Professional background :

• Researcher at the University of Araraquara-UNESP-Brazil on optical memories based on chalcogenide glasses, 2008-2010
• Postdoctoral studies at the University of Araraquara-UNESP-Brazil: Photo-expansion phenomena in glasses based on GeS, 2004-2008
• Doctoral thesis on materials science, research topic: Photo-expansion phenomena in glasses based on GeS, 2003 (Institute of Physics -USP-Brazil), 2003
• Program CAPES-DAAD (INM-Saarbrucken-Germany), 2000
• Internship on the development of GRIN lenses by sol-gel process (INM-Saarbrucken-Germany), 1999
• Master’s degree in Materials Science, research topic: ORMOCER for the protection of stainless steel (Institute of Physics of-USP-Brazil), 1998
• Graduated from the Physics Institute of São Carlos-USP-Brazil, 1996

Research fields :

• Photoinduced phenomena in chalcogenide glasses;
• Laser-matter interaction;
• Preparation of glasses and thin films.

Current projects :

• Photo-inscription of diffraction arrays in chalcogenide glasses based on GaP;
• Nanostructures in chalcogenide glasses in the GeGaAsS / Se / Te glass system;
• Production of waveguides in GeS glasses with a femtosecond laser writing technique;
• Photo-dissolution of silver nanoparticles in chalcogenide glasses using a femtesecond laser.