People

Researchers in the group (funded undergrads, masters, doctoral candidates, and post-docs). Ongoing and concluded.

Most of the researchers are based at the Applied Mathematics Laboratory of the Institute (https://labmap.ime.usp.br/)

Most of the theses and dissertations can be found here: https://www.teses.usp.br/

Postdoctoral researchers

Fernando Valdes Ravelo. Time integration methods for efficient anisotropic viscoelastic full waveform inversion. Total Energies/ANP (2024–)
Felipe A. Guedes da Silva. Spatial Numerical Schemes and Absorbing Boundary Conditions for Anisotropic Visco Elastic Equations Associated with Seismic Inversion Problems. Total Energies/ANP. (2024–)
Felipe Augusto Ventura de Bragança Alves. Numerics-turbulence interactions in atmospheric models. FAPESP. (2023–)

Former

Guilherme L. Torres Mendonça. Data assimilation for next-generation weather and climate models. FAPESP. (2023–2026) → Hired as a scientific researcher at INPE/CPTEC.
William Corrêa Radunz. Multi-scale modeling and characterization of winds for onshore and offshore wind-energy applications. FAPESP (2022–2024) → Post-doc at Johns Hopkins University.
João Guilherme Caldas Steinstraesser. Parallel-in-time resolution of the shallow water equations on the rotating sphere using spherical harmonics and semi-Lagrangian discretization. FAPESP. (2021–2024) → Hired as a professor at IME-USP.
Felipe A. Guedes da Silva. Reduction of numerical dispersion of finite difference schemes for wave equations. Shell Brasil/ANP (2019–2023)

PhD candidates

Fellipe A. D. Prudente. Adaptive time integration. (2024–)
João Luiz Santos Gomes. Discrete Exterior Calculus and Applications. (2023–)
Juan Camilo B. Camargo. Finite volume methods on cubed sphere grids. (2022–)
Paulo Sérgio L. da Silva. Neural network data assimilation in PDEs. (2021–)

Former

Luan da Fonseca Santos. Analysis of finite-volume advection schemes on cubed-sphere grids and an accurate alternative for divergent winds. FAPESP (2020–2024). Thesis → Postdoc at Princeton University – USA.
Fernando Valdes Ravelo. On explicit exponential integrators in the solution of elastic wave propagation equations. International “Sandwich” stay at Univ. Grenoble Alpes (2023). Shell Brasil/CNPq. (2017–2024). Thesis
Luana Tais Bassani. A matrix population forecasting model for Aedes aegypti considering basic sanitation environment, daily weather, and its impact over the dormancy state. CAPES/CNPq (2016–2023). Thesis
Fabricio R. Lapolli. Accuracy and stability analysis of finite-volume methods on unstructured spherical grids for shallow water oceanic models. CNPq (2019–2023). Thesis → Postdoc at Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology.
Genilson Schunck de Lima. Finite difference and finite volume methods for shallow water equations on the sphere using reduced grids. CAPES (2017–2022). Thesis
Leonardo A. P. Cuevas. Error estimates for discretizations of the Laplacian by finite volume methods on spherical geodesic icosahedral grids. CAPES/CNPq (2015–2021). Thesis → Postdoc at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Jeferson Brambatti Granjeiro. A robust high-order finite volume method for advection on geodesic spherical grids. CAPES/CNPq (2012–2019). Thesis
Arthur A. R. Campos. Multiscale multigrid full-waveform inversion. International “Sandwich” stay at Univ. Grenoble Alpes in 2023-2024. Shell Brasil/CAPES (2019 – unfinished)
Guilherme B. A. Oliveira. Integration of mesoscale and microscale climate models for critical operation of wind farms. (2021 – unfinished)

MSc students

Former

Yuri Assis Pinto. Study and implementation of Semi-Lagrangian Exponential Integrators. (2024–2026). Thesis
Luciano R. Danninger. Analysis and applications of the KIOPS method in exponential integration and differential equations. CAPES (2020–2026). Thesis
Marco A. Dourado. Nonlinear wave interactions in rotating shallow water equations on the sphere. FAPESP (2024–2025). Thesis
Angelo Jonathan Diaz Soto. Optimal parameter analysis of the Fama and French three factor model using machine learning. CAPES (2024). Thesis
Marta Gil Bardají. Smooth Dynamical Downscaling of the Wind with the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS). Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona (2021–2022). Thesis
Juan Camilo B. Camargo. Evaluation of the potential of Godunov-type finite volume methods for seismic problems. Shell Brasil (2019–2022). Thesis
Luan da Fonseca Santos. Analysis of mimetic finite volume schemes on classical and moist shallow water models considering topography based local refinement in spherical Voronoi grids. FAPESP (2018–2020). Thesis
Ana Cecília Rojas Mendoza. Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations using Laplace transform integration. CAPES/CNPq (2016–2020). Thesis
Amanda Maciel de Oliveira. Vertical discretizations in weather and climate models. CNPq (2023 – unfinished)

Undergrad students (funded projects)

Maria Iolanda da Silva Feitosa. Introdução à dinâmica dos fluidos computacional e aplicações. PICME (2023–2024)
Isabela Miki Suzuki. Numerical exponential integrators for dynamical systems. FAPESP (2022–2023)
Arthur Clemente Giannotta. Automatic code generation for implicit Finite difference methods for seismic imaging. Shell Brasil (2019–2021)
Luan da Fonseca Santos. Topography-based local refinement in spherical Voronoi grids. FAPESP (2017–2018)