Background
Vargas, Jose Israel was born on January 9, 1928 in Paracatu, Minias Gerais.
Vargas, Jose Israel was born on January 9, 1928 in Paracatu, Minias Gerais.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Federal University Minias Gerais, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, 1959.
Director, Institute for Research in Radioactivity, 1962;
member, National Nuclear Energy Commission, 1964;
laboratory researcher, U. Grenoble, France, 1965-1972;
chairman, Technology Center of Minas Gerais, 1975-1979;
vice president, United Nations Advisory Committee on Technology Development, 1980-1985;
professor, Brazilian Center for Research in Physics, since 1988. Visiting professor physical chemistry Federal U. Minas Gerais, 1965-1967. Research leader Atomic Energy Commission, Paris, 1966-1972.
Vice president executive county United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1983-1987.
State secretary for science and technical, Minas Gerais, 1977-1979, secretary for industrial technical, ministry of industry and trade, 1979-1984, minister of state for science and technical, 1992-1994, minister of science and technical, 1994-1998. Member Brazilian Academy of Sciences (vice president since 1984), 3d World Academy of Sciences (vice president since 1988, president).