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ACS Science Talks: Virtual Lecture Series
Topic: Towards an AI Scientist in Materials Sciences
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM IST | 9:30 AM BRT
Speaker: Prof. Osvaldo N. Oliveira Jr.
Director, National Institute for Organic and Sustainable Electronics, Brazil
Executive Editor, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Biography: Professor Osvaldo N. Oliveira Jr. is a physicist who earned his BSc and MSc degrees from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and his PhD from Bangor University (UK) in 1990. He is the Director of the National Institute for Organic and Sustainable Electronics. He served as Director of the São Carlos Institute of Physics at the University of São Paulo from 2022 to 2026, and as President of the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS) from 2023 to 2024. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the Latin American Academy of Sciences, and serves as Executive Editor of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. He has published over 760 papers in refereed journals, primarily on organic nanostructured films and natural language processing. He has pioneered the integration of statistical physics and computer science for text processing, as well as the application of machine learning to enhance the performance of sensing and biosensing systems. Around 10 years ago, Prof. Oliveira introduced the concept of a fifth paradigm of knowledge generation, in which machines become capable of generating knowledge autonomously.