Speakers | Innscid SP

Dr Ademar Seabra da Cruz Junior

Minister-Counsellor, Brazilian Embassy in Warsaw Was Head of the Science and Technology Division (DCTEC) at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE); Special Advisor to...

Prof. Dr Xavier Barcons

Diretor Geral, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Chile Xavier Barcons (MA U Barcelona 1981, PhD U Cantabria 1985) is CSIC Research Professor since 2002. First Director...

Prof. Dr Laerte Sodré

Giant Magellan Telescope Brasil (GMTBrO) Laerte Sodré holds a bachelor's degree in Physics from the Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo (USP, 1973), with a...

Prof. Dr Luiz Davidovich

SecretaryGeneral, TWAS, and President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences Luiz Davidovich is Professor of Physics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He got his PhD...

Prof. Dr Ana Maria Carneiro

NEPP, State University of Campinas Ana Maria Carneiro is a researcher at the Center for Public Policy Studies at the University of Campinas, São Paulo,...

Prof. Dr Elisa Maria da Conceição Pereira Reis

Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) Elisa Reis is Vice-President of the International Science Council and former Vice-President of the International Social Science Council. She earned...

Mr Slaven Misljencevic

Policy Officer, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission Slaven Misljencevic works as Policy Officer in the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission...

Mr Tito Crissien Borrero

Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation, Colombia Tito José Crissien Borrero is the minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia. He is recognized as...

Prof. Dr Marcelo Knobel

Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute, Unicamp Marcelo Knobel was the 12th Rector of the University of Campinas (Unicamp), in Brazil, where he is a Full Professor...

Dr Lídia Brito

Regional Director of Science for LAC Region, UNESCO A forest engineer, with a Master and Doctorate in Forest and Wood Sciences from Colorado State University...

Prof. Dr Raymond Jagessar

President, The Caribbean Academy of Sciences Prof. Raymond C. Jagessar is the president of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences since February 2021. He obtained his...

Ambassador Sérgio Duarte

President, Pugwash Conferences Sergio Duarte, Ambassador (ret.) is former United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. A career diplomat, Duarte served the Brazilian Foreign Service...

Prof. Dr Poveda Jaramillo

National University of Colombia and Member of the IPCC Civil Engineer, M.Sc. and Ph.D in Water Resources Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and M.Sc....

Prof Dr Ambuj Sagar

Founding Head, School of Public Policy, India Institute of Technology Delhi Ambuj Sagar is the Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Professor of Policy Studies and the...

Dr Sok Ching Cheong

Co-Chair, The TWAS Young Affiliates Network (TYAN) Prof. Cheong heads the Translational Cancer Biology and Digital Health Teams at Cancer Research Malaysia. Her goal is...

Dr Paulina Carmona

Biochemist / Gene regulation in human disease, Genome Center, University of California-Davis Paulina's current research interests focus on using genomic and molecular tools to understand...

Dr Yusuf Baran

President of Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Izmir Technology Development Zone After completing his bachelor’s degree...

Dr Harry Westphal

Director, National Laboratoty of Synchroton Sources, Brazil Harry Westfahl Jr. is the LNLS’ Director since 2020. He also served LNLS as Scientific Director from 2013...

Dr Gihan Kamel

Infrared Beamline Scientist, Synchroton-light project for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) Gihan Kamel is the Principal Infrared Beamline Scientist and Team...

Dr Pedro Fernandes Tavares

Vice Director, MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden Pedro Fernandes Tavares joined the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) in 1987 and received his PhD in Accelerator Physics...

Prof. Simone Turchetti

University of Manchester, United Kingdom Simone Turchetti gained his PhD from the University of Manchester in 2003. Simone’s research interests cover twentieth-century science and technology,...

Prof. Roberto Lalli

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany Roberto has been a Research Scholar in Department I since 2013; he also works with The...

Dr Nisia Trindade Lima

President, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil President of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. She holds a PhD in Sociology (1997) and Master’s degree in Political Science (1989)...

Prof. Dr Salim Abdool Karim

Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Salim Abdool Karim, MBChB, PhD, FRS is director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in...

Prof. Dr Mauro Martins Teixeira

Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) Graduated in medicine from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, 1990), he completed...

Ms Elisabeth Epping

University of Luxembourg Elisabeth Epping holds a PhD position at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Luxembourg. Her research is directed towards...

Prof. Dr E. William Colglazier

Editor-in-Chief, Science & Diplomacy, AAAS, and 4th Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State (2011- 2014), USA Dr. E. William Colglazier is Editor-in-Chief...

Dr Gabriela Bortz

National University of Quilmes, Argentina Gabriela Bortz is a PhD in Social Sciences (Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA, Summa Cum Laude), MA in Science, Technology...

B. Chagun Basha

Founding Member, Science Policy Forum Dr. Basha is a founding member of the Science Policy Forum (SPF), an open independent collaborative platform facilitating stakeholder engagement...

Prof. Dr Ary Plonski

Director, IEA-USP Guilherme Ary Plonski holds master and doctoral degrees in Industrial Engineering, and was a Fulbright Visiting Research Scholarship at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s...

Profile of Confirmed Speakers at InnSciD SP 2020