Full professor (Professor Titular), Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation, Department of Physics, IBILCE/UNESP.A BA and a MA from Bangalore University, India was followed by a BSc and MSc at the Technical University Berlin under the guidance of Prof. K. Langer and a PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in protein crystallography jointly at the Technical University Berlin and Free University Berlin under the guidance of Prof. W. Saenger. Visiting scholar(D. Tsernoglou) and research associate in the Biological Structures Division at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory-Heidelberg (P. Metcalf) and Michigan State University (A. Tulinsky). Visiting professor at the Department of Physics, USP, São Carlos (Y.P. Mascarenhas), Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University (A. Tulinsky) and the Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University (J. Preiss). Served as a vice-director of the Center for Applied Toxinology CAT/CEPID (Director A.C.M. Camargo). Director Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation. Research areas: structural molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, crystallography, NMR with emphasis on blood coagulation, toxins, plant viral proteins, industrial and bacterial enzymes. Ad-hoc assessor for national and international research funding organizations, editorial board member of 5 international scientific journals and assessor of scientific journals, external international thesis examiner for 3 universities. Presented talks and organised events at leading institutions in Europe, USA and India. Research guide in the post-graduate courses in Molecular Biophysics and Microbiology.CNPq national research scholar level 1A.Currently serving as a member of the FAPESP area coordenation BIO II
graduation at Cristalografia e Mineralogia from Technische Universität Berlin (1981), graduation at Bachelor of Arts from Bangalore University (1975), master's at Master of Arts from Bangalore University (1977), master's at Cristalografia e Mineralogia from Technische Universität Berlin (1984) and doctorate at Cristalografia from Technische Universität Berlin (1987). Has experience in Byophysics, acting on the following subjects: estrutura, cristalografia, cristalização, purificação and cristalografia de proteínas.
