With a degree in Mechanical Engineering from UFMG and a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Denver (USA), Marc André Meyers is ‘Distinguished Professor’ in Materials Science at the University of California. During his career he has developed research projects for major US funding sources in the areas of dynamic behavior (including explosives), nanostructures and biological materials. The results of his extensive research are published in 500 papers and four scientific books. He has received important awards in the USA (APS Shock Compression; TMS Mehl, Cohen, Weertman and Leadership; ASMInternational White, Sauveur; Acta Materialia Materials and Society), Europe (Senior Humboldt Awards, Heyn from DGM, Rinehart from DYMAT, Grand Prix en Sciences from Luxembourg), and China (Metals Research Institute Lee Hsun Award). He is a Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the Luxembourg Academy (Istitut Grand Ducal). He is also the author of works of fiction: The Lady and the Luxembourger (D’amour et d’Acier, in French translation), Yanomami, Chechnya Jihad, and Mayan Mars. Marc Meyers is a Collaborating Professor at the Military Institute of Engineering and Second Lieutenant R/2, Weapon of Engineering. He participated in 1969 in the Rondon / 3 Project on the Purus River.