Dr. Claudio Alberto Serfaty graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1984, where he obtained a master's and Ph.D. degree in Biological Sciences (Biophysics) in 1988 and 1994, respectively, with a internship at the Department of Human Anatomy at Oxford University in 1989. He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Fluminense Federal University and coordinator of the Neural Plasticity Laboratory. He was the coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Neurosciences at UFF (2014–2018). He works on research and extension projects and has experience in the areas of developmental neuroscience, neurochemistry, neuroinflammation, neuroplasticity and experimental nutrition. His studies emphasize the development and plasticity of the central nervous system and its critical periods. His lines of research include the study of the development of neural circuits; injury-induced plasticity in the visual system and microglial activation and neuroinflammation; the role of omega-3 fatty acids and serotonin in the development of the visual system.