Marcel Roche
Marcel Roche Dugand, Venezuelan physician and scientist (Caracas 15 August 1920 – Miami 03 May 2003) From French descent Authored 101 scientific papers and 12 books and monographs Found that heme iron from meat increased the absorption of iron from other sources known as meat effect With M. Layrisse & C. Martínez Torres. Effect of interaction of various foods on iron absorption. Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 21:1175, 1968 Designed a special apparatus for observation and filming of hookworm METHODS With M.E. Perez Gimenez & A. Levy. Isotopic tracer method for measurement of iron lost into and re-absorbed from Gastro-intestinal bleeding lesions. Nature 180:1278-9, 1957 With C. Martinez Torres. A method for in vitro study of hookworm activity. Exper. Parasitol. 9:250-6, 1960 Paper in famous reviews With C. Martínez Torres & L. MacPherson. Electroesophagogram of individual hookworm (Ancylostoma caninum). Science 136:148-50, 1962 HONORS Doctor Honoris Causa, Case Institute of Technology (1960) Doctor Honoris Causa, Saint Joseph’s University (1992) LINKS http://www.ivic.ve/estudio_de_la_ciencia/?mod=roche.php
Manuel L. Roxas
Manuel Luz Roxas, Philippine agronomist (Lipa, Batangas 19 June 1888 – 06 September 1958) Expert on agricultural chemistry and food technology Authored 95 scientific papers SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The effect of some stimulants upon rice. Phil. Agric. Forester 1:89, 1912 Lipase in the germinating coconut. Phil. Agric. Forester 3:33-9, 1914 The reaction between amino acids and carbohydrates as a probable cause of humin formation. J. Biol. Chem. 27:71-93, 1916 With R. V. Manio. Industrial alcohol from cassava. Philip. Agriculturist 10:75-84, 1921 Effect of bunga on sugar cane. Phil. Sugar News 96, 1927 The manufacture of sugar from nipa sap. J. Sci. 40:185, 1929 With M. Villano. Studies on the development of the sugar cane plant. Root and shoot development of M-1900. The planter and Sugar Manufacturer 83, 1929 With N.D. Grecia. The use of a lime-magnesia solution for soaking cane points. Sugar News 10:815-8, 1929 HONORS Roxasella Merino 1936 (Hemiptera)
Manuel J. Rivera
Manuel Jesús Rivera, Chilean agricultural entomologist (Curicó 08 April 1875 – Curicó 04 October 1910) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY La enfermidad en los fréjoles. Bol. Soc. Agr. Sur 70(1):14-7, 1910 Un insecto nocivo en las arboledas de Concepción que no conviene propagar en el pais. Bol. Soc. Agric. Sur 9(10):523-7, 1909 Insectos nocivos a la Araucana imbricata (1907) Ciclo biológico de la filoxera según Balbiani. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 7(1):17-21, 1907 Informe sobre la plaga de la langosta en las províncias de Bio-Bio i Malleco. Anales Agron. 7(2):242-51, 1906 Instruciones sobre la recolección i envio de insectos nocivos a la agricultura. Anales Agron. 7(1):22-8, 1906 Nuevas observaciones de algunos coleópteros cuyas larvas atacan al trigo (1905) Los insectos de los alrededores de Contulmo. Actes Soc. Scient. Chili 15:1-26, 1905 Cambios producidos en la vejetación por las larvas de Lamelicornios i por sembrados de trigo. Actes Soc. Scient. Chili 14:95-102, 1905 Biolojia de Coleopteros chilenos cuyas larvas atacan al trigo. Actes Soc. Scient. Chili 8:241-54, 1904 El bruco das arvejas. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 8:25-42, 1904 Nuevas observaciones acerca de la biologia de Latrodectus formidabilis. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 7(2):115-9, 1903 Apuntes sobre la vejetación de la cordillera de la costa de Curicó. Actes Soc. Scient. Chili 12:302-49, 1902 Apareamiento de Latrodectus formidabilis. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 5(5):161-3, 1901 Empolvoramiento de algunas espécies del jenero Loasa (1898) Desarrollo i costumbres de algunos insectos de Chile. I. Act. Soc. Scient. Chili 14:2173,1894 HONORS Riveraella Kieffer & Herbst 1911 (Diptera) Manuelia Vachal 1905 (Hymenoptera)
Madhu Sudan Rawat
Madhu Sudan Rawat, Indian palynologist (fl.1963-84) DESCRIBED FOSSIL GENERA Sporae & Pollen Asperitricolporites 1972 with Venkatachala Asterisporites 1971 with Venkatachala Auriculiretisporites 1973 with Venkatachala Caperetriporites 1972 with Venkatachala Cauveripollis 1973 with Venkatachala Coneopollis 1973 with Venkatachala Costatipollenites 1973 with Venkatachala Granodiporites 1963 with Varma Iugopollis 1972 with Venkatachala Lacrimapollis 1973 with Venkatachala Maculoporites 1973 with Venkatachala Punctodiporites 1963 with Varma Retidiporites 1963 with Varma Tricollareporites 1973 with Venkatachala Fungi Foveodiporites 1963 with Varma Psilodiporites 1963 with Varma Striadiporites 1963 with Varma
Madabusi Santanam Raghunathan
Madabusi Santanam Raghunathan, Indian mathematician (Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh State 11 August 1941 – One of the world’s leading researchers in algebraic groups and their discrete subgroups Authored the Book Discrete Subgroups of Lie Groups (1972) a standard reference work in the area Solved Selberg conjecture for non-uniform lattices Invited Lecturer, International Congress of Mathematicians (1970) EPONYMY Raghunathan vanishing theorem Raghunathan conjectures Raghunathan criterion Lubotzky-Mozes-Raghunathan theorem Prasad-Raghunathan theorem Raghunathan lemma
M G Ramdas Menon
Mannoore Gopala Ramdas Menon, Indian entomologist (Ernakulum District, Kerala State 01 March 1913 – Trichur, Kerala State 28 February 1990) DESCRIBED GENERA Hemiptera Basuaneura 1971 with Ramakrishna Cassianeura 1971 with Ramakrishna Ceratopemphigiella 1958 with Pawar Duttaella 1971 with Ramakrishna Erythroneuropsis 1973 with Ramakrishna Indianella 1973 with Ramakrishna Kodaikanalia 1973 with Ramakrishna Kybos 1972 with Ramakrishna Murreeana 1971 with Ramakrishna Pruthius 1972 with Ramakrishna Pusaneura 1971 with Ramakrishna Pusatettix 1971 with Ramakrishna Ratburella 1973 with Ramakrishna Sabourasca 1972 with Ramakrishna Spatulostylus 1973 with Ramakrishna Sundara 1972 with Ramakrishna Viridasca 1972 with Ramakrishna Zyginopsis 1973 with Ramakrishna Hymenoptera (with Farooqi) Parapilkhanivora 1973 Pilkhanivora 1973 Acari (with Ghai) Indodromus 1969 Indoseius 1970 SPECIES About 75 (including Embioptera) HONORS Menonia George 1936 (Orthoptera) Ramdasoma Narendran 1994 (Hymenoptera) Ushamenona Malhotra & Sharma 1974 (Hemiptera)