About
I’m a physicist with an M.S. and Ph.D. in statistical and computational physics. Since my master’s, my research has focused on complex systems—how simple rules and interactions can produce rich, often surprising collective behavior. During my time in Civil Engineering at Purdue University, I shifted toward more applied questions in urban science, using physics-inspired modeling to study cities as complex social systems.
I’m currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at George Mason University, where I work on large-scale agent-based simulation of human mobility and activity patterns in urban environments.
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Research interests
- Cities and urban science
- Migration dynamics and population growth
- Human mobility patterns
- Agent-based modeling and large-scale simulation
- Complex systems, networks, and social dynamics
- Disaster recovery and resilience
Highlights
- First author of papers in Nature Communications, Nature Cities, and Physics of Life Reviews.
- Academic Editor at PLOS ONE (Urban Studies, Complexity, Networks).
- Awarded multiple research grants and fellowships (including São Paulo Research Foundation—FAPESP).
Education
- Ph.D. (Sciences), University of São Paulo (USP), 2015
Thesis: Activity, phase transition and media effect in a sociocultural model - M.Sc. (Sciences), University of São Paulo (USP), 2011
Dissertation: Phase transitions and nucleation processes in cellular automata rule space - B.Sc. (Physics), University of São Paulo (USP), 2008
Contact
- Email: smreia@gmail.com
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8T1-mIQAAAAJ&hl