R. Graeff

M.SC.(c) - PPGC

Data ScienceMetaheuristicsBioinformatics

Franklin V. M. Nunes

M.SC.(c) - PPGC

BioinformaticsMachine LearningDeep LearningData Science

Renata Zottis Junges

M.SC.(c) - PPGC

BioinformaticsMachine LearningDeep LearningData Science

Arthur T. Mangini

DTI-C CNPq - UFRGS

Structural BioinformaticsMolecular Dynamics SimulationData Science

Guilherme Fernandes

IC - ECP/UFRGS

Data ScienceBioinformaticsMachine Learning

Lorenzo C. C. Novo

ITI - BTC/UFRGS

Data ScienceBioinformaticsStructural Bioinformatics

Bruno S. A. Gonçalves

ITI - CIC/UFRGS

Software EngineeringData Science

Gustavo Z. M. Silvano

IC - BTC/UFRGS

BiotechnologyData ScienceMachine Learning

External Collaborators and Friends

Dr. Mario Inostroza-Ponta DIINF/USACH/Chile

Dr. Mathias J. Krause IANM2/KIT/Germany

Dr. Nicolás Hidalgo Castillo ICIT/UDP/Chile

Dr. Hugo Verli CBiot/UFRGS/Brazil

Dr. Rodrigo Ligabue Braun UFCSPA/Brazil

Dr. Veronica Gil-Costa LIDIC/UNSL/Argentina

Dr. Luciana Arantes LIP6/UPMC/France

Dr. Piere Sens LIP6/UPMC/France

Dr. Manuel Vilallobos-Cid DIINF/USACH/Chile

Dr. Eduardo Filipe Avila Silva INCT FORENSE/Brazil

Dr. Jorge Parraga-Alava UTM/Ecuador

Dr. Rafael Stubs Parpinelli UDESC/Brazil

Dr. Clarice Sampaio Alho INCT Forense/PUCRS/Brazil

Dr. Juliana Silva Bernardes LCQB/UPMC/France

Dr. Conrado Pedebos UFCSPA/Brazil

Dr. Maria Cátira Bortolini LEHM/UFRGS/Brazil

Dr. Franciele Maboni Siqueira LaBacVet/UFRGS/Brazil

Dr. Eduardo Martín Tarazona Institute of Biological Sciences/UFMG/Brazil

Dr. Ana Claudia de Souza Neurology Department/HMV/Brazil

Dr. Rita de Cassia Aleixo Tostes Passaglia FMRP/USP/Brazil

Dr. Fernando Diz Brain Institute/PUCRS/Brazil

Med. Leonardo Carbonera Neurology Department/HMV/Brazil

Guests

2021

Mathias J. Krause

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Germany

2021

Nicolas Hafen

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Germany

2021

Adrian Kummerländer

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Germany

2021

Dennis Teutscher

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Germany

2021

Timo Weckerle

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Germany

2020

Sara Socorro Faria

University of Brasilia - Brazil

2019

Stephan Simonis

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Germany

2019

Robin Trunk

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Germany

2019

Mario Inostroza-Ponta