Brief Curriculum Vitae

Birthdate: June 19, 1972

Birthplace: São Paulo SP, Brazil

Nationalities: Portuguese and Brazilian

Languages:
Portuguese: native.
English: reasonable speaking, writing, and understanding.
Spanish: reasonable reading and understanding.
German: basic.

Primary school: (1979-1986)
Escola Estadual de Primeiro e Segundo Graus
"Frei Antonio Santana Galvão"
(State primary and high school "Frei Antonio Santana Galvão")
São Paulo - SP - Brazil

High school: (1987-1990)
Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de São Paulo (former "Escola Técnica Federal de São Paulo")
(Federal Center for Technological Education of Sao Paulo) (ETFSP-CEFET)
São Paulo - SP - Brazil
Degree: Technician on Electronics

Graduation: (1992-1995)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - Instituto de Física (IFUSP)
(University of Sao Paulo - Institute of Physics)
São Paulo - SP - Brazil
Degree: Bachelor of Physics (~ Bachelor of Science - BSc)

Post-graduation I: (1996-1998)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - Instituto de Física (IFUSP)
Departamento de Física dos Materiais e Mecânica (DFMT)
(Department for Physics of Materials and Mechanics)
São Paulo - SP - Brazil
Degree: Master of Science (MSc)
Scholarship: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
(The state of Sao Paulo Research Foundation)

Post-graduation II: (1998-2002)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - Instituto de Física (IFUSP)
Departamento de Física dos Materiais e Mecânica (DFMT)
São Paulo - SP - Brazil
Degree: Doctor in Physics (Philosophiae Doctor - PhD)
Scholarship/Sponsor: FAPESP and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (German Research Foundation) in the framework of the project 1386/8-5 "Gruppe III-Nitride und Ihre Heterostrukturen, Wachstum, materialwissenschaftliche Grundlagen und Anwendungen" (Group-III nitrides and their heterostructures, growth, fundamental material research, and applications).

Post-doc: (2002-2007)
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (FSU)
Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät (PAF)
Institut für Festkörpertheorie und -optik (IFTO)
(Institut for Solid State Theory and Optics)
Jena - Thüringen - Germany
Sponsors: NANOPHASE network NANOQUANTA network, European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility

Senior Application Engineer: (2008- )
Vistec Electron Beam GmbH

Memberships:
American Physical Society (APS)
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
Sociedade Brasileira de Física (SBF)

Last update 22.12.2008