Biography
Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato simultaneously completed a Bachelor's Degree in Physics - USP, and Materials Engineering - UFSCar in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Physics - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT in 1987. He is currently a full professor at the University of São Paulo and director of the Institute of Physics of São Carlos. Published about 700 articles in specialized journals. It has 29 book chapters and 7 published books. He has supervised more than 100 theses between master's and doctoral degrees, in the areas of Physics, Dentistry, and Medicine. Received several awards and honors.