Prof. Dr. Manoel S. Vasconcelos holds a degree in physics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (1994), an MA in physics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (1995,) and a Ph.D. in physics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (1999). He is currently a Full Professor at the Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. He is also a reviewer of the following journals: Journal of Physics D. Applied Physics, Journal of Optics, and the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Optical Materials (Elsevier), Physical Review Letters, and Physical Review E. He has experience in theoretical physics, with an emphasis on photonic crystals (or magnonic crystals), and multifractal analysis, acting on the following topics: polaritons, quasicrystals, magnons, phonons, and DNA models.