Carlos Eduardo Bistafa da Silva

B.Sc. (2009), M.Sc. (2011) and Ph.D. (2015) in Physics at the Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo. Postdoctoral fellow (2016-2019) at Nagoya University (Japan), supported by the Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology (CREST) Program of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Specially Appointed Researcher at Osaka University (2019-2024), supported by a another JST-CREST project. Experience in Molecular Physics, focus on Electronic Structure of Atoms and Molecules and Computer Simulation of Liquids, particularly the study and description of absorption and emission in molecules of biological relevance (nucleobases and amino acids) in solvent environment, by using methodologies which combine classical simulations (Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics), the Free Energy Gradient Method (FEG) and ab initio wave-function based methods (CASSCF, CASPT2, CI, Coupled Cluster). Experience with Molecular Dynamics of solid-liquid interfaces, and the study of the wettability of 2D and 3D materials. Main research topic currently: applications in quantum computers, in particular the study of molecular systems using the VQE quantum algorithm and methods based on it. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)