Ivã Gurgel Guest Researcher from Brazil
Ivã Gurgel will be a Guest Researcher at the Niels Bohr Archive from November 2024 to October 2025. He is a professor at the Physics Institute of the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Physics in 2004 and a M.Sc. in Physics Teaching in 2006, he in 2010 earned a PhD in Science Education from USP. He completed his doctoral internship at SPHERE in Paris. An expert on the history of physics in the 19th and 20th centuries, Ivã Gurgel specializes in the history of high-energy physics and the history of science in Brazil. At USP, he coordinates the Theory and History of Contemporary Science Group as well as the Historical Collection of the Physics Institute. During his time at the Niels Bohr Archive he will be focusing on Niels Bohr's contributions to the early years of CERN.