M. A. Pimenta

About

Marcos A. Pimenta received his B.Sc. in Physics (1980) and M.Sc. in Physics (1983) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the Université d'Orléans, France, in 1987, and spent a sabbatical year (1997–1998) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, working with Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus. He is currently Emeritus Professor in the Department of Physics at UFMG, where he founded the Raman Spectroscopy Laboratory in 1992 and pioneered research on carbon nanotubes and graphene. His research focuses on the optical properties of materials, particularly graphene, carbon nanotubes, and other two-dimensional materials investigated by Raman spectroscopy. He currently coordinates the National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT) for Nanocarbon and 2D Materials, a network comprising more than 100 researchers. He was one of the founders and served as General Coordinator of the Center for Technology in Nanomaterials and Graphene (CTNano) at UFMG from 2010 to 2020. He is a Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). From 2017 to 2019, he served as President of the Brazilian Physical Society (SBF).

Employment

• Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Professor
  2023 - 2024
• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Invited Professor
  1987 - Present

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