I haven't written much about my academic work here. Here goes an update:
- I am teaching a graduate class that is having a nice impact. It is new stuff, and concerns interpretation of results. How to read, structure and write the interpretation of results. I proposed this course to my colleagues of the Department at UFSC and was accepted. I initiated the course in June and it should finish by mid-Sept.
- I am supervising one graduate and one undergraduate student. I already co-supervised two undergrad students in their Final Project.
- I have given a speech in
- I initiated a collaborative effort involving 3 Brazilian institutions (possibly 4) and one (maybe two) Canadian Universities. A progress meeting is being held in
- I have participated as reviewer for two Masters thesis (one at UFSC and one at PUC-RJ).
- I was invited as key note speaker in a symposium to be held in the south of
Other than that, I have adopted the same open doors attitude that I have adopted in my career, in Canada.I enjoy to keep close contact with young people's projects; even their non academic ones.