Graduated in Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of São Paulo in 1990, obtained a Master in Biological Sciences (Biochemistry) at the University of São Paulo in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Marquette University, USA in 1996. He was a post-doctorate fellow at UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, USA in 1997 and was a visiting professor at the Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble-France) in 2006. Has been a faculty member in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Sao Paulo since 1998, where he is currently a full professor of Biochemistry, working mainly in the following subjects: photochemistry/photobiology, membranes and interfaces, redox biochemistry, mechanisms of cell death. Prof. Baptista has a productivity fellowship from CNPQ level 1A. He is now serving as chairman of the Department of Biochemistry, treasure of the Brazilian Biochemical Society, member of the board of the American Society of Photobiology, member of the São Paulo state academy of science, co-editor in chief of J. Photochemical and Photobiology B and J.Photochem. Photobiol (Elsevier), Associated editor of and editorial board of Scientific Reports (Nature) and Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences (Royal Society of Chemistry) and Recent patents on drug discovery (Bentham Science). h=51, 15000+ citations (google scholar).