CAPES PrInt workshop - Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB)

The Brazil Gateway, in collaboration with the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) and the Global One Health initiative (GOHi), invites you to learn more about an important federal university in Brazil, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Faculty members from UFPB will present the last webinar part of the CAPES PrInt Online Workshop with Brazilian Universities. They will share the university’s research focus under the CAPES PrInt funding system, opportunities for collaboration with Ohio State, and past successful experiences. 

CAPES PrInt - Four Brazilian universities have listed Ohio State as a partner for the new Brazilian government funding system, CAPES PrInt. CAPES is an important foundation connected with the Ministry of Education in Brazil. CAPES PrInt is a 60,000,000 four-year program that aims to promote the development of strategic internationalization plans as a means to improve the quality of Brazilian graduate courses and to draw greater international visibility to scientific research carried out in Brazil. Opportunities include Brazilian graduate students interested in being visiting scholars abroad and positions for graduate students wanting to be visiting scholars in Brazil, as well as Brazilian faculty nominating their foreign collaborators as visiting faculty in Brazil, and the establishment of research networks among universities. 

Join the webinar by registering and share with those who might be interested. See you on July 14 at 12pm (ET)/1pm (BRT).

About the speaker:

Professor Márcia Batista da Fonseca 

Prof. Fonseca is the coordinator of graduate programs and associate professor at the Department of Economics at UFPB. Fonseca holds a bachelor's and a master’s degree in Economics from UFPB, a Ph.D. in Economics from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), and a postdoc in International Economics from UGENT, Belgium. 

Professor Júlio Santos Rebouças 

Prof. Rebouças leads the Chemistry graduate program and is associate professor at UFPB. Rebouças graduated in Chemical Engineering and holds a master’s in Chemistry from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He also holds a Chemistry Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Canada and a postdoc from Duke University, US. Currently, Rebouças  is a fellow of the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) and serves as the elected deputy director of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Brazilian Chemical Society. 

Professor José Ferrari Neto 

Prof. Neto is associate professor of graduate programs in Linguistics and Portuguese at UFPB. Neto holds a bachelor's degree in Portuguese and Literature from the Catholic University of Petrópolis, a specialization degree in Portuguese from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), a master's and PhD in Language Studies from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and a postdoc in Linguistics from Unicamp. 

Professor Sandro Marden Torres 

Prof. Torres is full professor of Materials Science and Engineering at UFPB. Torres holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield, UK. Currently, Torres is involved with UFPB's Capes PrInt theme "Caatinga Biome, Biodaviersity and Sustainability" within the project "innovation in materials, products and processes associated with environmental conservation and sustainability".  

About UFPB: 

The Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) is a Brazilian federal public higher education institution, located in the state of Paraíba. Its main campus is in João Pessoa. UFPB has other three campuses in Areia, Bananeiras and the North Coast (Rio Tinto and Mamanguape). It was founded in 1955 and agriculture was the first course. UFPB has 57 centers and departments, 108 graduate and professional programs and 123 undergraduate programs. Over 39,000 students are enrolled. Ohio State and UFPB have been collaborating for years through the Global One Health initiative (GOHi), especially with Prof. Celso Oliveira, from the Center of Agricultural Sciences at UFPB, in the veterinary medicine field. 

More info on their Capes Print: HERE