Dr. Marco Antonio Schiavon got his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry in the field of nanostructured materials at the University of Campinas in 2002. Since 2004 he is Associate Professor at Federal University of São João del-Rei. He is also Researcher at CNPq since 2008. He is interested in the application of carbon dots and quantum dots in third generation solar cells and photocatalysis.