Members/Collaborators
2026, the Year of the Fire Horse, invites movement with purpose, courage with awareness, and transformation guided by direction rather than haste. It is in this spirit that I continue my journey.
I am Kyria Rebeca Finardi, leader of the EMITI research group and the first person in my family to earn a PhD. This path has taught me that what truly changes our lives is not the titles we hold or how fast we move, but the company and the direction we choose. I feel deeply grateful to dedicate my life to what ignites me most — research and education — and to do so in ways that allow me to cross borders, encounter extraordinary people, and keep learning in every direction.
In this photo I look ahead and upward, guided by the bold, visionary energy of the Fire Horse — a symbol of passion, freedom, and renewal. Becoming Full Professor at UFES in 2025 was not a point of arrival, but a new departure: a conscious commitment to continue building more inclusive, collaborative, and meaningful paths in higher education, always attentive to where, with whom, and why we move.
There is an African proverb that says, “If you want to walk fast, walk alone; if you want to go far, walk together,” and in good company I want to walk in 2026.
PhD in progress
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Claudio França
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Barbara Cortat Simoneli
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Elisa Prado Có
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Maria Carolina Porcino
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Vilker Pessin
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Cesario Lino
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João Gabriel de Conte Carvalho de Alencar
Post doctoral
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Juliana Salvadori
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Eduardo Henrique Diniz de Figueiredo
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Raquel Carolina D'Ely
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Celso Tumolo
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Michele El Kadri
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Luciana Cabrini Simoes Calvo
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Carlos Alberto Hildeblando Junior
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Adriana Cristina Sambugaro de Mattos Brahim
Former Advisees
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Lívia Fortes Silva Zenóbio
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Christine Sant'Anna de Almeida
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Gabriela Freire Oliveira Piccin
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Thiago F. Veronez
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Felipe Furtado Guimarães
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Gabriel Brito Amorim
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Reninni Taquini
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Roberta Gomes Leão
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Ana Laura Silva de Castro
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Lívia Melina da Silva Pinheiro
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Danieli Spagnol Oliveira Correia
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Edineia Braunn Negoceki
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Sebastião Lima
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Ana Rachel Macedo Mendes
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Karina Fadini
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Jhamille Roberts Tyler
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Nadia Silveira
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Abyan Nwandu
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Lorena Luna