Internationalization

INSTITUTIONAL INTERNATIONALIZATION

With increased visibility, the Graduate Program in Forest Sciences (PPGCF) has been attracting international students seeking master's and doctoral qualifications. The PPGCF has actively worked to attract foreign students through specific calls for applications such as PEC-PG/CAPES-CNPq, OAS (Organization of American States), among others.

The PPGCF maintains academic exchanges between its faculty and professors from other countries, particularly Spain, Germany, the United States, Chile, and Cuba.

STRUCTURING DOCUMENTS

RESOLUÇÃO CEPE/UFRPE Nº 582, DE 17 DE MAIO DE 2023.

PDSE - EDITAL CAPES Nº 30-2023

Primeira Edição do Programa GCUB de Mobilidade Internacional - GCUB-Mob

EDITAL PDSE CAPES Nº 30-2023

Edital-Programa-GCUB-Mob-001_2024-1

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES

Institutional Program for Sandwich Doctorate Abroad (PDSE):

Student: Ricardo Cordeiro de Lima (PhD)
- Host Institution: Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Advisor: Rinaldo Luiz Caraciolo Ferreira
- Research Line: Forest Management and Utilization of Forest Products
- Funding Agency: CAPES
- Duration: 6 months (from November 2024 to April 2025)

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES (Completed)

Student: Alex Nascimento de Souza (PhD)
- Host Institution: Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Advisor: Rinaldo Luiz Caraciolo Ferreira
- Research Line: Forest Management and Utilization of Forest Products
- Funding Agency: CAPES
- Duration: 6 months (from April 2024 to September 2024)
Student: Bruna Rafaella Ferreira da Silva (PhD)
- Host Institution: The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Advisor: Emanuel Araújo Silva
- Research Line: Forest Management and Utilization of Forest Products
- Funding Agency: CAPES
- Duration: 6 months (from May 2024 to October 202
Student: Ane Cristine Fortes da Silva (PhD)
- Host Institution: Texas A&M University System (TAMUS), United States
- Advisor: Fernando José Freire
- Research Line: Silviculture
- Period: From September 2018 to April 2019
- Funding: CAPES
- Duration: 8 months (from September 2016 to April 2018) Note: Period and duration dates seem inconsistent.
Student: Vanessa Sousa da Silva (Master's)
- Host Institution: University of Idaho (UIDAHO), United States
- Advisor: Emanuel Araújo Silva
- Research Line: Forest Management and Utilization of Forest Products
- Period: 2018
- Funding: CAPES

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB)

Student: Alemu Tega Yideg (Master's)
- Country of Origin: Ethiopia, Africa
- Advisor: Rinaldo Luiz Caraciolo Ferreira
- Research Line: Forest Management and Utilization of Forest Products
- Start Date (Expected): March 2025
- Funding: FACEPE
Student: Bekele Tulu Bayessa (PhD)
- Country of Origin: Ethiopia, Africa
- Advisor: Eliane Cristina Sampaio de Freitas
- Research Line: Silviculture
- Start Date (Expected): March 2025
- Funding: CAPES
Student: Duberli Geomar Elera Gonzales (PhD)
- Country of Origin: Peru, South America
- Advisor: Emanuel Araújo Silva
- Research Line: Forest Management and Utilization of Forest Products
- Start Date: March 2023
- Funding: CAPES
Student: Doris Bianca Crispin De La Cruz (Master's)
- Country of Origin: Peru, South America
- Advisor: Rinaldo Luiz Caraciolo Ferreira
- Research Line: Forest Management and Utilization of Forest Products
- Period: From August 2021 to February 2024
- Funding: FACEPE
Student: Dario Antonio Morales Munoz (Master's)
- Country of Origin: Mexico, North America
- Advisor: Ana Lícia Patriota Feliciano
- Research Line: Ecology and Nature Conservation
- Period: From March 2015 to February 2017
- Funding: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Mexico
Student: Juan Alberto Villasenor Perez (Master's)
- Country of Origin: Mexico, North America
- Advisor: Luiz Carlos Marangon
- Research Line: Ecology and Nature Conservation
- Period: From March 2015 to February 2017
- Funding: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Mexico

Organization of American States (OAS) in collaboration with the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities and CAPES:

Student: Juan Diego Marin Montoya (Master's)
- Country of Origin: Colombia, South America
- Advisor: Rinaldo Luiz Caraciolo Ferreira
- Research Line: Forest Management and Utilization of Forest Products
- Period: From August 2015 to May 2017
- Funding: CAPES

Graduate Student Agreement Program (PEC-PG 2014)

Student: Célio Gregorio de Vasconcelos Jossefa (Master's)
- Country of Origin: Mozambique, Africa
- Advisor: José Antônio Aleixo da Silva
- Research Line: Forest Management and Utilization of Forest Products
- Period: From March 2015 to October 2016
- Funding: CAPES
Student: Ouorou Ganni Mariel Guera (PhD)
- Country of Origin: Benin, Africa
- Advisor: José Antônio Aleixo da Silva
- Research Line: Forest Management and Utilization of Forest Products
- Period: From August 2013 to July 2017
- Funding: CAPE

The PPGCF also participates in the “Ibero-American Forest Research Network” Project, which has been incorporated into the Native Forest Management line, continuing the collaboration between the Graduate Programs of UFRPE (Brazil), Universidad de Córdoba (Spain), and Universidad de Pinar del Río (Cuba). It is worth mentioning that in 2017, Professor Rinaldo Luiz Caraciolo Ferreira conducted a technical visit to Universidad de Córdoba.

The PPGCF also hosted Professor Daniel Alberto Alvarez Lazo from the Department of Forest Engineering at Universidad de Pinar del Río, Cuba, through the CAPES Foreign Visiting Professor Program, with a senior scholarship from December 1, 2011, to November 30, 2012, which was later extended until November 30, 2013. During this period, Professor Lazo engaged in both research and teaching activities. He also supervised the doctoral student Expedito Baracho Júnior, whose thesis was defended in February 2016. Additionally, this visiting professor contributed to the undergraduate program by teaching the course "Physical and Mechanical Properties of Wood" (120 hours/year) and advising students, as evidenced by abstracts presented at the 13th Teaching, Research, and Extension Conference (XIII Jornada de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão) at UFRPE. With the doctoral defense of Ouorou Ganni Mariel Guera on July 6, 2017, Professor Daniel concluded his co-supervision and his academic participation in the PPGCF.

The INNOVATE Project – “Interaction between Multiple Uses of Water Reservoirs through Innovation in Certain Substance Cycles in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems” – was incorporated into the Planted Forest Management line and has been developed since 2012 in partnership with Brazilian institutions and German universities. The project is funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology and the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The PPGCF/UFRPE plays a significant role in this project, with the vice-coordination under the responsibility of Professor José Antônio Aleixo da Silva (who completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Technical University of Berlin in 2012/2013, as part of this project), alongside the participation of other faculty members and doctoral students. In 2017, Professor José Antônio Aleixo da Silva also conducted a technical visit to the aforementioned university.

It is also noteworthy that in 2015, with the participation of Visiting Professor Sorin Christian Pospecu from Texas A&M University, via a CAPES call for proposals, it was possible to submit a PDSE (Sandwich Doctorate Abroad) application to CNPq for the doctoral student Cinthia Pereira de Oliveira. Although the application was approved, it remained on the waiting list. This highlights the importance and potential benefits of international exchanges facilitated by visiting professors.