About me

I work in computational physics, applying it to materials science and complex systems (the last one mostly for fun). Most of my time is spent coding for my own projects and helping other researchers improve their data-management tools, implement workflows, and deploy machine-learning applications.

An important part of my research involves bioinspired algorithms (mostly evolutionary or particle-swarm algorithms) and machine-learning approaches (e.g., ANNs, clustering, and manifold learning), combining them with well-known classical and first-principles calculation software (both packages like LAMMPS, xTB, and ORCA; and libraries like PySCF).

Recently, I have been doing my research at SIMaP (Grenoble, FR) on the development of machine-learning functionals to model systems with spin crossover via DFT. I work as a temporary CNRS research engineer on the DIAMOND project, developing machine-learning workflows with other materials-science researchers.

Academic background

2016 - 2020 Physics Ph.D.
- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz De Fora, Brazil
- Title: Técnicas Tradicionais e Modernas para Simulação em Física (Traditional and Modern Simulation Techniques in Physics) - link
- Advisor: Fernando Sato
2014 - 2016 Physics Master
- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz De Fora, Brazil
- Title: Estrutura, Espectro e Síntese do Óxido de Grafeno do Ponto de Vista Computacional Atomístico (Structure, Spectrum and Synthesis of Graphene Oxide from Computational Atomistic Point of View) - link
- Advisor: Fernando Sato & Georgia Maria Amaral Junqueira
2013 - 2014 Bachelor in Physics
- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz De Fora, Brazil
- Title: Energia de Superfície de Estruturas Metálicas Porosas com Potencial TB-SMA (Surface Energy of Porous Metal Structures via TB-SMA Potential)
- Advisor: Fernando Sato
2010 - 2013 Interdisciplinary Bachelor of Exact Sciences
- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz De Fora, Brazil
- Title: Uma aplicação da Geometria de Manhattan à Cristalografia (An Application of the Manhattan Geometry to Crystallography)
- Advisor: Fernando Sato

Some links

To follow my academic production, you can check my Scholar Google or Researcher ID / Publons. I also try to be active on Research Gate and LinkedIn as much as possible.

I did some stuff for teaching and science comunication, If you want to take a look in a nice exemple: Modeling a Hypothetical Zombie Outbreak Can Save Us from Real-World Monsters

You can also send me an email via joao-paulo.almeida-de-mendonca@grenoble-inp.fr, just remember to identify yourself.

For fellow Brazilians, here is my Curriculum Lattes.

Out of work hours, be free to find me as Alastus in Instagram, Steam, Roll20…