Ricardo Galvão

Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão
Born (1947-12-21)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.[1][2] He is a full Professor of the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo, member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences,[3] fellow of the Institute of Physics and councilman of the European Physical Society.[4] 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).[2][5]

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.[6]

Biography

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.[3]

Professor Galvão has received the following prizes:

Selected papers

  • Galvão, R.M.O.; Cenacchi, G. e Taroni, A. Numerical Computation of Axysymmetric MHD Equilibria without Conducting Shell. Nuclar Fusion, vol. 16, p. 457 - 457, 1976.
  • Coppi, B. ; Galvao, R.M.O.; Pellat, R.; Rosenbluth, M. N.; RUTHERFORD, P. H.. Resistive Internal Kink Modes. Sovietic Journal of Plasma Physics, v. 2, p. 533, 1976
  • Galvao, R.M.O. ; Sakanaka, P. H.; Shigueoka, H.. Influence of Toroidal Effects on the Stability of the Internal Kink Mode. Physical Review Letters, v. 41, p. 870-873, 1978.
  • Elfimov, A. G.; Galvao, R.M.O.; Amarante-Segundo, G.; Nascimento I. C.. Ion Larmour Radius Effect on rf Ponderomotive Forces and Induced Poloidal Flow in Tokamak Plasmas. Physical Review Letters, v. 84, n.6, p. 1200-1203, 2000.

References

  1. ↑ "Ricardo Galvão é nomeado diretor do INPE". Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Com quatro meses de atraso, governo nomeia novo diretor do Inpe". Folha de São Paulo. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Academia Brasileira de Ciências - Membros".
  4. ↑ "EPS Member". Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ata da Reunião de Conselho de 25 de outubro de 2013" (PDF). SBF. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "TCABR - Laboratório de Física de Plasmas (LFP)".
  7. ↑ "ICTP Prize Winner 1984". Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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