International Speaker Series: Dr. Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)

Event Date:
November 11, 2013 – 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM

Location:
Harris Alumni Center, Allen Tate Great Hall

Monday, November 11

Science and Technology in São Paulo, Brazil

Time: 9:30-10:45am

Dr. Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)

Harris Alumni Center, Allen Tate Great hall

As Scientific Director at FAPESP, one of the main research funding agencies in Brazil, Dr. Brito oversees the rigorous review of 18,000 research proposals each year submitted for funding. His own research focuses on the field of ultrafast phenomena in physics including using femtosecond pulse lasers to study fast processes in condensed matter and quantum-dots in a glass matrix.

FAPESP is an independent public foundation with the mission to foster research and the scientific and technological development of São Paulo, Brazil, through the support of research projects carried out in higher education and research institutions, in all fields of knowledge.

Faculty are encouraged to reserve space to attend with their classes and/or arrange for an extra-credit sign-in sheet for students.

For more information on the International Speaker Series, see oip.uncc.edu. RSVP to international@uncc.edu

Presented by UNC Charlotte’s Atkins Library, the College of Computing and Informatics, the Bioinformatics Research Center, the Department of Global, International and Area Studies, the Office of International Programs, and the World Affairs Council of Charlotte and the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars.