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Marcia Barbosa
Brazil
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
Description
A full professor of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), a 1A
researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq),
a full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC), and the World Academy of
Sciences (TWAS).
In 2020, she was recognized by UN Women as one of the women who changed the world
with science and by Forbes Magazine as one of the 20 most powerful women in Brazil.
In 2021, she was awarded the Silvio Torres Medal by the Research Support Foundation
of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Fapergs).
For her work in favor of Brazilian science, she received the Medal of Scientific Merit in
the rank of Commander from the Presidency of the Federative Republic of Brazil in 2018.
Her advocacy for Brazilian postgraduate education earned her the AnÃsio Teixeira Award
in 2016, granted by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education
Personnel (Capes). For her study of water anomalies, she received the L'Oréal-UNESCO
For Women in Science Award and the Claudia Science Award, both in 2013. She was
awarded the Nicholson Medal by the American Physical Society in 2009 for her work
towards more women in science
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