Paulo Eduardo Artaxo Netto

Professor Paulo Artaxo graduated in Physics from the University of São Paulo (1977), obtained a master's degree in Nuclear Physics from USP (1980), and a doctorate in Atmospheric Physics from USP (1985). He has worked at NASA (United States), the Max Planck Institute (Germany), and the universities of Antwerp (Belgium), Lund (Sweden), and Harvard (United States). He is currently a full professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the Physics Institute of USP. He works with physics applied to environmental problems, focusing mainly on global climate change, the environment on the Amazon, atmospheric aerosol physics, urban air pollution, and other topics. He is a full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC), the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo (ACIESP). He has published 529 scientific papers and presented more than 1200 papers at international scientific conferences. He has 77,679 citations on Google Scholar, with an H-index of 132. He has 63,296 citations of his work on ResearchGate, with an H-index of 124. He has published 35 papers in journals from the Science and Nature groups. He coordinated seven FAPESP thematic projects and two CNPq Millennium Science Institutes, is a member of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and serves on several other international scientific panels. He is a member of the coordination team for the FAPESP Program on Global Climate Change and a member of the INCT Climate Change. He was a representative of the scientific community on CONAMA from 2015 to 2019. He is a former vice-president of SBPC (2021-2025), a member of the ACIESP and SBF Councils, and president of the IPAM Council. In 2004, he received an award from the Brazilian Senate for his scientific contributions to environmental research in the Amazon. In 2006, he was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a member of the IPCC team, which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2007, he received the TWAS Earth Sciences Prize and the Dorothy Stang Prize in Science and Humanities. In 2009, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Philosophy from Stockholm University, Sweden. In 2010, he received the Fissan-Pui-TSI Prize from the International Aerosol Research Association. He also received the Order of National Scientific Merit in 2010, as a Commander, and in 2018, as a Grand Cross. In 2016, he received the Admiral Álvaro Alberto Prize, awarded by CNPq, the Navy, MCTI, and the Conrad Wessel Foundation. In 2017, he received the Globo Faz a Diferença Award. In 2022, he received the CONFAP Science and Technology Award. In 2024, he received the PIFI Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2025, he received the CBMM Science Award. He was included in Clarivate Analytics' list of the top 1 most-cited researchers worldwide over the last decade. In 2022 and 2023, he was the most cited Brazilian scientist in the environmental field, according to Research.com. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Amazon Fund (COFA), the Management Committee of the National Environment Fund (FNMA), and the National Council for Science and Technology (CNCT). He is also a member of the Steering Committee of CNPEM, IBICT, and CEMADEM. He coordinates the Center for Sustainable Amazon Studies (CEAS) at USP. He is part of the Scientific Council of COP-30 (Source: Lattes Curriculum)