Ésper Abrão Cavalheiro

ESPER ABRAO CAVALHEIRO, DOCTOR IS PROFESSOR EMERITUS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY OF THE PAULISTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE BRAZILIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AGAINST EPILEPSY, OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF EPILEPSY. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF CNPQ AND SECRETARY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE FORUM OF DEANS FOR RESEARCH AND POSTGRADUATIONS OF BRAZIL, COORDINATOR OF THE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM IN NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE AT UNIFESP, BRAZIL AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL. HE DEVELOPS RESEARCH IN NEUROSCIENCES WITH A FOCUS ON THE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE MAIN NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, AN AREA IN WHICH IT HAS PUBLISHED MORE THAN 500 ARTICLES IN SPECIALIZED JOURNALS, IN ADDITION TO BOOK CHAPTERS AND PUBLISHED BOOKS. SUPERVISED MASTER'S DISSERTATIONS AND DOCTORATE THESIS IN THE AREAS OF MEDICINE AND PHYSIOLOGY. HE HAS RECEIVED AWARDS AND/OR HONORS, AMONG WHICH ARE HIGHLY OUT THE GRAND CROSS OF THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL ORDER OF SCIENTIFIC MERIT AND THE TITLE OF COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF RIO BRANCO, BRAZIL. HE WORKED AS AN ADVISOR AT THE CENTER FOR MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC STUDIES IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION WHERE HE LEADED STRATEGIC PROSPECTION STUDIES IN VARIOUS AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2015 HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL OF THE APAE INSTITUTE OF SÃO PAULO. IN 2013, HE ACTD AS DEAN OF PLANNING AT UNIFESP, A POSITION HE HOLD UNTIL APRIL 2017, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CNPEM AND IS A MEMBER OF THE SUPERIOR COUNCIL OF THE PÉTER MURÁNYI FOUNDATION. HE ASSUMED DEPUTY DEAN OF POSTGRADUATE AND RESEARCH AT UNIFESP IN MAY 2017. HE WORKED AS A RESEARCHER AT CNPEM BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2018 UNTIL MARCH 2020. HE COORDINATED THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE (INNT) OF WHICH HE IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE PIs. HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR PREPARING THE NATIONAL POSTGRADUATE PLAN (PNPG 2025-2029). SINCE 2024, HE IS ACTING AS ADVISOR TO THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR OF FAPESP. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)