Team

Current

• Creators and Lead Investigators

  • Farès el-Dahdah, Professor of Art History, Rice University
  • Alida C. Metcalf, Professor of History, Rice University
  • David Heyman, Managing Director, Axis Maps

• Collaborators

  • Verena Andreatta, Former Secretary of Urbanism, Infrastructure, and Housing, Municipality of Rio de Janeiro
  • Sergio Burgi, Head, Photography Department, Instituto Moreira Salles
  • Maria Helena Röhe Salomon, Architect in Territorial Planning, Municipality of Rio de Janeiro

• Project Manager

  • Bruno de Castro Sousa, GIS Solutions Architect, Center for Research Computing’s Spatial Studies Lab, Rice University

• Technical Consultants

  • Jean Aroom, GIS Support Specialist, Fondren Library, Rice University
  • Uilvim Ettore, Environmental/Data Engineer, Center for Research Computing’s Spatial Studies Lab, Rice University
  • Monica Rivero, Digital Curation Coordinator, Fondren Library, Rice University
  • Ualas Rohrer, GIS Enterprise Architect, Center for Research Computing’s Spatial Studies Lab, Rice University

• Research Assistants

  • Arunima Addy, Graduate Student, Department of Art History, Penn State University
  • Bruno Buccalon, Graduate Student, Department of History, Rice University
  • Ethan Denson, Undergraduate Student, Department of History, Rice University
  • Kia Witt, Undergraduate Student, Department of History, Rice University

• Digital Art History Grant / Getty Foundation

  • Co-Investigators

    • Sergio Burgi, Head, Photography Department, Instituto Moreira Salles
    • Lisa Spiro, Executive Director, Digital Scholarship Services, Fondren Library, Rice University

  • Project Manager

    • Martim Passos, Technical Assistant, Photography Department, Instituto Moreira Salles

  • Research Assistants

    • Cíntia Mechler, Intern, Instituto Moreira Salles
    • Pitanga Vigand, Research Assistant, Instituto Moreira Salles

Visiting Scholars

• Keila Grinberg, Professora Titular, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), February 2020
• Mônica Lima e Souza, Professora Associada, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), February 2020
• Mary Karasch, Professor Emeritus, Oakland University, May 2017 and March 2018.
• Higor Figueira Ferreira, Programa de Pós-Graduação em História Comparada Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, April 2018.
• Antonio Carlos Higino da Silva, Programa de Pós-Graduação em História Comparada Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, April 2018.
• Maria Helena Röhe Salomon, Gerente de Pesquisa Urbanística na Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, November 2017.
• Sergio Burgi, Coordenador, Coordenadoria de Fotografia Instituto Moreira Salles, March 2017
• Bruno Buccalon, Assistente Técnico, Coordenadoria de Fotografia, Instituto Moreira Salles, March 2017
• Sandra Lauderdale Graham, The University of Texas at Austin, March 2010 and October 2014
• Richard Graham, Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas at Austin, March 2010 and October 2014
• Verena Andreatta, Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro, October 2012
• Bruno Carvalho, Princeton University, October 2012
• Zephyr Frank, Stanford University, February 2010
• Shawn Miller, Brigham Young University, January, 2010

Former

• Former Project Managers

  • Bruno Buccalon, Technical Assistant, Department of Photography, Instituto Moreira Salles
  • S. Wright Kennedy, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of History, Rice University
  • Sean M. Smith, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of History, Rice University

• Former Research Assistants

  • Alana Carolina Silva Marques, Undergraduate in Engenharia Cartográfica, Instituto Militar de Engenharia
  • Allison Korinek, Undergraduate in History, Rice University
  • Amanda Li Chang, Undergraduate in Architecture, Rice University
  • Andressa Viol, Undergraduate in Biology, Rice University
  • Ashley Evelyn, Graduate Student in History, Rice University
  • Blaine Hamilton, Graduate Student in History, Rice University
  • Bruno de Castro Sousa, Undergraduate in Brazil’s Scientific Mobility Program, Rice University
  • Christina Regelski, Graduate Student in History, Rice University
  • Cristiane Oliveira Santos, Undergraduate in Brazil’s Scientific Mobility Program, Rice University
  • Danny Jimenez, Graduate Student in Architecture, Rice University
  • Darren Pomida, Undergraduate in History, Rice University
  • Martim Passos, Research Assistant, Instituto Moreira Salles
  • Davi Teodoro, Research Intern, Instituto Moreira Salles
  • Frederico Martins, Undergraduate in Brazil’s Scientific Mobility Program, Rice University
  • Gabriel Ramiro, Undergraduate in Brazil’s Scientific Mobility Program, Rice University
  • Jacob Schneckloth, Undergraduate in Computer Science, Rice University
  • Jessica Crisp, Undergraduate Student in English, Rice University
  • Jiaxing Yan, Undergraduate in Architecture, Rice University
  • Joice Oliveira, Graduate Student in History, Rice University
  • Kayla Opall, Undergraduate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
  • Livia Tiede, Graduate Student in History, Rice University
  • Ludmila Maia, Graduate Student in History, Rice University
  • Maria Montalvo, Graduate Student in History, Rice University
  • MariaPia Ormachea, Undergraduate in Architecture, Rice University
  • Megan Weintraut, Graduate Student in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
  • Miller Wright, Graduate Student in History, Rice University
  • Rachael Pasierowska, Graduate Student in History, Rice University
  • Stephanie Huang, Undergraduate in Portuguese and Spanish, Rice University
  • Ualas Rohrer, Undergraduate in Brazil’s Scientific Mobility Program, Rice University
  • Uilvim Ettore, Undergraduate in Brazil’s Scientific Mobility Program, Rice University
  • Wenqi Chen, Graduate Student in Architecture, Rice University
  • Whitney Stewart, Graduate Student in History, Rice University

• Former Technical Consultants

  • Brandon Copeland, Lead GIS Developer, LJA Engineering, Inc.
  • Erik Engquist, Director, Center for Research Computing, Rice University
  • Jennifer Harrison, GIS Support, TeachMeGIS
  • Kelley Jabr, GIS Support, TeachMeGIS
  • Nick Lawalin, GIS Support, Geo-Jobe
  • Andrew Taylor, Associate Curator, Visual Resources, Department of Art History, Rice University