Vinícius Esteves Teixeira
Interests
Theoretical Chemistry. Computational Chemistry. Physical Chemistry. Organometallic
Catalysis. Organic and Innorganic Reactions.
Education
About
Ph.D. candidate in
chemistry by the
Federal University of
Rio Grande do Sul
Address
Chemistry Institute UFRGS, Av. Bento
Gonçalves, 9500,
Porto Alegre - RS Brazil
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Ph.D. Chemistry
Theorethical and Computational Chemistry
PPGQ - UFRGS, Brazil
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M.Sc. in Chemistry
Theorethical and Computational Chemistry
PPGQ - UFRGS, Brazil
- Bachelor in Chemistry
Organic Synthesis
Research Lines
I have experience in Chemistry, mainly in theoretical and computational Chemistry, acting
mainly in the following subjects: molecular modeling, studies of the mechanism of organic
and organometallic reactions, density functional theory, excited states, semi-empirical methods, ab initio, and Hybrids QM/MM.
Experience-
Software
Research Internship
Teaching Internship
Research Internship
Teach classes in theoretical physical chemistry for university undergraduate students.
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS - Brazil
Languages
Gaussian, Orca,
Gamess, MOPAC,
NWChem, NBO,
Office, LibreOffice,
Google Office, Latex,
Linux
Teaching Internship, Brazil
Teach classes in experimental physical chemistry for university undergraduate students.
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS - Brazil
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Portuguese (Native),
English (Fluent),
and Spanish (Basic)
IQ - UFPEL, Brazil
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Tutor - Physical Chemistry, Brazil
Tutor Internship
Tutoring students about questions relating to the content in physical chemistry, tests,
and exams.
Federal University of Pelotas - UFPEL - Brazil
Skills
- Development and creation of educational content.
- Development research projects at academic and high school levels.
- Academic and technical writing.
- Formatting, review, and publishing papers in journals.
- Proficient in writing, translate, and review texts in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
Publications
[1] Vinícius Esteves Teixeira and Paolo Roberto Livotto. “The mechanism of the reaction between MAO
and TMA: DFT study of the electronic structure and characterization of transition states for [AlOMe]6,[AlOMe]9
and [AlOMe]16 cages”. In: Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling (2020), p. 107626.
[2] Lizandra C Bretanha, Vinicius Esteves Teixeira, Marina Ritter, Geonir M Siqueira, Wilson Cunico,
Claudio MP Pereira, and Rogério A Freitag. “Ultrasound-promoted synthesis of 3-trichloromethyl-5alkyl (aryl)-1, 2, 4-oxadiazoles”. In: Ultrasonics sonochemistry 18.3 (2011), pp. 704–707.