Andreas Trepte represents the institution in Latin America
From left to right: Audy, Costa da Costa, Trepte and Br. Evilázio Photo: Camila Cunha
The leader of the Max Planck Institute for Latin America, based in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Andrea Trepte, was welcomed at the Great Hall of the President’s Office on Jul 2, by the President Br. Dr Evilázio Teixeira, the Vice President Dr Jaderson Costa da Costa and the Superintendent for Innovation and Development of PUCRS, Dr Jorge Audy. On his two-day visit to the University, he visited the Brain Institute of RS (BraIns), the laboratories of the School of Health Sciences and the Science and Technology Park of PUCRS (Tecnopuc).
Trepte also joined a meeting with the president of the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate-level Education(Capes), Dr Abílio Baeta Neves, and with the Director of International Cooperation of Capes, Dr Concepta Pimentel. His visit may serve to foster scientific collaboration agreements as may be required by the institute.
About Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society carries out basic research in the areas of natural sciences, life sciences and humanities. Since it was founded in 1948, it has produced 18 Nobel Prize winners. The Max Planck Society, with its 84 Institutes and facilities, is the international driving force of German science: in addition to five international institutions, it runs 17 other Max Planck Centers with research institutions such as the University of Princeton in the USA and the University of Paris. Sponsored by the federal government, the Max Planck Society had an annual budget of 1,6 billion € in 2016.
