Main interests are in Inorganic Chemistry and its implications in Materials Science, Spectroscopy and Education in Chemistry. On-going research projects deal with natural polymers (bacterial cellulose and fibroin), organic-inorganic hybrids, waveguides (optical fibers and thin films), porous materials and luminescent markers for Medicine. Supervisor of 22 PhD thesis, 28 MsC and 25 pos-docs. Associate Editor of the journal "Frontiers in Chemistry- Inorganic chemistry" and member of the international board of the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology and Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. Works as referee for the main Brazilian Agencies and also NSF (Estados Unidos), CNR (Italia) and various scientific Journals. Member of the Chemistry Advisory Committee of FAPESP. On Feb 2019 presents 401 published papers with 8195 citations (h=46) and 17 patents.

We work with Materials for photonic and biomedical applications. We are also interested in Chemical Education.

Skills and Expertise
Nanoparticle Synthesis
Thin Films and Nanotechnology
Material Characterization
Nanomaterials Synthesis
Nanomaterials
Biomaterials
Materials
Spectroscopy
Optics
Nanoparticles