Biography
Dr. Paulo Eduardo de Faria Junior received his BSc (2009), MSc (2012), and PhD (2016) degrees in Computational Physics from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. During his PhD, he spent one year at SUNY Bufallo as an exchange student. In 2017, he moved to the University of Regensburg (UR), Germany, as a postdoc fellow funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) and CAPES (Brazil). He remained at UR as a postdoc researcher (2019-2021) and research associate (2021-2024), acquiring his Habilitation degree in 2024. Since December 2024 he joined UCF as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics with a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
He is a member and mentor of the National Mentoring Community | American Physical Society, a program from the American Physical Society that supports and encourages mentoring relationships with Black/African, Latinx, and Indigenous undergraduates and graduate students in physics and related majors.
Research Areas
My research covers a broad range of topics in theoretical condensed matter physics with a strong overlap with materials science. I employ computational and analytical approaches, such as first principles (ab initio) methodologies, effective Hamiltonians (k.p method and tight-binding), and group theory analysis to study the fundamental aspects and potential applications of various quantum materials in the field of optoelectronics, optospintonics, and quantum information technology.
Research Opportunities for Students
If you are interested in joining our group please contact Prof. Paulo.
Publications
Courses Taught
Computational Nanoscience (04/2022 – 07/2022, 04/2023 – 07/2023), Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, Germany