Germano Woehl Jr.

Education and Research Experience: DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES (July 1986 to present) Head of Fiber Optic Sensors Research Group (February 2011 to present) Senior researcher (February 1993 to present) Assistant researcher (July 1986 January 1993) UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS UNICAMP Ph.D., 1998 Thesis title: Deceleration of a Calcium Atomic Beam with a Frequency-Doubled Diode Laser Thesis advisor: Artemio Scalabrin UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO USP M. Sc., 1986 Thesis title: Development of a Color Center Laser for Spectroscopy Application. Thesis advisor: Maximo Siu Li Primary Research Interests: Laser cooling, atom interferometry, laser technology, high-resolution spectroscopy. Research Project Coordinator Coordinator of research: Accuracy Enhancement of Fiber Optic Gyroscope (August 2011 to present) Project: Inertial Navigation Systems for Aerospace Application (Projeto SIA) Financial support from FINEP (Brazilian Government Innovation Agency, devoted to funding of science and technology in the country) Coordinator of research: Erbium-doped superfluorescent fiber sources for high performance fiber-optic gyroscope (January 2000 to December 2002) Financial support from FAPESP (the São Paulo State Government funding agency) (Source: Lattes Curriculum)