Wendel Andrade Alves is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of ABC, Brazil, and a Research Fellow from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a Post-Doctorate in Physical Chemistry at the Electroactive Materials Laboratory from the same institution. His research interests include the supramolecular assembly of natural and synthetic polymers and the self-assembly of peptides and biosensors.