Education: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Photonics) University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, December Dissertation: “Investigation of the performance degradation due to polarization effects in optical fiber communications systems.” Advisor: Curtis R. Menyuk M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Electromagnetics) State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, March Thesis: “Analysis of the frequency selectivity of two-dimensional periodic ... More