Marcelo Knobel
Marcelo Knobel (born 18 July 1968) is an Argentine-born Brazilian physicist and professor who serves as executive-director of The World Academy of Sciences.[1] A member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, he also served as rector of the State University of Campinas from 2017 to 2021.[2]
Biography
[edit]Born in Buenos Aires, Knobel and his family moved to Campinas to flee the Argentine military dictatorship. His father, a former professor at the University of Buenos Aires, continued his academic career at the University of Campinas, where he helped organize the Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry.[3] Knobel studied physics at Unicamp, graduating in 1989. He presented the doctoral thesis Estudo do desenvolvimento de materiais nanocristalinos: magnetismo e estrutura, completed in 1992 under Reiko Sato Turtelli.[4]
He then undertook postdoctoral positions at the Istituto elettrotecnico nazionale Galileo Ferraris (it), in Turin, and at the Instituto de Magnetismo Aplicado of the Complutense University of Madrid.[5] In 1995, he was appointed professor at the Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (pt) of the State University of Campinas. In 2009, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to research nanomagnetism.[6] He serves as editor-in-chief of the science maganize Ciência e Cultura.
In 2007, he was awarded the National Order of Scientific Merit.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Quem é o ex-reitor da Unicamp que assumiu a Academia Mundial de Ciências da Unesco". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2025-01-22. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
- ↑ "Marcelo Knobel é o primeiro brasileiro a dirigir a TWAS". Fundação Conrado Wessel (in Portuguese). 2025-01-22. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
- ↑ "Marcelo Knobel". Unicamp (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
- ↑ Medina, Erik (2015-08-17). "Gente da nossa comunidade: entrevista com o cientista Marcelo Knobel". CNPEM (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-08-23.
- ↑ "Livros de Marcelo Knobel discutem ciência, negacionismo e ensino superior". Unicamp (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
- ↑ "Os brasileiros da bolsa Guggenheim". Revista FAPESP (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-08-23.
- ↑ "Marcelo Knobel é o curador do Prêmio Jabuti Acadêmico pelo segundo ano consecutivo - CBL - Câmara Brasileira do Livro". Câmara Brasileira do Livro. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
- 1968 births
- Scientists from Buenos Aires
- People from Campinas
- Argentine emigrants to Brazil
- Brazilian physicists
- State University of Campinas alumni
- Complutense University of Madrid alumni
- Academic staff of the State University of Campinas
- Members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
- Rectors of the State University of Campinas
- Living people