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I obtained my Licentiate Degree in Chemistry in 1973 at the Ribeirão Preto School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature, Department of Chemistry, University of São Paulo; my Doctorate Degree in Sciences - emphasis in Organic Chemistry in 1978 at the University of São Paulo, Institute of Chemistry, São Paulo, under the supervision of Dr. Otto R. Gottlieb. I carried out post-doctoral research as a visiting scholar at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland-U.K, under the guidance of Professor Peter G. Waterman from Feb./87 to Jun/89. My academic career started at the São Carlos Federal University, Department of Chemistry, as an Assistant Professor in 1976; in 1978 I was promoted to Associate Professor and in 2005 to Full Professor.
The central theme of my research activities is isolation and structure elucidation of plant secondary metabolites and the application of findings on numerous biological screenings and in phylogenic studies.