Professor Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato has a PhD from MIT (1987). He graduated with Honors, at the same time, in Materials Engineering (Federal University of São Carlos - Brazil - 1981) and in physics (University of São Paulo - Brazil - 1989), and he was awarded the title of "Book-Docente" by the University of São Paulo (1989). He has been a full professor at the University of São Paulo since 1993.
