Luiz Fernando Pires has a degree in Physics from the State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG) and a PhD in Nuclear Energy in Agriculture from the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture at USP. He completed a sandwich doctorate in ion beam analysis at the Technical and Nuclear Institute in Portugal. He was an ICTP Abdus Salam associate member in Italy (2011-2016) and a visiting professor at the University of Nottingham in the UK (2017-2018). He is currently an Associate Professor in the Physics Department at UEPG and a member of the Physics Applied to Soils and Environmental Sciences group. His interdisciplinary work includes soil physics, radiation physics, and X-ray tomography. He has published over a hundred scientific articles and six books - three aimed at scientific dissemination - and has supervised several masters and PhD students. Since 2021, his contribution to science has placed him in the top 2 of the world's most influential researchers, according to the Stanford/Scopus ranking. He currently works in the Postgraduate Programs in Physics and Geography at UEPG but was once a permanent member of the PPG in Agronomy/UEPG. He has frequently lectured at scientific events in Brazil and abroad to transfer knowledge and train new scientists. He also collaborates scientifically with numerous scientists in Brazil and abroad.