36 Notable alumni of State University of Campinas
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
State University of Campinas is ranked #236 in the world and #2 in Brazil by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 36 notable alumni from State University of Campinas sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with State University of Campinas won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Ivan Vilela
1962-. (aged 64)
composer
guitarist
lutenist
university teacher
Ivan Vilela is a Brazilian composer, arranger, researcher, teacher and viola caipira player. Ivan Vilela is currently a professor at the ECA - School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo. He is the director of the Orquestra Filarmônica de Violas, a Brazilian orchestra composed by Brazilian violas. Ivan Vilela is one of the main ten-string guitarists...
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2. Walter Carnielli
1952-. (aged 74)
university teacher
mathematician
philosopher
Walter Alexandre Carnielli is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, and philosopher, who works as a full professor of Logic at the State University of Campinas. After obtaining his Bachelor and M.Sc. degrees in mathematics at the State University of Campinas, he also obtained his Ph.D. in 1984 there under the supervision of Newton da Costa; subsequently, he worked as a post-doc...
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3. Mauro Galetti
1967-. (aged 59)
biologist
ecologist
writer
Mauro Galetti. is a Brazilian ecologist and conservation biologist. He is a full professor in the Department of Biodiversity at the Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo and has worked at Stanford University, Aarhus University (Denmark) and the University of Miami (USA). He also holds a position as a Courtesy Associated Professor at Florida International University, Miami, FL. Galetti's...
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4. Itala Maria Loffredo D'Ottaviano
1944-. (aged 82)
mathematician
philosopher
Itala Maria Loffredo D'Ottaviano is a Brazilian mathematical logician who was president of the Brazilian Logic Society. Topics in her work have included non-classical logic, paraconsistent logic, many-valued logic, and the history of logic.
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5. Adilson E. Motter
1974-. (aged 52)
physicist
biologist
Adilson E. Motter is the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Physics at Northwestern University, where he has helped develop the concept of synthetic rescue in network biology as well as methods to control the nonlinear dynamics of complex networks. In joint work with Takashi Nishikawa, he discovered the phenomenon of converse symmetry breaking (also referred to as...
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6. Brito Cruz
1956-. (aged 70)
physicist
electronic engineer
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, born in Rio de Janeiro on July 19, 1956, is one of Brazil's most noted physicists and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. The scientific director of the São Paulo Research Foundation and a full professor of quantum electronics at the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brito...
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7. Nancy Garcia
1981-1985 (aged 4)
mathematician
Nancy Lopes Garcia is Professor of Statistics at University of Campinas in Brazil. Her research interests include modeling of and inference for spatial point processes, chains of infinite or variable memory, and inference for functional data.
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8. Celeste Sánchez-Romero
1990-2022 (aged 32)
researcher
Celeste Sánchez Romero was a Mexican dental researcher and federal deputy from the Labor Party (PT) in the first six months of the LXV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. Prior to becoming a legislator, she was an academic researcher.
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9. Néstor Perlongher
1949-1992 (aged 43)
university teacher
writer
poet
essayist
sociologist
Néstor Osvaldo Perlongher was an Argentine poet and anthropologist.
10. Marcos Nogueira Eberlin
1959-. (aged 67)
teacher
chemist
Marcos Nogueira Eberlin is a Brazilian chemist and former professor at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Campinas. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and received the Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit in 2005 and the Thomson Medal in 2016.
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11. Luiz Mott
1946-. (aged 80)
anthropologist
sociologist
university teacher
honorary chairperson
politician
Luiz Roberto de Barros Mott or Luiz Mott in São Paulo, is an anthropologist and a gay rights activist in Brazil.
12. Edmilson Costa
1950-. (aged 76)
university teacher
economist
politician
Edmilson Silva Costa is a Brazilian politician affiliated to the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), serving as the party's General Secretary. He is a Doctor of Economics at the State University of Campinas.
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13. Carlos Lessa
1936-2020 (aged 84)
university teacher
economist
Carlos Francisco Theodoro Machado Ribeiro de Lessa, better known simply as Carlos Lessa was a Brazilian economist and professor.
14. Nelson Prudêncio
1944-2012 (aged 68)
triple jumper
athletics competitor
Nelson Prudêncio was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump. He won silver medals at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games and 1968 Summer Olympics, and a bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Prudêncio was ranked world's #2 in 1968, #3 in 1972, #5 in 1975, and #8 in 1971.
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15. Hélio de Oliveira Santos
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
physician
Hélio de Oliveira Santos is a physician, graduated in the Medical School of the State University of Campinas and specialized in pediatrics, federal representative, and was the mayor of the municipality of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil, from January 2005 to September 2011, when he was impeached. He is affiliated with the Partido Democrático Trabalhista (PDT).
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16. Gustavo Canuto
1949-. (aged 77)
civil servant
engineer
Gustavo Henrique Rigodanzo Canuto is a Brazilian engineer and politician, former Minister of Regional Development.
17. Alysson Muotri
biologist
Alysson Renato Muotri is a Brazilian geneticist and developmental biologist, and a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, where he directs the UCSD Stem-Cell Program. His research focuses on the evolutionary genetics and neuroscience of brain development, using human and "Neanderthalized" brain organoids developed from stem cells. He...
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18. Manuela Carneiro da Cunha
1943-. (aged 83)
anthropologist
university teacher
Manuela Carneiro da Cunha is a Portuguese-Brazilian anthropologist, who is known for her studies of indigenous people in Brazil.
19. Ligia Amadio
1964-. (aged 62)
conductor
Ligia Amadio is a Brazilian conductor, and has been the chief conductor of the Minas Gerais Symphonic Orchestra since March 8, 2023.
20. Petrônio Gontijo
1968-. (aged 58)
film actor
actor
television actor
Petrônio Gontijo de Alvarenga is a Brazilian actor. He has appeared in numerous television series, films, and theater productions throughout his career.
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21. Daniel Everett
1951-. (aged 75)
writer
missionary
linguist
university teacher
Daniel Leonard Everett is an American linguist and author best known for his study of the Amazon basin's Pirahã people and their language.
22. Aloizio Mercadante
1954-. (aged 72)
minister
economist
politician
Aloizio Mercadante Oliva is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the Chief of Staff of Brazil between 2014 and 2015. He was a founder of the Workers' Party in February 1980 and vice-chairman of the party between 1991 and 1999, then state senator from São Paulo between 2003 and 2010. From 2011 to 2012 he was Minister of...
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23. Alexandre Padilha
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
physician
Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha is a Brazilian physician and politician affiliated with the Workers Party (PT). He served as minister of Institutional Relations in the current government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2023 to 2025, a position he previously held from 2009 to 2011. He served as minister of health under Dilma Rousseff from 2011 to 2014....
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24. José Graziano da Silva
1949-. (aged 77)
economist
agronomist
university teacher
politician
José Graziano da Silva is a Brazilian American agronomist and writer. As a scholar, he has authored several books about the problems of agriculture in Brazil. Between 2003 and 2004, Graziano served in the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva cabinet as Extraordinary Minister for Food Security, being responsible for implementing the Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) program, which was a focal...
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25. Satya Nadella
1967-. (aged 59)
chief executive officer
businessperson
electrotechnician
engineer
manager
Satya Narayana Nadella is an American business executive who is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO and John W. Thompson in 2021 as chairman. Before becoming CEO, he was the executive vice president of Microsoft's cloud and enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company's computing platforms.
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26. Marcelo Rubens Paiva
1959-. (aged 67)
writer
journalist
dramaturge
screenwriter
Marcelo Rubens Paiva is a Brazilian novelist, playwright, screenwriter and journalist born in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the son of Rubens Paiva, who was murdered during Brazil's military dictatorship in 1971. The impact of his father's disappearance on his family's life, especially on his mother, Eunice Paiva, is portrayed in his 2015 autobiography Ainda estou aqui, which served as...
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27. Gabriel Braga Nunes
1972-. (aged 54)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Gabriel Braga Nunes is a Brazilian actor, best known for his work in telenovelas, specially Essas Mulheres, Cidadão Brasileiro, Caminhos do Coração and Poder Paralelo. He also stars in Insensato Coração for TV Globo.
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28. Monica Iozzi
1981-. (aged 45)
voice actor
journalist
television presenter
actor
Monica Iozzi de Castro is a Brazilian actress and reporter.
29. Juli Manzi
1976-. (aged 50)
writer
Giuliano Tosin, better known by his stage name Juli Manzi, is a Brazilian musician and biographer.
30. Paulo Renato Souza
1945-2011 (aged 66)
politician
economist
Paulo Renato Costa Souza was a Brazilian economist and politician.
31. Marco Aurélio Garcia
1941-2017 (aged 76)
politician
Marco Aurélio Garcia was a Brazilian politician, as a member of the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores). He was a professor of Latin American History on leave from UNICAMP University and a left idealist. He was previously professor at the Latin American Social Science Faculty of the University of Chile and of the Paris-VIII and Paris-X universities.
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32. Dilma Rousseff
1947-. (aged 79)
economist
Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the only woman to have held the Brazilian presidency to date. Since March 2023, she has been the chair of the New Development Bank. She also served in...
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33. Ricardo Galvão
1947-. (aged 79)
physicist
engineer
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...
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34. Patricia Pranke
1967-. (aged 59)
university teacher
biochemist
Patricia Helena Lucas Pranke is a Brazilian stem cell researcher at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Between 2003 and 2005, Pranke was one of two scientists who helped the Federal Government of Brazil write the National Biosafety Law, regulating research on human embryonic stem cells in Brazil.
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35. Simão Jatene
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
economist
Simão Robison Oliveira Jatene is the former Governor of the Brazilian state of Pará.
36. Tadao Takahashi
1950-2022 (aged 72)
computer scientist
Eduardo Tadao Takahashi was a Brazilian computer scientist and researcher who was credited with contributions toward planning, deployment, and adoption of the internet in Brazil and other Latin American countries. He was a founding director of Brazil's National Research Network (RNP), an academic network that coordinated actions toward setting up the country's national internet backbone. He was inducted into the...
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