President, Argentina National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
Member, IAC Board
Besides being the president of the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Argentina, Eduardo H. Charreau is Senior Investigator of the National Research Council. He obtained his PhD in Chemistry than Buenos Aires University and began his scientific career under the supervision of Bernardo Houssay, the first Nobel Prize laureate to South America. He developed his post-doctoral studies at the Department of Biochemistry at Harvard Medical Scholl. Charreau is a well-known Argentinean molecular endocrinologist, whose research includes important observations in receptor regulation and function on normal physiological and pathological states. From 1960 to 2006 he worked as Instructor, Assistant, Associate and Full Professor at the Department of Biological Chemistry of the Buenos Aires University. He was president of the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) in the period of 2002 to 2008. Presently, he is the Director of the Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine – IBYME (CONICET), a prestigious center of reference in molecular endocrinology. Charreau has occupied important positions in prestigious institutions such as the Argentine-Brazil Biotechnology Center; the Pan-American Federation of Associations for the Advancement of Sciences; and the Argentinean Association for the Advancement of Sciences. Charreau is a member of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), of the Argentinean National Academy of Medicine, and of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Córdoba. He has published about two hundred scientific articles in international magazines, having also received important national and international prizes and distinctions such as the "Master of Argentina Medical Sciences", the TWAS Award in Medical Sciences, the " Order of Rio Branco in Commander's degree" granted by the Brazilian Government, the "l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques as Chevalier” granted by the French government and the 2008 Konex Award in Public Administration.