Hernan Chaimovich


	Hernan Chaimovich is the current president of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), vice-president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from USP's Institute of Chemistry (IQ-USP), where he became a full professor in 1984. He developed a line of research studying the effect of interfaces on the chemical and biological reactivity using micelles and vesicles as models. Along with his students and collaborators, he has contributed to the understanding of the kinetic and mechanistic effects of supramolecular aggregates in chemistry and biology. Professor Chaimovich graduated in biochemistry from the Universidad de Chile in 1962. From 1965 to 1966 and from 1966 to 1967 he was an associate researcher at the University of California Santa Barbara and at Harvard University. Professor Chaimovich participated in the creation of an interdisciplinary graduate course in biotechnology at USP and of the undergraduate program in molecular sciences at USP. He has been the university's provost for research, director of the IQ-USP and vice-director of the IEA-USP.

Hernan Chaimovich is the current president of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), vice-president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from USP's Institute of Chemistry (IQ-USP), where he became a full professor in 1984. He developed a line of research studying the effect of interfaces on the chemical and biological reactivity using micelles and vesicles as models. Along with his students and collaborators, he has contributed to the understanding of the kinetic and mechanistic effects of supramolecular aggregates in chemistry and biology. Professor Chaimovich graduated in biochemistry from the Universidad de Chile in 1962. From 1965 to 1966 and from 1966 to 1967 he was an associate researcher at the University of California Santa Barbara and at Harvard University. Professor Chaimovich participated in the creation of an interdisciplinary graduate course in biotechnology at USP and of the undergraduate program in molecular sciences at USP. He has been the university's provost for research, director of the IQ-USP and vice-director of the IEA-USP.