Sidney J. L. Ribeiro

Director of the Institute of Chemitry, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara-SP, Brazil. Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the same Institution. Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, of the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo and of the European Academy of Sciences. Pos-Doc at École Centrale Paris (1994) and CNET-France Telecom (1995) working with transparent glass-ceramics and lasers. Main interests are in Inorganic Chemistry and its implications in Materials Science, Spectroscopy and Education in Chemistry. On-going research projects deal with natural polymers (bacterial cellulose and silk fibroin), organic-inorganic hybrids, waveguides (optical fibers and thin films), porous materials and luminescent markers for Medicine. Associate Editor of the journal "Frontiers in Chemistry- Inorganic chemistry" and member of the international board of the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology and Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. Member of the board of the International Sol-Gel Society. Worked as invited researcher at NIRIM - National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials - Tsukuba, Japão. Worked as visiting Professor at the Univeristy of Trento in Italy, Universities oif Angers, Bordeaux and Toulouse in France, University of Aveiro in Portugal and Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz De Fora-MG, Brazil.