Get to know the outstanding faculty members behind the Summer 2025 program at FEA-RP/USP. Our professors bring together academic excellence, international experience, and a passion for teaching. With diverse backgrounds and research areas, they are ready to share their knowledge and inspire students from around the world. Explore their profiles and discover the minds that will guide your learning journey this summer!
Ricardo AZEVEDO
Level 2 CNPq Research Productivity Fellow. Ricardo Rocha de Azevedo is a professor at FEARP, University of São Paulo (USP). He advises master’s and doctoral students in the Graduate Program in Accounting Sciences at FEARP-USP and UFU, and master’s students in the Graduate Program in Public Policy Management at EACH-USP. He holds a postdoctoral degree in Business Administration from EBAPE/FGV (2021), a PhD and a Master’s degree in Accounting and Controllership from FEARP-USP (2016), a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (2009), and a Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems (2005).
He was the coordinator of the Graduate Program in Accounting Sciences (PPGCC-UFU) between 2021 and 2023. He has over 15 years of experience as a public accounting consultant and served as an internal audit accountant for the City Hall of Ribeirão Preto.
He is a representative member of the Federal Accounting Council (CFC) in the Technical Group for Accounting Standardization at the National Treasury Secretariat (CTCONF-STN), and a member of the Permanent Committee on Public Sector Accounting of the Federal Accounting Council (CP-CASP/CFC). He is also a member of the research group “Public Sector Accounting Governance in Brazil” (PSAG), linked to FEARP-USP, and the research group “Financial Resilience of Contemporary Cities,” affiliated with the Institute of Advanced Studies at USP (IEA-USP).
He has been Associate Editor of the Revista de Contabilidade e Organizações (RCO-USP) since 2019 and of the Brazilian Business Review (BBR) since 2022. He was General Coordinator of the 3rd UFU Accounting Congress and Scientific Coordinator of its 4th edition. He is currently the coordinator of the Public Sector Accounting track at the USP Accounting Congress and at the ANPCONT Congress.
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/contabilidade/3439-ricardo-rocha-de-azevedo.html
Renato VIEIRA
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo (2011), a Master’s in Finance from Umeå University (2010), and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2018), funded by CAPES through the Full Doctorate Abroad Program (DPE).
He is currently a professor at the Catholic University of Brasília and a researcher at the Institute for Economic Research Foundation (FIPE). He has experience in the field of Economics, with an emphasis on Regional and Urban Economics, working mainly on the following topics: affirmative action, accessibility index, urban transport, transit fare, and spatial economics.
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/economia/3437-renato-schwambach-vieira.html
Ildeberto RODELLO
Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Data Processing Technology from the University of Campinas (1994), a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of São Carlos (1998), and a Ph.D. in Applied (Computational) Physics from the University of São Paulo (2003).
He was an Invited Lecturer at the International Week of the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland (2018 and 2021), and a Visiting Professor at Hochschule Neu-Ulm, Germany (2016). He is currently an Assistant Professor (Professor Doutor 2 – RDIDP) at the School of Economics, Business and Accounting at Ribeirão Preto (FEARP) of the University of São Paulo (USP) (since 2008).
He has experience in the field of Information Technology and Systems, focusing primarily on the following topics: data-driven decision-making, process data analysis, and the development of educational platforms.
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/administracao/3145-ildeberto-aparecido-rodello.html
Alex FERREIRA
Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP), researcher in the fields of Macroeconomics and Finance, with a focus on the exchange rate and its determinants. His research covers both exchange rate dynamics and currency risk aspects, combining macro-finance and foreign exchange microstructure approaches. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Kent (2005), a Master’s degree (2001), and a Bachelor’s degree (1995) from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Since 2006, he has been a faculty member of the Department of Economics at FEA-RP/USP, where he became an Associate Professor in 2014.
He has extensive international experience. He was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012, Capes-Fulbright), a visiting researcher at Queen’s University Belfast (2013–2014, Fapesp), and at the University of Warwick (2019, British Academy – Newton Fund). He serves as a referee for national and international academic journals.
In academic administration, he was the coordinator of the Graduate Program in Economics at FEA-RP/USP (2009–2012), chair of the PAE Committee (2009–2011), the Graduate Studies Committee (2016–2018), and the International Relations Committee (2022–2024). He was also editor of the Revista de Economia Aplicada (2006–2008) and led a research project funded by Fapesp under the “Young Researchers” program (2006–2010).
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/economia/3163-alex-luiz-ferreira.html
Sérgio SAKURAI
Bachelor’s (2001), Master’s (2004), Ph.D. (2007), and Livre-Docente (2016) degrees in Economics from the University of São Paulo. He is a faculty member in the Department of Economics at FEA-RP/USP, with a Full-Time Dedication to Teaching and Research. He is an associate editor of the journal Economia Aplicada. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in January 2012, and at the University of Cambridge between August 2015 and July 2016, with a scholarship from FAPESP, and between August 2022 and July 2023, with a scholarship from CAPES. His research focuses on Public Sector Economics.
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/economia/3189-sergio-naruhiko-sakurai.html
Milton BAROSSI
Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo (1988), a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo (1991), a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of São Paulo (1997), and a Livre-Docência in Economics from the University of São Paulo (2010). Also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the São Francisco School of Law at the University of São Paulo (2017), and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Procedural Law at the same institution. He is currently an Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of São Paulo, teaching and conducting research mainly in the field of Law and Economics.
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/economia/3181-milton-barossi-filho.html
Alexandre Aparecido DIAS
Holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Graduate Program in Organizations Management (PPGAO) at the School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (FEARP/USP).
He is a full-time professor (RDIDP) in the Department of Business Administration and a faculty member of the PPGAO at FEARP/USP. He is also the leader of CONNECT – Research Center on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technological Foresight, a research group registered with Brazil’s National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
Currently, he serves as Vice-Coordinator of Inova Ribeirão Preto and Innovation Coordinator at the Center for the Research and Advancement of Fragments and Molecular Targets (CRAFT Therapeutics). He previously coordinated the Teias Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, based at FEARP/USP, and served as Executive Coordinator of the “Management for Innovative Entrepreneurship” Program, funded by CNPq.
His research focuses primarily on empirical applications in the following areas:
(1) University–industry collaboration;
(2) Scientific and technological collaboration networks;
(3) Technology transfer;
(4) Innovation management; and
(5) Scientific and technological productivity.
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/administracao/3132-alexandre-aparecido-dias.html
Luciana Oranges CEZARINO
She is a researcher in the field of Applied Social Sciences and an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at the School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (FEARP-USP).
Her research focuses on strategic corporate sustainability, digital technologies, and social innovation. She was an Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) from 2013 to 2024 and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy) between 2020 and 2023.
She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) through the Erasmus Smart-2 Program, and holds a PhD and Master’s degree in Business Administration from FEA-USP, including a research period at Università Luigi Bocconi (Milan) under the supervision of Prof. Maurizio Zollo. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the State University of Londrina (UEL).
She coordinates the research groups Latin American Society for the Systems Sciences (Latin2s) and GARAH-IWAY, and collaborates with international initiatives such as the Leonardo Centre on Business for Society (Imperial College London), the BLISS Business Digital Impact group, the Sustainability Lab at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and the Brazilian chapter of the International Society for the System Sciences (ISSS).
She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Latin American Journal of Management for Sustainable Development (LAJMSD) (Inderscience Publishers), a Master’s and PhD advisor in the Graduate Program in Organizations Management (PPGAO) at FEARP-USP, and Vice-Coordinator of the Interinstitutional Master’s Program (Minter). She also serves as a reviewer for academic journals and research funding agencies.
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/administracao/3505-luciana-oranges-cezarino.html
Luciana Romano MORILAS
Associate Professor at FEA-RP/USP, Dr. Morilas has a master’s and doctor’s degree in Linguistics and Portuguese Language at UNESP and a higher doctorate in Ethics and Business Law at FEA-RP/USP. She is an advisor in the Inter-Unit Graduate Program in USP Latin America Integration. Nowadays, she coordinates the research group “Habeas Data – Empirical Legal Studies”. She is the leader of the Multidisciplinary Center of Research, Strategy and Innovation at the Public Attorney’s Office of São Paulo (CeMEPI-PGE).
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/administracao/3151-luciana-romano-morilas.html
Marina ROCHA
She is a PhD professor at the School of Economics, Business, and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto (FEA-RP) at the University of São Paulo (USP). She teaches and supervises master’s and doctoral students in the Graduate Program in Organizational Management (PPGAO) at FEA-RP/USP.
Her first postdoctoral research was conducted at Fundação PIO XII and her second at the University of São Paulo. She holds a PhD in Business Administration from FEA-RP/USP, with a sandwich period at the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. She also earned her Master’s in Organizational Management and Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the same university.
She was a visiting researcher at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) and at Utrecht University. She collaborates internationally on research projects in the fields of sustainability, marketing, and cost-effectiveness. She is a reviewer for national and international academic journals, as well as an ad hoc reviewer for research funding agencies (FAPESB).
She is the founder and coordinator of MASPEM (Marketing Strategy and People Management Research Group), and a researcher at GERBRAS-SCIENCENET, a research group based at HAW Hamburg. She also serves as lead researcher for GERBRAS-Southeast Office.
Her work has been published in high-impact international journals, including: Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Cleaner Production, Lancet Regional Health – Americas, Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, European Journal of Marketing, Benchmarking: An International Journal, and Business Process Management Journal.
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/administracao/3436-marina-toledo-lourencao-rocha.html
Silvia DALLAVALLE
Associate Professor at the School of Economics, Business, and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto at the University of São Paulo (FEA-RP/USP). She conducts research in Business Process Management (BPM), project management, sustainability and BPM, and the strategic alignment between processes, strategy, customer expectations, and information technology within the Graduate Program in Organizational Management at FEA-RP/USP.
She completed her postdoctoral studies in Production Engineering at the São Paulo State University (UNESP), in the Production Engineering Department of the Bauru campus. She holds a PhD in Engineering (2004) and a Master’s degree in Production Engineering (2001), both from the School of Engineering of São Carlos at the University of São Paulo (EESC/USP).
She has been certified as a Certified Business Process Professional (CBPP) by ABPMP since 2010 and as a professional in the Business Process Management Program by BPTrends Associates since 2011.
She is also the proud mother of twin boys, Davi and Gabriel, born in 2006.
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/administracao/3159-silvia-ines-dallavalle-de-padua.html
Amaury REZENDE
Full Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP), at the School of Economics, Business, and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto (FEA-RP). He holds a Livre-Docência degree in Tax Accounting from FEA-RP/USP (2015) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany (2010). He earned his Master’s (2004) and PhD (2009) degrees in Accounting and Controllership from the School of Economics, Business, and Accounting at USP. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (1999).
He is a CNPq Productivity Fellow (PQ-2) and has published numerous academic articles in accounting and business journals. He currently coordinates the Graduate Program in Accounting and Controllership of Ribeirão Preto (Dinter PPGCC/UFPA) and is the head of the Research Center for Studies in Controllership and Tax Accounting (certified by CNPq and USP). He is the organizer and coordinator of the Workshop on Accounting and Taxation and the coordinator of the MBA in Tax Management at FUNDACE.
He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Revista de Contabilidade e Organizações from 2007 to 2014 and is the author of the books Tax Accounting (2010) and Third Sector Accounting (2012), both published by Atlas.
He has extensive experience in the field of Accounting, with a focus on tax accounting, controllership and tax management, finance, and public accounting. He has held several administrative roles and is an active member of various committees at FEA-RP, the USP Graduate Provost’s Office (PRPG), and central bodies of the University of São Paulo.
He was Vice-Head of the Department of Accounting at FEA-RP, Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Accounting and Controllership (PPGCC) from 2018 to 2020, and Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee at FEA-RP from 2020 to September 2022. He currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee at FEA-RP (2022–Sep/2024) and General Director of the Department of Administration at USP (2022–2025).
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/contabilidade/3192-amaury-jose-rezende.html
Sílvio NAKAO
He holds a Livre-Docência degree from the University of São Paulo (2013), a Postdoctoral fellowship (Visiting Scholar) from The University of Sydney (2012–2013), a PhD in Accounting and Controllership from the University of São Paulo (2003), a Master’s in Accounting and Controllership from the same university (2000), a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of São Paulo (1996), and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Ribeirão Preto (1992).
He is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Economics, Business, and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto (FEA-RP), University of São Paulo. He is the leader of the Research Group on Accounting Information, certified by CNPq since 2003. His research focuses on taxation and accounting information.
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/contabilidade/3213-silvio-hiroshi-nakao.html
Ricardo MENEZES
Bachelor’s degree (2006) and Master’s degree (2009) in Accounting from the School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting at Ribeirão Preto – University of São Paulo (FEA-RP/USP), and PhD in Accounting from the School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting – University of São Paulo (FEA-USP) (2013). Currently an Associate Professor in the Accounting Department at FEA-RP/USP.
Major research line is about Quality of Accounting Information, and also the Economic Consequences resulting from the IFRS adoption, and Corporate Governance practices, the Biological Assets, Sugarcane Fair Value, Biofuel and Carbon Credit Market.
Roni BONIZIO
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the School of Economics, Business and Accounting – FEA/USP (1996), a Master’s degree in Controllership and Accounting from the same institution (2001), and a Ph.D. in Controllership and Accounting from FEA/USP (2005). He is currently a tenured professor at the School of Economics, Business and Accounting at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo – FEA-RP/USP, and a professor at the Foundation for Research and Development in Business, Accounting and Economics – FUNDACE. He has experience in the field of Controllership, with an emphasis on Accounting Information for Internal Users.
Learn more: https://www.fearp.usp.br/institucional/docentes/contabilidade/3211-roni-cleber-bonizio.html
Gina Adele GATO
Gina is a guest professor for the Summer Program. She is a specialist in education and neuropsychopedagogy, with a Master’s degree from the United Kingdom in Teaching and Learning and postgraduate studies in neuroscience applied to education, bilingual education, and school management. Experienced educator in English, bilingual teaching, neuro-inclusive education, professional development, and educational project management.