Mônica Alonso Cotta

M.A.Cotta graduated (B.Sc. in Physics,1984), with M.Sc. (1987) and Ph.D. (1991) in Physics, at the University of Campinas. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at AT T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, USA, 1991-1993). She is currently full professor (MS6) and director (2021-2025), at the Institute of Physics, "Gleb Wataghin", University of Campinas. She is a former member of the scientific board of Brazilian Materials Research Society (2016-2018), and President (2020-2024). She is executive editor of the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials and member of the editorial advisory board of the journal Accounts of Materials Research. She is also a member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Canada. Her research projects explore the areas of Materials Science and Biological Physics, with focus on the study of advanced semiconductor nanomaterials, from synthesis to biosensor fabrication, as well as applications of optical, electron and scanning probe microscopy to basic investigations on biomaterials and biological systems. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)