Adalberto Luis Val

Adalberto Luis Val, a senior researcher with INPA-Brazilian National Institute for Research of the Amazon since 1981, studies biological adaptations of fish of the Amazon, including effects of climate changes, to support biodiversity conservation programs, food security efforts and fish farming. He supervised 120+ students and authored 220+ articles and book chapters. Among his books are Fishes of the Amazon, Springer Verlag (1995) and The Physiology of Tropical Fishes, Academic Press (2006). He delivered 150+ seminars and conferences worldwide. He acted as a General Director of INPA/MCTI for eight years (2006-2014) and is coordinating the INCT ADAPTA Project. His laboratory has been supported by Brazilian funding agencies (CNPq, CAPES, FAPEAM) and foreign organizations (Copper Association, The Leverhulme Trust). He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and has been awarded the Gran Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil) and the Award of Excellence of the American Fisheries Society-Physiology Section (USA), among others.