Professor Ivo M. Raimundo Jr., a researcher concerned about the current state of science in Brazil, kindly granted BrJAC an interview

Ivo M. Raimundo Jr. holds a degree in chemistry (1983), a master’s degree in chemistry (1989), and a doctorate in analytical chemistry (1995), all from the Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (IQ-Unicamp), Brazil. He carried out postdoctoral studies at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, England (1997/98), and the University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA (2017). He is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Analytical Chemistry at IQ - Unicamp. He was Associate Director (2006–2009) and Director (2009–2015) of the Pluridisciplinary Center for Chemical, Biological and Agricultural Research (CPQBA) at Unicamp, Secretary of the Brazilian Chemical Society, Campinas Regional (2020-2022) and is currently its treasurer. He has served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society since 2019. Prof. Raimundo Jr has experience in instrumentation and automation in analytical chemistry, working mainly in the following areas: optical (nano)sensors, microfabrication of analytical systems, and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS).