Prof. Dr. Fabio Augusto Barbieri is an Associate professor at the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Physical Education (Bauru - SP, Brazil) and professor of the graduate program in Human Movement Sciences at the UNESP. He has a degree in Physical Education and a master's degree in Human Motor Sciences from the UNESP. He completed a double Ph.D. in Human Movement Science at the UNESP and at the Vrije University (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). The underlying principle of his research endeavor has been to understand the neuromechanics of human movements. His group studies how human movement is planned and controlled, especially in the context of aging, movement disorders, and sports performance.