Fellow
Sial Alcides Nobrega
Professor (retired 2012, Emeritus Professor 2016)
Current nationality
Brazil
Current country of residence
Brazil
Past nationality
Brazil
Biodata
Sial is full professor (retired, 2012; Emeritus Professor, 2016) in the Department of Geology, Federal U. of Pernambuco, Brazil (UFPE). He obtained his PhD from UC Davis (1974) and did postdoctoral work at the U. of Texas at Austin (1977-78), U. of Georgia at Athens (entire 1983, entire 1988) and U. of Wisconsin (2001). He also trained in Portugal, Canada, Japan and Scotland. He founded a Laboratory for Stable Isotope Studies at UFPE, only one in South America with facilities to analyze O isotopes from silicates, and pioneered the use of isotope stratigraphy in S. America. He has received several honours including: Silver Hammer and José Bonifacio Golden Medals (Brazilian Geological Society); Centennial Medal, Engineering School, UFPE; National Order of Scientific Merit commendator and Grao Cruz classes (by President of Brazil decree); special foreign member, Society of Resource Geology, Japan; and foreign member, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Portugal.
Keywords
A.N. Sial; Brazil; Geology; Earth Sciences; Federal University of Pernambuco; LABISE
ELECTED
2009
Place of birth
Recife, Pernambuco
Country of birth
Brazil
DATE OF BIRTH
14
December
1942
Section
06. Earth, Climate & Environmental Sciences
Country where living and working for the majority of the last 10 years
Brazil
Public contact information
EMAIL
sial@ufpe.br
PHONE
+558132210823
ADDRESS
Rua Manoel de Almeida 65 Apt. 501, Graças
Last updated on 12/07/2023