Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck

Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck (, rhyming with "hook"; born 3 April 1940) is a Brazilian geologist and professor emeritus at the University of Brasília. Fuck specializes on geochronology and petrology, having written extensively on Precambrian geology.

Biography Born in April 1940 in Linha Serraria, Piratuba, Santa Catarina, he pursued his early education in remote villages in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, following his father, a schoolteacher and occasional accountant. After completing secondary studies in Panambi and Ijuí, he attended the School of Geology at the University of Rio Grande do Sul, where he began his research. Graduating as a geologist in 1963, he was employed by the Government of Ceará for geological surveys and groundwater well exploration. This later led to him meeting his future wife, Isaurinha.