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Students and postdoctoral supervision

Postdoctoral fellows and researchers

  • Mário Magalhães, postdoctoral fellowship from FCT with reference SFRH/BPD/89474/ 2012, since May 2013.
  • Davide Azevedo, postdoctoral fellowship from FCT project PTDC/MAT/120346/2010, from February 2014 to February 2015.
  • Fagner Bernardini, postdoctoral fellowship partially financed by BREUDS, Marie Curie Actions -International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES), with reference code FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES, project number 318999, from May 2014.
  • Enrique Vigil, postdoctoral fellowship from CMUP (UID/MAT/00144/2013), from November 2015 to November 2016.
  • Jaqueline Rocha, postdoctoral fellowship from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), Brasil, from January 2016 to October 2016.
  • Romain Aimino, postdoctoral fellow from FCT, with fellowship's reference number SFRH/BPD/123630/ 2016, since December 2016.
  • Jérôme Rousseau, assistant researcher from FCT project PTDC/MAT-PUR/28177/2017, from December 2018 to June 2021.
  • Vanessa Barros, postdoctoral fellow from FCT project PTDC/MAT-PUR/28177/2017, from March 2019 to September 2020.
  • Sebastián Pérez Opazo, postdoctoral fellowship from CMUP (UID/ MAT/ 00144/ 2019), from July to December 2019.
  • Théophile Caby, postdoctoral fellowship from CMUP (UIDB/00144/2020), from September 2021 to September 2024.

Doctoral students

  • Hale Aytach, student from the PhD program in Mathematics of the universities of Coimbra and Porto (PIUDM), in co-supervision with S. Vaienti (Université du Sud, Toulon-Var).
    Title of the thesis: Extreme Values and Recurrence for Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamics.
    Dissertation defense date: 25th of June of 2013.
    PhD scholarship from FCT with reference: SFRH/BD/33371/2008.
    Currently, Hale holds a permanent position at the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), in Brazil.
  • Andrêssa Lima de Souza, student from the post-graduate program in Mathematics of UFBA; advisor: Vítor Araújo (UFBA).
    Title of the thesis: Cota Superior de Grandes Desvios para Sumidouros Hiperbólicos Singulares.
    Dissertation defense date: 9th of February of 2017.
    The student had a scholarship from the program "Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Brasileiro".
    Currently, Andrêssa holds a position at the Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia (UFOB), in Brazil.
  • Jorge Valentim Soares, student from the PIUDM.
    Title of the thesis: Extremal behaviour of chaotic dynamics.
    Dissertation defense date: 31st of January of 2020.
    PhD scholarship from FCT with reference: PD/BD/128061/2016.
    Currently, Jorge is a senior data analyst at SBM offshore related with renewable energies.
  • Lucas Amorim Vilas Boas, student from the PIUDM, in co-supervision with A.C.M. Freitas (FEP) and S. Vaienti (Université du Sud, Toulon-Var).
    Title of the thesis: Compound Poisson distributions for random dynamical systems.
    Dissertation defense date: December 2023.
    PhD scholarship from FCT with reference: PD/BD/150458/2019.
    Currently, Lucas is a senior analyst of risk models for a new stock market in Brazil.
  • Raquel Brás Sá Couto, student from the PIUDM, in co-supervision with A.C.M. Freitas (FEP) and M. Todd (University of St. Andrews).
    Title of the thesis: Statistical properties and rare events for chaotic dynamical systems.
    Dissertation defense date: April 2024.
    PhD scholarship from FCT with reference: PD/BD/150456/2019.
    Currently, Raquel is a data analyst at Retail consult.
  • Rafael Cizeski Nitchai, student from the PDMA, in co-supervision with S. Popov (CMUP).
    Theme of the thesis: About Probabilistic Consensus Protocols on Distributed Ledger Technologies.
    Expected defense date: 2024.
    PhD scholarship from FCT with reference: UI/BD/150863/2021.
  • Dylan Bansard-Tresse, student from the École Doctorale de l'Institut Polytechnique de Paris, in co-supervision with J-R. Chazottes (École Polytechnique).
    Theme of the thesis: Concentration inequalities and limiting laws for dynamical systems.
    Expected defense date: 2025.
    PhD scholarship from the Centre de Physique Théorique of the École Polytechnique.
  • Alessio Corveddu, student from the PIUDM, in co-supervision with A.C.M. Freitas (FEP).
    Theme of the thesis: A multivariate approach to extreme dynamics.
    Expected defense date: 2027.
    PhD scholarship from FCT with reference: UI/BD/154808/2023.

Master students

  • Susana Santos, MSc. in Mathematical Engineering of the University of Porto, in co-supervision with A.C.M. Freitas (FEP) and L. Maranhão (AXA insurance company).
    Title of the thesis: A model for the estimation of severe accidents.
    Dissertation defense date: December of 2013.
  • Raquel Brás Sá Couto, MSc. in Mathematics of the University of Porto.
    Title of the thesis: Análise espectral no estudo de sistemas dinâmicos.
    Dissertation defense date: June of 2019.
  • Paula Sofia Sousa Resende, MSc. in Data Analytics, in co-supervision with A.C.M. Freitas (FEP)
    Title of the thesis: The point processes and its applications to wildfires.
    Dissertation defense date: November of 2019.
  • Cláudio Afonso Teixeira Macieira, MSc. in Mathematics of the University of Porto.
    Title of the thesis: Point processes and applications.
    Dissertation defense date: November of 2019.
  • Bianca Gomes Silva, MSc. in Mathematics of the University of Porto, in co-supervision with R. Aimino (CMUP).
    Title of the thesis: Clustering of rare events and other limiting properties of chaotic dynamics.
    Dissertation defense date: November of 2023.
  • Tristão de Matos Reis, MSc. in Mathematics of the University of Porto, in co-supervision with R. Aimino (CMUP).
    Title of the thesis: Limit theorems in chaotic dynamics.
    Expected defense date: November of 2025.
  • Duarte Sá Pinho, MSc. in Mathematics of the University of Porto, in co-supervision with R. Aimino (CMUP) and T. Caby (LOPS).
    Title of the thesis: Extreme synchronisation for product dynamical systems.
    Expected defense date: November of 2025.

Students in other programs

  • Joana Correia Brandão, SigMatemática, a program of excellence for students in the last high school years, 2007/2008.
  • Pedro Alberto Lúcio de Sales Damas, Novos Talentos em Matemática, a program of excellence for students in the first undergraduate years and supported by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2008/2009.
  • Maria Inês Silva, Novos Talentos em Matemática, a program of excellence for students in the first undergraduate years and supported by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2011/2012.
  • Nuno Arala Santos, Novos Talentos em Matemática, a program of excellence for students in the first undergraduate years and supported by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2016/2017.