Evandro Chagas Ribeiro da Rosa
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina & Quantuloop
Evandro is the co-founder and CTO of Quantuloop, a quantum computing startup with offices in Brazil and Texas. He holds a Master’s degree and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at UFSC (Federal University of Santa Catarina), where his research focuses on building compilers for quantum computing. He is the creator of the Ket quantum programming platform and leads its development within the Quantum Computing Group at UFSC.
Jonas Maziero
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Jonas holds a Bachelor’s degree (2007) in Physics from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), a Master’s (2009) and a PhD (2012) in Physics from the Federal University of ABC, and completed postdoctoral research at UFSM (2012) and at the Universidad de la República (2016). He was an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Federal University of Pampa from 2012 to 2013. Since 2013, he has been a Professor of Physics and Coordinator of the Quantum Information and Emerging Phenomena Group at UFSM. He is currently an Associate Professor II of Physics at UFSM. His research interests include General Physics, with an emphasis on Quantum Physics, Quantum Information Science, Quantum Resources, Classical and Quantum Artificial Intelligence, and Emerging Phenomena.
Paulo Henrique Souto Ribeiro
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Holds a degree in Electrical Industrial Engineering from the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (1988) and a doctorate in Physics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1995). Currently, is a Full Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Has experience in the area of Optics, mainly working on the following topics: utilization of entangled states of twin photons from spontaneous parametric down-conversion in the study of fundamental concepts of Quantum Mechanics and applications in Quantum Information and Quantum Thermodynamics.
Sérgio Ricardo Muniz
Universidade de São Paulo
Sérgio graduated from the University of São Paulo (USP), at the Institute of Physics of São Carlos (IFSC/USP). He completed postdoctoral research in the United States at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), affiliated with the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) and the University of Maryland. He is currently a faculty member at the University of São Paulo. His professional work includes research in the areas of Optics, Atomic Physics, and Quantum Technologies. In addition to fundamental and applied physics research, he also conducts research and engages in Science Education and Physics Teaching, contributing to scientific outreach, especially targeting students in Basic Education.
