# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricardo-galvao
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:13:16.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricardo-galvao"
name: "Ricardo Galvão"
slug: "ricardo-galvao"
description: "Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão is a prominent Brazilian physicist and engineer, formerly the Director-General of the National Institute for Space Research. He is a full Professor of the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo, member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, fellow of the Institute of Physics and councilman of the European Physical Society. Galvão has occupied major positions within the Brazilian Physics community such as the presidency of the Brazilian Physical Society (2013–2016) and the directorship of the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (2004–2011)."
tagline: "Brazilian physicist, engineer and Federal Deputy of Brazil since 2025 (born 1947)"
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  isoCode: "BR"
category:
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birthDate: "1947-12-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump