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219 Prof. Ana Candida Martins Rodrigues Ana C. M. Rodrigues is a Full Professor at the Department of Materials Engineering in the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. Since her Ph.D., her main research topic has been glasses and glass-ceramics, especially electrical properties. Currently the Chair of the Technical Committee TC23 “Glass Education” of the International Commission of Glass, she is also the Coordinator of Education and Outreach of the Center for Research, Technology, and Education in Vitreous Materials (CeRTEV), an 11-year funded program by the Funding Agency from São Paulo State in Brazil, FAPESP.