This major was evaluated by a high level commission from the Academy of Sciences of Brazil and was considered an example of teaching excellence and research in the area.
During his term as president there was big opening of the University for the population, using the campus as a locus of culture and leisure, putting together more than 120,000 people per weekend and, likewise, amplifying the interaction with the community and businesses, increasing significantly the fund raising to support these programs.
In addition, UMC image improved significantly, based on an extensive academic advancement program that modernized the curricula of its more than 30 undergraduate majors, a better qualification of the Faculty, with an increase from 9% to 39% the number of masters and doctors among its professors and increased the number of new applicants from 16,000 to 35,000 candidates, all supported additionally by a solid and aggressive marketing plan.
It was as CNPq's Director that he actively participated in the most audacious and significant scientific project in the country at that time – the Brazilian Synchrotron Accelerator.
He has also participated in several other international and national committees and boards of prestigious institutions and universities networks in Brazil, United States and Latin America.