Who is behind the h.e.s.e. Project in the UK?

Alvaro Augusto Almeida de Salles BSc, MSc, PhD

Alvaro Augusto A. de Salles was born March, 6, 1946 in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He earned a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Escola de Engenharia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul- UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1968, an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro- PUC/RJ, Rio de Janeiro in 1970, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of London, London, 1978-1982. He was an Associate Professor at the PUC/RJ from 1970-1991. Since 1991 to the present, he has been a Professor at UFRGS.

His main research interests are microwave semiconductor devices, optoelectronic devices, mobile communications, antennas, and biological effects of non-ionizing radiation.

Dr de Salles has published more than fifty papers in international conferences and magazines.