During the 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, held on 30th of October to the 3rd of November, 2023 in Denver, CO, Frederico F was formally inducted as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in recognition of his contributions in plasma physics. His citation reads: “For leadership and fundamental contributions to the plasma physics of energetic particle generation from collisionless shocks, magnetic reconnection, and MHD instabilities.