Dr. Débora Gonçalves is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (EESC/USP) at IFSC/USP and advisor in the Postgraduate Programs in Materials Science and Engineering (EESC/USP) and Applied Physics (IFSC/ USP). She earned her MSc (1993) and PhD (1997) in Physical Chemistry at Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil. Then, she continued her Post-Doctorate from IFSC / USP (1998), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) in Materials Science (2002), and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA) in Materials Science (2004). Her research interests include thin-film-based sensors, electrochemical tools for sensing, self-assembled devices, nanostructured films for sensing, and nanomaterials for recognition and diagnostics.