“…This is perhaps the highest distinction that any scientist can receive from his peers. The last initiative of this kind in the Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (AABC) was published over two decades ago (Cavalcante 2000). The AABC is very happy to carry out once again this healthy initiative to recognize researchers who have dedicated their lives to scientific development, something very important in these increasingly complex times (e.g., Oliveira et al 2020).…”