Organizing Committee
Barbara Amaral
University of São Paulo
Professor of Physics at the University of São Paulo, with research focusing on foundations of quantum theory, specially nonlocality and contextuality. Barbara attended Quantum Paraty as a student in the editions of 2007, 2009 and 2011, as a researcher in the edition of 2015 and as part of the organizing committee in 2017.
Daniel Tasca
Fluminense Federal University
Professor of Physics at the Fluminense Federal University in Niterói. Develops experimental research in the field of optics in the classical and quantum regimes. Daniel attended Quantum Paraty as a student in the edition of 2007 and 2009 and as a researcher in the edition of 2015.
Marcelo Terra Cunha
Campinas University
Full professor in Mathematical Physics at Unicamp, with research interests that run from entanglement characterization and applications, besides other forms of correlation, to foundations of quantum physics, including nonlocality and contextuality. Marcelo is a founding member of EnLight (Entanglement and Quantum Properties of Light) and MathFoundQ (Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Theory) research groups, as well as the research network SPIN off QuBIT (São Paulo Integration and Nucleation of future Quantum Based Information Technology). He has been an Affiliated Member of Brazilian Academy of Science, and an Associate Member of International Centre for Theoretical Physics. Marcelo is one of the creators of Quantum Paraty, being part of the organizing committee in the editions of 2007, 2009 and 2011, being one of the school lectures in 2017 and attending as a researcher in the editions of 2013 and 2015.
Nadja Bernardes
Federal University of Pernambuco
Professor of Physics at the Federal University of Pernambuco, with research on quantum optics and quantum information, focusing mainly on long distance quantum communication, quantum repeaters, quantum error correction, and dynamics of open quantum systems. Nadja attended Quantum Paraty as a student in the editions of 2007 and 2009, as a researcher in the edition of 2013 and was member of the organizing committee in the edition of 2017.
Pablo Saldanha
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Professor of Physics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, with research in quantum optics, foundations of quantum mechanics, foundations of electromagnetism and relativistic quantum physics. Pablo attended Quantum Paraty as a student in the editions of 2007 and 2009 and as a researcher in the editions of 2011, 2015 and 2017.
Rafael Chaves
International Institute of Physics
Professor of Physiscs and one of the leaders of the Quantum Information and Quantum Matter group at UFRN, with research focusing on quantum information and computation, open systems and decoherence, entanglement theory, nonlocality and foundational aspects of quantum mechanics, quantum metrology, quantum optics, machine learning, Bayesian networks and causal models. Rafael attended Quantum Paraty as a student in the editions of 2007 and 2009 and as a researcher in the editions of 2011, 2015 and 2017..