Ginalber Luiz Serra

Dr. Ginalber L. O. Serra was born in São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil, in 1976. He received the B.Sc. and M. Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Federal University of Maranhão, Maranhão, Brazil, in 1999 and 2001, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil, on September 2005. He has finished his Postdoctoral research on multivariable neuro-fuzzy adaptive control of nonlinear systems at the Department of Machines, Components and Intelligent Systems, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, on September 2006 and he has served as researcher with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Santiago, Santiago, Chile, in 2007. Currently, Dr. Serra is with the Department of ElectroElectronics at Federl Institute of Education, Cience and Technology, São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil. Dr. Serra has served as Reviewer for many prestigious international journals, including the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS, MAN AND CYBERNETICS - PART B: CYBERNETICS, IEE CONTROL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, and for papers from {\\em IEEE Conferences}. His research interests include fuzzy systems, neural networks and genetic algorithms applied to identification and control of nonlinear systems.