{"id":843,"date":"2026-08-30T01:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T01:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ifi.unicamp.br\/zagonel\/?page_id=843"},"modified":"2026-08-30T02:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T02:04:46","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ifi.unicamp.br\/zagonel\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Prof. Dr. Luiz Fernando Zagonel<\/b> is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Physics (IFGW \/ UNICAMP). He holds a PhD in Physics from UNICAMP (2008). Prior to joining UNICAMP, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS &#8211; CNRS, Orsay, France) and as a Researcher at the National Nanotechnology Laboratory (LNNano\/CNPEM). His research expertise spans low-temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), Scanning Tunneling Luminescence (STML), Cathodoluminescence, and nanoscale optical characterization of low-dimensional materials and quantum structures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"11\">Education &amp; Career Timeline<\/h4>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\"><b data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Academic Background<\/b><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"13\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Ph.D. in Physics<\/b> \u2014 UNICAMP (2006) &#8211; Campinas &#8211; SP &#8211; Brazil.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,0,1\"><i data-path-to-node=\"13,0,1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Including a 6-month research period at Max-Planck-Institute for Metal Research in Stuttgart (Germany).<\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">M.Sc. in Physics<\/b> \u2014 UFRGS (2003) &#8211; Porto Alegre &#8211; Rio Grande do Sul &#8211; Brazil.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">B.Sc. in Physics<\/b> \u2014 UFPR (2000) &#8211; Curitiba &#8211; Paran\u00e1.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\"><b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Professional Experience<\/b><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"15\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Professor <\/b>&nbsp;\u2014 Applied Physics Department, IFGW \/ UNICAMP, 2013 \u2013 Present.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\"><strong>Researcher<\/strong> &#8211; National Nanotechnology Laboratory (LNNano\/CNPEM) 2010 &#8211; 2013.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Postdoctoral Researcher<\/b> \u2014 Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS \/ CNRS, Orsay, France), 2008 \u2013&nbsp; 2010.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Postdoctoral Researcher<\/b> \u2014 Saclay Institute of Matter and Radiation (CEA, Saclay, France), 2006 \u2013&nbsp; 2008.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"17\">Quick Links Section<\/h4>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"18\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"http:\/\/lattes.cnpq.br\/1859358120408738\">Curriculo Lattes&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp; This is a full on-line&nbsp; CV containing very comprehensive information about all aspects of my career, including advisory, committees, teaching, research projects, and a lot more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/luiz-fernando-zagonel\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> This is a social network with posts about various aspects of my professional activities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Luiz-Zagonel\">ResearchGate<\/a> This is a social network with publication lists and some other content.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/author\/record\/1689214\">Web of Science ResearcherID<\/a> This is a curated summary of publications, citations, peer reviews, and so on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com.br\/citations?user=HagfxzEAAAAJ\">Google Scholar<\/a> This is a comprehensive publication list and citation counting including all sorts of on-line available sources.&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Dr. Luiz Fernando Zagonel is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Physics (IFGW \/ UNICAMP). He holds a PhD in Physics from UNICAMP (2008). Prior to joining UNICAMP, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS &#8211; CNRS, Orsay, France) and as a Researcher at the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.ifi.unicamp.br\/zagonel\/about-me\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-843","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ifi.unicamp.br\/zagonel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ifi.unicamp.br\/zagonel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ifi.unicamp.br\/zagonel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ifi.unicamp.br\/zagonel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ifi.unicamp.br\/zagonel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ifi.unicamp.br\/zagonel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ifi.unicamp.br\/zagonel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ifi.unicamp.br\/zagonel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}