The researcher Gabriel Ravanhani Schleder, from the Data Theory and Science Group at the Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), part of the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), won the Professor José Leite Lopes Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in 2022 for his study entitled “Machine Learning for Materials Science: 2D Materials Discovery and Design.” Schleder’s advisor on the project was Adalberto Fazzio, Director of the Ilum School of Science at the CNPEM.
The award-winning dissertation used machine learning, an important area in research on artificial intelligence, as a strategy to identify patterns and combine large volumes of data for materials science. Using simulations of materials, for example, machine learning can help researchers discover and plan new 2D materials for different applications more quickly and with greater precision.
Read more about the thesis here.
The awards ceremony will be held in 2024 during the Fall Meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society (SBF). The Professor José Leite Lopes Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in 2022 is awarded to the most outstanding dissertation among those nominated by each of the SBF’s area committees.
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A sophisticated and effervescent environment for research and development, unique in Brazil and present in few scientific centers in the world, the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) is a private non-profit organization, under the supervision of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI). The Center operates four National Laboratories and is the birthplace of the most complex project in Brazilian science – Sirius – one of the most advanced synchrotron light sources in the world. CNPEM brings together highly specialized multi-thematic teams, globally competitive laboratory infrastructures open to the scientific community, strategic lines of investigation, innovative projects in partnership with the productive sector and training of researchers and students. The Center is an environment driven by the search for solutions with impact in the areas of Health, Energy and Renewable Materials, Agro-environment, and Quantum Technologies. As of 2022, with the support of the Ministry of Education (MEC), CNPEM expanded its activities with the opening of the Ilum School of Science. The interdisciplinary higher course in Science, Technology and Innovation adopts innovative proposals with the aim of offering excellent, free, full-time training with immersion in the CNPEM research environment. Through the CNPEM 360 Platform, it is possible to explore, in a virtual and immersive way, the main environments and activities of the Center, visit: https://pages.cnpem.br/cnpem360/.