Luiz Ricardo Goulart is a Professor of Genetics, Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology at the Federal University of Uberlandia. He earned his B.Sc. degree in agronomy and biology, his M.Sc. degree in genetics, and a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Purdue University in 1984, 1987, and 1990, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Molecular Pathology at Virginia Commonwealth University and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California, Davis. His main research keywords include nanobiotechnology, molecular and cell biology, infectious diseases, cancer and immunology.