Eduardo Garibaldi holds a PhD in Mathematics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and an MA from the IMPA – National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Brazil, having pursued postdoctoral studies at the Université Bordeaux, France. He is currently affiliated with the University of Campinas, Brazil, and his research efforts chiefly focus on dynamical systems and ergodic theory, motivated by problems from equilibrium statistical mechanics and solid state physics.