Milton Thiago de Mello

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Milton Thiago de Mello
Born (1916-02-05) February 5, 1916 (age 108)
NationalityBrazilian
Alma materEscola Nacional de Medicina Veterinária, 1946,
D.Sc, Microbiology, Rio de Janeiro
Known forFounding Brazilian primatology
AwardsGrã-Cruz Medal of Merit
Scientific career
Fields Primatology, Veterinary
Medicine and Conservation
Institutions University of Brasília

Milton Thiago de Mello (born February 5, 1916) is a veterinarian and the dean of Brazilian primatology. He is a strong voice for biological conservation of Brazil's megadiverse flora and fauna.

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As a professional veterinarian and zoological researcher, de Mello has received awards and distinctions from many governments and organizations, such as from the Comité Français de l’Association Mondiale Vétérinaire, the World Veterinary Epidemiology Society, the Sociedad Colombiana de Primatologia and the John Guggenhiem Memorial. He is an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Veterinary Sciences of London, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the New York Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the Medal of Merit in Veterinary Medicine, at the highest level (Grã-Cruz). He is a consultant with the Pan-American Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Agency of the United Nations. He belongs to more than 30 Brazilian and international scientific societies, of which he has helped found 14 and served as an official of at least 12. He is the author of numerous books and over 150 scientific papers on primates, brucellosis, bubonic plague, medical mycology, the teaching of veterinary medicine, and the environmental crisis in Brazil and other countries.

The recently founded Milton Thiago de Mello Environmental Institute, in Sobradinho, Distrito Federal, Brazil, is named after him.

Almost all Brazilian primatologists have, at one time or another, studied under de Mello.

He turned 100 in February 2016. [1]

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References

  1. "Professor que 'lançou' penicilina no Brasil faz 100 anos e publica livro" (in Portuguese). globo.com. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

Milton Thiago de Mello biography at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, on-line at: