About Glaci Zancan
Lived 1935 – 2007 (aged 71). Glaci Zancan was a Brazilian biochemist and chemist.
Glaci Teresinha Zancan (16 August 1935 – 29 June 2007) was a Brazilian biochemist, president of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of the Science (SBPC) from 1999 to 2003. She made her post doctorate at the University of Buenos Aires, when working with Luis Federico Leloir, Nobel prize of Medicine of 1970.
She established herself in Curitiba, being professor of the Federal University of Paraná. She chaired the Brazilian Society of Biochemistry, vice-president of the SBPC from 1995 to 1999 and later president from 1999 to 2003. In her last years of life, she was member of the CAPES higher board and of the Education Council of the State of Paraná.
Honours She received in 2000 the Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit.
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Who was Glaci Zancan?
Brazilian biochemist (1935–2007)
When was Glaci Zancan born?
Glaci Zancan was born on 16 August 1935 in São Borja.
When did Glaci Zancan die?
Glaci Zancan died on 29 June 2007 in Criciúma.
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Glaci Zancan was a biochemist and chemist.
What nationality was Glaci Zancan?
Glaci Zancan was Brazilian.
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