Fig. 01 - The LENI Lab (Lab of Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Interfaces) at the Polymer's group " Prof. Dr. Bernhard Gross" (IFSC/USP).
Embedded Files
- Passionate about:
How complex and intertwined the interdisciplinary science is at the biomolecular level, and how subtle nanoscale changes can impact the micro and macroscopic structure/function of biological systems.
- About me:
My name is Caio Vaz Rimoli, I am a Brazilian who was born in the countryside of the São Paulo (SP) state in Brazil. I grew up in a beautiful city called Piracicaba (SP), which is known for its local countryside culture, particular accent, beautiful university campus (ESALQ/USP), lovely river with astonishingly small waterfalls, riverside food, and lively art (see Fig 2).
What do I do as a scientist? Well, simply put, I'm an optical biophysicist. I was trained as a biomolecular physicist, but my research experience had a strong bias towards optical engineering. I have specialized in optical setup development (optical instrumentation) applied to biological/biomolecular systems. I've been working with different spectroscopy and bioimaging techniques to investigate biological and/or biomimetic model samples.
In the last few years, I was a postdoc working at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) with Prof. Dr. Sylvain Gigan and Dr. Cathie Ventalon at the Complex Media Optics Lab in the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (PSL/ENS, Sorbonne Université, Collège de France, CNRS) and at the Institut de Biologie d'ENS (IBENS/ENS). Very recently, in 2024, I obtained a tenured position as a Research Engineer at the Institut Curie in Paris to work with advanced fluorescence microscopy and image analysis methods.
To know more details about my career, check the Scientific Career - Bio section. Besides, on this website, you may find information about my Curriculum Vitae, Publications, my Research projects, and the labs/institutions where I worked. Cheers!
- Hobbies:
Hiking / road trips distant from urban places.
Nature Photography: colors, 3D organic shape, and light/shadow perspective. Visual patterns & symmetry.
Piracicaba (Portuguese pronunciation: [piɾɐsiˈkabɐ] or [piˌɾasiˈkabɐ]) is a city located in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The population is 407,252 (2020) in an area of 1378.07 km². It is at an elevation of 547 m above sea level.
The place name comes from a word in the Tupi language that means "place where the fish stops", and it is formed by the junction of the terms pirá ("fish"), syk ("stop") e aba ("place"). The name refers to the waterfalls of the Piracicaba River, which bisects the city, which is a point where the "piracema" happens —fish swimming upstream to reproduce.
Piracicaba is home to the oldest agricultural university in Brazil, the Luiz de Queiroz School of Agriculture of the University of São Paulo. Founded in 1901, the school is located on a farm with a large collection of trees and plants. It is also recognized as a leader in the field of precision agriculture.Other universities based in Piracicaba are the Methodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP) and the University of Campinas' School of Dentistry.
Piracicaba is known by the nickname "Noiva da Colina" (bride of the hills) and it hosts annually the "Festa das Nações" (Nations' Party, where people may find foods from all over the world), and the "Salão Internacional do Humor" (International Humor Exhibition), where cartoonists from around the world display comic drawings.
* Information according to Wikipedia.
Name Phonetics: how to pronounce "Caio", "Vaz", "Rimoli"?
"Caio": Phonetic transcription (IPA): /ˈkaj.u/
(For English speakers):
Caio is pronounced as "KAI-oo";
"KAI" rhyming with "sky",
"oo" is a short 'oo' as in "food".
Stress: on the first syllable "KAI".
(For French speakers):
Caio se prononce comme "Kaï-ou";
"Kaï" comme dans Haïti,
"ou" comme dans loup.
Accent tonique : sur la première syllabe "Kaï".
(For Chinese speakers):
Caio is pronounced as Kǎi-yōu (凯悠)
"Kai" → 凯 (Kǎi), similar to "kái".
"yo/u" → 悠 (yōu), similar to "you" in inglês.
Stress: on the first syllable (凯).
"Vaz": Phonetic transcription (IPA): /vas/
(For English speakers):
Vaz is pronounced as "VAHZ";
The "a" is like "a" in father.
Stress: on the only syllable.
(For French speakers):
Vaz se prononce comme "Vaz";
Le "a" comme dans papa.
Accent tonique : unique (un seul son).
(For Chinese speakers):
Vaz is pronounced as "Vǎ-sī" (瓦斯).
"Va" → 瓦 (Vǎ), similar to "vah".
Final "s" → 斯 (sī), as in "si".
Stress: on the first syllable (瓦).
"Rimoli": Phonetic transcription (IPA): /ˈʁi.mo.li/
(For English speakers):
Rimoli is pronounced as "REE-mo-lee";
"Ri" sounds like "ree",
"mo" as in moment,
"li" as in lee, (but short, with falling tone)
Stress: on the first syllable "REE".
(For French speakers):
Rimoli se prononce comme "Ri-mo-li";
"Ri" comme dans riz,
"mo" comme mot,
"li" comme dans lit.
Accent tonique : sur la première syllabe "Ri".
(For Chinese speakers):
Rimoli is pronounced as "Lǐ-mó-lì" (里摩利).
"Ri" → 里 (Lǐ), similar to "lee", but with "r"
"mo" → 摩 (mó), as in "mo".
"li" → 利 (lì), like "lee" with falling tone.
Stress: on the first syllable (里).
Fig. 03 - Informal talk about Photophysics of Fluorophores in the context of Polarized Microscopy (Rennes, France, 2026).
Fig. 04 - First talk while working at the Institut Curie (Le lac d'Ailette, France, 2024).
Fig. 05 - Photo taken during my first months of my PhD studies at the Institut Fresnel (Marseille, France, 2016).
Fig. 06 - Photo taken during my Master thesis defense at the University of São Paulo - IFSC/USP (São Carlos, Brazil, 2015).
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse