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

Bruna O. Missaggia

DTI-B CNPq - UFRGS

BioinformaticsMachine LearningDeep LearningData Science

Éderson S. M. Pinto

Ph.D(c) PPGBCM

Molecular Dynamics SimulationStructural BioinformaticsProtein ModelingMolecular Docking

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

Fernando G. Cavatão

M.SC.(c) - PPGBCM

Molecular DynamicsData ScienceBioinformatics

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