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Carmen Pimentel Cintra Do Prado

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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF)  (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal)
Birthplace: Brazil

Bachelor of Physics from the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo (1976), Master of Physics from the University of São Paulo (1979), Doctor of Science (Physics) from the University of São Paulo (1985), Post-doctorate from Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY, USA (1991), Full Professor from the University of São Paulo (2000). She is currently a Senior Professor at the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo, in the Department of General Physics. He has experience in the area of #8203;#8203;theoretical and computational physics, with emphasis on statistical physics, complex systems, working mainly on the following themes: chaos in dissipative systems, fractals, self-organized criticality, earthquake dynamics, modeling of complex systems in biology and sociology. As a complementary activity, from 2014 to 2018, she coordinated a project to implement active teaching methodologies in Physics I and II subjects at IFUSP and IAG, and from March 2016 to April 2022, she coordinated the national coordination of the PPG National Professional Master's Degree in Physics Teaching (MNPEF), an initiative of the Brazilian Physics Society aimed at training elementary and high school physics teachers. She participates as an associate researcher in the FAPESP thematic project "Study of the implementation of Curricular Innovations, Pedagogical Strategies and Emerging Technologies for Quality-Equity" and in the executive committee of the Alfredo Bosi Chair (Institute of Advanced Studies - USP), aimed at thinking about improvements for the basic education network. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)

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