EDUARDO CESARThe scientific director of FAPESP: Armando de Salles Oliveira MedalEDUARDO CESAR
The Scientific Director of FAPESP, Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, was awarded the Armando de Salles Oliveira Medal by the University of São Paulo (USP) on February 21, 2013. The award was presented by USP President João Grandino Rodas. The medal is the institution’s highest distinction and is meant to honor people, entities and organizations that make significant contributions to USP’s advancement. In his thank-you speech, FAPESP’s scientific director emphasized the importance of science conducted in the state of São Paulo and the role of the University of São Paulo as a leading research university in Brazil. “Scientists from the state of São Paulo perform more science than scientists from Argentina or Mexico or any other country in Latin America. Scientific activity in the state of São Paulo is practically on a national scale. It is a joy and a satisfaction to be part of these activities and to have been lucky enough to hold positions through which I was able to contribute to their development,” he said. Born in 1956, Brito Cruz is a professor at the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute at the University of Campinas (Unicamp). Among the most prominent positions he has held are director of the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute (1991 to 1994, and 1998 to 2002), dean of research at Unicamp (1994 to 1998), president of Unicamp (2002 to 2005), and president of FAPESP (1996 to 2002).
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