Antonio Ferreira da Silva

He holds a degree in Physics from the Federal University of Bahia (1970), a master's degree in Physics from the State University of Campinas (1975), a PhD in Physics - Linköping University, Sweden (1979), a doctoral internship at Kyoto University, Japan (1979), an internship at Brown University, USA (1982) and a PhD at Linköping University (1996). He is currently a Full Professor at the Federal University of Bahia. Founding Member of the Academy of Sciences of Bahia. Full Member of the CA - Physics and Astronomy of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) / MCTI (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation) for 6 years, last period until September 2018. CNPq level 1A researcher for over a decade. Vice-Coordinator of the Multiuser Nanotechnology Laboratory - LMNAN / CETENE (Northeast Strategic Technologies Center - Recife, Brazil), Strategic Laboratory of SisNANO - National System of Nanotechnology Laboratories of MCTI. Previously Full Member of the Technological Assessment and Advisory Chamber of FAPESB - Bahia State Research Support Foundation. Coordinator of the Mathematical and Natural Sciences area. Guest Professor - Linköping University (until 2010), visiting professor for short periods previously - Uppsala University and Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden). Visiting Full Professor at USP (IF) 2020. Accredited Advisor of the Permanent Staff of the Graduate Program in Biotechnology - Institute of Health Sciences of UFBa. President of the Working Group for the constitution of the University Complex of Research, Creation and Innovation Laboratories (COUNILAB). Experience in applied and fundamental research, interdisciplinary, and particular interest in topics such as nanoscience, renewable energies, hydrogen production, photocatalysis, solar cells, health sciences, biotechnology, interaction of nanoparticles with biological structures, materials science, oxides, semiconductors, superconductors, spintronics, optical, electronic and transport properties of new materials, disordered systems and under extreme conditions (high magnetic field and very low temperatures). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)