Awards and Prizes

• 1992 Award of the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq), as the Best Science Popularizer (Prêmio José Reis de Divulgação Científica)
• 1981 "Principe de Asturias" Prize for Best Paper on Epilepsy Research, Madrid, Spain

Distinctions

• Patron of the 2007 Class of Bachelors in Biomedical Informatics, Faculty of Philosophy, Science and Letters of Ribeirão Preto of the University of São Paulo
• 2007 List of the Best 50 Innovators in High Technology in Brazil. Info Exame Magazine. 2007.
• Patron of the 1992 Class of System Analysis, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas.