Present Position
Full Professor of Physics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, since 1994.

Personal Data
Born June 25, 1946, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Married, four children.

Educational Background
B.Sc. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, 1968; Ph.D. University of Rochester, 1975.

Research Interests
Quantum Optics, Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics, Dynamics of Trapped Ions, Decoherence and the Classical Limit of Quantum Mechanics, Matter Waves, Quantum Information.