CURRENT
PostDoc
Peter Wood
Area: Geography
Project: Political Geography
Role: supervisor
Background: Ph.D. in Geography | Florida State University – USA
Paulo Fernando Braga Carvalho
Area: Mathematics and Geography
Project: City Networks and Migration: a graph approach
Role: supervisor
Background: Ph.D. in Geography (Spatial Analysis) | PUC – Minas
Ph.D.
Laura Botega (Ph.D. Candidate)
Area: Health Economics
Project: Efficiency of Health Facilities in Brazil: a DEA and Graph approach
Role: co-advisor
Background: Masters in Economic Demography | UC-Berkeley – USA
Carlos André Teixeira Gomes (Ph.D. Candidate)
Area: Education
Project: Poor school or school for the poor? Infrastructure inequality in the Brazilian schools
Role: co-advisor
Background: Masters in Education | UFMG
Masters
None
Area: None
Project: None
Role: none
Background: None
Undergrads
Helen Carolina Soares Teixeira
Area: Socioenvironmental Sciences
Project: The traces of the tragedy: discourses, impacts and support networks during and after the Samarco dam failure
Role: advisor
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Ana Carolina Lima Barros
Area: Geography
Project: Multidimensional profiles of highly risk pregnancies in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Role: advisor
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Luiza Melo
Area: Socioenvironmental Sciences
Project: Environmental Behavior and Proximity to Natural Resources: an applied spatial regime model for Governador Valadares
Role: advisor
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
PAST
PostDoc
Raquel Z. Coutinho
Area: Demography
Project: Reproductive intentions and strategies for vulnerability reduction under a Zika virus outbreak
Role: supervisor
Background: Ph.D. in Sociology (Major in Demography) | UNC – Chapel Hill
Scholarship: CAPES (Brazilian Ministry of Education)
Tiago Cisalpino
Area: Spatial Analysis
Project: Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Brazilian Midsize Cities
Role: supervisor
Background: Ph.D. in Geoprocessing | PUC-Minas
Scholarship: FINEP / CNPq (Rede Clima)
Ph.D.
Leonardo Azevedo Pampanelli Lucas
Title: The Recent Dynamics of Migration in the Brazilian Northeast
Role: co-advisor
Area: Ph.D. in Demography
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Marcelo Dantas
Title: Household Migration in the Brazilian Northeast
Role: co-advisor
Area: Ph.D. in Demography
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Luisa Pimenta Terra
Title: Values, Conservatism, and Marital Happiness in Brazil
Role: advisor
Area: Ph.D. in Demography (2016)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Marcia Barroso Fontes
Title: Economic status of single parent and two parents households in Brazil: a household budget approach
Role: co-advisor
Area: Ph.D. in Demography (2014)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Luiz Bertolucci Jr.
Title: Migration of disabled people in Brazil in the 1990’s and 2000’s: demographic and socioeconomic aspects
Role: co-advisor
Area: Ph.D. in Demography (2012)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Marden Barbosa de Campos
Title: Elderly migration from Sao Paulo to Minas Gerais in the 1980’s and 1990’s
Role: co-advisor
Area: Ph.D. in Demography (2010)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Masters
Nuni Jorgensen
Title: International migration, family, and gender in Governador Valadares
Role: co-advisor
Area: Masters in Demography (2017)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Michel Lopez Barrios
Title: Fertility and Land Use in agricultural frontiers: the case of Santarem, Brazil
Role: co-advisor
Area: Masters in Demography (2016)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Vanessa Cardoso Ferreira
Title: Household and lot life cycle and land use systems in Machadinho d’Oeste, Brazilian Amazon
Role: advisor
Area: Masters in Demography (2016)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Alysson Portella
Title: A proposal for a multidimensional index of basic education in Brazil based on the capability approach
Role: co-advisor
Area: Masters in Economics (2016)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Fernando Antonio Franca Sette Pinheiro Junior
Title: PSF, household arrangements, and preventive health care: empirical evidence for Minas Gerais
Role: advisor
Area: Masters in Demography (2012)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Aline Marchesi Hora
Title: Social representations of Galileia and Tumiritinga communities regarding conservation and use of the Doce River
Role: co-advisor
Area: Masters in Territorial Studies (2012)
Vale do Rio Doce University | Brazil
Katiuscia Cardoso Rodrigues
Title: Spatial and temporal analysis of endemic Hansen’s Disease in Governador Valadares from 2001 to 2010
Role: co-advisor
Area: Masters in Biology (2012)
Vale do Rio Doce University | Brazil
Undergrads
Giovana Antunes Benvenuto
Project: Reclassification of “quasi rural” urban census tracts and socioenvironmental vulnerability in BH metropolitan area
Role: advisor
Area: Socioenvironmental Sciences, B. Sc. (2017)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Marina Alves Amorim
Project: An application of the Exponential Random Graph Model to understand social cognition regarding Zika Virus
Role: advisor
Area: Statistics, B. Sc. (2017)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Wesley Henrique Silva Pereira
Project: Web of meanings and preparedness behavior: a neural and systems analysis
Role: advisor
Area: Statistics, B. Sc. (2017)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Maira Helena Costa
Project: River Floodings, Preparadness Behavior and Material Consequences: a flooding calendar approach applied to the Doce River Floods
Role: advisor
Area: Socioenvironmental Sciences, B. Sc. (2016)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Bruna Daniele Ribeiro Firmino
Project: Migration Dynamics and Urban Infrastructure in Governador Valadares
Role: advisor
Area: Socioenvironmental Sciences, B. Sc. (2016)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Melissa Lorena de Araújo Pinho
Project: Environmental Attitude and Behavior in Governador Valadares: A structural equation modeling approach
Role: advisor
Area: Statistics, B. Sc. (2015)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Fernanda Regina de Moura Oliveira
Project: Financial Reserves of Health Insurance Companies: projection of liquidity margins to 2022
Role: advisor
Area: Actuarial Sciences, B. Sc. (2015)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Bernardo Pardini de Freitas
Project: Causes and Lessons from the 2008 Financial Crisis: a Minskynian approach
Role: advisor
Area: Economics, B. Sc. (2014)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Ana Claudia Terra
Project: Social Retirement System for Public Employees: a mixed-regime analysis
Role: advisor
Area: Actuarial Sciences, B. Sc. (2013)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil
Tatiana Correa da Silva Pereira
Project: From the Nature of Consumption to the Consumption of Nature
Role: advisor
Area: Socioenvironmental Sciences, B. Sc. (2013)
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil