LUIZ AUGUSTO L. da SILVA (L. A. L. da SILVA)
Studying Astronomy since 1973
Amateur astronomer from 1973 until 1986, working with variable stars, Juiter’s satellites, solar observations in white light, deep sky objects, meteor showers, total and grazing lunar occultations, and asteroidal occultations. In 1984 he was pioneer in observing a grazing lunar occultation at Porto Alegre city, at Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC) observatory.
Physicist and Astronomer
Professor
Science divulgator through newspapers, radio and TV stations, and Internet, since 1979, occupying a pole position in this area in the south brazilian cultural community.
Author
Lecturer
Researcher (current interest: astrobiology)
Former president of Brazilian Union of Astronomy (1983-1984)
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper COSMOS (1991-1998)
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the first electronic magazine about astronomy and space science at brazilian Internet, Ciência & Cosmos (1999-2001)
Proposed the first brazilian graduation course discipline “Introduction to Bioastronomy”, at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS (2003)
Founder of Astronomy Workshops® Program, active since 1997, available at Youtube (Rede Omega Centauri)
Pioneer of the proposal for a National Brazilian Astronomy Day (1982)
Owner of KC Productions, Inc. (1992)
Co-founder of the Association for Uncommon Phenomena Investigations (AIFI, 2006)
Founder and president of the Curator Council of the Omega Centauri Network for the Advancement of Scientific Education (2009)
Mobile Planetarium for use in schools and cultural centers (2009)