Prof. Dr. Ado Jorio

Prof. Ado Jorio is a Full Professor in the Department of Physics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Brazil. He is internationally recognized for his pioneering contributions to the optical characterization of nanostructures, particularly through the development and application of Raman spectroscopy techniques to study carbon nanotubes and graphene-related materials. His work has significantly advanced the understanding of phonon and electronic properties in low-dimensional systems.​

Prof. Jorio earned his Ph.D. in Physics from UFMG in 1999, which included a research internship at the Institut Laue-Langevin in France. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research under the mentorship of Prof. Mildred S. Dresselhaus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he performed the first Raman spectroscopy measurements on individual carbon nanotubes. 

Throughout his career, Prof. Jorio has held several leadership positions, including Coordinator of Strategic Studies at the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro), Director of Technology Transfer and Innovation at UFMG, and Visiting Professor at ETH Zurich. 

His scientific excellence has been recognized with numerous awards, such as the Somiya Award from the International Union of Materials Research Societies (2009), the ICTP Prize from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (2012), the Georg Forster Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2015), and inclusion in the Thomson Reuters list of Highly Cited Researchers (2016). 

Prof. Jorio is also the author and editor of several influential books, including Group Theory: Application to the Physics of Condensed Matter (Springer, 2008) and Raman Spectroscopy in Graphene Related Systems (Wiley-VCH, 2011).