Brazilian Academy of Sciences
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| Formation | May 3, 1916 |
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| Headquarters | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
President | Helena Nader |
| Website | www |
The Brazilian Academy of Sciences (Portuguese: Academia Brasileira de Ciências or ABC) is the national academy of Brazil. It is headquartered in the city of Rio de Janeiro and was founded on May 3, 1916.
Publications
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It publishes a large number of scientific publications, among them the Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências [1] (2020 IF 1.280).[2] At the same time, it is in charge of granting prestigious international awards for outstanding work in scientific endeavors.[3]
People
[edit]Presidents
[edit]- 1916–1926 Henrique Charles Morize
- 1926–1929 Juliano Moreira
- 1929–1931 Miguel Osório de Almeida
- 1931–1933 Eusébio Paulo de Oliveira
- 1933–1935 Arthur Alexandre Moses
- 1935–1937 Álvaro Alberto da Mota e Silva
- 1937–1939 Adalberto Menezes de Oliveira
- 1939–1941 Inácio Manuel Azevedo do Amaral
- 1941–1943 Arthur Alexandre Moses
- 1943–1945 Cândido Firmino de Melo Leitão
- 1945–1947 Mario Paulo de Brito
- 1947–1949 Arthur Alexandre Moses
- 1949–1951 Álvaro Alberto da Mota e Silva
- 1951–1965 Arthur Alexandre Moses
- 1965–1967 Carlos Chagas Filho
- 1967–1981 Aristides Pacheco Leão
- 1981–1991 Maurício Peixoto
- 1991–1993 Oscar Sala
- 1993–2007 Eduardo Krieger
- 2007–2016 Jacob Palis Jr.
- 2016– Luiz Davidovich[4]
Notable members
[edit]ABC has a distinguished array of national and international members, among them:
- Alain Meunier
- Alfred Maddock
- Alvaro Penteado Crosta
- Amir Ordacgi Caldeira
- Antonio Galves
- Aziz Nacib Ab'Saber
- Carl Djerassi
- Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz
- Charles D. Michener
- Chen Ning Yang
- Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao
- Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
- Constantino Tsallis
- Crodowaldo Pavan
- D. Allan Bromley
- David Goldstein
- David Henry Peter Maybury-Lewis
- Edmundo de Souza e Silva
- Eduardo Moacyr Krieger
- Eduardo Oswaldo Cruz
- Ernst Wolfgang Hamburger
- Harold Max Rosenberg
- Henry Taube
- Jayme Tiomno
- Jean-Christophe Yoccoz
- Jens Martin Knudsen
- João Lucas Marques Barbosa
- John Campbell Brown
- José Goldemberg
- José Leite Lopes
- Liu Hsu
- Luiz Pinguelli Rosa
- Marcia C. Barbosa
- Marco Antonio Zago
- Marcos Moshinsky
- Maurício Rocha e Silva
- Mayana Zatz
- Mildred S. Dresselhaus
- Nicole Marthe Le Douarin
- Nivio Ziviani
- Norman Ernest Borlaug
- Nuno Alvares Pereira
- Oscar Sala
- Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa
- Peter H. Raven
- Pierre Gilles de Gennes
- Ricardo Renzo Brentani
- Richard Darwin Keynes
- Richard Williams
- Sérgio Henrique Ferreira
- Simon Schwartzman
- Stanley Kirschner
- Wilhelm Hasselbach
- Walter S. Leal
- Warwick Estevam Kerr
- William Sefton Fyfe
References
[edit]- ^ Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências basic information
- ^ "Enfim, boas notícias: os Anais da Academia Brasileira alcançam o seu maior índice de impacto! – ABC". ABC – Academia Brasileira de Ciências (in Portuguese). 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Brazilian Academy of Sciences | Oswaldo Cruz Institute". www.ioc.fiocruz.br. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ Brazilian Academy of Sciences
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