The University Council (Consu) of Unicamp, approved this Tuesday morning (6) the nominations of the rector Paulo Cesar Montagner for the roles of general coordinator and vice-rectors of the University for the four-year period 2025\2029.
For general coordination, the Council endorsed the name of Professor Fernando Antonio Santos Coelho and, of the five vice-rectorates existing at the University, four will be occupied by women.
Professor Ana Maria Frattini Fileti will continue as Pro-Rector of Research (PRP). The Pro-Rectorate of Undergraduate Studies (PRG) will be occupied by Professor Mônica Alonso Cotta and the Pro-Rectorate of Graduate Studies (PRPG) will be headed by Professor Cláudia Vianna Maurer Morelli. Professor Sylvia Helena Furegatti, in turn, was chosen for the position of Pro-Rector of Outreach, Sports and Culture (Proeec).
Professor Fernando Sarti completed the list, was nominated and remains in the Pro-Rectory of University Development (PRDU).
“These are professionals who have built solid careers and who have made intense and profound contributions to our university,” said the rector when justifying the nominations. “We know that we will face difficult times, but we want to face them with serenity, tranquility, balance and, above all, wisdom,” said Montagner. “If we can act like this, I bet that things can be better,” he added.
The new general coordinator of Unicamp said that the administration that is starting now will be permanently open to dialogue. “Considering the number of challenges that lie ahead, we are aware that we will not be able to do anything alone. We will need everyone’s help,” he said. “Because of this, our offices will always be open to people and the mechanisms for conversation and dialogue will be mechanisms that we will work on and encourage intensely,” added Coelho.
Anna Bentes, a professor in the Linguistics Department at the Institute of Language Studies (IEL), said that the decision by the Rectorate to have a majority of women as vice-rectors was a good one. “It is important to have women in leadership positions and to encourage the idea of equality, but women’s representation also depends on their position and commitment to the University,” said the professor. “It is important to have women who have proposals for inclusion policies and who are aligned with the progressive vision. Therefore, I believe that this was a very wise choice,” she added.
The nominations were approved by 54 votes in favor and two abstentions – which were registered by Ana Frattini and Fernando Sarti – who remained from the previous administration. “This has nothing to do with the names nominated, but since the vote is in a block, we could not vote for our own names”, explained Sarti.
The nominees
The Vice-Rector of Undergraduate Studies, Mônica Cotta, said that she faces the challenge “with a great sense of responsibility” and assured that she intends to maintain constant contact with students. “The student is the heart of the University. It is for them that we exist,” she said.
The Vice-Rector of Research, Ana Frattini – who served for about two years in the previous administration – said that the new administration entails new challenges, but made one reservation. “Our commitment will always be to public schools, inclusive, with excellence and ethics. We will always fight for academic and financial autonomy and fight for quality and excellent research,” she assured.
The new Vice-Rector of Graduate Studies, Cláudia Morelli, recalled Unicamp’s prominent position in this area. She said that 85% of graduate programs have received grades of 5, 6 and 7, with 44% in the highest ranges – the highest ratio in the country. “And this is the result of collective work, committed to training highly qualified human resources,” she said. “For me, it will be a great honor to contribute to advanced training and to think about graduate studies in its multiple facets,” she added.
The Vice-Rector of Extension, Sports and Culture, Sylvia Furegatti, said she has experience in the area and anticipates that she is open to dialogue with all areas of the university. "This area of art, sports and culture is something I have been working on for almost a decade. It is a great honor and a huge challenge (to occupy the position), but I think I am ready,” she said. “I would very much like to have a dialogue with all of you, in all areas,” she added.
The Vice-Rector for University Development, Fernando Sarti, said that the new administration will continue the policy of valuing the staff and the teaching career. He stated that “all demands are absolutely legitimate, but the big issue is that the blanket is short,” he warned. “And this brings us the challenge of priority – which will be faced through a responsible, democratic and transparent process of internal discussion,” he assured. Sarti issued a warning. “However, our corporate interests can never prevail over the republican and institutional interests of the University and society as a whole,” he warned.
Meet the profiles of the new managers
Fernando Coelho (general coordinator)
Fernando Antonio dos Santos Coelho has a degree in Industrial Pharmacy, a master's degree in Synthesis of Industrial Products from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a PhD in Physical Sciences from the University of Grenoble Alpes, Switzerland. He has been a professor at the Chemistry Institute of Unicamp since 1995, where he headed the Department of Organic Chemistry. Among the positions he has held in the university's management, he was president of the Environmental Management Committee and vice-president of the Advisory Committee on Ethnic-Racial Diversity (Cader). He also coordinated the organizing committees of the editions of the Scientific Initiation Congresses of Unicamp and the Science and Arts Programs during the Holidays.
Full professor since January 2011, Coelho has published over 130 scientific papers, supervised 52 theses and dissertations, completed 27 postdoctoral internships and several scientific initiation projects, both nationally and internationally. Director of the Organic Chemistry Division of the Brazilian Chemical Society (2002-2004), he received the Zeferino Vaz Academic Recognition Award. In the previous administration – under Rector Antonio Meirelles – Coelho held the position of Pro-Rector of Extension, Sports and Culture (Proeec).
Cláudia Morelli (Vice-Rector of Graduate Studies)
Graduated in Physiotherapy from PUC-Campinas, master in Functional and Molecular Biology from the Institute of Biology at Unicamp and PhD in Medical Pathophysiology from the Faculty of Sciences at Unicamp, Cláudia Vianna Maurer Morelli is a professor in the Department of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine. She has been a full professor since 2022.
In research, he established and coordinates the Zebrafish Laboratory at FCM, where research is conducted on the impact of epileptic seizures on the brain and the identification of compounds with therapeutic potential. He was responsible for research projects funded by FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) and CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development). He is currently involved in multidisciplinary projects.
He has published 38 scientific articles in international journals, four chapters in national books, as well as other forms of scientific dissemination and lectures at national and international levels. During his postgraduate studies, he participated (and continues to participate) in different disciplines of the Medical Sciences Program, in the Medical Residency and in the lato sensu course in Pediatric Physiotherapy.
At Unicamp, she coordinates the Higher Education Extension Program in Postgraduate Studies of Capes, whose objective is to strengthen the training of postgraduate students and increase the social impact of the research developed at the University. In addition, she provides services to the community at the Pediatric Motor Rehabilitation Physiotherapy Outpatient Clinic at Unicamp's Hospital de Clínicas.
Ana Frattini (Vice-Rector for Research)
Ana Maria Frattini Fileti is a chemical engineer with a degree from Unicamp, where she also completed her master's and doctorate. A professor at the School of Chemical Engineering (FEQ) since 1996, she became a tenured professor in the area of Process Control in 2000 and a full professor in 2016. She is the author of the book “Tudo Sob (re) Controle”, published in 2023 by Editora Blucher and awarded in 2024 with the Jabuti Acadêmico by the Brazilian Book Chamber. She also received the “Zeferino Vaz” Academic Recognition Award and the Teaching Recognition Award for Dedication to Undergraduate Teaching. In 2020, she received the “Petrobras Inventor” Award.
He is a member of the board of directors of the National Association for Research and Development of Innovative Companies (Anpei), from 2024 to 2026 and also served as a member of the Superior Council of Micro, Small and Medium Industry of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp), from 2022 to 2024.
She was director of the Innovation Agency Inova Unicamp between 2021 and 2024 and vice-rector of Research from 2024 to 2025.
Mônica Cotta (Vice-Rector of Undergraduate Studies)
Mônica Alonso Cotta holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Physics and a PhD in Science from Unicamp. She did her postdoctoral studies at AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, USA, 1991-1993). She is currently a full professor, the first tenured professor to hold the position, and the first elected director (term 2021-2025) of the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute at Unicamp.
He works on the Gender and Sexuality Commission of the University's Human Rights Executive Board.
She was a member of the board of directors (2016-2020) and president of the Brazilian Society for Materials Research (term 2020-2024), being the first woman to hold the position. She is executive editor of the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials and a member of the editorial advisory board of the journal Accounts of Materials Research. She is also a member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Canada, and serves on selection committees for international awards for Women in Science.
Current coordinator of the CNPq Physics and Astronomy Advisory Committee, her research projects are in the areas of Materials Science and Biological Physics.
Fernando Sarti (Vice-Rector for University Development)
Professor Fernando Sarti is an economist and holds a master's and doctorate in Economics from Unicamp. He has been a professor at the Institute of Economics (IE) since 2002 and a researcher at the Center for Industrial and Technological Economics (NEIT). At IE, he was coordinator of the Research Committee, head of the Department of Economic Policy and History, and director of the unit. In addition, he held the Financial and Executive Directorships of the Unicamp Development Foundation (FUNCAMP), was a member of the board of the National Council of Foundations for Supporting Higher Education Institutions (CONFIES), and director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Brazil for the XNUMXst Century.
At the Institute of Economics, he is a professor in the undergraduate courses of Microeconomics, Industrial Economics, International Economics and Corporate Strategies and Financialization. In the specialization and extension courses, he teaches the subjects of Competition and Competitiveness and International Competitiveness.
In the postgraduate programs of Economics and Economic Development in the disciplines of Microeconomics and Strategy and Dynamics of Accumulation of Large Corporations in Contemporary Capitalism. The main areas of research are industrial and technological economics, international economics and corporate strategies and finance.
In the previous administration – of Professor Antonio Meirelles, which ended in April 2025 – Sarti was Pro-Rector of University Development.
Sylvia Furegatti (Vice-Rector of Extension, Sports and Culture)
Graduated in Fine Arts from Unicamp (1992), specializing in Art Museums, Sylvia Helena Furegatti completed her master's and doctorate in History of Architecture and Urbanism. She has been a professor at the Institute of Arts at Unicamp since August 2008 and a Full Professor in the area of Creative Processes since 2021. Professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the Institute of Arts, she works in areas such as contemporary art, art and the urban environment, and public art.
She was the director of the Visual Arts Museum of Unicamp. She represents Unicamp on the Council for the Defense of the Cultural Heritage of Campinas – Condepacc and was the University's representative on the Guidance Council of the State Museum System of São Paulo and on the Municipal Tourism Council of Campinas.
She curated hundreds of exhibitions throughout the country and, as a visual artist, held a wide range of individual and group exhibitions in museums and galleries.
He has organized books, published chapters and articles in national and international journals. He has supervised 16 master's dissertations and five doctoral theses.
She is the current vice-coordinator of the “Grupo de Estudios sobre Arte Público en Latinoamerica” (GEAP LA) and leader of two research groups accredited by CNPq.
