Associate Professor
Surface Science Group
Department of Physics
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Edmar Avellar Soares is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and his is involved in both research and teaching.

Edmar's research has focused on the determination of the atomic-scale structure and bonding at solid surfaces and in nanostructures, in order to better understand the atomistic basis of surface science, nanoscience and their many technological applications (catalysis, electronic devices, corrosion, tribology, etc.). In particular, electron diffraction and synchrotron radiation techniques have been used for probing the electronic and structural properties of surfaces and interfaces. He also works on the implementation of global optmization methods, such as genetic algorithm, to speed up the structure determination of complex surfaces.