Research
Water is weird. It has more than 70 anomalies,
physical and chemical properties that are
very different from other materials.
For scientists, anomalies can be the basis
of technological breakthroughs.
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Women are greatly underrepresented in the senior
and leadership levels of the career path both in
the private and in the government sectors. But,
why should we care?
Women who have a passion for any subject have
the right to make a living from it and have a career
with the same opportunities as the men in any
field.
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The Open Access (OA) to scientific information movement was launched in 2002. Since then, this campaign has influenced governments, research institutes and funding agencies around the world to establish mandatory or recommendatory policies which would require scientists who have received public funding to develop their research to publish their scientific results in OA.
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Publications
Physics
Functionalized Carbon Nanocones performance in water harvesting
Fernanda Leivas and Marcia C. Barbosa
Journal of Chemical Physics 158 194702 (2023).
Gender and Diversity
Gender and the scissors graph of
Brazilian science: from equality to
invisibility
Roberta Areas, Alice R. de P. Abreu, Ademir E. Santana, Marcia C. Barbosa and Carlos Nobre
(submitted)
Science Policy
Article Processing Charge (APC) for Publishing Open Access Articles:
the Brazilian Scenario
Barbara Neves and Marcia C. Barbosa
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 93 e2020198 (2021)
Outreach
Blog - O Globo (in portuguese only)
Os cinquenta tons da dessalinização
J. Rafael Bordin e Marcia C. Barbosa
Ciência do Globo, Abril (2019).
Ciência Fácil (in portuguese only)
Imunologia com Cristina Bonorino
Marcia C. Barbosa e Cristina Bonorino
Rede Estação Democracia,
23 March (2022).
Manhattan Disconnection (in portuguese only)
Entrada de Marcia Barbosa
Alberto Carlos Almeida, José Eustáquio Alves, Luiz Carlos Rocha e Marcia Barbosa
Junho (2022).
Outreach in the Media
Tapping the incredible
weirdness of water
Marcia C. Barbosa
New Scientist, 4 April, 26 (2015).
Group
Faculty
Posdocs
Graduate Students
Media
Media Resources
Photos
by Julian Dufort for the Loreal Foundation
by Julian Dufort for the Loreal Foundation
by Julian Dufort for the Loreal Foundation
2014
2015
by Mateus Bruxel
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Media Resources
Interviews
Gender and Diversity
O Assédio Sexual é algo frequente dentro das universidades do país
by Fernando
Folha de São Paulo, Maio de (2018)
Science Policy
Pesquisadores Lamentam Descaso
Correio Popular de Campinas, Janeiro de (2018)