Ricardo Galvão
| Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão | |
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| Born |
December 21, 1947 Itajubá |
| Residence | Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Awards | ICTP Prize (1984), National Order of Scientific Merit, Carneiro Felippe Medal (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plasma physics |
| Institutions | University of São Paulo, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, University of Campinas |
| Thesis | Non-Circular Cross-Section Tokamaks |
| Doctoral advisor | Bruno Coppi |
Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão (Itajubá, December 21, 1947) is a prominent Brazilian physicist and engineer, currently the Director-General of the National Institute for Space Research. He is a full Professor of the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo, member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, fellow of the Institute of Physics and councilman of the European Physical Society. Galvão has occupied major positions within the Brazilian Physics community such as the presidency of the Brazilian Physical Society (2013-2016) and the directorship of the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (2004-2011).
Galvão's research is primarily devoted to plasma physics and thermonuclear magnetic fusion. He served as a board member for Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (1995-2005) and headed the Plasma Physics Laboratory of the University of São Paulo (2000-2016), where he oversaw the operation of the TCABR tokamak.
Ricardo Galvão has received the titles of telecommunications engineer (Fluminense Federal University, 1969), master of sciences (University of Campinas, 1972) and PhD (MIT, 1976). He has been an assistant professor at University of Campinas from 1971 to 1982, adjoint professor at the University of São Paulo from 1983 to 1991, and a full professor from 1991 on at the University of São Paulo. Also, he has been a researcher at Centro Técnico Aeroespacial from 1982 to 1986.
Professor Galvão has received the following prizes:
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