Álvaro Penteado Crósta

Álvaro Penteado Crósta is a Brazilian geologist, specialized in remote sensing and mineral exploration. He is an authority on the impact structures of Brazil and known for the Crosta method/technique.

Crósta got a Bachelor's degree in geology from the University of São Paulo in 1977, a Master's degree from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in 1982, and a Ph.D. degree from the Imperial College of University of London in 1990. In 1995—1996 he was a visiting scholar at the Desert Research Institute of the University of Nevada at Reno.

As of 2005, he is a Full Professor at the Geosciences Institute of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). He was the Institute's Director from 2005 to 2010 and UNICAMP´s Vice-Rector from 2013 to 2017. He is a full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

Selected publications

• 1999 – Processamento digital de imagens de sensoriamento remoto, Campinas:Ig/unicamp