Curriculum Vitae
University Education
- BA Geology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, 1973.
- Doctor Rerum Naturae, Ludwig Maximillians University (LMU), Munich, Germany 1981, for a thesis on applied Crystallography
Professional/Scientific Positions 1983- 2016
2005-2016
- 2015-2016 Ellected Member of the Advisory Committee of the DMG (German Mineralogical Society)
- 2013-2014 Visiting Professor at the GeoCenter Munich (LMU / TUM) Germany
- Research Project Magma Rheology and Mixing: Paraná-Etendeka basalts and rhyolites in Brazil
- Coursera –MOOC Team - LMU
- Professor of Petrology – GeoCenter Munich (LMU / TUM) Germany
- Head of research unit Magma Mixing; Projects: INGV Italy; Snake River Drilling NSF; DFG
1998 – 2004
- Since 2003 retired as Full Professor (Geology) UFRJ
- 2000-2004 - Research Project Manager, Department of Geology, Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, (UFRJ)
- Full Professor (Igneous Petrology) at the GMP - UnB (University of Brasília, Brazil)
1993-1998
- X-ray fluorescence Lab – Dept. of Geology - UFRJ
- Full Professor (Igneous Petrology, Crystallography, Field Work)
- Visiting Professor at the Dep. of Geochemistry - Univ. of Utrecht / Holland. Lecturer for Microanalysis
- Visiting Professor at the Dep. of Geochemistry and Economic Geology (IAAG LMU), Munich, Germany
- Since 1993 - Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences – ABCNational Research Council of Brazil (CNPq) several research grants
- Chair of institutional research projects UFRJ
- Assistant to the Faculty’s Dean for external activities of the UFRJ
1983 – 1993
- Chair: Microprobe and X-Ray labs / Dep.Geo. UFRJ
- Co-advisor of 15 PhD thesis and several Diplom thesis from the IAAG - LMU
- DFG and Volkswagenstiftung projects, together with K.Weber-Diefenbach, B.Lammerer.and F. Söllner
- Chair Post-Graduated Courses of Geology UFRJ
- Several invited lectures
- Visiting researcher at the IAAG (LMU / Munich)
- Advisor for the Braz. Ministery of Science and Technology (trip to France, Holland, Japan and USA)
- Aim: to equip top Geology Inst.s in Brazil with scientific equipments, including 3 microprobe labs
- Visiting researcher at the Tropics Research Inst. (Lisbon, Portugal)
- Chair Post-Graduated Courses of Geology UFRJ
Other Scientific Activities
- Advisor - 14 PhD thesis. (UFRJ=11); (Univ. of São Paulo/USP=1); Univ. of Utrecht / Holland=2, together with Simon Vriend. All concluded.
- Supervision of Final Honour thesis: > 15 (UFRJ and UnB). All concluded.
Consulting Positions
- Mining Companies: CPRM (Geological Survey of Brazil), UNANGEM, Braminex; Research Institutes: CBPF, UFES
Educational and Research Exchange Projects
- Ludwig Maximillians University, (LMU), Munich, Germany, since 1983
- 1992-2001 Faculty of Earth Sciences - University of Utrecht, Holland