Abstract
Abstract This paper presents an overview of my career from my first contact with chemistry in 1948, when I was in the second year of secondary school and realized, for the first time, the importance of this science. This discovery led me to focus my university studies toward a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. It was then that I had my first experience with the discipline of Crystallography, taught by Elisiário Távora, a young mineralogist who received his doctorate from MIT. Recognizing the importance of X-ray Crystallography for the elucidation of the molecular and crystal structure of all substances and for the understanding of their chemical and physical properties, I decided to dedicate myself to improving my knowledge of this subject with several visits to excellent international research groups working under the supervision of well-known crystallographers. Along with my scientific activities in Crystallography, another of my interests was to contribute to efforts to increase the number of crystallographers in Brazil and Latin-America, orienting several Master and PhD students. The support given by foreign visiting scientists and by those that became permanent members of our Institute and of other Brazilian research groups have been very important throughout my career.
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