Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz
- January 9, 2024
- Physicist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Date Of Birth | Jul 19, 1956(1956-07-19) |
| Age | 68 |
| Country | Brazil |
| Birth City | Rio de Janeiro |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz Biography
| Name | Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz |
| Birthday | Jul 19 |
| Birth Year | 1956 |
| Home Town | Rio de Janeiro |
| Birth Country | Brazil |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz is one of the most popular and richest Physicist who was born on July 19, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 19, 1956. He is a well-known Brazilian physicist and member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Brito Cruz is the scientific director of Sao Paulo Research Foundation, (FAPESP), and a full professor of quantum electronic at the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute (UNICAMP). He uses femtosecond-lasers to study ultrafast phenomena.
He was Visiting Professor at Laboratoire de Physique des Solides de l’Universite de Paris V in 1989; in 1990 he worked as a researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. He was promoted to Professor MS6 at UNICAMP in 1994, and he continues to hold this title.
From 1995 to 1999 he was vice-president of the Brazilian Physical Society (SBF); he has served as editor of the Revista Brasileira de Física Aplicada e Instrumentação. He was also coordinator or director of several events sponsored by the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste and was a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Optical Society of America. In 2010 Brito Cruz was a member of the 12-member special committee formed by the Inter Academy Council, at the request of the U.N. Secretary General, to review the procedures of IPCC.
He is a member of the Superior Council of FAPESP, has been its President twice (1996–98 and 1998-2000), and since April 2005 he has been its Scientific Director. FAPESP is a foundation that is supported by São Paulo taxpayers and that is one of Brazil’s leading funders of scientific research. At FAPESP he oversees the review of 18,000 research proposals every year. Under his direction FAPESP has supported research in all scientific disciplines and organized special programs in Bioenergy and Global Climate Change.
He was awarded the Premio UNICAMP de Incentivo a Pesquisa (UNICAMP Prize for Incentive in Research), in 1983 by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico. He was awarded UNICAMP’s Premio Zeferino Vaz in 1998.
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Physicist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz is one of the richest Physicist from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Brito Cruz started his studies in electrical engineering at the Instituto Tecnologico da Aeronautica in 1974. He received his degree in 1978. He was awarded a M.Sc. He received a M.Sc. in Physics in 1980, and a D.Sc. in Physics in 1983. Both degrees were obtained from the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (State University at Campinas), also known as UNICAMP.
He was a researcher at Istituto Latino Americano Laboratorio de Optica Quantic in Rome from 1981 to 1982. In 1986, he was named “Professor MS4” in Physics by UNICAMP. He was a researcher in the AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel (New Jersey) between 1986 and 1987. He was named “Professor MS5” in Physics by UNICAMP in 1989.
He was Director of the Physics Institute at UNICAMP from 1991 to 1994 and from 1998 to the present. He was Dean of Research at UNICAMP from 1994 to 1998, and from April 2002 to April 2005 was Rector of UNICAMP.
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Brito Cruz gave the keynote address at a 2012 event at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. He argued that Brazil needs not only higher funding levels for university-level research, but also “more institutions devoted to higher learning and research, with more researchers. Per million inhabitants, Brazil has one-fourth the number of researchers compared to Spain, and one-eighth the number in South Korea.” He suggested that the establishment of new universities financed by federal-state collaboration could result in “institutions that rank among the hundred best in the world in ten years” and could create “opportunities for more young people while developing science and technology in Brazil.”
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