Background
Costa, Luiz Alberto Nicolaci da was born on October 1, 1950 in Rio de Janeiro. Son of Abel Teixeira and Guiomar (Nicolaci) da Costa.
Costa, Luiz Alberto Nicolaci da was born on October 1, 1950 in Rio de Janeiro. Son of Abel Teixeira and Guiomar (Nicolaci) da Costa.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Brandeis U., 1974; Master of Arts, Brandeis U., 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1979.
Senior researcher, Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, since 1979; Forschheimer professor Institute Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1995. Visiting scientist Harvard University-Smithsomian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990-1993, Institute d'Astrophysique, Paris, since 1994, European Southern Observatory Garching, Germany, 1995. Consulting science International Center for Thepretical Physics-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Trieste, Italy, since 1994.
Member American Astro. Society, International Astro. Union (member organizing committee, member of commission 30), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Maria do RosárioDe Campos, June 13, 1972. Children: Pedro Nicolaci, Ana Nicolaci.