PAULO A. OTTO (born 16 June 1944, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil), Brazilian, married.
Education: Undergraduate studies: M.B., Ch.B. (US equiv. MD) [Faculdade de Medicina, UFERJ (ex-Fundacao Escola de Medicina e Cirurgia do Rio de Janeiro, EMCRJ), 1968]; B.Sc. [Instituto de Biologia, State University of Rio de Janeiro, UERJ (ex-UEG), 1971]. (Post-) Graduate studies (Advisor: Prof. Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa): M.Sc. (Instituto de Biociencias, University of Sao Paulo USP, 1975); D.Sc. [US equiv. Ph.D.] (Instituto de Biociencias, University of Sao Paulo USP, 1977). Post-Doctoral fellowships: Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin UW, Madison, USA (Prof. James F. Crow), 1980-81, 1992-94; School of Community Medicine, University of New South Wales UNSW, Sydney, Australia (Prof. Alan Stark), 1986; Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vermont UVM, Burlington, USA (Prof. Richard M. Single).
Position presently held: (Full-) Senior Professor (retired), DGBE, IB USP.
Professional career: Physician, Hospital da Aeronáutica (Base Aérea do Galeão, Rio de Janeiro), 1969-1972. Teacher assistant, Departamento de Biologia UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, 1969; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas UERJ (ex-UEG), 1969-1971. At the Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology DGBE (ex-Department of Biology DB) USP (São Paulo): Assistant Researcher (CNPq fellowship), 1972-1975; Professor [teacher assistant, 1975-1976; assistant professor, 1977-1982; associate professor I (Priv. Doc.), 1982-1985; associate professor II, 1985-1992; (full) professor, 1992-2014; (full) senior professor (retired) since 2014].
Research areas: Population, Human, and Medical Genetics.
Publications:
153 in extenso scientific papers, 194 congress abstracts (Brazilian 145, International 49), 23 review and science divulgation articles, 16 book chapters, 6 book reviews, 19 books, 17 scalable fonts and computer software, 13 illustration sets of papers and books. TOTAL OF PUBLICATIONS: 444; TOTAL OF PUBLICATIONS WITHOUT ABSTRACTS: 250.
For more detailed information please consult the CNPq www Site (Lattes: 3922407149262247) and the following www science identification sites: Google Scholar: C8uUcSAAAAAJ, ORCID: 0000-0001-8810-6608, Scopus: 7102186288, WOS/ResearcherID: L-5464-2014, PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=otto+pa.