Professor Valderi Dressler, a great admirer of young Brazilian scientists, kindly granted BrJAC an interview

Valderi Luiz Dressler holds a chemistry degree (1992) and a master’s in chemistry (1994) from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), RS, Brazil, a PhD in chemistry (1999) from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, SC, Brazil and post-doctorates from Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Germany (2007 and 2010). Currently, he is a full professor and coordinator of the industrial chemistry and bachelor's chemistry degree courses at the UFSM. Dr. Dressler’s research activities mainly include trace analysis and environmental chemistry, involving the techniques of atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), flow injection analysis (FIA), electrothermal vaporization (ETV) and laser ablation (LA). Furthermore, he performs chemical speciation analysis studies involving hyphenated techniques such as liquid and gas chromatography coupled to ICP-MS and also FIA systems coupled to AAS.