Germain Vert
Germano Luiz Maria Vert, French-born Brazilian plant pathologist (Toulouse, France 1856 – Piracicaba, São Paulo State 04 March 1908) Authored influential work Le pollen, origine et transformation. Comp. Rend. hebd. Sean. Acad. Sci. 143 (24):977-9, 1906 Authored the first report of Eutinobothrus brasiliensis as cotton plant plague in Bol. Agric. S. Paulo (1905) Obtained Moura Brasil bean variety (1899) Discovered the fungal species Erysiphe dolichorum as causative of a disease of vegetable legumes PATENTS Bond aereo bicyclonº1576 (1893) With Charles Maine. Sistema de via férrea econômica com rampas fortes dispensando os aterros e obras de arte (1891) With Charles Maine. Sistema de vias econômicas para transporte das colheitas e dos materiais em geral, podendo também aplicar-se ao transporte de passageiros (1891)
Lucas Tortorelli
Lucas Andrés Tortorelli Codda, Argentine forester (Buenos Aires 27 February 1908 – Buenos Aires 30 April 1978) From Italian descent Authored over 70 works Described Schinopsis balansae var. pendula 1943 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Formaciones forestales y maderas del Paraguay. Bol. Inst. For. Latinamer. Invest. Capacit. 24:3-4, 1967 Maderas y bosques en la Argentina (1956) With J.A. Castiglioni. Estudio dendrológico de las Estiracáceas argentinas. Lilloa 16:125-39, 1949 The Argentine Piptadenia timbres. Trop. Woods 94:1-27, 1948 La disposición estratificada de los elementos leñosos em el Ibiraitá (Muellera glaziovi). Darwininon 7(1):58-61, 1945 Tratamiento florestal preparatório para la conservación al “tatané” (1942) Maderas argentinas. Estudio xilológico y tecnológico de las principales espécies arbóreas del pais. Bib. Agr. Vet. 3:1-218, 1940 With C. O’Donell. Las punctuaciones orladas del Cercidium praecox. Rev. Arg. Agr. 4:197-201, 1937 Nueva aplicación del barreno de Pressler. Rev. Arg. Agron. 3:200-1, 1937 Los rayos infrarojos y su aplicación en la microfotografia de maderas. Rodriguesia 3(11):325-6, 1937 Principales características edafológicas de las diversas formaciones boscosas del pais HONORS Tortorellixylon Rombola, Pujana, Ruiz & Bellosi 2023 (Fossil Plantae)
Friedrich Wilhelm Sommer
Friedrich Wilhelm Sommer, Austrian-born Brazilian micropalaeontologist (Wien 16 June 1907 – 1994) Authored about 60 scientific works DESCRIBED FOSSIL TAXA Algae Order Spongiophytales 1959 Protosalviniales 1962 Tasmanales 1960 Family Tasmanaceae 1956 Protosalviniaceae 1962 Genera Amazonites 1972 with Costa Bambuilithos 1981 Euzebiola 1954 Leonardosia 1954 Octaviona 1954 Tapajonites 1963 with Van Boekel Species Amazonites cruzi 1972 Bambuilithos hectoris 1981 Bambuilithos teixeranus 1981 Euzebiola clarkei 1954 Kinneyia lucianoi 1970 Leonardosia langei 1954 Octaviona petrii 1954 Tapajonites roxoi 1963 with Van Boekel Tapajonites tapajonensis Chitinozoa Genus Ramochitina 1964 with Van Boekel Species Ancyrochitina langei 1964 with Van Boekel Conochitina djalmai 1965 with Van Boekel Ramochitina magnifica 1964 with Van Boekel Ramochitina ramosi 1964 with Van Boekel Sphaerochitina lucianoi 1965 with Van Boekel Tasmanites avelinoi 1953 Tasmanites derbyi 1953 Tasmanites erichseni 1963 with Van Boekel Tasmanites euzebioi 1953 Tasmanites harttii 1953 Tasmanites lamegoi 1956 Tasmanites mourae 1953 Tasmanites salustianoi 1953 Tasmanites roxoi 1953 Fungi Genus Paulomyces 1954 Species Paulomyces dolianitii 1954 Acritarcha Genus Bambuites 1971 Species Bambuites erichseni 1971 Maranhites mosesi 1956 Sporae/Pollen Species Archaeotriletes ramosii 1963 Triletes bolivianus 1955 Others Species Cloudina lucianoi 1957 with Beurlen HONORS Sommerochitina Costa Cruz & Quadros 1985 (Chitinozoa)
Paulo Moreira da Silva
Paulo de Castro Moreira da Silva, Brazilian admiral and oceanographer (Rio de Janeiro 18 October 1919 – Rio de Janeiro 01 May 1983) His studies on fisheries were internationally famous Profundidade ideal dos tanques de cultura de fitoplâncton (1978) Identification of oceanic circulation near Guanabara and new determination of Ekman “K” and “D” coefficients. Publ. Inst. Pesq. Marinha 33 (1969) Um método para o traçado dos diagramas de propagação do som no mar Publ. Inst. Pesq. Marinha (1966) Tentativas de determinação de um índice de produção primária pela variação de características químicas da água em ressurgência SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Upwelling and its biological effects in Southern Brazil. Inst. Pesq. Marinha (1977) With D. Bastos Netto. Emprego conjugado de energia solar e dos gradientes oceânicos (1975) A ressurgência em Cabo Frio. I. Publ. Ins. Pesq. Marinha 24:1-31, 1973 O fenômeno da ressurgência na costa meridional brasileira. Publ. Inst. Pesq. Marinha 24:1-38, 1968 Dinâmica da ressurgência e aplicações. Publ. Ins. Pesq. Marinha 12:1-31, 1968 Correntes litorais produzidas pelo vento (1968) With R.F. Rodrigues. Changes in the vertical structure of the waters above the rim of the continental shelf due to the influence of winds. Nota Tecn. Inst. Pesq. Marinha 35:1-13, 1966 Problemas de circulação oceânica nas águas brasileiras. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 37 (Suppl):1157-8, 1965 Theories of coastal water currents as applied to the selection of suitable waste disposal sites in the Southern Hemisphere (1962) Um estudo sobre as correntes produzidas pelo vento (1960) Reconhecimento hidrográfico do Estuário do Amazonas. Anais Hidrogr. 17:53-82, 1958 Estudo preliminar da propagação do marulho de leste sobre a plataforma continental do E. de São Paulo, e em particular de sua refração e arrebentação em Cananéia. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. 3(1-2):35-8, 1952 Estudo das condições oceanográficas sobre a plataforma continental, entre Cabo Frio e Vitória, durante o outono de 1960 Uma correlação entre os valores de salinidade e o teor em silicatos na desembocadura do Rio da Prata HONOURS Medaille, Officier de la Ordre National du Mérite, France
Mardones Family
Francisco José Mardones Restat, Chilean pediatrician (Santiago 20 August 1919 – Santiago 13 April 2009) Son of engineer Francisco Mardones Otaiza and brother of biochemist Jorge Mardones Restat Authored over 160 papers including books and reviews Table of the distribution of weights of newborn infants. Rev. Chil. Pediat. 57(1):97, 1986 Developed an instrument for predicting deterioration of infant growth using 2 sets of indicators With G. Jones. Prediction of poor infant growth. Bull. Pan Am. Health Org. 21(4):341-57, 1987 Showed that classification and regression tree are the best methodologies of screening instrument for the prediction for infants growth failure With Gloria Jones, F. Mardones Santander, N. Dachs, J. Habicht & M. Díaz. Growth failure prediction in Chile. Intern. J. Epidemiol. 18 (4 Suppl 2):44-9, 1989 Developed instruments to predict the unsatisfactory growth of children (weight by age) With G. Jones & M. Díaz. From anthropometric evaluation to the prediction of nutritional facts at infancy. Enfoques Aten. Prim. 5(1):3-10, 1990 Prenatal and perinatal healthcare: a diagnostic instrument (1991) Developed a logistic regression model that permit estimates the probability of neonatal death With F. Mardones Santander, N. Dachs, G. Icaza, M. Díaz & B.R. Burkhalter, Un instrumento de diagnostico que relaciona el peso al nacer y la edad gestacional de parto con la mortalidade neonatal. Medicina 16(4):5-14, 1994 HONOURS Honorary Member, Polish Academy of Medicine International Prize of Pediatrics, Argentina (1974) Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal, Internantional Humanitarian Medical Society (1998) His son, Francisco José Mardones Santander, Chilean epidemiologist and neonatalogist (Santiago 23 March 1946 – Contributions With C. Albala, A. Infante, J. Salinas & F. Vio. Nutritional impact of a new infant food (soup-purée). Rev. Med. Chile 112(3):277-82, 1984 Showed that classification and regression tree are the best methodologies of screening instrument for the prediction for infants growth failure With Gloria Jones, F. Mardones Santander, N. Dachs, J. Habicht & M. Díaz. Growth failure prediction in Chile. Intern. J. Epidemiol. 18 (4 Suppl 2):44-9, 1989 Developed a logistic regression model that permit estimates the probability of neonatal death With F. Mardones Santander, N. Dachs, G. Icaza, M. Díaz & B.R. Burkhalter, Un instrumento de diagnostico que relaciona el peso al nacer y la edad gestacional de parto con la mortalidade neonatal. Medicina 16(4):5-14, 1994 With P. Rosso. Design of a weight gain chart for pregnant Woman. Rev. Med. Chile 125:1437-48, 1997 With P. Rosso. A weight gain chart for pregnant women designed in Chile. Matern. Child Nutr. 1(2):77-90, 2005 Papers with more than 100 citations (about 5,000 citations by Google Scholar in mid 2026) With B. Zhou, A.W. Rayner, E.W. Gregg, K.E. Sheffer, R.M. Carrillo Larco, J.E. Bennett et al. Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment of 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1,108 population representative studies with 141 million participants. The Lancet 404(10467):2077-93, 2024 With J.E. Lawn, E.O.Ohuma, E. Bradley, L. Suarez Idueta, E. Hazel, Y.B. Okwaraji et al. Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to scale rate change and improve counting. The Lancet 401(10389):1707-19, 2023 With A. Estrada-Restrepo, S.L. Restrepo-Mesa & N. del C. Ceballos Fería. Factores maternos relacionados con el peso al nacer del recién-nacidos a término, Colombia, 2002-2011. Cad. Saude Publ. 32 (2016) With C. Scott, C.T. Andersen, N. Valdez, E.A. Nohr, L. Poston, K.C. Quack-Loetscher & b. Adams. No global consensus: a cross-sectional survey of maternal weight policies. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 14(1):167, 2014 With X. Wortsman, J. Wortsman, L. Matsuoka, T. Saavedra, S. Saavedra, R. Guerrero & Y. Corredoira. Sonography in pathologies of scalp and hair. Brit. J. Radiol. 85(1013):647-55, 2012 With P. Ravasco & H. Anderson. Métodos de valoración del estado nutricional. Nutr. Hosp. 25:57-66, 2010 With G. Salazar, P. Rosso & L. Villarroel. Maternal body composition near term and birth weight. Obst. Gynec. 91(6):873-7, 1998 With P. Rosso, A. Stekel, E. Ahumada, S. Llaguno, F.Pizarro, J. Salinas, I. Vial & T. Walter. Effect of a milk-based food supplement on maternal nutritional status and fetal growth in underwight Chilean women. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 47(3):413-9, 1988 Papers in top journals With B. Zhou, A.W. Rayner, E.W. Gregg, K.E. Sheffer, R.M. Carrillo Larco, J.E. Bennett et al. Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment of 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1,108 population representative studies with 141 million participants. The Lancet 404(10467):2077-93, 2024 With J.E. Lawn, E.O.Ohuma, E. Bradley, L. Suarez Idueta, E. Hazel, Y.B. Okwaraji et al. Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to scale rate change and improve counting. The Lancet 401(10389):1707-19, 2023 With B.J. Krause, I. Carrasco-Wong, A. Domínguez, P. Arnaiz, M. Farías, S. Barja & P. Casanello. Micro-RNAs Let7 and 126 in plasma as markers of metabolic dysfunction in 10 to 12 years old children. PLoS One 10(6), 2015 With P. Rosso, A. Stekel, E. Ahumada, S. Llaguno, F.Pizarro, J. Salinas, I. Vial & T. Walter. Effect of a milk-based food supplement on maternal nutritional status and fetal growth in underwight Chilean women. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 47(3):413-9, 1988
Lange Family
Bertha Lange de Morretes, Brazilian plant anatomist (Iffeldorf, Weilheim-Schongau, Bavaria State 28 June 1917 – São Paulo 30 November 2016) Internationally-acknowledged pioneer on the ecological anatomy of Cerrado and Amazon-Caatinga plants Provided original information concerning underground organs of plants from the Cerrado, giving strong evidence that these organs are in fact underground stems Developed the theory of ontogenetic sigmoids to unify and classify the various types of plant development via a single family of curves (1999-00) With U.L. Sarzedas. Teoria dos sigmoides ontogenéticos (2000) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With R. Carmo Oliveira & P.E. Oliveira. Appendicular origin and structure of the spur of Vochysiuaceae flowers. Acta Bot. Brasilica 31:433-44, 2017 With R. Carmo Oliveira. Stigmatic surface in the Vochysiaceae reproductive and taxonomic implications. Acta Bot. Brasilica 23:780-5, 2009 Contribuição ao conhecimento da anatomia foliar de plantas da Caatinga Amazonica (1996) Contribuição ao conhecimento da anatomia foliar de plantas do Cerrado (1993) Anatomia ecológica da folha de espécies de Caatinga Amazônica e da Chapada Diamantina (1992) With A.V.G. de Sousa. Contribuição ao conhecimento da anatomia foliar de plantas da Caatinga Amazônica (1988) With L.P. Batista. Contribuição ao conhecimento da anatomia foliar de espécies da vegetação dos campos serranos da Chapada Diamantina (1987) Contribuição ao conhecimento da anatomia foliar de espécies da vegetação das dunas interioranas do município de Lençois – Bahia (1987) Contribuição conhecimento da anatomia ecológica de plantas do Cerrado de Emas-SP e da Caatinga Amazônica do km 62 da rodovia BR174. Doctoral Thesis, Universidade de São Paulo (1980) Anatomia foliar de uma “campina amazônica” e do cerrado de Emas, São Paulo. (1978) Contribuição ao estudo da anatomia de folhas de plantas do Cerrado (1972) With M.G. Ferri. Contribuição ao conhecimento da anatomia de folhas de plantas de uma caatinga do Rio Amazonas. II. Rev. Biol. (Lisboa) 8(1-4):97-122, 1972 With R.R. Wettstein & M.G. Ferri. Aspectos da vegetação do sul do Brasil (1970) With A. Backes. Contribuição ao estudo do gênero Doryopteris (1970) Contribuição ao conhecimento da anatomia das plantas do Cerrado. III. Bol. Botanica 331(24):7-32, 1969 Contribuição ao estudo da anatomia das folhas de plantas do Cerrado. II. Bol. Fac. Cien. Letr. Univ. São Paulo 305 (Bot 22):207-44, 1967 Contribuição ao estudo da anatomia das folhas de plantas do Cerrado. Bol. Fac. Filos. Cien. Letras USP 243(16):7-70, 1959 Condução e coesão d’H20 em vasos lenhosos de filicíneas. Cien. Cult. 2(4):1-280, 1950 HONOURS IAWA (International Association of Wood Anatomists)’s first and only member for life Her father, Frederico Godofredo Lange de Morretes, Brazilian painter and malacologist (Morretes, Paraná State 05 May 1895 – Curitiba 19 January 1954) DESCRIBED VALID MOLLUSCA TAXA Order Gastrochaenida 1949 Tribe Castaliini 1949 Subfamily Leilinae 1949 Genera Mirinaba 1952 Subgenera Phaiopharus 1952 Species Adelopoma brasiliense 1954 Agaronia travassosi 1938 Archierato dalli 1941 Cyanocyclas capivaris 1949 Entodina gionensis 1940 Megalobulimus arapotiensis 1952 Megalobulimus bertae 1952 Megalobulimus cardosoi 1952 Megalobulimus garbei 1948 Megalobulimus leonardosi 1952 Megalobulimus rolandianus 1952 Megalobulimus nodai 1952 Megalobulimus torii 1937 Megalobulimus wohlersi 1952 Megalobulimus pintoi 1952 Mirinaba antoninensis 1952 Mirinaba cadeadensis 1952 Mirinaba curytibana 1952 Mirinaba cuspidens 1952 Mirinaba jaussaudi 1952 Odostoma semisculpta 1949 Thaisella mariae 1954 LINKS https://revistas.usp.br/azmz/article/view/147226/149410 A relative, Rudolf Bruno Lange, zoologist (Curitiba 13 January 1922 – Curitiba 14 January 2016) Collected specimens of plants and arachnids Described Coleoptera species Malagoniella lanei 1945 With C.D. Michener. A distinctive type of primitive social behavior among bees. Science 127(3305):1046-7, 1958 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Contribuição ao conhecimento da bionomia de aves. II. Observação do comportamento de Tyto alba tuidara (J.C. Gray). Estud. Biol. 7:1-27, 1981 With J.F. Jablonski. Roedores do Paraná. Estud. Biol. 2:1-15, 1979 Contribuição ao conhecimento da bionomia de aves: Ramphastos dicolorus L. (Ramphastidae), sua nidificação e ovos. Zoologia 1:1-3, 1967 With C.D. Michener, J.J. Bigarella & R. Salamuni. Factors influencing the distribution of bees’ nests in earth banks. Ecology 39:207-17, 1958 With C.D. Michener. Observations on the behavior of Brazilian halictid bees (Hymenoptera, Apoi dea). V. Chloralictus. Insectes Sociaux 5:379-407, 1958 With C.D. Michener. Observations on the behavior of Brazilian halictid bees (Hymenoptera, Apoi dea). IV. Augochloropsis. Amer. Mus. Novit. 39:207-17, 1958 With C.D. Michener. Observations on the behavior of Brazilian halictid bees (Hymenoptera, Apoi dea). III. Bull. Univ. Kansas Sci. 39:473-505, 1958 With C.D. Michener. Observations on the ethology of neotropical anthoporine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Bull. Univ. Kansas Sci 39:69-96, 1958 With C.D. Michener. Observations on the behavior of Brazilian halictid bees (Hymenoptera, Apoi dea). II. Paroxystoglossa jocasta. Jour. Kans. Ent. Soc. 31:129-38, 1958 With C.D. Michener. Observations on the behavior of Brazilian halictid bees (Hymenoptera, Apoi dea). I. Pseudagapostemon. Ann. Entom. Soc. Amer. 51:155-64, 1958 With C.D. Michener. Observations on the ethology of some Brazilian colletid bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 30(2):71-81, 1957 Ensaio de zoogeografia dos Scarabaeidade do Paraná com algumas notas eto-ecologicas. Arq. Mus. Paranaense 6:305-16, 1947