Curriculum Vitae

Vinícius Vaz da Cruz, Master of Science

 

Education

Sept 2015 – current	PhD Studies Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology Stockholm, Sweden I am currently a PhD student working with theoretical simulations of X-ray spectroscopy, mainly applying quantum wave packet simulations of nuclear dynamics. My main focus is resonant inelastic X-ray scattering of gas and liquid phase molecular systems interacting with synchrotron radiation.
Mar 2014 – Aug 2015	Master's Student Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Química (IQ) Goiânia, Brazil I received my Master's degree from UFG (Federal University of Goias) in Brazil, defending a dissertation on coherent control of bimolecular collisions by an infrared laser pulse, based on wavepacket simulations. I thank CAPES for my Msc scholarship.
Aug 2009 – Jun 2014	Bachelor of Science, Chemistry Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Química (IQ) Goiânia, Brazil I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from UFG (Federal University of Goias) in Brazil.

Awards & Grants

Aug 2015	Scholarship: PhD scholarship - Ciência Sem Fronteiras (Science Without Borders - CNPq)
Oct 2012	Scholarship: Exchange Studies in Sweden - Ciência Sem Fronteiras (Science Without Borders by CNPq)
Dec 2011	Award: Prize for best undergraduate research project – Federal University of Goiás (UFG).
Jul 2010	Scholarship: Undergraduate research trainee – CNPq

Skills & Activities

Skills	Scientific Programming, Quantum Mechanics, X-ray Spectroscopy, Molecular Physics, Quantum Chemistry, Ab Initio Calculations
Languages	English, Portuguese, Swedish

Journal Publications

1. Vinícius Vaz da Cruz, Emelie Ertan, Rafael C. Couto, Sebastian Eckert, Mattis Fondell, Marcus Dantz, Brian Kennedy, Thorsten Schmitt, Annette Pietzsch, Freddy F. Guimarães, Hans Ågren, Faris Gel’mukhanov, Michael Odelius, Alexander Föhlisch, Victor Kimberg: A study of the water molecule using frequency control over nuclear dynamics in resonant X-ray scattering. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 03/2017; 19(30).

2. Nina Ignatova, Vinícius Vaz da Cruz, Rafael C Couto, Emelie Ertan, Michael Odelius, Hans Agren, Freddy F. Guimaraes, Andrei Zimin, Sergey P. Polyutov, Faris Gel 'mukhanov, Victor Kimberg: Infrared-pump-X-ray-probe spectroscopy of vibrationally excited molecules. 04/2017; 95(4):042502.

3. Nina Ignatova, Vinícius Vaz da Cruz, Rafael C Couto, Emelie Ertan, Zimin Andrey, Sergey Polyutov, Hans Agren, Victor Kimberg, Michael Odelius, Faris Gel 'mukhanov: Gradual collapse of nuclear wave functions regulated by frequency tuned X-ray scattering. Scientific Reports 03/2017; 7:43891.

4. Rafael C. Couto, Vinícius Vaz da Cruz, Emelie Ertan, Sebastian Eckert, Mattis Fondell, Marcus Dantz, Brian Kennedy, Thorsten Schmitt, Annette Pietzsch, Freddy F. Guimarães, Hans Ågren, Faris Gel'mukhanov, Michael Odelius, Victor Kimberg, Alexander Föhlisch: Selective gating to vibrational modes through resonant X-ray scattering. Nature Communications 01/2017; 8:14165.

5. Tatiana Marchenko, Stéphane Carniato, Loic Journel, Renaud Guillemin, Elie Kawerk, Matjaž Žitnik, Matjaž Kavčič, Klemen Bučar, Rok Bohinc, Marko Petric, Vinicius Vaz da Cruz, Faris Gel'mukhanov, Marc Simon: Electron Dynamics in the Core-Excited CS2 Molecule Revealed through Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering Spectroscopy. Physical Review X 08/2015; 5(11):031021.

6. Vinícius Vaz da Cruz, Freddy F. Guimarães: Theoretical study of the electronic structure and the laser induced dynamics of the HCl molecule. Química Nova 12/2012; 36(2):267-271.