Vanderlei Oliveira
Full Professor (Pesquisador Titular) III at Observatório Nacional
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Top SchoolVanderlei Oliveira is a Full Professor (Pesquisador Titular) at Observatório Nacional in Rio de Janeiro with 15 years of experience at the intersection of applied and theoretical geophysics. He develops numerical methods and inverse problem techniques for processing and interpreting gravity and magnetic potential-field data, blending rigorous theory with practical workflows. His work spans advanced data analysis and modeling, recently augmented by postgraduate studies in Data Science and Machine Learning to bring modern computational tools into geophysical inference. A steady progression through research ranks at Observatório Nacional reflects both deep domain expertise and leadership in academic research. Unusually for a senior scientist, he balances rigorous scholarship with active participation in Rio’s samba rodas as a pandeiro player, a creative practice he says informs his collaborative and precise approach to science.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree Geophysics, Bachelor's degree Geophysics at USP - Universidade de São PauloPostgraduate Data Science and Machine Learning, Postgraduate Data Science and Machine Learning at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasPhD Geophysics, PhD Geophysics at Observatório Nacional
Github Skills (41)
geoscience10
interpretation10
inversion10
modeling-tool10
gravity10
agent-based-modeling10
rio10
gis10
geodesy10
earth-science10
geophysics10
geology10
que10
modeling10
python9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
birocoles/gravmag
Nov 2020 - Feb 2023
Algorithms for processing and interpreting potential-field data in Geophysics
Contributions:1 release, 115 commits, 48 PRs in 2 years 2 months
pythongeophysicsmagnetic-fieldsinterpretationfield
pinga-lab/magnetization-rock-sample
Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:58 commits, 1 push, 1 comment in 1 month
pythonrockestimatingsimulationmagnetization
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