photo by Beto Hacker

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).

Rede Estação Democracia (in portuguese only)

A Marcha pela Autoridade do Conhecimento
Marcia C. Barbosa
Rede Estação Democracia,
October (2024).

Jornal da Universidade
(in portuguese only)

A Primaver voltou na UFRGS
Marcia C. Barbosa e Pedro Costa
Jornal da Universidade,
21 de Setembro (2024).

Sextou com Ciência
(in portuguese only)

Qual a relação entre evasão e senso de pertencimento?
Marcia C. Barbosa
Instagram, April 4 (2025).


Faculty

Alan Barros de Oliveira
Jefferson
Jefferson Santana Martins
Jefferson
Rogelma Ferreira
Rogelma

Graduate Students

Andressa Soares Bento
Andressa
Diane Catia Tomasi
Diane
Eduarda Marasquin
Eduarda
Elba Jane Pereira
Elba
Eliciane Bruning de Salles
Eliciane
Jennifer Carrion
Jennifer
Juliane Borba Minotto
Juliane
Marcelo Cassio Silverio
Marcelo
Pedro Augusto Antunes Lopes
Pedro
Vanderson Nascimento
Vanderson
Vanessa Salaibe Motta
Vanessa

Undergraduate Students

Vinicius Felipeto Rui
Guilherme
Vivian Milleto
Guilherme

Media Resources

Photos

Barbosa at Loreal Prize

by Julian Dufort for the Loreal Foundation

Barbosa at Loreal Prize

by Julian Dufort for the Loreal Foundation

Barbosa at Loreal Prize

by Julian Dufort for the Loreal Foundation

Barbosa at TEDx Cern

2014

Barbosa at Perimeter Institute

2015

Zero Hora Donna Prize

by Mateus Bruxel

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Media Resources

Videos



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Media Resources

Audios

Interview SBS Australia         ;    Interview Bilbao Radio


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Media Resources

Interviews

Physics

O Lado Esquisito da Água
by Marcos Pivetta
Revista da Fapesp, Julho de 2013.

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)

For more INTERVIEWS click HERE


Prizes

APS - Nicholson Medal

Loreal-Unesco Prize

Claudia Prize

Capes - Anisio Teixeira

UFRGS - UNITV

Brazil - Comendador

FAPERGS - SILVIO TORRES

Troféu Mulher Cidadã


Quotes

Contact

Instituto de Física -UFRGS

Caixa Postal, 15051

91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

email: marcia.barbosa@ufrgs.br

phone: 55 51 33086516

cel: 55 51 998055477