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Carlos Chagas Filho

1910-09-12 – 2000-02-16

Carlos Chagas Filho em 1973Credit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

Carlos Chagas Filho (September 10, 1910 – February 16, 2000) was a Brazilian physician, biologist and scientist active in the field of neuroscience. He was internationally renowned for his investigations on the neural mechanisms underlying the phenomenon of electrogenesis by the electroplaques of electric fishes. He was also an important scientific leader, being one of the founders of the Biophysics Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and was also a president for 16 years of the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (1965–1967).

Occupation & Career

neuroscientist, university teacher, physician, biophysicist

Education

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

TWAS fellow; National Order of Scientific Merit; Guggenheim Fellowship; doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris; honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux; Anísio Teixeira Award; Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise; Prix mondial Cino Del Duca

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Anísio Teixeira Award · doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris · Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise · Guggenheim Fellowship · honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux · National Order of Scientific Merit · Prix mondial Cino Del Duca · TWAS fellow

Employer

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Organizations & Memberships

Académie Nationale de Médecine · Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Philosophical Society · Brazilian Academy of Letters · Brazilian Academy of Sciences · Brazilian National Academy of Medicine · Buenos Aires National Academy of Medicine · French Academy of Sciences · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · International Academy of the History of Science · Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti · Pontifical Academy of Sciences · Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium · The World Academy of Sciences