Luiz Pinguelli Rosa

Luiz Pinguelli Rosa
Born	(1942-02-19)19 February 1942 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	3 March 2022(2022-03-03) (aged 80) Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Nuclear physicist
Organization	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Luiz Pinguelli Rosa (19 February 1942 – 3 March 2022) was a Brazilian scientist.

Life and career

A nuclear physicist, researcher and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, he was also a scientific leader. He was born in Brazil and lived in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

One of Rosa's fields of activity was renewable energy.

He was also scientifically and politically active in the field of nuclear energy.^[1][2][3]

Rosa died on 3 March 2022, at the age of 80, from COVID-19, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.^[4][5]

References

1. "Academia Brasileira de Ciéncias". Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
2. "Pinguelli Rosa defende política de petróleo e critica setor elétrico - Jornal da Mídia". www.jornaldamidia.com.br. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
3. Long, William R (6 October 1990). "UPDATE / NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION Brazil May Not Have Ended Development of an A-Bomb". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
4. "Físico Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, ex-presidente da Eletrobras, morre de covid". 3 March 2022.
5. "Morre o físico Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, ex-diretor da Coppe e ex-presidente da Eletrobrás". g1. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.