LASCON Alumni
(Information verified as of April 7, 2025)
A statistical summary of LASCON students and their current positions is given at the bottom of this page.
LASCON I (2006)
| Name | Position then | Position now |
| Adriano B. L. Tort | Postdoc (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) | Faculty (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) |
| Bruna D. L. Pinto | PhD student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Teacher of gifted children (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) |
| Cristiane G. Guidoreni | PhD student (UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Customer experience team lead (ApplyBoard, Kitchener, ON, Canada) |
| Cristiane O. R. Salum | Postdoc (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (UFABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil) |
| Daniel Y. Takahashi | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) |
| Daniel Zysman | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Education affiliate (MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA) |
| Danilo R. Campos | Undergrad student (UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil) | Faculty (UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Deusdedit L. Spavieri Junior | PhD student (MPI, Munich, Germany) | Scientific entrepreneur (São Carlos, SP, Brazil) |
| Felipe Sierra | PhD student (IIBCE, Montevideo, Uruguay) | Faculty (UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| Gabriel M. Arisi | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| George B. P. Bezerra | MSc student (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil) | Researcher (EMBRAPA, Campinas, SP, Brazil) |
| Jacobo D. Sitt | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Faculty (INSERM, Paris, France) |
| Jorge Mejía-Cabeza | Postdoc (INPE, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil) | Staff researcher (Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Leonardo C. Araújo | MSc student (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) | Faculty (UFSJ, São João del-Rei, MG, Brazil) |
| Licurgo B. de Almeida | PhD student (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) | AI manager (LinkedIn, New York, NY, USA) |
| Marcelo I. Aguilar-Rivera | MSc student (University of Chile, Santiago, Chile) | Senior project scientist (UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA) |
| Miguel Angel Durán-Roa | MSc student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | Faculty (IFCE, Crato, CE, Brazil) |
| Nataly Horner H. de Castro | Undergrad student (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil) | Entrepreneur (San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA) |
| Orfa Y. Galvis-Alonso | Postdoc (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (FAMERP, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil) |
| Pedro V. Carelli | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) |
| Rafael Rodriguez-Rojas | PhD student (CIREN, Havana, Cuba) | Staff researcher (HM CINAC, Madrid, Spain) |
| Rodrigo Publio | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Model validation superintendent (Itaú Unibanco, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Silvia M. Kuva | Postdoc (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Higher and secondary education teacher (São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Tiago Pereira | PhD student (Uni Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany) | Faculty (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) |
LASCON II (2008)
| Name | Position then | Position now |
| Alejo Rodriguez-Cattaneo | Research assistant (IIBCE, Montevideo, Uruguay) | Faculty (IIBCE, Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| Alex K. Susemihl | MSc student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Senior software engineer (Google, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) |
| Ali O. Argunsah | PhD student (Sabanci Univ, Istanbul, Turkey) | Senior research scientist (UZH, Zurich, Switzerland) |
| Bóris Marin | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (UFABC, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil) |
| Catão T. Freitas | Faculty (UFRPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | Deceased |
| Cesar Celis-Ceballos | Undergrad student (Univ Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia) | Postdoc (FAU, Jupiter, FL, USA) |
| Danielle O. C. Santos | PhD student (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) | Faculty (UFSB, Itabuna, BA, Brazil) |
| Denise Arruda | MSc student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Data analyst (Keyrus, Porto, Portugal) |
| Fabio E. Martinez-Ceballos | MSc student (UNAL, Bogotá, Colombia) | Independent consultant (Bogotá, Colombia) |
| Giseli de Sousa | PhD student (Univ Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK) | System analyst (LabTrans-UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil) |
| H. Julián Tejada-Herrera | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (UFS, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil) |
| Janaína Brusco | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (Langara College, Vancouver, BC, Canada) |
| João Batista Destro Filho | Faculty (UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil) | Faculty (UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil) |
| José V. M. Borges | Undergrad student (UFPA, Belém, PA, Brazil) | System analyst (Stefanini, Jaguariúna, SP, Brazil) |
| Leo H. M. Arruda | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Entrepreneur; Community coordinator (Altruísmo Eficaz Brasil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Ludmila Brochini-Rodrigues | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Data scientist (Philips, Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| Maria F. Iacaruso | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Faculty (Francis Crick Institute, London, UK) |
| Oscar J. Avella-Gonzalez | PhD student (Vrije Univ, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | Senior data scientist (Empire Life, London, ON, Canada) |
| Rafael P. Proença | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Research fellow (Open Philanthropy, Brasilia, DF, Brazil) |
| Roberto A. Vazquez | PhD student (CIC-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico) | Faculty (La Salle Univ, Mexico City, Mexico) |
| Tiago L. Ribeiro | MSc student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | Staff scientist (NIMH, Bethesda, MD, USA) |
| Vladimir R. V. Assis | PhD student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | Faculty (UEFS, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil) |
LASCON III (2010)
| Name | Position then | Position now |
| Alan J. Mejia-Maza | MSc student (Cayetano Heredia Univ, Lima, Peru) | Postdoc (Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA) |
| Aline R. Assis | MSc student (UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil) | Faculty (UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil) |
| André Luzardo | MSc student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (Univ Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain) |
| Ariadne A. Costa | MSc student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (UFJ, Jataí, GO, Brazil) |
| Carlos S. N. Brito | MSc student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Postdoc (Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal) |
| Diego A. Pacheco-Pinedo | MSc student (Cayetano Heredia Univ, Lima, Peru) | Postdoc (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA) |
| Ezequiel M. Arneodo | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Machine learning engineer (Apple, Cupertino, CA, USA) |
| Fabio A. Carvalho | MSc student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Entrepreneur; Faculty (São Camilo University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Fernando E. Padovan Neto | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) |
| Fernando O. Rozenblit | MSc student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | Software engineer (Drägerwerk, Lübeck, Germany) |
| Guilherme A. Z. Morais | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Senior data science engineer (Onera Health, Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| Hermany Munguba Vieira | Undergrad student (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) | Faculty (UCL, London, UK) |
| Ingrid M. Esteves | MSc student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (Lethbridge University, Lethbridge, Canada) |
| Ivan M. Lascano | PhD student (INIMEC-CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina) | Regulatory affairs associate (Parexel, Madrid, Spain) |
| João M. Y. Catunda | MSc student (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | Physiotherapist (Municipal Rehabilitation Center, Cabo Frio, RJ, Brazil) |
| Maurício Girardi Schappo | MSc student (UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil) | Faculty (UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil) |
| Mozar D. da Costa | PhD student (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) | High school teacher (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) |
| Olavo B. Amaral | Faculty (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | Writer; Faculty (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) |
| Patricia Molina Luna | MSc student (MPI, Tübingen, Germany) | Unknown status. Last known position (post-doc, UZH, Zurich, Switzerland) |
| Paulo F. C. Tilles | PhD student (IFT-UNESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil) |
| Pedro G. Vieira | PhD student (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) | Research associate (McGill Univ, Montreal, Canada) |
| Rafael G. Viegas | PhD student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (IFSP, Catanduva, SP, Brazil) |
| Rodrigo Pavão | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (UFABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil) |
| Sergio Hernandez-Lopez | MSc student (UACM, Mexico City, Mexico) | Faculty (UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico) |
| Thiago M. Pinto | MSc student (UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | General director (IFRJ, Nilópolis, RJ, Brazil) |
| Vitor M. Chaud | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (UFTM, Uberaba, MG, Brazil) |
| Weber C. F. N. da Silva | PhD student (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) | Faculty (Unicentro, Guarapuava, PR, Brazil) |
LASCON IV (2012)
| Name | Position then | Position now |
| Adriano E. Reimer | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Visiting researcher (UFSCar, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) |
| André L. Takatsu-Coleman | Postdoc (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Global pharmacovigilance case processor (São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Ângeluz C. Canena | MSc student (UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil) | Brazilian navy officer (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) |
| Antonio C. B. Godoi | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | IT manager (Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Bilzã M. Araújo | PhD student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (UFSB, Porto Seguro, BA, Brazil) |
| Bruno N. S. Medeiros | PhD student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | Senior software engineer (Avanada, Recife, PE, Brazil) |
| Bryan C. Souza | Undergrad student (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) | Postdoc (Radboud Univ, Nijmegen, Netherlands) |
| Camila Zugarramurdi | MSc student (UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay) | Faculty (UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| Daniel A. Fernandes | MSc student (LNCC, Petrópolis, RJ, Brazil) | Senior software engineer (Lucid Cue, USA, remote; Petrópolis, RJ, Brazil) |
| Daniel E. Padilla-Baez | PhD student (UniSA, Adelaide, Australia) | Chief operating officer (Analytix Software, Adelaide, Australia) |
| Daniel Penalva | PhD student (IFT-UNESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Mahayana Buddhism teacher and Writer (Ubatuba, SP, Brazil) |
| Ezequiel M. Salido | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Faculty (West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WV, USA) |
| Federico Davoine | MSc student (UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay) | Faculty (UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| Fernanda S. Matias | PhD student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | Faculty (UFAL, Maceió, AL, Brazil) |
| Fernando M. Mayoral | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Private English as a foreign language teacher (São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Frederico M. A. S. Reis | Undergrad student (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | Tech lead front-end (Softvaro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) |
| Gary F. Hammen | PhD student (Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO, USA) | Deceased |
| Gonzalo Sanguinetti | Postdoc (Univ Bologna, Bologna, Italy) | Chief product owner (ASML, Veldhoven, Netherlands) |
| João P. M. Sousa | PhD student (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) | Faculty (CEFET, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) |
| João V. Dornas | MSc student (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) | Senior software engineer (Hard Quale, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) |
| Juan I. Sanguinetti-Scheck | MSc student (UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay) | Faculty (UPenn, Philadelphia, PA, USA) |
| Karla B. García-Ramó | Researcher (CIREN, Havana, Cuba) | Postdoc (Queen’s Univ, Kingston, ON, Canada) |
| Luciano G. Fernandes | Faculty (UFRRJ, Seropédica, RJ Brazil) | Faculty (UFRRJ, Seropédica, RJ Brazil) |
| Luis D. Suarez | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Career transition to data science (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| Markus M. Hilscher | MSc student (Uppsala Univ, Uppsala, Sweden) | Customer excellence & AI innovation lead (Novartis, Vienna, Austria) |
| Mehdi Bayati | MSc student (IASBS, Zanjan, Iran) | Data scientist (Vaillant Group, Bochum, Germany) |
| Ritwik D. Kulkarni | PhD student (SISSA, Trieste, Italy) | Chief technology officer (OraiBio, London, UK) |
| Rodrigo Siqueira de Souza | MSc student (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | Postdoc (Univ Sheffield, Sheffield, UK) |
| Sergio A. Conde-Ocazionez | PhD student (UFRN, Natal, Brazil) | Postdoc (NIN, Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| Thiago Borduqui Ferrari | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Forensic expert (Civil police of the Federal District, Brasília, DF, Brazil) |
| Thiago C. Moulin | Undergrad student (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | Postdoc (Univ Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| Thiago S. Mosqueiro | PhD student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Senior applied scientist (Amazon, Seattle, WA, USA) |
| Vítor Lopes dos Santos | PhD student (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) | Postdoc (Oxford Univ, Oxford, UK) |
| Wesley H. Godoy | Undergrad student (UFABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil) | Corporate banking, sustainability and corporate transitions (Citi, New York, NY, USA). |
LASCON V (2014)
| Name | Position then | Position now |
| André L. V. Lockmann | PhD student (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) | Medical resident (UFJF, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil) |
| André M. Bastos | Postdoc (ESI, Frankfurt, Germany) | Faculty (Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN, USA) |
| Andrei Nakagawa Silva | MSc student (UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil) | Engineering manager (Bitboundaire, remote, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil) |
| Camila S. Deolindo | MSc student (IIN-ELS, Natal, RN, Brazil) | Software engineer (Vestas, Aarhus, Denmark) |
| Christoph Metzner | PhD student (Univ Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany) | Postdoc (TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany) |
| Cristiano A. Köhler | Postdoc (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) | Research assistant (Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany) |
| Daniel C. Medeiros | PhD student (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) | Research specialist (Karolinska Inst, Solna, Sweden) |
| Diogo M. P. Santos-Pata | PhD student (UPF, Barcelona, Spain) | Real-world evidence expert (UCB, Barcelona, Spain) |
| Emilia B. Deleglise | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Postdoc (Balseiro Inst, Bariloche, Argentina) |
| Homero B. S. Esmeraldo | Undergrad student (ITA, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil) | PhD student (UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA) |
| Joaquin M. N. Ahumada | PhD student (Univ Leicester, Leicester, UK) | Faculty (Torcuato Di Tella Univ, Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| Josiane da Silva Freitas | MSc student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Laboratory intern (Stockholm Univ, , Stockholm, Sweden) |
| Juan M. Galeazzi-González | PhD student (Oxford Univ, Oxford, UK) | Postdoctoral research associate (Oxford Univ, Oxford, UK) |
| Maria C. Quintero | PhD student (Los Andes Univ, Bogotá, Colombia) | Project lead (SENA, Bogotá, Colombia) |
| María da Fonseca | PhD student (Balseiro Inst, Bariloche, Argentina) | Postdoc (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| Querusche K. Zanona | MSc student (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) | Biologist (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) |
| Rafael T. Guariento | PhD student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Data scientist (Itaú Unibanco, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Rubén D. Pinzón-Morales | PhD student (Chubu Univ, Kasugai, Japan) | Computer science teacher (UWC ISAK, Karuizawa-machi, Nagano, Japan) |
| Saeed Shariati | PhD student (UFABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil) | Principal software engineer (A5 Labs, Berlin, Germany) |
| Yudi C. D. Caro | PhD student (UNC, Córdoba, Argentina) | Data scientist (BBVA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
LASCON VI (2016)
| Name | Position then | Position now |
| Amanda Sofie Rios | Undergrad student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Senior AI & machine learning scientist and engineer (Intel, Santa Clara, CA, USA) |
| Daniel Herrera-Esposito | MSc student (UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay) | Postdoc (UPenn, Philadelphia, PA, USA) |
| Dardo Ferreiro | PhD student (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) | Postdoc (LMU, Munich, Germany |
| Diego M. Coelho | MSc student (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | Associate bioinformatics director (Ryvu therapeutics, remote) and Visiting professor (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) |
| Elisa M. A. Jordão | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | High school teacher (Vértice School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Emilia Fló Rama | MSc student (UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay) | Postdoc (Sorbonne Univ, Paris, France) |
| Estevão U. P. Vieira | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Research data scientist (Google, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Felippe E. Amorim | MSc student (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | Research associate (Cambridge Univ, Cambridge, UK) |
| Fernando S. Borges | PhD student (UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil) | Research scientist consultant (SUNY, New York, NY, USA) |
| Frederico A. Marques | Undergrad student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Tech lead (MOSS.Earth, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Germano S. Bortolotto | PhD student (UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil) | Data engineer (Lendo AB, Stockholm, Sweden) |
| Giovanni Maffei | PhD student (UPF, Barcelona, Spain) | Principal data scientist – precision psychiatry (Boehringer Ingelheim, hybrid, Wiesbaden, Germany) |
| Gonzalo Corti Bielsa | Postdoc (UBA, Buenos Aires Argentina) | Data scientist (Globant, Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| Guillem Via Rodriguez | Postdoc (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | High school teacher (Institut-Escola Oriol Martorell, Barcelona, Spain) |
| Iman Ghodrati-Toostani | PhD student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Research director (HC Matrix Technology, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) |
| Javier Palma Espinosa | Undergrad student (Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile) | PhD student (Univ Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile) |
| Jesus Peña-Rodriguez | MSc student (UIS, Bucaramanga, Colombia) | Postdoc (Univ Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany) |
| Josue Ortega-Caro | Undergrad student (Univ Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru) | Postdoc (Yale Univ, New Haven, CT, USA) |
| Kae Leopoldo | MSc student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Postdoc (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Leonardo Dalla Porta | MSc student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | Postdoc (IIBB, Barcelona, Spain) |
| Lézio Bueno-Júnior | Postdoc (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Research faculty (U Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) |
| Lucas Rebelo Dal’Bello | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Researcher (Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy) |
| Mariano Fernandez Corazza | Postdoc (UNLP, La Plata, Argentina) | Faculty (UNLP, La Plata, Argentina) |
| Melisa Maidana Capitán | PhD student (Balseiro Inst, Bariloche, Argentina) | Postdoc (Cajal Inst, Madrid, Spain) |
| Milena M. Carvalho | MSc student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Postdoc (OIST, Okinawa, Japan) |
| Nahuel Almeira | MSc student (Balseiro Inst, Bariloche, Argentina) | Engineering services business line manager (Raxar Systems, Córdoba, Argentina) |
| Osvaldo Matías Velarde | MSc student (Balseiro Inst, Bariloche, Argentina) | Postdoc (MSK Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA) |
| Paulo R. O. Castro | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Staff machine learning engineer (Nubank, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Pedro L. C. Rodrigues | MSc student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (Univ Grenoble Alpes, Inria, CNRS, Grenoble, France) |
| QuynhAnh Nguyen | PhD student (Iowa Univ, Iowa City, IA, USA) | Faculty (UIndy, Indianapolis, IN, USA) |
| Raúl Rodriguez-Cruces | PhD student (UNAM, Querétaro, Mexico) | Postdoc (McGill Univ, Montreal, Canada) |
| Renan O. Shimoura | MSc student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Postdoc (Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany) |
| Renzo Comolatti | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | PhD student (Univ Milan, Milan, Italy) and Honarary fellow (Univ Wisconsin, Madison, USA) |
| Ronaldo Valter Nunes | MSc student (UFABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil) | Data scientist (Kantar IBOPE Media, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Samy N. Castro-Novoa | PhD student (Univ Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile) | Postdoc (Univ Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France) |
| Yuri Elias Rodrigues | MSc student (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) | Research associate (Newcastle Univ, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK) |
LASCON VII (2018)
| Name | Position then | Position now |
| Adam H. Sugi | MSc student (UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil) | PhD student (IMPRS for Brain & Behavior, Bonn, Germany) |
| Ángeles Tepper | Biomedical engineer (Santa Fé, Argentina) | Postdoc (Wayne State Univ, Detroit, MI, USA) |
| Augusto T. Figueiredo | MSc student (UFS, Aracajú, SE, Brazil) | Neurologist (Clinica Sinapse, Aracajú, SE, Brazil) |
| Azul Silva | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Postdoc (Sorbonne Univ, Paris, France) |
| Cecília Romaro | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Postdoc (Yale Univ, New Haven, CT, USA) |
| Daniel M. Castro | MSc student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | PhD student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) |
| Enver M. O. Puma | PhD student (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) | Faculty (Univ Andina del Cusco, Cusco, Peru) |
| Erica Griffith | Medical student (SUNY, New York, NY, USA) | PhD student (SUNY, New York, NY, USA) |
| Facundo L. Rodriguez | MSc student (Balseiro Inst, Bariloche, Argentina) | Software engineer (Intuition Machines, San Francisco, CA, USA) |
| Felix B. Kern | PhD student (Univ Sussex, Brighton, UK) | Brewmaster – self-employed (Tokyo, Japan) |
| Fernando A. Najman | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Visiting professor (UFABC, São Bernardo do Campos, SP, Brazil) |
| Gabriel L. Debastiani | Undergrad student (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) | Private physics teacher (Canoas, RS, Brazil) |
| Hélio J. Shimozako | Postdoc (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Technical consultant (Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, DF, Brazil) |
| Jaime A. Riascos-Salas | MSc student (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) | PhD student (Potsdam Univ, Potsdam, Germany) |
| João V. S. Moreira | MSc student (UNIFESP, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil) | PhD student (SUNY, New York, NY, USA) |
| Karine D. Guimarães | Postdoc (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Visiting professor (UFABC, São Bernardo do Campos, SP, Brazil) |
| Laurent Dragoni | PhD student (Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France) | Postdoc (Côte d’Azur Univ, Nice, France) |
| Matias Mugnaini | PhD student (Leloir Inst, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Postdoc (BCCN, Berlin, Germany) |
| Mayara V. Pasquetti | PhD student (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) | Data coordinator (Akross, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Natielle F. Rabelo | PhD student (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil) | Software developer (Recod.ai, Campinas, SP, Brazil) |
| Oussama Sabri | PhD student (Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France) | Postdoc (UKE, Hamburg, Germany) |
| Pablo A. A. Urbizagastegui | MSc student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | PhD student (Western Sydney Univ, Sydney, Australia) |
| Pablo F. S. Chacon | Undergrad student (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) | PhD student (Univ Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany) |
| Parviz Ghaderi | PhD student (Shahid Beheshti Univ of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran) | Research assistant (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) |
| Paulo R. Protachevicz | PhD student (UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil) | Data scientist (Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil) |
| Ricardo J. E. Toscano | PhD student (Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA, USA) | Data scientist (Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA) |
| Robert A. Capps | PhD student (Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA, USA) | Entrepreneur (PFun Digital Health, San Francisco, CA, USA) |
| Rodrigo F. O. Pena | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Faculty (FAU, Jupiter, FL, USA) |
| Sareh Rostami | PhD student (Shahid Beheshti Univ of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran) | Postdoc (Sharif Univ Technology, Tehran, Iran) |
| Susana C. Paredes Zúñiga | MSc student (Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile) | Postdoc (Univ Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany) |
| Vinícius Lima Cordeiro | MSc student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | PhD graduate (Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille, France) |
| Vinícius Rezende Carvalho | PhD student (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) | Postdoc (Univ Oslo, Oslo, Norway) |
| Vitor V. Cuziol | MSc student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | IT Specialist (Regional Labor Court of the 3rd Region, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) |
| Yanina Leon Uscapi | MSc student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
LASCON VIII (2020)
| Name | Position then | Position now |
| Agustín Sanchez Merlinsky | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Data scientist (MUTT Data, Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| Amaya Miquelajáuregui | Faculty (Univ Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico) | Faculty (Univ Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| Ana Aquiles Reyes | PhD student (UNAM, Querétaro, Mexico) | Postdoc (Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France) |
| Ana Paula S. Souza | MSc student (UNB, Brasília, DF, Brazil) | Senior data scientist (Facio, remote, Brasília, DF, Brazil) |
| Arthur L. S. Valencio | Postdoc (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil) | AI research specialist (Samsung R&D Brazil, Campinas, SP, Brazil) |
| Bruno R. R. Boaretto | PhD student (UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil) | Postdoc (UNIFESP, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil) |
| Cindy Lucero García | MSc student (UNAM, Querétaro, Mexico) | PhD student (McGill Univ, Montreal, Canada) |
| Daniela Piña Novo | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Postdoc (Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL, USA) |
| Eric G. O. Rodrigues | PhD student (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) | Faculty (UEAP, Macapá, AP, Brazil) |
| Federico A. Gascue | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| Felipe A. C. Serafim | PhD student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | PhD graduate (Recife, PE, Brazil) |
| Fernando P. Vera Buschmann | MSc graduate (Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile) | PhD student (NJIT, Newark, NJ, USA) |
| Gabriela Mueller de Melo | MSc student (UFABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil) | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Gabriel Matías Lorenz | MSc student (Balseiro Inst, Bariloche, Argentina) | Postdoc (ZMNH, Hamburg, Germany) |
| Gustavo D. Soroka | MSc student (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) | PhD student (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) |
| Iago Carvalho de Almeida | Undergrad student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Researcher (CNPEM, Campinas, SP, Brazil) |
| Jheniffer J. Gonsalves | PhD student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | Data scientist (NTT DATA Europe & Latam, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Kalel L. Rossi | MSc student (UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil) | Postdoc (MPINB, Bonn, Germany) |
| Laura F. Lyra | Undergrad student (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) | Customer success manager (Alcemy, hybrid, Mittenwald, Germany) |
| Letícia B. Caus | MSc student (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) | Mid-level customer success team leader (Hostinger, remote, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil) |
| Luana B. Domingos | MSc student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Research specialist (Tetra Pharm Technologies, Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| Madalena C. Esteves | Postdoc (Univ Minho, Braga, Portugal) | Clinical research associate/language area coordinator (European Huntington’s Disease Network, Porto, Portugal) |
| Mai Gamal | PhD student (German Univ in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt) | PhD student (German Univ in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt) |
| Marco Peña García | Research assistant (San Marcos Univ, Lima, Peru) | PhD student (Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA, USA) |
| Maria E. Torres Garcia | PhD student (UNAM, Querétaro, Mexico) | Faculty (USEP, Puebla, Mexico) |
| Marina Cardoso de Oliveira | MSc student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | PhD student (Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, USA) |
| Natália C. B. Matos | MSc student (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) | PhD student (Yale Univ, New Haven, CT, USA) |
| Nicola Pedreschi | PhD student (Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille, France) | Research assistant (Univ Bari, Bari, Italy) |
| Paula G. Rodrigues | PhD student (UFABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil) | AI research specialist (Samsung R&D Brazil, Campinas, SP, Brazil) |
| Paulo C. Passos | PhD student (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | Postdoc (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Raul de Palma Aristides | PhD student (IFT-UNESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Postdoc (UPF, Barcelona, Spain) |
| Renata Biaggi Biazzi | MSc student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | PhD student (Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ, USA) |
| Ricardo G. Molinari | MSc student (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil) | Postdoc (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil) |
| Roberto C. Budzinski | PhD student (UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil) | Postdoc (Western Univ, London, ON, Canada) |
| Sebastián Orellana Villota | MSc student (Univ Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile) | PhD student (Univ Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile) |
| Shahab Zarei | Postdoc (Shiraz Univ Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran) | Postdoc (ION, Shanghai, China) |
| Silvio José Vitor Ferreira | MSc student (USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil) | Unknown status |
| Sophie Benitez Stulz | PhD student (Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille, France) | PhD graduate (Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille, France) |
| Tawan A. Carvalho | PhD student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | Invited researcher (ICVS, Braga, Portugal) |
| Xiangyu Zhou | PhD student (Univ Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) | PhD student (Univ Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) |
LASCON IX (2024)
| Name | Position then | Position now |
| Adriana C. Pliego Carrillo | Faculty (UAEM, Toluca, Mexico) | Faculty (UAEM, Toluca, Mexico) |
| Adriana G. Chira Ramirez | Undergrad student (UNI, Lima Peru) | Associate researcher (Univ Andina de Cusco, Cusco, Peru) |
| Alejandro S. Aguilera Soza | PhD student (PUC Chile, Santiago, Chile) | PhD student (PUC Chile, Santiago, Chile) |
| Andres F. Cadena Parra | Undergrad student (Univ de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia) | Biomedical engineer (Bogotá, Colombia) |
| Ângelo O. Del Rey | MSc student (UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | MSc student (UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Avinash Kanakam | Undergrad student (FAU, Jupiter, FL, USA) | Undergrad student (FAU, Jupiter, FL, USA) and Undergrad researcher (MPFI, Jupiter, FL, USA) |
| Bruna Vieira Tiburcio | MSc graduate (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | Junior AI engineer (Teachy, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) |
| Carlos E. F. Mendes | MSc student (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil) | MSc graduate (Campinas, SP, Brazil) |
| Carlos Medina Saldivar | MSc student (Univ Andina de Cusco, Cusco, Peru) | PhD student (Univ Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA) |
| Catalina A. Saini Ferrón | Undergrad student (PUC Chile, Santiago, Chile) | MSc student (Univ Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany) and Research assistant (MPIB, Berlin, Germany) |
| Dante Kienigiel | MSc student (ITBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | PhD student (Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburg, PA, USA) |
| Diogo L. Marques de Souza | MSc student (UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil) | PhD student (UEPG, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil) |
| Edson V. de Paula Noia | PhD student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | PhD student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) |
| Facundo Emina | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| Flavio R. Rusch | Postdoc (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Postdoc (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) |
| Giacomo Preti | MSc student (UNIMORE, Modena, Italy) | PhD student (Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille, France) |
| Graça R. M. de Almeida | PhD student (UFAL, Maceió, AL, Brazil) | PhD student (UFAL, Maceió, AL, Brazil) |
| Gurgen Soghoyan | PhD student (Skoltech, Moskow, Russia) | PhD student (Skoltech, Moskow, Russia) |
| Gustavo E. Mereles Menesse | PhD student (Univ Granada, Granada, Spain) | PhD student (Univ Granada, Granada, Spain) |
| Gustavo G. C. A. Dias | PhD student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) | PhD student (UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil) |
| Hanna C. Gurgel Arruda | MSc student (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) | PhD student (UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil) |
| Hanna Tolle | PhD student (Imperial College, London, UK) | PhD student (Imperial College, London, UK) |
| Hernán D. Villota Bolaños | Faculty (IUE, Envigado, Colombia) | Faculty (IUE, Envigado, Colombia) |
| Joana M. G. Lira Silva | MSc student (UFAL, Maceió, AL, Brazil) | MSc student (UFAL, Maceió, AL, Brazil) |
| João G. Borges da Silva | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| João H. de Sant’Ana | MSc student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | PhD student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Karla G. Avilez Poblador | MSc student (UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico) | MSc graduate (Mexico City, Mexico) |
| Katiele V. P. Brito | PhD student (UFAL, Maceió, AL, Brazil) | PhD student (UFAL, Maceió, AL, Brazil) |
| Lavínia M. Takarabe | MSc student (UFABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil) | MSc student (UFABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil) |
| Maria M. Florentino | MSc student (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | MSc student (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) |
| Martina Acevedo | Undergrad student (Balseiro Inst, Bariloche, Argentina) | PhD student (UAB, Barcelona, Spain) |
| Paulo M. Orglmeister | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) | Undergrad student (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) |
| Pedro R. Pinheiro | Undergrad student (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) | MSc student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) |
| Peter Rodriguez | PhD student (FAU, Jupiter, FL, USA) | Postdoc (UIUC, Champaign, IL, USA) |
| Rafael S. Corrêa | Undergrad student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | Undergrad student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) |
| Ramiro Plüss | PhD student (ITBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | PhD student (ITBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| Scott McElroy | PhD student (SUNY, New York, NY, USA) | PhD student (SUNY, New York, NY, USA) |
| Sue Lam Rhâmidda | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) |
| Thiago T. O. Bezerra | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) | PhD student (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) and Research intern (Tampere Univ, Tampere, Finland) |
| Tomás Bosch Messina | PhD student (PUC Chile, Santiago, Chile) | PhD student (PUC Chile, Santiago, Chile) |
| Valentín Agulló | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | PhD student (UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
LASCON students statistics
Total number of students: 278
Average age: 27
Gender distribution:
- Male: 204 (73%)
- Female: 74 (27%)
Country of nationality:
- Brazil: 162 (58%)
- Argentina: 28 (10%)
- Colombia: 17 (6%)
- Mexico: 11 (4%)
- Chile: 9 (3%)
- Peru: 8 (3%)
- Uruguay: 8 (3%)
- Iran: 6 (2%)
- USA: 6 (2%)
- Italy: 3 (1%)
- Cuba: 2 (0.7%)
- Germany: 2 (0.7%)
- Portugal: 2 (0.7%)
- Armenia: 1 (0.4%)
- Austria: 1 (0.4%)
- China: 1 (0.4%)
- Ecuador: 1 (0.4%)
- Egypt: 1 (0.4%)
- France: 1 (0.4%)
- India: 1 (0.4%)
- Morocco: 1 (0.4%)
- Paraguay: 1 (0.4%)
- Spain: 1 (0.4%)
- Switzerland: 1 (0.4%)
- Turkey: 1 (0.4%)
- Venezuela: 1 (0.4%)
- Vietnam: 1 (0.4%)
Background:
- Physics: 86 (31%)
- Biology: 57 (20%)
- Engineering: 49 (17.6%)
- Computer Science: 20 (7%)
- Medicine: 16 (6%)
- Psychology/Cognitive Sciences: 13 (5%)
- Molecular Sciences: 11 (4%)
- Biomedical Sciences: 10 (4%)
- Mathematics: 8 (3%)
- Neuroscience: 7 (2%)
- Nursing: 1 (0.4%)
Country of position then
- Brazil: 170 (61%)
- Argentina: 28 (10%)
- Chile: 9 (3%)
- Mexico: 9 (3%)
- USA: 8 (3%)
- Colombia: 7 (2.5%)
- Peru: 6 (2.2%)
- Uruguay: 6 (2.2%)
- Germany: 5 (2%)
- UK: 5 (2%)
- France: 4 (1.4%)
- Iran: 4 (1.4%)
- Spain: 3 (1%)
- Australia: 2 (0.7%)
- Cuba: 2 (0.7%)
- Italy: 2 (0.7%)
- Egypt: 1 (0.4%)
- Japan: 1 (0.4%)
- Netherlands: 1 (0.4%)
- Portugal: 1 (0.4%)
- Puerto Rico: 1 (0.4%)
- Russia: 1 (0.4%)
- Sweden: 1 (0.4)
- Turkey: 1 (0.4%)
Country of position now
- Brazil: 111 (40%)
- USA: 43 (15.5%)
- Germany: 19 (6.8%)
- Argentina: 13 (4.7%)
- France: 10 (3.6%)
- Spain: 10 (3.6%)
- Canada: 9 (3.2%)
- UK: 9 (3.2%)
- Mexico: 5 (1.8%)
- Netherlands: 5 (1.8%)
- Chile: 4 (1.4%)
- Colombia: 4 (1.4%)
- Portugal: 4 (1.4%)
- Uruguay: 4 (1.4%)
- Australia: 3 (1%)
- Denmark: 3 (1%)
- Japan: 3 (1%)
- Sweden: 3 (1%)
- Switzerland: 3 (1%)
- Italy: 2 (0.7%)
- Peru: 2 (0.7%)
- Austria: 1 (0.4%)
- China: 1 (0.4%)
- Egypt: 1 (0.4%)
- Iran: 1 (0.4%)
- Norway: 1 (0.4%)
- Puerto Rico: 1 (0.4%)
- Russia: 1 (0.4%)
- Deceased: 2 (0.7%)
Position then
- PhD student: 125 (45%)
- MSc student: 89 (32%)
- Undergrad student: 37 (13%)
- Postdoc: 19 (7%)
- Faculty: 7 (2.5%)
- Engineer: 1 (0.5%)
Position now
- Postdoc/Academic researcher: 66 (24%)
- Corporate sector employee (software engineer/developer, data scientist, etc): 59 (21%)
- Faculty: 56 (20%)
- PhD student: 46 (16.5%)
- Self-employed/entrepreneur: 14 (5%)
- Government/Public sector specialist: 10 (3.6%)
- High-school teacher: 8 (3%)
- MSc student: 6 (2.2%)
- Unknown: 6 (2.2%)
- Undergrad student: 4 (1.4%)
- Deceased: 2 (0.7%)
- Military officer: 1 (0.4%)