Abel co-founded the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) in 1998, a Program of the São Paulo State Foundation (FAPESP) committed to the advancement Brazilian scientific research and communication through the open access indexing and publication of a selected collection of quality peer-reviewed journals. Currently he is Director of SciELO. He is also Project Coordinator at the Foundation of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and former Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences (BIREME). Abel has a bachelor's degree in Business Management and a Master of Library Science with extensive experience in information science, librarianship, information technology, and information management.
