Do Carmo studied
civil engineering at the
University of Recife from 1947 to 1951. After working a few years as engineer, he accepted a teaching position at the newly created Institute of Physics and Mathematics at Recife. On suggestion of
Elon Lima, in 1959 he went to
Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA) to improve his background and in 1960 he moved to the US to pursue a Ph.D. in mathematics at the
University of California, Berkeley under the supervision of
Shiing-Shen Chern. He defended his thesis, entitled "The Cohomology Ring of Certain Kahlerian Manifolds", in 1963. After working again at
University of Recife and at the
University of Brasilia, in 1966 he became professor at IMPA in
Rio de Janeiro. From 2003 to his death he was
emeritus professor at the same institution. In 1978 he was
invited speaker at the
International Congress of Mathematicians held in
Helsinki. In 1991 he obtained a Doctorate
honoris causa from
Federal University of Alagoas and in 2012 from
University of Murcia and from
Federal University of Amazonas. He served as president of the
Brazilian Mathematical Society in the term 1971–1973. He was elected a member of the
Brazilian Academy of Sciences in 1970, a member of
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 1997 and a fellow of the
American Mathematical Society in 2013. Among his awards, he received the
Prêmio Almirante Álavaro Alberto from the
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development in 1984, the
TWAS Prize in Mathematics in 1992, the
National Order of Scientific Merit in 1995 and the
Comenda Graciliano Ramos from the municipality of
Maceió in 2000. Do Carmo died on 30 April 2018 at the age of 89. == Research ==