Carlos Frajuca
Carlos Frajuca graduated with a higher education degree in mechanics from Sao Carlos Federal University, Brazil, in 1986, a Ph.D. in Science from Sao Paulo University, Brazil, in 1996, and a two-year research period at Louisiana State University, USA, working with electromechanical transducers on the detection of Gravitational Waves. He obtained a habilitation degree in Stellar Astrophysics, Compact Objects and Cosmology from the Sao Paulo Federal University, Brazil. He is a member of master's programs at the Rio Grande Federal University (FURG) and at the Sao Paulo Federal Institute (IFSP), where he was the director of teaching, research, and postgraduate studies. He received research productivity scholarships from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in 2014, 2018, and 2022. He was assigned to the Brasilia Federal Institute in 2009 as Dean of Research and Deputy Rector.