Alexandre Zirpoli Simões

Main Researcher

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Guaratinguetá. Faculdade de Engenharia (FEG)

País: Brasil

Research Productivity Fellow – Level 2, Full Professor in the area of Ferroelectric Materials: Structure, Synthesis, Properties and Applications. Graduated in Chemistry from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1996), Master’s and Doctorate in Physical Chemistry from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Taught theoretical and experimental General Chemistry, Structure and Properties of Materials and Advanced Materials for Engineering as an adjunct professor at the Federal University of Itajuba/UNIFEI. Coordinated research groups at UNIFEI and UNESP with emphasis on Materials Science, working mainly on the following topics: thin films, clean energy, nanostructures, ceramics, composites, piezoelectric materials and planar waveguides. He is currently Assistant Professor PhD II at FEG-UNESP (Guaratinguetá) teaching Glass Technology, Materials Thermodynamics, Rheology, Mechanical Construction Materials. He has 190 articles published in journals of high international circulation, as well as partnerships with major research centers such as EPFL, GIT, UCL, University of Ulm and Beograd, UNMDP, Symettrix Company. At the moment he is conducting two research projects in the area of ceramic materials for spintronics and clean energy, gas sensors, magnetic hyperthermia for liver cancer treatment. He has bilateral agreements with the University of Ulm in the development of Cheap Waveguide (Nano)technology for Advanced DNA Sensors. He participates in the mentoring and co-supervision of a number of undergraduate and graduate students. He has actively collaborated in the training of human resources as well as in several research projects at the Interdisciplinary Ceramics Laboratory and at the Bauru School of Sciences. He is a scientific reviewer of the following journals: Materials Chemistry and Physics, Solid State Science, Journal of Alloy and Compounds, Materials Letters, etc. He has index H 26 and 1400 citations.