Adalberto Val is a Brazilian senior researcher with a PhD in Biology of the Fresh Waters and Interior Fisheries from the National Institute for Research of the Amazon (INPA) in Brazil. Since 1981, he is also a senior researcher with INPA-Brazilian National Institute for Research of the Amazon, studying environmental adaptations of fish, including climate changes. He supervised more than 100 students, authored around 190 articles, book chapters and books, including “Fishes of the Amazon”, Springer (1995) and “The Physiology of Tropical Fishes”, Academic Press (2006). He has delivered more than 150 conferences worldwide and acted as General Director of INPA/MCTI for eight years (2006-2014). Dr. Val is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and awardee of the Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil) and the Award of Excellence of the American Fisheries Society - Physiology Section (USA).