Paulo Eduardo Artaxo Netto

Prof. Paulo Artaxo graduated in Physics from the University of São Paulo (1977), received a Master's degree in Nuclear Physics from the University of São Paulo (1980), and a PhD in Atmospheric Physics from the University of São Paulo (1985). He has worked at NASA (United States), the Max Planck Institute (Germany), and the Universities of Antwerp (Belgium), Lund (Sweden), and Harvard (United States). He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the Institute of Physics at the University of São Paulo (USP). He focuses on physics applied to environmental problems, focusing primarily on global climate change, the Amazon environment, atmospheric aerosol physics, urban air pollution, and other topics. He is a full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC), the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and the São Paulo State Academy of Sciences (ACIESP). He has published 519 scientific papers and presented over 1,200 papers at international scientific conferences. He has 75,512 citations on Google Scholar, with a Google Scholar H-index of 130. His work has been cited 61,656 times on Research Gate, with an H-index of 123. He has published 35 papers in Science and Nature journals. He has coordinated seven FAPESP thematic projects and two CNPq Millennium Institutes, and is a member of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and several other international scientific panels. He is a member of the coordination committee of the FAPESP Program on Global Climate Change and a member of the INCT Climate Change. He represented the scientific community at CONAMA from 2015 to 2019. He is vice-president of the SBPC, a member of the ACIESP board, a member of the SBF board, and president of the IPAM board. In 2004, he received a vote of commendation from the Brazilian Senate for his scientific work on the environment in the Amazon. In 2006, he was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. He is a member of the IPCC team that was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2007, he received the TWAS Earth Sciences Prize and the 2007 Dorothy Stang Prize in Sciences and Humanities. In 2009, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree from Stockholm University, Sweden. In 2010, he received the Fissan-Pui-TSI Award from the International Aerosol Research Associations. He also received the National Order of Scientific Merit in 2010 as a Commander and in 2018 as a Grand Cross. In 2016, he received the Admiral Álvaro Alberto Award from the CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development), the Navy, the MCTI (Municipal Institute of Science and Technology), and the Conrad Wessel Foundation. He is a CNPq Researcher Emeritus. In 2017, he received the Globo Faz a Diferença Award. In 2022, he received the CONFAP Science and Technology Award. In 2024, he received the PIFI Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was included in the Clarivate Analytics list as one of the top 1 of most cited researchers worldwide in 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020. In 2022 and 2023, he was the most cited Brazilian scientist in the environmental field, according to Research.com. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Amazon Fund (COFA), the management committee of the National Environmental Fund (FNMA), and the National Council for Science and Technology (CNCT). He also serves on the Steering Committees of CNPEM, IBICT, and CEMADEM. He coordinates the Center for Sustainable Amazon Studies (CEAS) at USP. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)