Gold from the House: IMPA honors employees for their contribution.

IMPA has established itself as one of the largest Brazilian research institutes due to the academic excellence of its research staff and the impact of its activities and research. But IMPA's renown goes beyond that: behind the achievements, a team of professionals strives to build this history every day. This Thursday (22), they were honored by the institution and received gold, silver and bronze diplomas.

With smiles on their faces and much applause from the audience that filled the Ricardo Mañe auditorium, more than 70 employees received their well-deserved diplomas. Gold diplomas were awarded to those who completed 20 years or more of service to the institute; silver diplomas to those who have been with the institution for more than 10 years; and bronze diplomas to those who have been at IMPA for at least five years. Another 30 employees, already retired, will receive gold diplomas.

“I’ve worked here for 21 years and I feel like I’ve matured along with the institute. It’s a wonderful feeling to have been in this institution for so long and to have witnessed so many changes. I really enjoyed the ceremony, firstly for the recognition of being part of IMPA, but also for seeing so many people happy to be recognized as well. It’s very gratifying,” commented Adriana Mattos, who received a gold award.

Researchers Alcides Lins Neto, Alfredo Iusem, and Dan Marchesin, who are concluding their activities at the institute this year, were also honored with an award.

During the ceremony, the institute's director-general, Marcelo Viana, emphasized the importance of each of the teams in keeping the system running smoothly.

“The 70th anniversary celebrations gave us the opportunity to recognize, in a very special way, the fact that IMPA is not just a research institute, but an institution full of people who contribute to the development of this place. It is important that human value is always present in our memory,” said Viana.

Claudio Landim, deputy director of IMPA and general coordinator of OBMEP, dedicated his speech to all collaborators, especially those dedicated to the Olympiad. “It’s difficult to express how pleasant it is to work at IMPA. All employees are concerned with ensuring the institute functions very well! I have a task ahead of me with OBMEP that would be impossible without the entire logistical and academic team of the Olympiad, which helps and makes incredible work possible,” he emphasized.

The workers being honored are part of the institute's past, present, and future.

Check out the full list:

Gold

Adriana Bomfim Mattos

Alexandre Maria de Oliveira

Ana Paula da Fonseca Rodrigues

Andrea Pereira do Nascimento

Carolina Celano Lima

Cristiana Silva Coutinho Marques

Dion Villar Visgueiro

Josenildo Pedro Salustino

Monica Borges Lima Ferreira

Roger de Souza Silva

Ronaldo de Souza Silva

Sonia Maria Alves

Suely Torres de M. dos S. Lima

Silver

Alex Carvalho da Silva

Alex Sandro Pereira Santos

Aline dos Anjos da Silva

Antonio Carlos Oliveira de Araujo

Bruno Correia

Gabriel Castilho de Almeida Cardelli

Gabrielle Mathias Harouche

Geysa Maria Carvalho da Silva

Gisele Laeber Fleitas Serafim

Isabel Treiger Cherques

Juliana Cadilhe Bressan

Leticia Ribas Nascimento

Lucia Henriques Silva

Luiz Lucio Renovato da Conceicao

Marcia Cristina Melo Pimenta Chaves

Marcio Alexandre Soares Dutra

Marcio Jose da Silva Barrozo

Marinete Ferreira de Morais Murtha

Natasha Martins Alevato

Nelly Cristina Carvajal Florez

Ricardo Gomes da Silva

Roberto Leite de Andrade Junior

Roseni Pessoa Victoriano de Souza

Samantha Tosetti Vidigal Nunes

Severino Claudino de Souza

Tatiane Gomes da Silva

Vanderlei Jose dos Santos

Vinicius Correia Silva de Araujo

Bronze

Ana Luisa de Figueiredo de Sousa Machado

Ana Paula Cabral da Costa

Anderson Alexandre Pereira dos Santos

Anderson Fonseca da Silva Bispo

Andre Valerio Pessoa

Barbara Karoly Conceição

Daniel Lins de Albuquerque

Edson Landim de Almeida

Fabio da Mota Rosa

Fabio Silva Barbosa de Souza

Florisvaldo de Souza Junior

Guilherme Devilart Brondi dos Santos

Guilherme Lucio do Nascimento e Silva

Israel Chaves Teixeira

Luis Henrique Porto Marinho

Manuela Dias de Castro Cervo

Marcio Couto Pereira

Monica da Silva Pinto Oliveira

Railton Carvalho Bean

Renan de Oliveira Camargo Marques

Rodrigo Mibielli Peixoto

Rosa Maria Martins Ladeira

Rosane Martins Silva

Sandro Lisboa de Campos

Sergio Pilotto

Sherly Dantas Batista Pinto

Vinicius da Silva Melo

Wladimir da Silva Ribeiro

Outsourced

Inete da Conceição

Paulo Pacheco da Silva

Josilene Profirio de Souza

Vanda Vianna Ananias

Maria Auxiliadora Santos

Gustavo Alves Martins

Newton Washington Pereira Britto

Rui Cesar Dutra

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