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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Oswaldo Baffa Filho received his Bachelor's degree in Physics (1976), at the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of São Carlos (IFQSC) at the University of São Paulo (USP), where he also completed his master's degree (1980) and doctorate (1984) in Applied Physics (Molecular Biophysics). Since then he has worked in interdisciplinary projects at the interface of the areas of biophysics and medical physics. Dosimetry and Electron Spin Resonance Dating (ESR), Biomagnetism and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) have been areas of interest. He has been working in undergraduate and graduate teaching activities and is responsible for structuring and teaching various disciplines. He was one of the creators of the Postgraduate program in Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology and of the undergraduate program in Medical Physics at FFCLRP-USP. In 1981, he joined the Department of Physics and Mathematics, current Department of Physics, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), University of São Paulo as assistant professor where he was promoted to full professor in 1996. He completed an internship Postdoctoral fellowship (1986-1988) at the Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with the support of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, which was very important for the creation of a research group on biomagnetism. This group gained national and international recognition with several pioneering works in magnetism applied to the study of the gastrointestinal system. Baffa maintains a long-standing collaboration with the Biomagnetism Laboratory of the UW-Madison Medical Physics Department where he was appointed as a Visiting Professor until 2023. His research interests in the early times were focused on Biophysics, investigating the structural aspects of hemoproteins. Later he has been dedicating more efforts in medical physics, especially in biomagnetism, ESR for dosimetry and dating, magnetic resonance (MRI) for dosimetry, among other applications. The ESR dating method has been applied to several Brazilian archaeological sites, such as Pedra Furada in São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí. He was one of the coordinators of the CINAPCE Project, FAPESP, for the area of Neurosciences. He was Deputy Director and Director of the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto-USP FFCLRP, member of the university council of USP, member of the Council of the Museum of Archeology and Ethnology (MAE-USP), department head, committee chair, Vice president of the Editorial Board of Revista USP, president of the Medical Physics Area Commission of the Brazilian Society of Physics and participant of other associations. He was lecturer of the College on Medical Physics (1988) and the College on Advanced Techniques in Archeology and Conservation of Works of Art (1994) of the International Center for Theoretical Physics-Trieste, Italy. Has visited several scientific institutions in Brazil and abroad conducting seminars and scientific exchange. He has received foreign students for internships at his laboratories. He participated and organized several national and international scientific events. Baffa was a Fellow of the Fulbright/CAPES Program (2015). Participated in several evaluation committees of CNPq, FAPESP, CAPES and the State Board of Education. He was the president of the Strategic Council of the Technological Park of Ribeirão Preto and member of CNPq Advisory Committee. He is a reviewer of several international journals and a member of the editorial board of Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express (BPEX) and the International Advisory Board of Physics in Medicine and Biology. He is a member of the Brazilian Society of Physics, Associated Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Physics and a Principal Investigator of theFAPESP-CEPID-Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This Scientific Initiation project aims to provide students with comprehensive training in the field of biomagnetism, with an emphasis on detecting magnetic fields generated by living organisms. Initially, a systematic review of recent literature will be conducted, followed by a detailed study of optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) and their application in examinations such as magnetoca…
A mathematical center is proposed to integrate mathematical modeling with basic and applied lines of research at the frontier of neuroscience. The proposal is a response to the increasing importance of mathematical structures in theoretical neuroscience. One of the underlying reasons is the huge mass of data generated by recent experimental capabilities of research, whose analysis require…
A programação da Escola inclui a participação de 08 convidados do Brasil e exterior com destacada atuação em suas áreas de conhecimento (ver relação dos convidados) que apresentarão conferências sobre seus mais significativos resultados de pesquisas e que deverão interagir com os 60 participantes a serem selecionados por um sistema de sorteio. Também teremos dois workshops organizados por…
A programação da Escola incluirá a participação de 08 convidados do Brasil e exterior com destacada atuação em suas áreas de conhecimento (ver relação dos convidados) que apresentarão conferências sobre seus mais significativos resultados de pesquisas e que deverão interagir com os 60 participantes a serem selecionados por um sistema de sorteio. A interação entre os participantes se dará …
A programação das Escolas incluirá a participação de 06 convidados do Brasil e exterior com destacada atuação em suas áreas de conhecimento (ver relação dos convidados) que apresentarão conferências sobre seus mais significativos resultados de pesquisas e que deverão interagir com os 60 participantes a serem selecionados pelo Comitê Organizador. A interação entre os participantes se dará …
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) depends on the distribution of the induced electric field to modulate cortical excitability with precision and reproducibility. This project proposes to optimize and validate an integrated system for the quantitative characterization of the electric field generated by TMS coils, combining an enhanced hemispherical sensor (with improvements in angula…
This Scientific Initiation project aims to provide students with comprehensive training in the field of biomagnetism, with an emphasis on detecting magnetic fields generated by living organisms. Initially, a systematic review of recent literature will be conducted, followed by a detailed study of optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) and their application in examinations such as magnetoca…
When applied to the primary motor cortex (M1), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) pulses evokes electrical signals in peripheral muscles called motor evoked potentials (MEPs), which represent a measure of corticospinal excitability (CSE). It is known that the amplitude of MEPs is dependent on the intensity of stimulation and the interval between stimuli. The monitoring of electroence…
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Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a non-invasive technique that records the magnetic fields generated by the brain's electrical activity. Because these magnetic fields are extremely weak, highly sensitive sensors, such as SQUIDs are used, which are based on the principles of superconductivity and operate at liquid helium temperatures. To improve the signal-to-noise ratio in MCG, magneticall…
A dosimeter is a device used to measure the dose of ionizing radiation received by a person or an object. These instruments are essential for monitoring radiation exposure in environments where it is used, such as hospitals, nuclear power plants, research laboratories, and industries that employ radiation technologies. In emergency situations, common materials can be used as improvised do…
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, is a non-invasive method of brain stimulation where an intense magnetic field that varies rapidly over time induces an electrical field capable of depolarizing cortical neurons and evoking action potentials, stimulating a cerebral target. Among its applications, motor mapping stands out, a technique in which the pulses are applied to the primary …
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Nanoscience and nanotechnology are areas of great and still increasing interest in the last years. Hybrid nanoparticles are now attracting more and more investigation since they present peculiar optical features such as enhanced photoluminescence quantum yields. In Medical Physics, these nanoparticles are essential for the development of advanced radiation detectors, besides applications …
Recent developments in radiotherapy require the improvement of the dosimetric techniques to suit appropriately, as for the use of small fields and/or of high doses of radiation. Among the techniques used in dosimetry there is the electron magnetic resonance (EMR) spectroscopy in conjunction with radiation sensitive materials. An EMR spectrometer can detect unpaired electrons, or free radi…