José C. Geromel received the Bs. and Ms. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Brazil, in 1975 and 1976, respectively, and the Docteur d’´Etat degree from University Paul Sabatier - LAAS/CNRS, Toulouse, France, in 1979. He joined the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNICAMP in 1975, where he is a full professor of Control Systems Analysis and Design. In 1987, he held a visiting professor position at Polytechnic Institute of Milan, Milan, Italy. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control and Associate Editor of European Journal of Control and Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems. He was awarded in 1994 and 2014 the Zeferino Vaz Award for his teaching and research activities at UNICAMP and, in 2007, the Scopus Award jointly awarded by Elsevier and CAPES / Brazil. Since 1991 he has been a Fellow 1-A of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development-CNPq. Since 1998 he has been a member of the Brazilian Academy of Science. In 1999, he was named Chevalier dans l’ Ordre des Palmes Acad´emiques by the French Minister of National Education. In 2010, he received the Docteur Honoris Causa degree from University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France and was named a member of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit by the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. In 2011, he was named Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE Control Systems Society. In 2018, he was promoted to Gr˜a-Cruz of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit. He is co-author of the books Control Theory and Design - with P. Colaneri and A. Locatelli, Academic Press, 1997, An´alise Linear de Sistemas Dinˆamicos, (in Portuguese), - with A. G. B. Palhares, Edgard Blucher, 2004, Controle Linear de Sistemas Dinˆamicos, (in Portuguese), - with R. H. Korogui, Edgard Blucher, 2011, and An´alise Linear de Sinais, (in Portuguese), - with G. S. Deaecto, Edgard Blucher, 2019. His research papers and books have received so far 15, 526 citations (h = 59) in Google Scholar and 8, 722 citations (h = 46) in Web of Science platforms.