Space Chief Appointed New Science Minister

摘要

Marco Antonio Raupp, currently president of the Brazilian Space Agency, will become his nation's new minister of science, technology, and innovation on 24 January. Raupp, 73, has more than 40 years of experience in research, a sharp contrast from his predecessor Aloizio Mercadante, an economist and leading figure in the governing Worker's Party who never received wide support from Brazil's scientific community. A native of the relatively developed south of the country, Raupp graduated in physics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and got his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago. He has taught at universities in Brazil's three most important cities: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Brasilia.