Arkan Simaan

[1] The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état overthrew the government of João Goulart just as Simaan had begun studying physics at the University of São Paulo.

After a few years in France, Simaan refrained from activities that were connected with his prior political involvement.

He then attended the Institut Supérieur des Matériaux et de la Construction Mécanique from which he received an engineering degree.

Following a short spell in industry, he realized that he wanted to teach,[8] so he obtained the agrégation in physics.

[12] Arkan Simaan is member of the scientific patronage committee of Association Française pour l'Information Scientifique.