Carlos Alexandre Netto
PhD in Biochemistry (UFPR)
Full Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at UFRGS. Graduated in Medicine (1982), with a Master's (1984) and a PhD (1987) degrees in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and a Postdoctoral Fellow from the University of London (1989-1991). He received the Moinho Santista Youth Award in 1986. He has been a Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences since 2014 and received the National Order of Scientific Merit by the MCTI in 2018. He is responsible for the disciplines: Topics in Learning and Memory; Cerebral Ischemia; History of Neuroscience. He also coordinates Special Topics courses on: Effects of COVID-19 on the CNS; Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. He supervises Master's and PhD students in animal experimentation projects in neonatal hypoxia-ischemia and cerebral ischemia, with a focus on neurodegeneration and neuroprotection, including molecular, metabolic, cellular, tissue and behavioral aspects. He also supervises pre-clinical and clinical projects on COVID-19. Dr Netto coordinates the National Institute of Research and Technology on Brain Health, supported by CNPq (INCT # 406020/2022).