José Miranda de Carvalho

Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, IPEN

José Miranda de Carvalho is a researcher in the Chemistry and Environment Center at the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute in São Paulo, Brazil. He has a PhD degree in materials chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry at the University of São Paulo with an internship at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Among his research experience, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Physics at the University of São Paulo, Chemistry Department at the University of Turku, Finland, and Solid State Physics Department at the University of Ghent, Belgium. For many years he worked with luminescent materials for application in solid-state lighting and persistent luminescence. Also, he is actively working to understand the role of microwave irradiation on inorganic materials synthesis. Recently his research is focused on energy-converting materials, primarily inorganic luminescent and semiconductor materials, based on rare-earth and d-metals, for application in solar photocatalysis and multimodal targeted photodynamic therapy. ORCID:  0000-0002-5828-0848

Hermi Felinto de Brito

The University of São Paulo, The Institute of Chemistry

Hermi Felinto de Brito is currently a Full Professor of the Institute of Chemistry at the University of São Paulo (USP), Department of Fundamental Chemistry – ​​(IQUSP). He obtained his PhD in Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry at the University of São Paulo (IQUSP). Professor Brito has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Chemistry Division - Heavy Elements Research Group - Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne-IL, USA. He participated as a member of the National Institute of Science and Technology of Nanotechnology committee for Integrated Markers (INCT-INAMI). He also acted as a coordinator of three bilateral projects: CNPq Brazil-Finland and Brazil-Belgium and FAPESP Brazil-Germany. His research interests are the photoluminescence of rare earth compounds acting as light converting devices, which is promising for application in optical markers and in fluoroimmunoassays. Furthermore, the luminescent properties of these materials have the potential for the development of organic light-emitting devices. Dr. de Brito's research also considers developing a new generation of phosphors that present the persistent luminescence phenomenon. 

Sidney Ribeiro

The Institute of Chemistry, São Paulo State University

Sidney Ribeiro is a professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry of the São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Araraquara-SP, Brazil. His main interests are in Inorganic Chemistry and its implications in Materials Science, Spectroscopy and Education in Chemistry. Dr. Ribeiro's ongoing 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. He is an associate Editor of the journal "Frontiers in Chemistry- Inorganic chemistry" and a member of the international board of the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology and the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. He worked as an invited researcher at NIRIM - National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials - Tsukuba, Japan. Dr. Ribeiro woked as a visiting Professor at the University of Trento in Italy, the Universities of Angers, Bordeaux, and Toulouse in France, the University of Aveiro in Portugal, and Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz De Fora-MG, Brazil.

Rogéria Rocha Gonçalves

Chemistry Department - FFCLRP, The University of São Paulo

Rogéria Rocha Gonçalves is currently Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of São Paulo (USP), at the Chemistry Department - FFCLRP and head of the Micro and Nanostructured Luminescent Materials Laboratory (Mater Lumen), in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil. She has a Master's and PhD degree in Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry at the São Paulo State (UNESP) with an internship at the Institute for New Materials (INM), in Saarbrücken, Germany. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Trento, Italy, at the Department of Physics and Materials Engineering and at the Institute of Chemistry (UNESP), Brazil. Her main interests are in Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Science, with multidisciplinary experience in topics as photonic materials, micro and nanostructured luminescent materials, sol-gel, planar waveguides, optical amplifiers, energy converters, optical markers and sensors for biophotonics, and spectroscopy. Ongoing projects involves luminescent materials research for application in strategic areas as telecommunications, health, environment, and energy. She worked as a visiting Professor at the École National Superieure de Chimie de Paris, Chimie ParisTech- PSL Research University, France.