DFMT Seminar addresses octahedral distortions and electronic correlations in oxides
The Department of Materials and Mechanics Physics (DFMT/IFUSP) announces the seminar "Octahedral distortions, interfaces and electronic correlations in oxides: towards the control of quantum phases", given by Prof. Dr. Walber Hugo de Brito, on 4 November 2026 (Wednesday), at 4 p.m., in the José Roberto Leite Seminar Room (Alessandro Volta Building, block C, room 110).
About the seminar
The talk will address transition metal oxides, a class of materials in which strongly correlated electrons give rise to a variety of quantum phases. The presentation will discuss how octahedral distortions — deviations in the geometry of the octahedra that coordinate the metal ions — and the interfaces between different oxides act on electronic correlations, opening pathways to control these phases.
About the speaker
Prof. Dr. Walber Hugo de Brito is an assistant professor at the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo (IFUSP), affiliated with the Department of Materials and Mechanics Physics (DFMT). He holds a bachelor's degree in Materials Physics from the Federal University of Uberlândia (2010), a master's degree in Physics (2012) from the same institution, and a PhD in Physics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2016), with a research internship at Rutgers University (2014). He completed postdoctoral work at Brookhaven National Laboratory (2016–2018) and at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Rutgers University (2018–2019), and was a visiting researcher at the Rutgers Center for Materials Theory in 2024. Between 2019 and 2025, he was an adjunct professor at UFMG. He has experience in Condensed Matter Physics, with a primary interest in computational simulation and modeling of strongly correlated materials, focusing on the study of the electronic properties of transition metal oxides, intermetallic compounds and actinides.
Seminar details
Date: 4 November 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 4 p.m.
Venue: José Roberto Leite Seminar Room — Alessandro Volta Building (block C), room 110