in Rio de Janeiro, (UFRJ) Brazil. He obtained doctor degree in Chemical Engineering (DSc.) at COPPE -"Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro", (UFRJ) in Brazil. The year of degree obtaining is 1982. The research areas which were always in the focus of his activities are: thermodynamics, solid state physics, materials science and superconductivity. His present interests are: superconductivity, superconducting materials, applications of superconductivity, superconducting devices, microscopic theories of superconductivity. Until now, Dr. Luiz has published 44 articles in scientific journals, 23 books and 62 articles in annals of events. He has also published 22 presentations of events (different congresses, conference or lectures), translated 19 books, and participated in 43 graduate boards. He has already been active as the Editor of 3 published books.