Career
He is an authority on the meteor craters 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 Doctor of Philosophy 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 2008, he is a Full Professor at the Geosciences Institute of the State University of Campinas (State University of Campinas).
He was the Institute"s Director from 2005 to 2010 and is currently State University of Campinas´s Vice-Rector (2013 to 2017).