Gustavo Rodrigues Ferreira is a postdoctoral researcher who has joined the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica to collaborate with Núria Fagella. He studied molecular sciences at the Universidade de Sao Paulo, obtaining an M. Sc. in dynamical systems at the Instituto de Matemática e Estatística of the Universidade de São Paulo (IME-USP) and a PhD from The Open University (UK). His previous experience includes roles as an LMS Early Career Fellow at Imperial College London and, most recently, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Liverpool.