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Presently Full Professor (retired) at University of São Paulo and works in the Graduate Program of the São Carlos Federal University guiding master and doctoral students. President of the International Institute for Ecology and Environmental Management Association (IIEGA) and a researcher at the International Institute for Ecology (IEE). Invited professor at the University of São Paulo Institute for Advanced Studies. Full Professor at the Feevale University (Novo Hamburgo, RS) working at the Graduate Program of Environmental Quality, guiding master and doctoral students and teaching the Theoretical Ecology and Environmental Monitoring courses. Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the Ecology Institute - Excellence in Ecology faculty (Germany). Specialist in Ecology and Limnology with emphasis on Management and Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems. Consultant in 40 countries in different areas of Limnology, management of water resources, recovery of lakes and reservoirs and the planning and optimization of reservoir multiple uses. Presently directs a worldwide international program for capacitation of water resources managers for IAP (InterAcademy Pannel) that represents 100 Science Academies. Consultant for various Water Resources Management projects of the International Institute for Ecology and Environmental Management Association. Published 30 books and has l in press. Published 320 scientific papers and earned awards in Brazil and abroad. Guided 40 Master and 35 Doctoral students in Ecology, Limnology, Oceanography, Water Resources Management and Environmental Management. President of CNPq, Brazil (1995-1999) and counsellor of the Minister of Science and Technology Ronaldo Sandenberg from 1999 to 2001. Was President of the Millenium Institutes Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology. In 1999 founded the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Economical Development of the Municipality of São Carlos.



Marcos Cortesão Barnsley Scheuenstuhl



Economist graduated in 1988 from the State University of Rio de Janeiro. Later obtained his Master's degree at the same university and then went for a Ph.D. at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. For many years, worked at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, focusing on Higher Education Policies and Funding of Higher Education in Latin America. Also worked for the Inter-Union Department for Socioeconomic Studies and Statistics, where developed studies on the Brazilian national financial system. He also served as an adviser to the Rector of the State University of Rio de Janeiro. Throughout his professional career, he has dedicated much attention to institutional capacity building and networking. In 2000, he was invited to help organize the Office of International Affairs of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Within the Office, he took responsibility over the Americas, playing a role in the structuring of the Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS), where he served as Executive Director from the establishment of the network up until 2010. When in 2004 the Brazilian Academy of Sciences was designated lead Academy to the Water Programme of the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP), he served as Programme Director. In addition to the work he develops within the international scenario of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, he also plays an active role in the coordination of several national programs and initiatives, most of these in the areas of Science Education, Health and Environmental Issues. Much of his work presently focusses in the development of Science-Policy and Science-Business interfaces.