He has a PhD in Physics from UNICAMP, and post-doctorate stages at "Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris", Turin, Italy, and "Instituto de Magnetismo Aplicado", Madrid, Spain. Since 1999 he leads the Laboratório de Materiais e Baixas Temperaturas (Materials and Low Temperatures Laboratory), from 2002 to 2006 he coordinated de Núcleo de Desenvolvimento da Criatividade (Criativity Development Center, NUDECRI), of UNICAMP and since 2006 he is the Executive Director of the Campinas Science Museum, also at UNICAMP. He is the coordinator of the project NanoAventura (NanoAdventure), http://www.mc.unicamp.br/nanoaventura.