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Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz
Member of the Decision-Making Council

Professor Brito Cruz earned his degree in Electronic Engineering from ITA - Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica [Technological Institute of Aeronautics], and Ph.D. in Physics from Unicamp - Universidade Estadual de Campinas [State University of Campinas]. He has been the president of Unicamp, since April 2002. A full professor of Unicamp's Institute of Physics, he was appointed dean twice. His area of research is Experimental Physics, in which he studies ultrahigh speed phenomena using ultrashort pulse lasers.

He was Unicamp's research vice-dean and president of Fapesp - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo [Foundation for Research Aid and Support of The State of São Paulo], in which he has been a member of the Higher Council since 1995.