Fausto Foresti graduated in Natural History at the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Rio Claro, University of Campinas. He obtained a master's in Genetics and Plant Breeding from the ESALQ / USP, a PhD in Genetics and Cell Biology, UNICAMP, and a post-doctorate at the University of Texas at Houston, TX, USA. He was a Professor at the Biosciences Institute of UNESP, Botucatu, where he has worked since 1969. He is responsible for courses in Cell Biology and Genetics of Fish in the college and graduate programs in different courses at the Botucatu campus. He develops research in Biology and Fish Genetics, with around 419 publications, including books, book chapters, and scientific articles. He served as Chairman of the Standing Committee of Evaluation of UNESP. Currently, he is an effective member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a board member of the graduate course in Biological Sciences in the areas of Zoology, and Genetics. In 2016, he was appointed and named Professor Emeritus by the Institute of Biosciences of UNESP, Botucatu, SP.