Anderson Stevens Leonidas Gomes

Anderson S. L. Gomes completed his Undergraduate (Licenciatura, 1978) and Masters in Physics (1982) at the Physics Department of the Federal University of Pernambuco. He held a doctorate in Physics at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London (1986), and postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University (1992). He is a Full Professor at the Department of Physics at UFPE, where he has been a permanent professor since 1990. He is a CNPq rank 1A researcher. He is a permanent member of the Physics and Dentistry graduate programs (UFPE) and collaborator of the graduate program in Materials Science, UNIVASF. He served on scientific committees at CNPq, FACEPE and CAPES. He was a member of CA-CNPq, of the Superior Council of FACEPE and coordinated the area of #8203;#8203;Physics and Astronomy at CAPES from 2008 to 2010.His scientific activities are in the area of #8203;#8203;nanophotonics, biophotonics, non-linear optics and optical communications. He is co-author of more than 300 scientific articles (H Factor: 36 Web of Science; Google Scholar H Index 47) and supervised 39 master's theses and 20 doctoral theses. He is a Fellow of OPTICA (former OSA), where he was President of the International Council (2011-2012). He is a member and advisor of the Brazilian Society of Physics,(2020-2023) member and advisor of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science,(2020-2023) member of SPIE and IEEE. He acts as a referee for several international journals in his area of #8203;#8203;knowledge (Optics Letters, Optics Express, Physical Review, J. of Biomedical Optics, Electronics Letters, etc). He was Associate Editor of the journal Advances in Optics and Photonics, Optical Society of America (2012-2014). He is an associate editor of the journal Light: Science and Applications (Nature Group) from 2019-2025. He has acted as scientific coordinator or president of several national and international conferences in Brazil. In 2010, he was admitted to the National Order of Scientific Merit, Commander Class in the area of #8203;#8203;Physical Sciences (Decree of December 27, 2010).He is a Full Member (since 2015) and Vice-President for NE and ES (2022-2025) of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and elected Fellow of The World Academy of Science (TWAS).In 2010, he served as Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Environment of Pernambuco, and was Secretary of Education of Pernambuco, from January 2011 to December 2012. He was an appointed member of the Scientific Technical Council of Basic Education of CAPES ( 2015-2017).For more details on the lines of research, see www.andersongomes.com (Source: Lattes Curriculum)