Researchers & Professors

Meet the professors and lead researchers coordinating the Monte Carlo Modelling Expert Group (MCMEG), guiding research in radiation transport, dosimetry, microdosimetry, and radiobiology.

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Telma C. F. Fonseca

Founder & Coordinator of MCMEG | Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering (DEN), UFMG

Associate Professor at DEN/UFMG and supervisor in the Graduate Program in Nuclear Sciences and Techniques (PCTN/UFMG). Specializes in computational modeling, Monte Carlo radiation transport simulation, internal dosimetry, radiobiology, and GPU-accelerated methods applied to medical physics and radiation protection.

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Bruno M. Mendes

Researcher, CDTN/CNEN — Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Senior researcher at the Nuclear Technology Development Center (CDTN/CNEN), focusing on radiation dosimetry, nuclear instrumentation, and computational simulation.

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Jhonny Benavente

PhD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases — Peru

Medical physicist specializing in nuclear medicine dosimetry, internal radiation protection, and computational modeling of radiopharmaceuticals.

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Lucas Paixão

Adjunct Professor, IMA/UFMG — Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Professor at the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IMA/UFMG), specializing in mathematical modeling, computational methods, and radiation transport simulation.

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