Norberto P. Lopes is a Pharmacist and holds a Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences and a PhD in Chemistry from USP. He is Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a past President of the Brazilian Chemical Society. Dr. Lopes is currently a full Professor at FCFRP-USP and a coordinator at the Research Center for Natural and Synthetic Products and at the Center for Spectrometry of Masses of Organic Micromolecules. He has received 10 awards, including the BrMASS Medal, the Fernando Galembeck innovation award from SBQ, and the Jeremy Knowles Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry.