PhD in Physics 1995, Unicamp
Bachelor in Physics, 1990, UFPR
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Physics and Astronomy, Multidisciplinary, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Applied Mathematics
9872
Scholar Citations
36
Scholar h-index
95
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Dynamical diversity in conductance-based neuron response to kilohertz electrical stimulation JG Polli, F Kolbl, P Lanusse, MGE da Luz Physical Review E 113 (4), 044411 , 2026 2026
Chalcogen Impurity Barriers in 2D Systems via Semi-Empirical/Machine Learning Modeling: A Survey over 4000 Materials ML Junior, MGE da Luz, P Cesana, AL da Rosa, MJ Piotrowski, ... arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.22978 , 2026 2026
A Comparative Study of Structural Representations for 2D Materials: Insights from Dynamic Collision Fingerprint and Matminer RM Tromer, IM Felix, R Besse, MLP Junior, MGE da Luz arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.22950 , 2026 2026
Chalcogen Impurity Barriers in 2D Systems via Semi-Empirical/Machine Learning Modeling: A Survey over 4000 Materials ML Pereira Junior, MGE da Luz, P Cesana, AL da Rosa, MJ Piotrowski, ... arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2602.22978 , 2026 2026
Spin-dependent transport in long semiconductor heterostructures with Rashba effect: A Green’s function approach LRN Oliveira, CFN Marchiori, M Araujo, MGE da Luz Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 116451 , 2025 2025
Relativistic Lévy processes LGB de Souza, MGE da Luz, EP Raposo, EMF Curado, GM Viswanathan Physical Review E 112 (4), 044125 , 2025 2025 Citations: 4
Delay suppression control of-oscillations: a proposal for dual-target adaptive deep brain stimulation on STN-GPe network model JG Polli, F Kolbl, MGE da Luz, P Lanusse Biological Cybernetics 119 (4), 21 , 2025 2025
Random Search Walks Inside Absorbing Annuli AS Bibiano-Filho, JFO de Freitas, MGE da Luz, GM Viswanathan, ... Entropy 27 (7), 758 , 2025 2025
Correlation trends between the Ising critical temperature and the corresponding spanning tree constant MA G Portillo, MG E da Luz Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2025 (4), 043202 , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
Power-law behavior around bifurcation points of 1D maps: A supertracks approach JG Polli, AJ Fidélis, MGE da Luz Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 35 (4) , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Characterizing stage-dependent neuromotor patterns in Drosophila melanogaster larvae through a graph construction approach YB Matos, N Velichkova, M Kirchknopf Riera, MGE da Luz, J Berni Frontiers in Neuroscience 19, 1557624 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Optimal Random Searches: Lévy Walks and Animal Movement MGE da Luz, GM Viswanathan, EP Raposo Target Search Problems, 687-710 , 2024 2024 Citations: 2
Active displacement of a unique diatom–ciliate symbiotic association Y Garcia, FM Neves, FR Rusch, LT De La Cruz, ME Wosniack, ... Fluids 9 (12), 283 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Basic Cells Special Features and Their Influence on Global Transport Properties of Long Periodic Structures LRN Oliveira, MGE da Luz Entropy 26 (11), 942 , 2024 2024 Citations: 2
Quantum scattering in one-dimensional periodic structures: A Green's function approach solved through continued fractions LRN Oliveira, MGE da Luz Physical Review B 110 (5), 054303 , 2024 2024 Citations: 5
Correlations in the EPR State Observables DF Orsini, LRN Oliveira, MGE da Luz Entropy 26 (6), 476 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Stochastic-like characteristics of arithmetic dynamical systems: the Collatz hailstone sequences JG Polli, EP Raposo, GM Viswanathan, MGE da Luz Journal of Physics: Complexity 5 (1), 015011 , 2024 2024 Citations: 4
Wave amplitude gain within wedge waveguides through scattering by simple obstacles AL Azevedo, AC Maioli, F Teston, MR Sales, FM Zanetti, MGE da Luz Physical Review E 109 (2), 025303 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Asymmetric space-dependent systems: partial stabilization through the addition of noise and exact solutions for the corresponding nonlinear Langevin equations KS Fa, CL Ho, YB Matos, MGE da Luz Physica Scripta 98 (11), 115001 , 2023 2023 Citations: 2
Scattering quantum walk framework for two-dimensional materials: the case of honeycomb lattice structures BF Venancio, HS Ghizoni, MGE da Luz Physical Review B 108 (9), 094303 , 2023 2023 Citations: 4
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Optimizing the success of random searches GM Viswanathan, SV Buldyrev, S Havlin, MGE da Luz, EP Raposo, ... nature 401 (6756), 911-914 , 1999 1999 Citations: 1903
Revisiting Lévy flight search patterns of wandering albatrosses, bumblebees and deer AM Edwards, RA Phillips, NW Watkins, MP Freeman, EJ Murphy, ... Nature 449 (7165), 1044-1048 , 2007 2007 Citations: 1115
The physics of foraging: an introduction to random searches and biological encounters GM Viswanathan, MGE Da Luz, EP Raposo, HE Stanley Cambridge University Press , 2011 2011 Citations: 917
Animal search strategies: a quantitative random‐walk analysis F Bartumeus, MGE da Luz, GM Viswanathan, J Catalan Ecology 86 (11), 3078-3087 , 2005 2005 Citations: 901
Lévy flights and superdiffusion in the context of biological encounters and random searches GM Viswanathan, EP Raposo, MGE Da Luz Physics of Life Reviews 5 (3), 133-150 , 2008 2008 Citations: 595
Foraging success of biological Lévy flights recorded in situ NE Humphries, H Weimerskirch, N Queiroz, EJ Southall, DW Sims Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (19), 7169-7174 , 2012 2012 Citations: 451
Lévy flights in random searches GM Viswanathan, V Afanasyev, SV Buldyrev, S Havlin, MGE da Luz, ... Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 282 (1-2), 1-12 , 2000 2000 Citations: 378
Average time spent by Lévy flights and walks on an interval with absorbing boundaries SV Buldyrev, S Havlin, AY Kazakov, MGE da Luz, EP Raposo, HE Stanley, ... Physical Review E 64 (4), 041108 , 2001 2001 Citations: 173
Lévy flight random searches in biological phenomena GM Viswanathan, F Bartumeus, SV Buldyrev, J Catalan, UL Fulco, ... Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications 314 (1-4), 208-213 , 2002 2002 Citations: 163
Dynamical robustness of Lévy search strategies EP Raposo, SV Buldyrev, MGE Da Luz, MC Santos, HE Stanley, ... Physical review letters 91 (24), 240601 , 2003 2003 Citations: 142
The influence of turning angles on the success of non-oriented animal searches F Bartumeus, J Catalan, GM Viswanathan, EP Raposo, MGE Da Luz Journal of theoretical biology 252 (1), 43-55 , 2008 2008 Citations: 141
Survival in patchy landscapes: the interplay between dispersal, habitat loss and fragmentation BBS Niebuhr, ME Wosniack, MC Santos, EP Raposo, GM Viswanathan, ... Scientific reports 5 (1), 11898 , 2015 2015 Citations: 127
Lévy flights search patterns of biological organisms GM Viswanathan, V Afanasyev, SV Buldyrev, S Havlin, MGE Da Luz, ... Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 295 (1-2), 85-88 , 2001 2001 Citations: 111
The evolutionary origins of Lévy walk foraging ME Wosniack, MC Santos, EP Raposo, GM Viswanathan, MGE Da Luz PLoS computational biology 13 (10), e1005774 , 2017 2017 Citations: 108
Necessary criterion for distinguishing true superdiffusion from correlated random walk processes GM Viswanathan, EP Raposo, F Bartumeus, J Catalan, MGE Da Luz Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 72 (1 … , 2005 2005 Citations: 102
Lévy flights and random searches EP Raposo, SV Buldyrev, MGE Da Luz, GM Viswanathan, HE Stanley Journal of Physics A: mathematical and theoretical 42 (43), 434003 , 2009 2009 Citations: 91
Properties of Lévy flights on an interval with absorbing boundaries SV Buldyrev, M Gitterman, S Havlin, AY Kazakov, MGE Da Luz, ... Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 302 (1-4), 148-161 , 2001 2001 Citations: 87
Stochastic optimal foraging: tuning intensive and extensive dynamics in random searches F Bartumeus, EP Raposo, GM Viswanathan, MGE da Luz PloS one 9 (9), e106373 , 2014 2014 Citations: 78
Optimal random searches of revisitable targets: crossover from superdiffusive to ballistic random walks MC Santos, EP Raposo, GM Viswanathan, MGE Da Luz EPL (Europhysics Letters) 67 (5), 734-740 , 2004 2004 Citations: 77
The influence of the environment on Lévy random search efficiency: fractality and memory effects AS Ferreira, EP Raposo, GM Viswanathan, MGE Da Luz Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 391 (11), 3234-3246 , 2012 2012 Citations: 74
