Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz holds a BSc in electronic engineering from ITA Instituto Tecnológico da Aeronáutica (Aeronautics Institute, 1978).
Dr. Brito Cruz concluded his Master’s degree (1980) and PhD (1983) at the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute of Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). In 1981, he was a researcher at the Quantum Optics Laboratory of the Italo-Latin American Institute of Università Degli Studi in Rome. The following, he became an associate professor at Unicamp’s Physics Institute. He has worked as a visiting resident at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, N.J. (1986-1987) and has been visiting scientist for three months at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (1990).
His research interests are ultra-fast lasers and ultra-short pulses, with emphasis on the study of electronic processes on a femtosecond timescale in optically non-linear materials, centered on application in optical communications.
From 1991-1994, and again from 1998-2002, he served as director of Unicamp’s Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute. From 1994 to 1998, he was also dean of research at Unicamp. He has also served as vice-president of the Brazilian Physics Society and is a member of the International Advisory Committee for the Optical Society of America. In 2000, he became a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Brito Cruz was FAPESP’s president from 1996 to 2002 and rector of Unicamp from April 2002 to April 2005 and was the president of Technology and Competitiveness at FIESP, the São Paulo State Federation of Industries from 2005 to 2012. He has been the scientific director at FAPESP since April 2005.
Dr. Brito Cruz concluded his Master’s degree (1980) and PhD (1983) at the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute of Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). In 1981, he was a researcher at the Quantum Optics Laboratory of the Italo-Latin American Institute of Università Degli Studi in Rome. The following, he became an associate professor at Unicamp’s Physics Institute. He has worked as a visiting resident at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, N.J. (1986-1987) and has been visiting scientist for three months at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (1990).
His research interests are ultra-fast lasers and ultra-short pulses, with emphasis on the study of electronic processes on a femtosecond timescale in optically non-linear materials, centered on application in optical communications.
From 1991-1994, and again from 1998-2002, he served as director of Unicamp’s Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute. From 1994 to 1998, he was also dean of research at Unicamp. He has also served as vice-president of the Brazilian Physics Society and is a member of the International Advisory Committee for the Optical Society of America. In 2000, he became a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Brito Cruz was FAPESP’s president from 1996 to 2002 and rector of Unicamp from April 2002 to April 2005 and was the president of Technology and Competitiveness at FIESP, the São Paulo State Federation of Industries from 2005 to 2012. He has been the scientific director at FAPESP since April 2005.