2008 - 2013
Fernanda de Felice
| Biography | | Fernanda Guarino De Felice was born at Rio de Janeiro in 1972, youngest of the four children of Ludovina Lobo Guarino, housewife, and Mauro da Silva De Felice, Journalist. Married to Sergio Ferreira with three daughters, Amanda, Bruna and Chiara. Graduated in Biology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1994) and obtained MSc (1997) and PhD (2002) degrees in Biological Chemistry at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Obtained training in protein biophysical chemistry under the supervision of Sergio T. Ferreira, studying protein misfolding and aggregation, which is closely associated with the histopathology of Alzheimer’s disease and other human amyloid diseases. In 2002 begun her teaching activities at the Institute of Medical Biochemistry of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she works as an Associate Professor. In 2005 was received the prestigious fellowship from the Human Frontier Science Program to develop pos-doctoral training at Northwestern University, under the supervision of William L. Klein, when expanded her knowledge on the cellular and molecular basis of Alzheimer’s disease. At the end of 2007, returned to Brazil, where actually heads the Laboratory of Neurobiology of Alzheimer’s disease. In 2008 was the first Brazilian to receive the “Career Development Award”, offered by the Human Frontier Science Program. In 2008 was also elected Affiliated Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Since 2003 is a Junior Investigator from the Brazilian National Research Council and Young Scientist of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ). Completed the supervision of 3 MSc and 1 PhD thesis and currently supervises 5 PhD and 2 MSc students, and 5 undergraduates. Produced 34 publication, including articles, revisions and book chapters. |
Jorge Lauret
| Biography | Lauret is professor at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and researcher of CONICET (Argentina). He obtained his PhD in Mathematics in 1998 at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and made postdoctoral studies at Yale University in 2001-2003. His research work has mainly focused on the interplay between Lie theory and some other areas of mathematics, including Riemannian geometry, geometric invariant theory, harmonic analysis and dynamical systems. His awards include: Guggenheim Fellow (2001), Bolsa de Comercio de Córdoba (2003), Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007), Ramanujan Prize (ICTP-Abel Fund, 2007), Academia Nacional de Ciencias (Córdoba, Argentina, 2007). |
Laurent Raymond Loinard
| Biography | Laurent Loinard completed his undergraduate studies in physics in 1992 at the University Joseph Fourier in Grenoble (France), and obtained his Ph.D. in astrophysics in 1998 from the same University. In 2000, he joined the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as a faculty member, where he has been ever since. He is currently Investigador Titular C (equivalent to Full Professor and the highest academic level at UNAM), and is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI) at the second highest level. In 2007, he received the highest distinction that the UNAM delivers to researchers younger than 40 (the so-called University Award for young Faculty) in the area of exact sciences, and in 2008 he was elected as affiliate member of TWAS. The research pursued by Dr. Loinard focuses mainly on the formation and youth of stars, using observations in the infrared and radio bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. He has made important contributions to the understanding of the chemistry of protostars, and is an internationally recognized leader in the study of the dynamics of young stellar systems. He is the author of more than 50 research articles published in international refereed journal, written in collaboration with a total of about 100 colleagues around the world. These papers have received more than 1100 citations in the international literature. |
Carlos Gustavo Moreira
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| Biography | Carlos Gustavo Tamm de Araujo Moreira was born in 1973, in Rio de Janeiro. He finished his Ph.D. at IMPA (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Rio de Janeiro) in 1993, under the advice of Jacob Palis. In 1994/1995 he did a Post-Doc in the Université de Paris-Sud, when he colaborated with Jean-Christophe Yoccoz. Carlos Gustavo Moreira is a full member of the Brazilian Academy of Science since 2008 and is full professor of IMPA since 2002 (he works at IMPA since 1995). His main research topics are Dynamical Systems and Combinatorics. He won a gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1990 and is member of the Brazilian Comission of Mathematical Olympiads of the Brazilian Mathematical Society (SBM) |
Santiago Ron
| Biography | | Dr. Ron obtained his PhD at the University of Texas at Austin in 2007 and his MA at the University of Kansas in 1998. He is Full Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador in Quito and Curator of Herpetology at the Museum of Zoology (QCAZ) at the same university. In 2007 he was elected chair for Ecuador of the Amphibian Specialist Group of The World Conservation Union (IUCN). In 2008 he was elected affiliate member of TWAS. Dr. Ron’s research has focused on two main venues: evolution and conservation. In his work on evolution he has contributed to the fields of systematics and behavior of Neotropical amphibians. Using a phylogenetic framework, Dr. Ron has analyzed the evolution of female’s preferences for complex courtship traits. He has examined how sexual selection has interplayed with morphological constrains to shape the evolution of male courtship traits. In the field of conservation, he has studied to global phenomenon of amphibian population declines. His research has significantly helped to understand the processes that are responsible for one of the most rapid and pervasive conservation crises experienced by any vertebrate group |
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