Autor/-in: Antonio Sergio Teixeira Pires

Antonio Sergio Teixeira Pires graduated from University of California in Santa Barbara in 1976. He is a professor of Physics at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil doing research in the area of magnetism. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Science. He was the Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Physics and a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of Condensed Matter Physics. He has published 230 papers and the books 'Theoretical tools for spin models in Magnetic systems', 'ADS/CFT correspondence in Condensed Matter' and 'A brief introduction to topology and differential geometry in condensed matter physics' in the IOP Publishing eBooks and Concise series.