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	\| fields = [[Chemist]]		\| fields = [[Chemist]]
	\| residence = Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil		\| residence = Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

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	I was born and ~~have~~ lived most of my life in Rio de Janeiro. As a chemist, ~~I have~~ worked ~~with such far-fetched topics~~ as galvanoplastics and explosives~~. Most~~ of ~~my activities, however, have~~ been in the pharmaceutical industry, ~~in agreement with my~~ interests and acquired skills in organic chemistry and biochemistry. ~~Themes of my special concern are, besides~~ the origin of life, phytochemistry and the organic chemistry of enzyme-~~catalised~~ reactions. ~~Non~~-professional interests include hiking, cooking and traveling.		'''Raul Antônio Félix de Sousa''' (born June 28, 1960) is a Brazilian [[Chemist\|chemist]] based in Rio de Janeiro, known for proposing the '''Ecopoesis''' model for the [[origin of life]], which holds that geochemical cycles of the biogenic elements preceded the appearance of organisms.

			==Biography==

			Félix de Sousa was born and has lived most of his life in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As a chemist, he has worked in fields as varied as galvanoplastics and explosives, though most of his professional career has been in the pharmaceutical industry, reflecting his interests and acquired skills in organic chemistry and biochemistry. Beyond the origin of life, his areas of particular interest include phytochemistry and the organic chemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions. His non-professional interests include hiking, cooking and traveling.

			==Scientific contributions==

			Félix de Sousa is the author of the Ecopoesis model for the origin of life, first set out in his book ''Ecopoese - A Criação da Ecosfera'' (2000; 2nd edition 2006) and later summarised in English in the 2010 paper "The Ecopoesis Model: Did Free Oxygen Fuel the Origin of Life?"

			The model departs from conventional theories of [[biopoesis]] by assigning the leading role to the physical environment rather than to organisms. In it, an atmosphere containing a high proportion of molecular oxygen, generated by the atmospheric photolysis of water vapour, is treated as an essential feature of the Earth's earliest ecosphere. According to the model, this early oxygen drives a flow of electrons from the reducing components of the lithosphere across the Archean seas, establishing a planetary geochemical metabolism. In this framework the biogeochemical cycles of the biogenic elements are held to have preceded cellular organisms, which appear comparatively late, with modern biochemistry viewed as having evolved out of earlier geochemical processes.

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	==Books==		==Books==

	* 2006 - "[[ECOPOESE - A Criação da Ecosfera (in portuguese)]]"		* 2006 - "[[ECOPOESE - A Criação da Ecosfera (in portuguese)]]"

			==External links==

			* [https://www.ecopoese.bio.br/origin_of_life.htm The Ecopoesis model for the origin of life] (author's website)
			* [https://www.ecopoese.bio.br/ecopoese.pdf ''Ecopoese - A Criação da Ecosfera''] (full text, in Portuguese)
			* [https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Precambrian/Life_origins/The_Ecopoesis_model The Ecopoesis model] on Wikiversity

	[[Category:Scientist\|Felix de Sousa Raul]]		[[Category:Scientist\|Felix de Sousa Raul]]

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	==Books==		==Books==

	* 2006 - "[[ECOPOESE - A ~~Criacao~~ da Ecosfera (in portuguese)]]"		* 2006 - "[[ECOPOESE - A Criação da Ecosfera (in portuguese)]]"

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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Raul A. F?lix de Sousa
| alt = Raul A. F?lix de Sousa
| birth_date = {{birth date|1960|06|28|mf=y}}
| fields = [[Chemist]]
| residence = Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
| nationality = Brazilian
| known_for = [[Origin of life]]
}}

I was born and have lived most of my life in Rio de Janeiro. As a chemist, I have worked with such far-fetched topics as galvanoplastics and explosives. Most of my activities, however, have been in the pharmaceutical industry, in agreement with my interests and acquired skills in organic chemistry and biochemistry. Themes of my special concern are, besides the origin of life, phytochemistry and the organic chemistry of enzyme-catalised reactions. Non-professional interests include hiking, cooking and traveling.

==Abstracts==

* 2010 - "[[The Ecopoesis Model: Did Free Oxygen Fuel the Origin of Life? viXra: 1010.0001]]" ([http://vixra.org/pdf/1010.0001v1.pdf Read in full])

==Books==

* 2006 - "[[ECOPOESE - A Cria??o da Ecosfera (in portuguese)]]"

[[Category:Scientist]]