
José Goldemberg (born in
Santo Ângelo
Santo Ângelo is a municipality located in northwestern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It has about 77,568 inhabitants (according to 2020 IBGE estimate) and the total area of the municipality is about 679 km². It borders Giruá to the no ...
, May 27, 1928) is a Brazilian
physicist, university educator, scientific leader and research
scientist. He is a leading expert on energy and environment issues.
Goldemberg earned his
Ph.D. in physical science from the
University of São Paulo where he served as
rector
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and full professor from 1986 to 1989. From 1983 to 1986 he directed the Energy Company of the State of São Paulo. From 1990 to 1992 he served the federal government in various capacities: as the Secretary of State for Science and Technology he modernized the information systems; as interim Secretary of the Environment he administered Brazil's participation in the 1992
Earth Summit in
Rio de Janeiro; and as Minister of Education he prepared the proposal to Congress resulted in autonomy for federal universities. He has authored many technical papers and books on
nuclear physics,
environment, and
energy and has served as president of the
Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science. Goldemberg also served as chairman of the editorial board (1998–2000) and a lead author of the
UNDP World Energy Assessment.
External links
Biography from the website of the Sustainable Energy Institute*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070927222919/http://www.abc.org.br/sjbic/curriculo.asp?consulta=goldemberg Biography from the website of Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Education Ministers of Brazil
Ministers of Science and Technology of Brazil
People from Rio Grande do Sul
Living people
1928 births
Brazilian nuclear physicists
Brazilian Jews
Jewish physicists
Members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Recipients of the Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil)
University of São Paulo alumni
University of São Paulo faculty
Brazilian environmentalists
People associated with energy
Presidents of the Brazilian Physical Society
Health ministers of Brazil
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