Congratulations to the four winning researchers! Without a doubt, all those who have presented their proposals play a crucial role in the collaboration between Spain and Brazil and become ambassadors of Acebra for the promotion of scientific cooperation between both nations. Our most sincere congratulations to all!
Mini bio and objectives:
Sheila Andreoli Balen
Possui Graduação em Speech Therapy from the Federal University of Santa Maria (Rio Grande do Sul), Master in Speech Therapy from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) e
Doctorate in Psychology (Neurosciences and Behavior) from the University of São Paulo (USP). He teaches the Speech Therapy Course at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and the Postgraduate Program in Speech Therapy between UFPB and UFRN.
Objective of your Acebra bag order: Technical-scientific collaboration in the area of diagnosis and monitoring of infants and children with risk indicators for child development through electrophysiological measurements of hearing (Frequency following response).
Destination location: Brainlab-Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Psychology
Clínica e Psicobiologia, Faculty of Psychology and Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona.
Collaborating professor: Dr. Carles Escera.
Sandro Fernandes da Silva
Post graduate in Physical Education again
Universidade de Santa Cecilia (Santos, Brazil), PhD in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences at the University of Léon (Léon, Spain). He is currently a professor in the Department of Physical Education at the Federal University of Lavras (Lavras, Brazil).
He is the advisor of the Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Health, and leader of the Research Group in Neuromuscular Responses. He works as a researcher in the area of Neuromuscular Responses to Sports Training, Training Load Control and Sports Supplementation.
Objective of your Acebra bag order:
“To study the EFFECTS OF CO-INGESTION OF CAFFEINE AND BEET JUICE ON EXPLOSIVE AND HIGH INTENSITY EFFORTS.”
Destination location: Department of Human Motor Skills and Sports Performance Faculty of Educational Sciences
University of Seville, Spain.
Collaborating professor: Dr. Raúl Domínguez Herrera
Luiz Carlos Teixeira Coelho Filho
He is a Cartographer (IME), Computer Master (UFAM) and Urban and Regional Planner (UFRJ). He is a municipal public servant, at the disposal of the Pereira Passos Municipal Urban Planning Institute (IPP) and adjunct professor at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Develop research in the area of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensory, and in Multifinalitário Territorial Cadastro.
Objective of your Acebra bag order:
The scholarship offers the opportunity for Dr Luis to visit and collaborate with GIFLE Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), where he will have the opportunity to present the latest version of software that he has helped develop called e- fotoand you will be able to begin joint development work or expansion of the software, thus expanding its reach and the collaboration between Brazil and Spain on that topic.
Destination location: DEPARTMENT OF CARTOGRAPHIC ENGINEERING,
GEODESY AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY from the Polytechnic University of València (UPV), Spain.
Collaborating professor: Dr. José Luis Lerma García
Liana Chesini Rossi
She is a biologist and master in Biology where she studies diversity and Wildlife Management at the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS). She is a professor in Ecology at the Paulista State University (UNESP) where she studies ecological interaction in tropical forests. He has been working in the Amazon since 2016 and is currently post-doctoral at the Botanical Garden Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro. In your research, study the impact of the extraction of açaí fruits on the ecological interaction and socio-ecological systems.
Objective of your Acebra bag order: Automate the identification of açaí-frugivore interactions and develop a methodological pipeline focused on plant-animal interactions that could be extended to other forms of ecological interaction. Liana hopes to understand the impact of açaí fruit exploration on seed dispersal in the Amazon rainforest. The scholarship will allow MegaDetector software training to be carried out and thus eliminate possible false-positive results in the identification of species using a database collected in the Amazon region.
Destination location: Doñana Biological Station, Higher Research Council
Scientific (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain
Collaborating professor: Dr. Pablo Villalva and Dr. Pedro Jordano