Graduated in Physics at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the same University. His Ph.D. thesis was the first to employ near infrared spectroscopy methods for Neuroscience applications in Brazil. Prof. Mesquita worked at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH, Boston, USA) and was associate researcher at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA). Currently, Prof. Mesquita is a Professor of the Institute of Physics (IFGW) at UNICAMP, where he founded the Biomedical Optics Lab. Since 2011 the lab develops research on light transport through highly scattered media and build optical technologies for biomedical applications such as the study of the rain and cancer. Prof. Mesquita has published several articles in the field - both for peers and for the public, - and holds 2 patents that explore novel methods for near infrared light in biological tissue. He is member of the Education Committee of the Society for functional near infrared spectroscopy (SfNIRS) and associate editor of Neurophotonics. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a search for adjuvant and supportive interventions that can improve the clinical outcomes of infected patients. During the acute phase, clinical symptoms of the disease range from asymptomatic infection to severe pneumonia. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is the main complication in the critical acute cases, which quite often leads to the need fo…
Cerebrovascular disease and neurotrauma are two of the leading causes of death and disability in Brazil and in the world. It has an enormous socioeconomic impact on society, as well as the patient and the patient's family. Although constant microvascular perfusion monitoring is of fundamental importance following cerebral damage, the lack of suitable instrumentation currently limits clin…
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One of the biggest challenges in neuroscience is comprehending brain function mechanisms on different temporal and spatial scales. In particular, the topic of neurophysiology during the resting state (i.e., the state in which the brain does not consciously receive any internal or external stimulation) at the macroscopic level is of great interest, not only by the brain's high metabolic co…
The brain is a complex and dynamical system that is always modifying itself to adapt and evolve. This capability of changing constantly is known as brain plasticity, or neuroplasticity. Although neuroplasticity is appointed as the key cerebral feature to brain reorganization and development, the study of neuroplasticity is restricted to the limitations of current neuroimaging modalities, …
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In the clinic, it is thought that therapeutic interventions during the initial phases of neurovascular and/or traumatic brain injuries may have potential for meaningful impact on patient's outcome. Notably lacking, however, is the ability to match critical care therapeutics to any dynamic neurophysiologic end-point. Although some tools that can probe neurophysiology are available nowadays…
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