Bruno Navarro (1977-2021)

The Board of Directors of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) expresses its deepest regret for the premature and sudden death of Bruno Navarro, President of the Board of Directors of the Côa Parque Foundation and member of the Board of Directors of the National Agency for Scientific Culture – Ciência Viva.

Bruno Navarro collaborated intensively with the FCT in the launch of the “R&D Mobilization Program for the Côa Valley”, having been one of the main drivers of the valorization of the Côa Valley region; in strengthening scientific knowledge about the Côa Valley, as well as in the scientific dissemination of the potential knowledge generated by that region.

The FCT Board of Directors conveys its deepest condolences to family and friends, Ciência Viva and the Côa Parque Foundation at this difficult time.

Biographical note

Buno Navarro was born in Coimbra in 1977, and completed his doctorate at the Faculty of Science and Technology at NOVA University, where he was also a professor. He was a researcher at the Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology and the History Center of the University of Lisbon. Since 2017, he has been president of the Board of Directors of the Côa Parque Foundation, which manages the Côa Valley Museum and Archaeological Park, and since September 2020, a member of the Board of Directors of Ciência Viva. He passed away this Saturday, January 30, 2021.