Previous Fora / 2013
ARAGÃO, Carlos Alberto
Director, National Research Center for Energy and Materials, Brazil
Carlos Alberto Aragão graduated in
physics from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC / RJ) in 1973, master's degree in physics from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1976) and Ph.D. in
physics from Princeton University (1980). He is a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and has
experience in the field of physics, with emphasis on the physics of elementary particles and fields and condensed
matter physics. He was
Director of the Department of Physics and Dean of the Centre for Scientific PUC / RJ, Director of the Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF), Director
of the Institute of Physics
of the UFRJ, Secretary General of the third. National Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation, Innovation Director of the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Desesnvolvimento (ABDI), Director of Scientific and Technological Development of the President of FINEP and CNPq. He is
currently Director General
of the National Center for
Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), a complex composed of the National Laboratory National
Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), National Biosciences Laboratory (LNBio), National
Laboratory of Science and Technology bioethanol (CTBE)
and National
Nanotechnology Laboratory (LNNano).