• Supervision

  • Postdocs

    • Helena Gomes (E-mail: hgomes@ua.pt). Ph.D. degree obtained at University of Aveiro in July 2018.
      • February 2020 - February 2022.
        Research program: Teoria Espetral dos grafos/Espetro de grafos com estrutura combinatória particular.
    • Charles Dominic (E-mail: charlesdominicpu@gmail.com). Ph.D. degree obtained at University of Mysore (Mysore, Karnataka, India) in 2011.
      • September 2013 - December 2015 (Cloud Thinking (CENTRO-07-ST24-FEDER-002031), co-funded by QREN, Mais Centro program).
        Research program: The injective edge coloring number and the cop number of graphs.
    • Milica Andjelic (E-mail: milica.andelic@ua.pt). Ph.D. degree obtained at Universidade de Aveiro (UA) in 2011.
      • April 2013 - April 2015 (Cloud Thinking (CENTRO-07-ST24-FEDER-002031), co-funded by QREN, Mais Centro program).
        Research program: Applications of Graph Spectra to Complex Networks.
      • March 2012 - December 2012 (CIDMA - Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications).
        Research program: Graph spectra and applications.
    • Tim Helge Hultberg (E-mail: thh@mat.ua.pt). Ph.D. degree obtained at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 2001 (http://www.mat.ua.pt/thh/).
      • October 2002 - June 2003
        Research program: Computational methods for continuous optimization in graphs.
        Formulation of Linear Optimization Problems in C++ (FLOPC++).
    • Rommel Melgaço Barbosa (E-mail: rommel@acm.org). Ph.D. degree obtained at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)  in 1999 (http://rmbweb.com/).
      • October 2001 - March 2002
        Research program: Maximal stable sets with regularity
      • October 2000 - March 2001
        Research program: Regular-stable and well-covered graphs        .

       

  • Current PhD projects

    • Supervision of PhD students in collaboration

      • Inês Seródio Costa, Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics, MAP-PDMA, University of Aveiro.
        • PhD thesis starting date: October 2020 (supervision in collaboration with Rui Duarte from University of Aveiro).
        • Research topic: The Queens' Graph and Generalizations.
        • E-mail:inesserodiocosta@ua.pt

  • Former PhD students

    • Germain Aliro Pastén Tabilo, Universidad Católica del Norte, Facultad de Ciências, Departamento de Matemáticas, Programas de Postgrado, Antofagasta, Chile.
      • PhD thesis started in January 2019 and completed in November 2021 (co-supervison  in collaboration with Oscar Rojo (supervisor), from Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile).
      • Research topic: On convex combination of matrices associated to graphs.
      • E-mail: gpastentabilo@gmail.com
    • Maria de Fátima Moreira da Silva Pacheco, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança.
      • PhD thesis started in October 2006 and completed in March 2019 (supervision in collaboration with Carlos Luz from Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal). It was made in partial time and had several interruptions.
      • PhD thesis title: Recognition of graphs with convex quadratic stability number (http://hdl.handle.net/10773/29883).
      • E-mail: pacheco@ipb.pt
    • Inês Monteiro Barbedo de Magalhães
      • PhD thesis started in October 2008 and completed in July 2015 (supervision in collaboration with Paula Rama from
        Mathematics Department of Aveiro University). It was made in partial time during most of this period.
      • PhD thesis title: Determination of regular exceptional graphs by (k,t)-extensions(http://hdl.handle.net/10773/14814) .
      • E-mail: inesb@ipb.pt
    • Sofia Alexandra Marques Jorge Pinheiro, Universidade de Aveiro.
      • PhD thesis started in October 2006 and completed in April 2014 (interrupted during part of this period)
      • Dissertation title: Upper bounds on the order of k-regular induced subgraphs
      • E-mail: spinheiro@ua.pt
    • Milica Andelic, Universidade de Aveiro.
      • PhD thesis started in July 2008 and completed in July 2011 (supervision in collaboration with Slobodan Simic from Mathematical Institute SANU of Belgrade, Serbia).
      • Dissertation title: Spectral results related with the structure iof graphs.
      • E-mail: milica.andelic@ua.pt
    • Jorge Manuel Sá Esteves, Universidade de Aveiro.
      • PhD thesis started in September 1994 (suspended between 2000-2005) and completed in July 2006 at UA (in cooperation with José Craveirinha from University of Coimbra).
      • Dissertation title: Equity and efficiency on the optimization of Erlang-B multidimensional systems.
      • E-mail: jesteves@mat.ua.pt
    • Paula Cristina Roque da Silva Rama, Universidade de Aveiro.
      • PhD thesis started in October 2000 and completed in June 2005 at UA.
      • Dissertation title: Combinatorial and spectral properties of graphs with regularity constraints.
      • E-mail: prama@mat.ua.pt
    • Luís António de Almeida Vieira, Universidade do Porto.
      • PhD thesis started in October 1998 and completed in January 2004 at UA.
      • Dissertation title: Self-concordant barriers and Jordan algebras in combinatorics.
      • E-mail: lvieira@fe.up.pt
    • Carlos Jorge da Silva Luz, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal.
      • PhD thesis started in October 1993 and completed in January 1997 at UA.
      • Dissertation title: A new upper bound on the independence number of a graph by quadratic programming.
      • E-mail: cluz@est.ips.pt

       

  • Former MSc students

    • Inês Seródio Costa, Universidade de Aveiro.
      MSc completed in July 2018 (supervison in cooperation with Rui Duarte from University of Aveiro).
      Dissertation title: Spectral and combinatorial properties of the Queens Graph.
    • Macarena Alessandra Collao Morales, Universidade de Aveiro.
      MSc completed in 2014 (supervison in cooperation with Enide Andrade). Dissertation title: "Energia dos grafos".
    • Maria Helena Silva, Universidade de Aveiro.
      MSc completed in 2003. Dissertation title: "analytical approaches to a combinatorial
      problem of images decoding".
    • Ilídia Maria Amaral Coelho, Instituto Politécnico da Guarda.
      MSc completed in 2000. Dissertation title: "Matchings in graphs and applications".
    • Paula Cristina Roque da Silva Rama, Universidade de Aveiro.
      MSc completed in 1998. Dissertation title: "Self-concordant barriers in convex programming".