Our Team

The laboratory staff consists of postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, Master's students, and undergraduate students from diverse academic backgrounds, including Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields. The Master's and PhD students are affiliated with 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

Dr. Ícaro Maia Santos de Castro

PostDoc

Data ScienceMetagenomicsMachine Learning

Fernando G. Cavatão

Ph.D.(c) - PGRFA/FMRP/USAP - Co Advisor

Molecular DynamicsData ScienceBioinformatics

Mateus Boiani

Ph.D(c) PPGC

OptimizationMetaheuristicsParallel ComputingStructural Bioinformatics

Gabriela F. Gonçalves

Ph.D.(c) - PPGBCM

Gene ExpressionRNA-SeqHost-pathogen Interaction

Rafael Diogo Weimer

Ph.D.(c) - PPGBCM

Data ScienceMachine LearningInterpretabilityBiotechnology

Leonardo A. Carbonera

Ph.D.(c) - PPGCM - Co Advisor

Data Science

Luiza M. P. Behrens

Ph.D.(c) - PPGBCM

Data ScienceMulti-omic IntegrationPsychopathologies

Leonardo L. Dorneles

Ph.D.(c) - PPGC

Massive Parallel ComputingMetaheuristicsBioinformatics

Sebastian Aliaga-Rojas

Sandwich Ph.D. (USACH/Chile)

Machine LearningBioinformaticsData Science

Pamela Landero Sepulveda

Sandwich Ph.D. (USACH/Chile)

BioinformaticsData ScienceFeature Selection

Arthur T. Mangini

M.SC.(c) - PPGBCM

Structural BioinformaticsMolecular Dynamics SimulationData Science

Alexandre de Quadro Tacques Filho

M.SC.(c) - PPGC

OptimizationFluid DynamicMachine Learning

Felipe Ferro Callil Nascimento

M.SC.(c) - PPGC

Data ScienceDeep LearningFeature SelectionMachine Learning

Lucas Leonardo Fazioni

M.SC.(c) - PPGC

Data ScienceMachine LearningFeature Selection

Andrey Felipe Schoier

M.Sc.(c) - PPGC

Data ScienceBioinformaticsGenomics

Matheus Araujo de Lima

M.SC.(c) - PPGC

Data ScienceDeep LearningBioinformatics

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

Guilherme Fernandes

IC - ECP/UFRGS

Data ScienceBioinformaticsMachine Learning

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