Cláudio Francisco TORMENA is Associate Professor at the Institute of Chemistry at University of Campinas - São Paulo - Brazil, since 2006. He received his PhD (in Chemistry) from University of Campinas in 2000, under supervision of Prof. Roberto Rittner. Part of his doctoral was developed at University of Liverpool from 1998 to 1999 under supervision of Prof. R. J. Abraham. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Campinas from 2000 to 2003 and young investigator from 2004 to 2006 at the University of São Paulo. From 2009 to 2010 during a sabbatical period, Dr. Tormena stayed in the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester working with Prof. Gareth A. Morris. He has published more than 130 peer-review papers, two book chapters and more than 100 communications in national and international meetings.