Sidney Luiz de Matos Mello

@uff.br

Escola de Engenharia - Laboratório de Tecnologia e Gestão de Negócios (LATEC)
Universidade Federal Fluminense

Sidney Luiz de Matos Mello


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BSc., MSc., MBA, Ph.D., Full Professor in Earth Sciences at Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF (Ret) and Member of the Brazilian Academy of Education. Former Rector of the Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil. Senior professional with 30 years of experience, with a career in strategic positions, focusing on pursuing financial resources, advances in research and education, and internationalization, innovation, science, and technology projects. Responsible for representing Brazil in international commissions in the areas of Geology and Marine Geophysics and member of the Executive Committee of the Coordination of Higher Education Personnel Improvement - CAPES / Ministry of Education in the International Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). Regional secretary of the Inter-American University Organization (IOHE) in Brazil and President of the Tordesillas University Group, and permanent member of the Brazilian Academy of Education.

EDUCATION

Business School - Fundação Instituto de Administração: Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
2018-08-01 to 2019-12-31 | MBA Executivo Internacional
University of Leeds: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
1995-09-01 to 1999-09-01 | Ph.D. Earth Sciences
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1991-03-01 to 1993-12-01 | MSc Geology
Columbia University: New York, New York, USA
1984-12-31 to 1985-10-30 | Visiting Scholar Geophysics - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1976-03-01 to 1981-06-01 | BSc Geology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Higher Education, Public Policies, Management, Marine Sciences, Environmental Studies
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Scopus Publications

1034

Scholar Citations

11

Scholar h-index

12

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • The Rio Grande Rise: Current Knowledge and Future Frontiers for Deep-Sea Science, Mineral Resources and Governance
    Luigi Jovane, Carina Ulsen, Douglas Galante, Simone Bernardini, Natascha Menezes Bergo, et al.
    Minerals, 2026
    The Rio Grande Rise (RGR) is the largest oceanic plateau in the South Atlantic and represents a key natural laboratory for understanding oceanic plateau formation, deep-sea circulation, ecosystem functioning, and ferromanganese crust development. This study presents a critical synthesis of current scientific knowledge on the RGR, integrating geological, geophysical, oceanographic, biological, and geochemical evidence published over the last two decades. Geophysical data reveal a complex tectono-magmatic evolution involving Late Cretaceous plume-related volcanism, crustal thickening, rifting, and subsequent subsidence. The structural framework of the plateau is dominated by the Cruzeiro do Sul Rift, which plays a central role in controlling sedimentation, magmatism, and seawater circulation. Oceanographic studies demonstrate that the interaction between the southern branch of the South Equatorial Current and the complex topography of the RGR generates intense internal tides and bottom currents, strongly influencing sediment transport and benthic habitats. Biological investigations indicate that the RGR hosts diverse deep-sea communities, including sponge grounds, cold-water corals, and associated fauna, whose distribution is tightly linked to geomorphology and hydrodynamics. Ferromanganese crusts occurring on the plateau preserve valuable geochemical records of oceanographic and redox conditions, although their spatial distribution, thickness, and metal budgets remain incompletely constrained. Despite major advances, significant knowledge gaps persist regarding crustal structure, sedimentary evolution, ecosystem functioning, and mineral formation processes. This review highlights these uncertainties and outlines research priorities necessary to improve understanding of oceanic plateaus and deep-sea systems in the South Atlantic.
  • A flexible ISO 27701-based framework for assessing cybersecurity maturity: a proposition and a case application
    Fábio Dias Carneiro, Izabela Simon Rampasso, Sidney Luiz de Matos Mello, Tiago F.A.C. Sigahi, Hernán Lespay, et al.
    Computers and Security, 2025
  • Educação, política e transformação: avaliação, inclusão e inovação em tempos de reconstrução social
    Sidney Luiz de Matos Mello
    Ensaio, 2025
  • Origin, Geological Controls and Interactions of CO2 With Hydrocarbons and Pre-Salt Reservoirs, Santos Basin, Brazil
    E. V. Santos Neto, Rui J. Baptista, Sidney L. M. Mello, Marco Brito, Davy R. Brandão, et al.
    Geological Journal, 2025
    Knowledge on the origin and the main geological controls on the occurrence of CO 2 in the pre‐salt reservoirs of the Santos Basin has had significant improvement in the last decade. However, the influence of CO 2 on the petroleum system needs more investigations, especially, related to the segregation of components in the oil column, or changes in the reservoir diagenesis. Anticipation of possible interactions CO 2 ‐fluids‐rock is critical to evaluate prospects, considering implications for development and production. Aiming to contribute to the improvement in predictions on the interactions CO 2 ‐fluids‐rock, this study was developed to investigate the relationship between the origin and CO 2 distribution with alterations in the petroleum column and reservoir diagenesis in the Santos Basin. New results of noble gas analyses corroborate the strong mantle signature of the contemporary CO 2 . Phase split in the petroleum column, already depicted in laboratory experiments, was identified in accumulation of Júpiter. High CO 2 is found preferentially along a NE–SW trend and seems to increase towards SE. Similar traps can have highly variable contents of CO 2 suggesting active sinking. Episodes of CO 2 flux through reservoir play an important role in diagenesis promoting the corrosion of calcite cement and precipitation of quartz, anhydrite and dawsonite. Results of this investigation have shown significant influence of CO 2 on the phase segregation of petroleum column and on diagenesis of pre‐salt reservoirs in the Santos Basin.
  • Deciphering the complex history of the cabo frio high – SE brazilian continental margin
    D.R. Brandão, A.E. Ferraz, R.J. Jahnert, M. Brito, K. Motoki, et al.
    Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2024
  • Políticas públicas em Educação: uma agenda necessária para moldar o nosso futuro
    Sidney L. M. Mello
    Ensaio, 2024
  • Evaluation of the level of digital competence of a sample of professors of engineering courses in Brazilian federal universities
    Vitor Silva Abreu, Clarisse Olivieri De Lima, Glauco Da Silva Aguiar, Sidney Luiz De Matos Mello
    Meta Avaliacao, 2024
    Durante a pandemia de Covid-19, o ensino superior brasileiro adotou o ensino remoto emergencial, forçando docentes a utilizarem tecnologias digitais. Este estudo avaliou o nível de competência digital dos docentes de engenharia em universidades federais e os impactos da pandemia na aquisição dessas competências. Um questionário on-line, baseado no DigCompEdu, foi aplicado a 189 docentes. Destes, 79,37% relataram a necessidade de utilizar ferramentas digitais para ensinar, e 36,40% se encontram no nível intermediário de competência digital e nenhum docente atingiu o segundo nível avançado. A motivação pessoal foi mais influente na aquisição de competências do que o suporte institucional, destacando a necessidade de políticas de capacitação digital contínua.
  • Super-giant oil slick cluster identification using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), integrated with 4d inverse modeling and 2D and 3D seismic data, as direct seafloor oil seepage indicators in the ultra-deepwater outboard frontier areas of the pre-salt province of the Santos Basin, Brazil
    Marcio Rocha Mello, Carlos Henrique Beisl, Oswaldo Antunes Pedrosa Junior, Vanessa Bonanno Haliburton, Cleverson Guizan Silva, et al.
    Seg Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, 2024
  • Promoting inclusion and equity in Higher Education: Is this the role of distance learning in Brazil?
    Sidney L. M. Mello, Marcelo J. Meiriño, Walter Leal Filho, Thaís N. da R. Sampaio
    Ensaio, 2023
    This study aims to investigate how enrollments have reached a rapid increase in distance learning Higher Education (DLHE) in Brazil and consider whether it promotes inclusion, equity, and quality as disseminated by the Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) and the Brazilian Plan of Education (PNE). The methodological procedures were based on documentary research. For this analysis, three goals of DLHE were investigated: access, quality, and equity by looking at variables such as enrollments, the regulatory framework, the quality assessment, the cost of Education, the student income, gender, and ethnicity. The analysis showed increased enrollments in Higher Education (HE) in the last decade, particularly distance Education. This growth was accompanied by greater inclusion and equity in access to HE. But there are issues in the quantity and content of courses and the concentration of enrollments in a few for-profit private institutions, which affect the quality of Education. This paper provides a unique view of whether DLHE promotes inclusion and equity in tertiary Education in Brazil and whether it has been valuable in public policy.
  • Where is the Brazilian Higher Education Within the Sustainable Development Goal 4?
    Higher Education for Sustainable Development Goals, 2022
  • An investigation of research gaps in reported skills required for Industry 4.0 readiness of Brazilian undergraduate students
    Izabela Simon Rampasso, Sidney L.M. Mello, Rubens Walker, Victor G. Simão, Robson Araújo, et al.
    Higher Education Skills and Work Based Learning, 2021
  • Innovation in the digital era: New labor market and educational changes
    Sidney Luiz de Matos Mello, Nicholas Van Erven Ludolf, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas, Marcelo Jasmim Meiriño
    Ensaio, 2020
  • Geotechnical description of sandy sediments of the surf zone using electrical resistivity measurements
    Fernando Rocha Carneiro, Arthur Ayres Neto, Rodrigo Menezes Raposo de Almeida, Sidney de Matos Mello
    Revista Brasileira De Geofisica, 2018
  • Geochemical evolution of the felsic alkaline rocks of tanguá and Rio bonito intrusive bodies, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Geociencias, 2010
  • Ore geology of special quality gravel and artificial sand: Examples of alkaline syenite of Nova Iguaçu, State of Rio de Janeiro, and rhyolite of Nova Prata, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    Geociencias, 2010
  • Geophysical and geochemical evidence for cold upper mantle beneath the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean
    Susanna Eleonora Sichel, Sonia Esperança, Akihisa Motoki, Marcia Maia, Mary F. Horan, et al.
    Revista Brasileira De Geofisica, 2008
  • Analysis of seafloor depth anomalies between the ascension and ST. Helena Islands, South Atlantic
    Marisa Makler, Sidney Luiz de Matos Mello
    Revista Brasileira De Geofisica, 2007
  • Program of Marine Geology and Geophysics of Brazil: Contributions for the knowledge of the Brazilian continental margin shelf and adjacent oceanic basin
    Sidney L. M. Mello
    Revista Brasileira De Geofisica, 2007
  • Erratum: Morfoestrutura da cordilheira mesoceânica no atlântico sul entre 0°S E 50°S (Revista Brasileira de Geofísica 24: 2 (231-241))
    Revista Brasileira De Geofisica, 2006
  • The South Atlantic Ridge morphology between 0°S and 50°S
    Revista Brasileira De Geofisica, 2006
  • Metallic sulfide deposits in deep sea
    Sidney L. M. Mello, Sandra H. A. J. Quental
    Revista Brasileira De Geofisica, 2000
  • Geology & geophysics for the exploration of marine mineral resources
    Sidney L. M. Mello, Jorge J. C. Palma
    Revista Brasileira De Geofisica, 2000
  • Anomalous mantle at 45°N mid-atlantic ridge?
    S. L. M. Mello, J. R. Cann, C. M. R. Fowler
    Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 1999
  • Corrugated slip surfaces formed at ridge-transform intersections on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
    J. R. Cann, D. K. Blackman, D. K. Smith, E. McAllister, B. Janssen, et al.
    Nature, 1997
  • Magnetostratigrpahy of the oceanic crust between the Ascension and Bode Verde Fracture Zones
    Revista Brasileira De Geofisica, 1996

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The Rio Grande Rise: Current Knowledge and Future Frontiers for Deep-Sea Science, Mineral Resources and Governance
    L Jovane, C Ulsen, D Galante, S Bernardini, NM Bergo, ES Braga, ...
    Minerals 16 (4), 418 , 2026
    2026
  • Hidrogênio Natural no Pré-Sal da Bacia de Santos: Uma Hipótese: Natural hydrogen in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin: a hypothesis
    LAP Gambôa, ES Neto, KF Motoki, AEPPD Ferraz, MAR de Castro, ...
    Geosciences= Geociências 44 (4), 593-605 , 2025
    2025
  • Origin, Geological Controls and Interactions of CO 2 With Hydrocarbons and Pre‐Salt Reservoirs, Santos Basin, Brazil
    EVS Neto, RJ Baptista, SLM Mello, M Brito, DR Brandão, RJ Jahnert, ...
    Geological Journal , 2025
    2025
  • Educação, política e transformação: avaliação, inclusão e inovação em tempos de reconstrução social
    SLM Mello
    Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação 33 (128), e0251281 , 2025
    2025
  • Evidence From Microscopy and U-Pb Geochronology as a Clue to the Influence of the Cretaceous Magmatism in the Diagenesis of Pre-Salt Carbonate Reservoirs in the Santos Basin …
    MAR de Castro e Brito, CL Sombra, DR Brandao, CG Silva, SLM Mello, ...
    GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL , 2025
    2025
  • A flexible ISO 27701-based framework for assessing cybersecurity maturity: a proposition and a case application
    FD Carneiro, IS Rampasso, SL de Matos Mello, TFAC Sigahi, H Lespay, ...
    Computers & Security, 104645 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Evidence From Microscopy and U–Pb Geochronology as a Clue to the Influence of the Cretaceous Magmatism in the Diagenesis of Pre‐Salt Carbonate Reservoirs in the Santos Basin …
    MARC Brito, CL Sombra, DR Brandão, CG Silva, SLM Mello, ...
    Geological Journal , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Avaliação do nível de competência digital de uma amostra de docentes dos cursos de engenharia em universidades federais brasileiras
    VS Abreu, CO de Lima, G da Silva Aguiar, SL de Matos Mello
    Revista Meta: Avaliação 16 (53), 923-953 , 2024
    2024
  • Deciphering the complex history of the cabo frio high–SE brazilian continental margin
    DR Brandão, AE Ferraz, RJ Jahnert, M Brito, K Motoki, F Braga, ...
    Journal of South American Earth Sciences 150, 105214 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Super-giant oil slick cluster identification using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), integrated with 4D inverse modeling and 2D and 3D seismic data, as …
    M Rocha Mello, C Henrique Beisl, OA Pedrosa Junior, ...
    International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy Expanded Abstracts 43 … , 2024
    2024
  • Políticas públicas em Educação: uma agenda necessária para moldar o nosso futuro
    SLM Mello
    Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação 32 (124) , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Super-giant oil slick cluster identification using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), integrated with 4D inverse modeling and 2D and 3D seismic data, as …
    MR Mello, CH Beisl, OAP Junior, VB Haliburton, CG Silva, LAP Gamboa, ...
    International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE) , 2024
    2024
  • Promover a inclusão e a equidade no Ensino Superior: este é o papel da Educação a Distância no Brasil?
    SLM Mello, MJ Meriño, W Leal Filho, TNR Sampaio
    Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação 31 (118), 72-94 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Promoción de la inclusión y la equidad en la Educación Superior:¿ Es este el papel de la Educación a Distancia en Brasil?
    SLM Mello, MJ Meiriño, W Leal Filho, TNR Sampaio
    Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação 31, e0233736 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Promoting inclusion and equity in Higher Education: Is this the role of distance learning in Brazil?
    SLM Mello, MJ Meiriño, W Leal Filho, TNR Sampaio
    Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação 31, e0233736 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 24
  • Regional-residual separation and enhancement methods applied to regional analysis of potential data: Structure of Florianopolis and Rio de Janeiro fracture zones in the western …
    M Carvalho, A Ferraz, AL Ferrari, SL de Matos Mello, LAP Gambôa
    Brazilian Journal of Geophysics 40 (2), 287-298 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Where is the Brazilian Higher Education Within the Sustainable Development Goal 4?
    SLM Mello, CE Bielschowsky, MJ Meriño, TNR Sampaio
    Higher Education for Sustainable Development Goals, 83-115 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • An investigation of research gaps in reported skills required for Industry 4.0 readiness of Brazilian undergraduate students
    IS Rampasso, SLM Mello, R Walker, VG Simão, R Araújo, J Chagas, ...
    Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning 11 (1), 34-47 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 43
  • Innovación en la era digital: nuevo mercado laboral y cambios educativos
    SLM Mello, NVE Ludolf, OLG Quelhas, MJ Meiriño
    Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação 28 (106), 66-87 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 1
  • Innovation in the digital era: new labor market and educational changes
    SLM Mello, NVE Ludolf, OLG Quelhas, MJ Meiriño
    Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação 28 (106), 66-87 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 43

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Corrugated slip surfaces formed at ridge–transform intersections on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
    JR Cann, DK Blackman, DK Smith, E McAllister, B Janssen, S Mello, ...
    Nature 385 (6614), 329-332 , 1997
    1997
    Citations: 573
  • Corrugated slip surfaces formed at North Atlantic ridge-transform intersections
    JR Cann, DK Blackman, DK Smith, E McAllister, B Janssen, S Mello, ...
    Nature 385 (6614), 329-332 , 1997
    1997
    Citations: 87
  • Geophysical and geochemical evidence for cold upper mantle beneath the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean
    SE Sichel, S Esperança, A Motoki, M Maia, MF Horan, P Szatmari, ...
    Revista Brasileira de Geofísica 26 (1), 69-86 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 58
  • Geochemical evolution of the felsic alkaline rocks of Tanguá and Rio Bonito intrusive bodies, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    A Motoki, SE Sichel, T Vargas, JR Aires, W Iwanuch, SLM Mello, ...
    São paulo UnESp, geociências 29 (3), 291-310 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 44
  • An investigation of research gaps in reported skills required for Industry 4.0 readiness of Brazilian undergraduate students
    IS Rampasso, SLM Mello, R Walker, VG Simão, R Araújo, J Chagas, ...
    Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning 11 (1), 34-47 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 43
  • Innovation in the digital era: new labor market and educational changes
    SLM Mello, NVE Ludolf, OLG Quelhas, MJ Meiriño
    Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação 28 (106), 66-87 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 43
  • Promoting inclusion and equity in Higher Education: Is this the role of distance learning in Brazil?
    SLM Mello, MJ Meiriño, W Leal Filho, TNR Sampaio
    Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação 31, e0233736 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 24
  • Bancos de arenito de praia (beachrocks) submersos na plataforma continental SE brasileira
    GTM Dias, MA Gorini, CG Gallea, CRS Espindola, SM Mello, ...
    SBG, Congresso Brasileiro de Geologia 32, 1540-1546 , 1982
    1982
    Citations: 20
  • Ore geology of special quality gravel and artificial sand: exemples of alkaline syenite of Nova Iguaçu, State of Rio de Janeiro, and rhyolite of Nova Prata, State of Rio Grande …
    GH Petrakis, A Motoki, SE Sichel, LL Zucco, JR Aires, SLM Mello
    Geociências 29 (1), 21-32 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 17
  • A high resolution seafloor spreading history of the South Atlantic
    SC Cande, JL LaBrecque, WF Haxby, S Mello, DB Rowley
    J. Geophys. Res 93, 13479-13492 , 1988
    1988
    Citations: 14
  • Depósitos de sulfetos metálicos no fundo dos oceanos
    SLM Mello, SHAJ Quental
    Revista Brasileira de Geofísica 18, 411-430 , 2000
    2000
    Citations: 12
  • Anomalous mantle at 45° N Mid‐Atlantic Ridge?
    SLM Mello, JR Cann, CMR Fowler
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 104 (B12), 29335-29349 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 10
  • Geologia de jazidas de brita e areia artificial de qualidade especial: exemplos do álcali sienito de Nova Iguaçu, RJ, e riolito de Nova Prata, RS
    GH Petrakis, A Motoki, SE Sichel, LL Zucco, JR Aires, SLM Mello
    Geosciences= Geociências 29 (1), 21-32 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 9
  • Diagnóstico da pesca artesanal na área de influência do Porto do Mucuripe, em Fortaleza (CE): subsídios à gestão pesqueira regional
    CR Menezes, J de Freitas Delgado, L da Silva Lima, TR Corrêa, ...
    Sistemas & Gestão 14 (3), 279-290 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 8
  • Magnetoestratigrafia da crosta oceânica entre as zonas de fratura de Ascensão e Bode Verde
    SLM Mello, MS Dias
    Brazilian Journal of Geophysics 14 (3), 237-252 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 8
  • Características morfotectônicas da Zona de Fratura dupla Bode Verde e o seu traçado em direção aos Montes Submarinos da Bahia
    MA Gorini, HS Fleming, JC Carvalho, J Brozena, GH Griep, NS Cherkis, ...
    Anais do XXXIII Cong. Bras. Geol, 1615-1628 , 1984
    1984
    Citations: 7
  • Geologia e geofísica na exploração de recursos minerais marinhos
    S Mello, J Palma
    2000
    Citations: 6
  • Políticas públicas em Educação: uma agenda necessária para moldar o nosso futuro
    SLM Mello
    Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação 32 (124) , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Estudos ambientais para implantação de gasoduto na área de Guamaré (RN)
    MA Gorini, GTM Dias, SLM Mello, CRS Espíndola, CG Gallea, ...
    Proc XXXII Congr Brasileiro de Geologia, Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia … , 1982
    1982
    Citations: 5
  • Modelagem gravimétrica e magnética do limite de crostas continental/oceânica no platô do Rio Grande do Norte
    M Sperle, SLM Mello, MPA Costa
    CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE GEOFÍSICA 1, 863-868 , 1989
    1989
    Citations: 4