Hello,
I’m Vitor Sudbrack, Brazilian theoretician. I’m currently a PhD student at the University of Lausanne, working at the Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology lab with Charles Mullon.
I work on the dynamics of trait variation within structured populations, and how this variation is stored across multiple biological scales, from individuals to subpopulations, populations, and ultimately, communities.
My scientific interests
I am very question-driven, modeling relevant problems in evolutionary biology. For instance, models of population dynamics, population genetics, and complex systems have been the subject of my work. Often, I employ a diffusion approach to work on these problems. When it comes to simulations, I like to think I create universes on a computer screen…, but 95% of the job is programming and looking at data on this same computer screen.
Studying and researching have introduced me to many nice people, many interesting places, and many awesome problems in this universe, and I am grateful for this.
My studies
I have a Master’s degree in Theoretical Physics (2021) from the Institute of Theoretical Physics (IFT - Unesp) in São Paulo, Brazil, with a sandwich period at the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC - UiB) in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. In my Master’s thesis, I studied population dynamics in highly fragmented landscapes. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I joined an Observatory - a collection of scientists from very complementary backgrounds aiming to understand and analyze the data from COVID-19 in Brazil. We performed nowcasting and developed models.
Before that, I was laureated Bachelor’s in Physics with honors (2019) by the Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. During my undergraduate years, I have researched at the Fluid Lab - IMPA with professor Alexei Mailybaev in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There, we studied fully developed bidimensional turbulence in the case of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. And I also worked at the Laboratory for Cellular Structure (LabCel - UFRGS), where I described the statistical time evolution of a mathematical model for protein interaction using graphs.
Off-science me: accordion, coffee & orchids
Aside from science, I’m really enjoying playing the accordion and reading about music theory lately. I find the symmetries of the button accordion perfect to connect to theory. I’m also a huge barista wannabe! I am always eager to learn new things about coffee and practice my skills with V60 extraction, French press, and expressos. I’ve recently developed a fascination in orchids, and I now have tens of different species at home.
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