Fabiano Bernardi is an associate professor in the Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, where he is the Head of the Physics of Nanostructures Lab, Director of the Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and Deputy Director of the Center of Microscopy and Microanalysis. His research interests focus on metal/metal oxide nanoparticles used as catalysts to address global warming, photocatalysis, hydrogen storage systems, and enzyme mimetics.