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Completed the Doctor of Philosophy in Physics in 2024 from University at Albany Department of Physics, Master in Physics in 2020 from University at Albany Department of Physics, Postgraduate Certificate in Complex Systems Science and Engineering in 2023 from Binghamton University Thomas J Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Bachelor in Physics in 2017 from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Departamento de Física. I'm a Postdoc at Católica Biomedical Research Centre at Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Medicina and a Visiting Researcher at Binghamton University Thomas J Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science. Published 6 articles in journals, 1 section of a book. I have received the Teaching Assistant of the Year Award awards in 2021 from University at Albany Department of Physics. Works in the area(s) of Exact Sciences with emphasis on Physical Sciences, Computer and Information Sciences, Bioinformatics and Health Sciences with emphasis on Epidemiology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Sistemas Complexos; Redes Complexas; Saúde Humana; Sistemas Dinâmicos.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Felipe Xavier Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, Felipe
  • Costa, F X

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2A15-97E9-C7D5
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6675-0355

Email addresses

  • fcosta@binghamton.edu (Professional)
  • fxcosta@ucp.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/08/29
Concluded
 Physics (Doctor of Philosophy)
University at Albany Department of Physics, United States
2023
Concluded
 Complex Systems Science and Engineering (Postgraduate Certificate)
Binghamton University Thomas J Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, United States
2020/05/17
Concluded
 Physics (Master)
Major in Statistical Physics
University at Albany Department of Physics, United States
 20
2017
Concluded
 Física (Bachelor)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Departamento de Física, Brazil
2015/08 - 2016/05
Attended
 Physics (Bachelor)
University at Albany Department of Physics, United States
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/11/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Católica Biomedical Research Centre, Portugal
2023/07 - Current Visiting Researcher (Research) Binghamton University Thomas J Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, United States
2024/08 - 2024/09 Visiting Researcher (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2023/08 - 2024/08 Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/06 - 2023/08 Visiting Researcher (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/05 - 2023/07 Contracted Researcher (Research) Binghamton University Thomas J Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, United States
2021/08 - 2022/05 Visiting Researcher (Research) Binghamton University Thomas J Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, United States
2016/12 - 2017/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Departamento de Física, Brazil
2016/06 - 2016/08 Researcher (Research) New England Complex Systems Institute, United States
2016/01 - 2016/05 Research Trainee (Research) University at Albany Department of Physics, United States
2013/01 - 2015/05 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Departamento de Física, Brazil

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09/11 - 2022/05/16 Assistant (University Teacher) University at Albany, United States
2016/08 - 2016/12 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Departamento de Física, Brazil
2014/08 - 2014/12 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Departamento de Física, Brazil
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/08/22 - 2024/08/22 Efeitos de Redunda^ncia no Conta´gio e Controlo da Dina^mica de rede: aplicac¸o~es em biomedicina
2022.09122.PTDC
10.54499/2022.09122.PTDC
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Costa, F X; Correia, Rion Brattig; Rocha, Luis M.. Corresponding author: Rocha, Luis M.. "The Distance Backbone of Directed Networks". In Complex Networks and Their Applications XI, 135-147. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-21131-7_11
Conference paper
  1. Cronemberger, Felippe; Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon; Costa, F X; Pardo, Theresa A.. "Smart Cities Depictions in Wikipedia Articles". 2018.
    10.1145/3209415.3209508
  2. "Raman hyperspectral imaging of iron transport across membranes in cells". 2016.
    10.1117/12.2238329
  3. Lauren Sfakis; Felipe Xavier Costa; David Tuschel; Anna Sharikova; Melinda Larsen; James Castracane; Alexander Khmaladze. "Core/Shell nanofiber characterization by raman scanning microscopy". Paper presented in Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference, LAOP 2016, Medellin, 2016.
    Published • 10.1364/LAOP.2016.LTu5A.5
  4. Sfakis, Lauren; Costa, F X; Tuschel, David; Sharikova, Anna; Larsen, Melinda; Castracane, James; Khmaladze, Alexander. "Core/Shell Nanofiber Characterization by Raman Scanning Microscopy". 2016.
    10.1364/laop.2016.ltu5a.5
Conference poster
  1. Fabio Henrique do Couto Soares; Francisco Rafael do Couto Soares; Jessica Renata Silva de Farias; Amanda Pereira Barbosa Rodrigues; Vitor Benedito Ferreira Freire; Thuran Cedric Cavalcante Muniz da Silva; Felipe Xavier Costa; Severino Leopoldo Urtiga Filho. "Estudo comparativo de técnicas de sutura de tendões flexores da mão". Paper presented in V Congresso Pernambucano de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, 2023.
  2. Fabio Henrique do Couto Soares; Francisco Rafael do Couto Soares; Jessica Renata Silva de Farias; Amanda Pereira Barbosa Rodrigues; Vitor Benedito Ferreira Freire; Thuran Cedric Cavalcante Muniz da Silva; Costa, F X; Severino Leopoldo Urtiga Filho. Corresponding author: Fabio Henrique do Couto Soares. "ESTUDO COMPARATIVO DE TÉCNICAS DE SUTURA DE TENDÕES FLEXORES DA MÃO". Paper presented in V Congresso Pernambucano de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, 2023.
  3. Felipe Xavier Costa; Rion B. Correia; Luis M. Rocha. "Structural redundancy in directed weighted graphs". Paper presented in The International School and Conference on Network Science, 2023.
  4. Costa, F X; Rion B. Correia; Luis M. Rocha. "Structural Redundancy in Directed Weighted Graphs". Paper presented in The International School and Conference on Network Science, 2023.
  5. Costa, F X; Pessoa, Pedro. "Entropic dynamics of networks". Paper presented in Fourth Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems, 2021.
  6. F. X. Costa; Sérgio Galvão Coutinho. "Two-level cellular automata model for arboviral endemic propagations". Paper presented in Encontro de Outono da Sociedade Brasileira de Física, 2018.
  7. Costa, F X; Sérgio Galvão Coutinho. "Two-level Cellular Automata model for Arboviral Endemic Propagations". Paper presented in Encontro de Outono da Sociedade Brasileira de Física, 2018.
  8. Costa, F X; Cronemberger, Felippe. "Smartness at the word level: graph statistics on smart cities descriptions". Paper presented in 4th New York Celebration of Women In Computing, 2016.
  9. Costa, F X; Paulo R. A. Campos. "A network-based approach to the study of the biodiversity in neutral metacommunities". Paper presented in XXXII ENCONTRO DE FÍSICOS DO NORTE E NORDESTE, 2012.
Journal article
  1. David Soriano-Paños; Felipe Xavier Costa; Luis M. Rocha. "Quantifying edge relevance for epidemic spreading via the semi-metric topology of complex networks". Journal of Physics: Complexity 6 3 (2025): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/54622.
    Open access • Published • 10.1088/2632-072X/adf2ed
  2. Kyu Hyong Park; Felipe Xavier Costa; Luis M. Rocha; Réka Albert; Jordan C. Rozum. "Models of Cell Processes are Far from the Edge of Chaos". PRX Life (2023): https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXLife.1.023009.
    10.1103/PRXLife.1.023009
  3. Kyu Hyong Park; Felipe Xavier Costa; Luis M. Rocha; Réka Albert; Jordan C. Rozum. "Models of cell processes are far from the edge of chaos". PRX Life 1 (2023): 1-33.
    Open access • Published • 10.1103/prxlife.1.023009
  4. Felipe Xavier Costa; Jordan C. Rozum; Austin M. Marcus; Luis M. Rocha. "Effective Connectivity and Bias Entropy Improve Prediction of Dynamical Regime in Automata Networks". Entropy (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/e25020374.
    10.3390/e25020374
  5. Pessoa, Pedro; Costa, F X; Caticha, Ariel. "Entropic Dynamics on Gibbs Statistical Manifolds". Entropy 23 5 (2021): 494. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e23050494.
    10.3390/e23050494
  6. Costa, F X; Pessoa, Pedro. "Entropic dynamics of networks". Northeast Journal of Complex Systems 3 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.22191/nejcs/vol3/iss1/5.
    10.22191/nejcs/vol3/iss1/5
  7. Lauren Sfakis; Anna Sharikova; David Tuschel; Felipe Xavier Costa; Melinda Larsen; Alexander Khmaladze; James Castracane. "Core/shell nanofiber characterization by Raman scanning microscopy". Biomedical Optics Express 8 2 (2017): 1025-1035. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85011615082&partnerID=8YFLogxK.
    Open access • Published • 10.1364/BOE.8.001025
  8. Sfakis, Lauren; Sharikova, Anna; Tuschel, David; Costa, F X; Larsen, Melinda; Khmaladze, Alexander; Castracane, James. "Core/shell nanofiber characterization by Raman scanning microscopy". Biomedical Optics Express 8 2 (2017): 1025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/boe.8.001025.
    10.1364/boe.8.001025
  9. Parens, Raphael; Nijhout, H. Frederik; Morales, Alfredo; Costa, F X; Bar-Yam, Yaneer. "A Possible Link Between Pyriproxyfen and Microcephaly". PLoS Currents (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.outbreaks.5afb0bfb8cf31d9a4baba7b19b4edbac.
    10.1371/currents.outbreaks.5afb0bfb8cf31d9a4baba7b19b4edbac
Working paper
  1. Jon Sánchez-Valle; María Flores-Rodero; Felipe Xavier Costa; Jose Carbonell-Caballero; Iker Núñez-Carpintero; Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos; Luis Mateus Rocha; Davide Cirillo; Alfonso Valencia. 2025. "Sex-specific transcriptome similarity networks elucidate comorbidity relationships". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/48038.
    10.1101/2025.01.22.634077
  2. David Soriano Paños; Felipe Xavier Costa; Luis M. Rocha. 2023. "Semi-metric topology characterizes epidemic spreading on complex networks".
    10.48550/arXiv.2311.14817
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/02 Do I need to call you twice? Redundancies in Genetic Interactions IGC PostDoc Seminar
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2024/01 Robustness of biomolecular networks suggests functional modules far from the edge of chaos Physical Biology Circle Meeting 2024
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2024/01 Redundancy in Regulatory Networks 17th Annual Meeting of Gulbenkian Students
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Ericeira, Portugal)
2023/11 Redundancies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Models IGC PhD Chalk Talk
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2023/10 Effects of directionality on the topological redundancy of complex networks 19th Conference on Complex Systems
Complex Systems Society (Salvador, Brazil)
2023/10 Robustness of biomolecular networks suggests functional modules far from the edge of chaos 19th Conference on Complex Systems
Complex Systems Society (Salvador, Brazil)
2023/03 Structural Redundancy in Directed Weighted Graphs Sixth Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems,
Clarkson University (Potsdam, United States)
2023/03 Canalization and entropy improve prediction of disorder in Boolean network dynamics Sixth Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems,
Clarkson University (Potsdam, United States)
2022/11 The distance backbone of directed network 11th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications
The University of Palermo (Palermo, Italy)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2017/01 - 2017/01 Summer School on Mathematical Biology VI Southern-Summer School on Mathematical Biology
ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, Brazil
2016/06 - 2016/06 Summer school introducing essential concepts of complex systems. NECSI Summer School 2016
New England Complex Systems Institute, United States
2015/06 - 2015/07 Intensive summer school designed for international students who want to improve their English language skills. Summer Academic Institute
University at Albany, United States

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/03/17 SOLUÇÃO DE MODELOS EPIDEMIOLÓGICOS USANDO O MÉTODO DE RUNGE-KUTTA
Thesis Member
 Nattan José da Silva (Other)
Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Sertão Pernambucano - Campus Petrolina, Brazil

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Journal of Computational Science (1877-7503) Elsevier
Distinctions

Award

2021 Teaching Assistant of the Year - 2020/2021 Academic Year
University at Albany Department of Physics, United States