Previous Councils
Scientific Council (2020 to 2023)
Chaired by Marcelo Viana.
Life Sciences
Antonio Coutinho
Champalimaud Foundation (Portugal)
Faith Osier
Heidelberg University Hospital (Germany) and KEMRI Wellcome Trust Department of Biosciences (Kenya)
Simon Levin
Princeton University (USA)
Thomas Lovejoy
George Mason University (USA)
Physics
Luiz Davidovich
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Marcela Carena
Departamento de Física Teórica no Fermilab (EUA)
Mathematics
Marcelo Viana
Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
Sun-Yung Alice Chang
Princeton University (USA)
Chemistry
Vanderlan Bolzani
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho em Araraquara (Unesp)
Science Communication
Deborah Bloom
MIT Knight Science Journalism (USA)
Scientific Council (2017 to 2020)
Chaired by Edgar Dutra Zanotto, the first Scientific Council of Serrapilheira from 2017 to 2020 was made up of 11 scientists. The group, composed of both Brazilians and foreigners, was distributed as follows: 50% of the members affiliated with Brazilian institutions, 50% based outside of Brazil.
Biology
Ana Carolina Carnaval
City College of New York
Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira
Universidade Federal de Lavras
Vanessa Sperandio
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Mayana Zatz
Universidade de São Paulo
Engineering
Edgar Dutra Zanotto
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Paulo J. M. Monteiro
University of California, Berkeley
Physics
Luiz Davidovich
Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Geosciences
Cristina P. de Campos
University of Munich
Mathematics
Étienne Ghys
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Amie Wilkinson
University of Chicago
Neuroscience
Stevens Rehen
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Chemistry
Oswaldo Luiz Alves
Universidade de Campinas
Previous Board Members
In the Administrative Board, each member serves a minimum term of three years, and every year a member who has completed this period is replaced. The chair of the Scientific Advisory Board will always be one of the CA members during the time they hold this position.
Edgard Zanotto (from 2017 until 2024)
Universidade Federal de São Carlos Carlos
Fernando Reinach (from 2017 until 2021)
Pitanga Fund
Luiz Orenstein (from 2017 until 2024)
Dynamo Administração de Recursos
Marcelo Viana (from 2020 until 2023)
Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
Pedro Wongtschowski (from 2017 until 2020)
Ultrapar Group