Patricia Maria Kauark Leite is an associate professor at the Department of Philosophy at UFMG. She completed a degree in Physics at UFMG (1983), Master's in Philosophy from UFMG (1993), PhD in Epistemology from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris (2004) and postdoctoral from Stanford University. She has experience in the area of Philosophy, with emphasis on Epistemology, working mainly on the following subjects: philosophy of science, transcendental philosophy and philosophy of quantum mechanics. She received the Louis Liard Prize 2012, granted by the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of France, for her book "Théorie quantique et philosophie transcendentantale: dialogues possibles" (Hermann, 2012). Armando da Silva Cunha Júnior holds a degree in Pharmacy, Industry modality, from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), a master's degree (D.E.A.) in Pharmacotechnie et Biopharmacie (1995) and a doctorate in Sciences Pharmaceutiques (1997) from the Université de Paris XI (Paris- Sud). He carried out a postdoctoral internship at Unit 598 of the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM U598-Maladies oculaires et innovations therapêutiques), Paris, France (2004/05). He is currently Full Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Products at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Coordinator of the Inovasense Research Group – Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation. He was coordinator of the Pharmacy Area at CAPES in the four-year period 2014/17 and Deputy Coordinator of the Pharmacy Area at CAPES in the four-year period 2018/22. He is a member of the Brazilian Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (ABCF) and was its President in 2013. Professor Estevam Barbosa de Las Casas completed his degree in Civil Engineering at UFMG, a master's degree at PUC-Rio, and a doctorate in 1988 at Purdue University, in the United States, in Structures. He was a visiting professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, from 1995 to 1996. He is currently a professor at the Department of Structural Engineering at UFMG. He works in the areas of Computational Mechanics and Biomechanics, advising undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral students in the areas of Engineering and Health, the latter in the Structural Engineering and Mechanics courses. Contact: diretoria@ieat.ufmg.br Hugo E. A. da Gama Cerqueira is an associate professor at Cedeplar and the Department of Economic Sciences at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He was Pro-Rector of Planning and Development at UFMG (2014-2018) and Director of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at UFMG (2018-2022). He also served as special advisor to the Rector of UFMG (2010-2011), director of Cedeplar (2011-2014), and editor of Nova Economia (2006-2009). Currently, he chairs the Board of Trustees of Fundep, the UFMG Support Foundation (2023-). He holds a degree in economics from UFMG (1984), a master's degree (1999), and a doctorate (2005) in philosophy from the same institution. He has experience in the areas of economics and philosophy, with an emphasis on the history of economic thought, economic methodology, and political economy. Conducts research on the political economy of the Scottish Enlightenment (Adam Smith and David Hume) and on Karl Marx's critique of political economy. Santuza Maria Ribeiro Teixeira is full professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology at UFMG. She received a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Brasília (1982), a Master's degree in Biological Sciences (Molecular Biology) from the University of Brasília (1985) and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland (1990). She held a postdoctoral internship at the University of Iowa (1991-1996) and a sabbatical at the University of Maryland (2008), in the United States. She is group leader at INCT Vacinas and sub-coordinator of the Vaccine Technology Center (CTVacinas). She is a Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and CNPq Level 1B Productivity Researcher. She was a researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (International Research Scholar), Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology at UFMG, President of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology (SBPz), Resident Professor at the Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (IEAT) at UFMG, coordinator of the CT -Vaccines and member of the Special Monitoring Commission for the 2011-2020 CAPES PNPG. Wagner Nunes Rodrigues holds a degree in Physics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1978), a master's degree in Physics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1982), and a doctorate in Physics from the Universitat Gesamthochschule Duisburg (1987). He is currently an Associate Professor IV at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He has experience in the area of Condensed Matter Physics, with emphasis on Surfaces and Interfaces; Films and Filaments; Materials and Applied Physics. He works mainly on the following topics: infrared, visible and X-ray sensors, microfabrication, and electron microscopy. He is the current director of the Microscopy Center at UFMG. Management 2009-2014 Management 2005-2009 Management 2003-2005 Management 2000-2003 Management 1999-2000 Patricia Maria Kauark Leite (Director)
Armando da Silva Cunha Júnior
Estevam Barbosa de Las Casas
Phone: +55(31) 3409-6652 Hugo Eduardo Araújo da Gama Cerqueira
Santuza Maria Ribeiro Teixeira
Wagner Nunes Rodrigues
Previous Directors
Maurício Alves Loureiro - School of Music at UFMG
Carlos Antônio Leite Brandão - School of Architecture at UFMG
Alfredo Gontijo de Oliveira - Institute of Exact Sciences at UFMG
Ivan Domingues - Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences at UFMG
Paulo Sérgio Lacerda Beirão - Institute of Biological Sciences at UFMG