Associate Professor Federal University of Paraná (Brazil). Co-ordinator of the Latin American Network of Nanotechnology and Society (ReLANS). PhD in Science and Technology Policy (State University of Campinas) with a post-doctorate from the Center for Science Policy and Outcomes (Columbia University). Specialist in technology and work and science and technology education. Professor at the University of the Republic and the Catholic University, in Uruguay, and researcher at the Federal University of Paraná (Brazil). Author of articles on nanotechnology in journals such as: Revista Tecnologia e Sociedade, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, International Journal of Technology and Globalization, Nanotechnology Law & Business, Redes, Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, Science, Technology and Society, and Philosophy Today. Author and co-editor of several books, including Nanotechnologies production chains in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico (co-published with G. Foladori, JF Osma and É. Záyago Lau) and Nanotechnologies in Latin America: Work and regulation (co-published with G. Foladori, A. Hasmy and E. Záyago Lau).