The Brazilian Academy of Sciences ( or ABC) is the national academy of Brazil. It is headquartered in the city of Rio de Janeiro and was founded on May 3, 1916. Publications It publishes a large number of scientific publications, among them the Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (2020 IF 1.280). People Presidents 1916–1926 Henrique Charles Morize 1926–1929 Juliano Moreira 1929–1931 Miguel Osório de Almeida 1931–1933 Eusébio Paulo de Oliveira 1933–1935 Arthur Alexandre Moses 1935–1937 Álvaro Alberto da Mota e Silva 1937–1939 Adalberto Menezes de Oliveira 1939–1941 Inácio Manuel Azevedo do Amaral 1941–1943 Arthur Alexandre Moses 1943–1945 Cândido Firmino de Melo Leitão 1945–1947 Mario Paulo de Brito 1947–1949 Arthur Alexandre Moses 1949–1951 Álvaro Alberto da Mota e Silva 1951–1965 Arthur Alexandre Moses 1965–1967 Carlos Chagas Filho 1967–1981 Aristides Pacheco Leão 1981–1991 Maurício Peixoto 1991–1993 Oscar Sala 1993–2007 Eduardo Krieger 2007–2016 Jacob Palis Jr. 2016– Luiz Davidovich Notable members ABC has a distinguished array of national and international members, among them: Alain Meunier Alfred Maddock Alvaro Penteado Crosta Amir Ordacgi Caldeira Aziz Nacib Ab'Saber Carl Djerassi Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz Charles D. Michener Chen Ning Yang Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Constantino Tsallis Crodowaldo Pavan D. Allan Bromley David Goldstein David Henry Peter Maybury-Lewis Edmundo de Souza e Silva Eduardo Moacyr Krieger Eduardo Oswaldo Cruz Ernst Wolfgang Hamburger Harold Max Rosenberg Henry Taube Jayme Tiomno Jean-Christophe Yoccoz Jens Martin Knudsen João Lucas Marques Barbosa John Campbell Brown José Goldemberg José Leite Lopes Liu Hsu Luiz Pinguelli Rosa Marcia C. Barbosa Marco Antonio Zago Marcos Moshinsky Maurício Rocha e Silva Mayana Zatz Mildred S. Dresselhaus Nicole Marthe Le Douarin Nivio Ziviani Norman Ernest Borlaug Nuno Alvares Pereira Oscar Sala Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa Peter H. Raven Pierre Gilles de Gennes Ricardo Renzo Brentani Richard Darwin Keynes Richard Williams Sérgio Henrique Ferreira Simon Schwartzman Stanley Kirschner Walter S. Leal Warwick Estevam Kerr William Sefton Fyfe References External links List of publications 1916 establishments in Brazil Brazil Scientific organisations based in Brazil Scientific organizations established in 1916 Members of the International Council for Science Organisations based in Rio de Janeiro (city) Members of the International Science Council