Fábio Kerche has his PhD in political science from the University of São Paulo (USP). He was a visiting scholar at NYU and reasearch fellow at American University. He is ternured researcher and professor at the Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa, a research center dedicated to Brazilian culture and history. Kerche is the author of "Virtude e Limites: Autonomia e Atribuições do Ministério Público no Brasil" (University of São Paulo Press, 2009).