Luis Felipe Rodriguez
Luis Felipe Rodríguez Jorge, Mexican radio astronomer (Merida, Yucatán State 29 May 1948 – From Lebanese-descent mother Authored over 300 papers with more than 20,000 citations (two of his papers were cover of Nature) ACHIEVEMENTS Discovered high velocity bipolar outflows in regions of star formation (1980) Detected neutral hydrogen in planetary nebulae (1982) Discovered the mechanism that powers Herbig-Haro objects (1981 & 1985) Obtained evidences of protoplanetary disks in young stars (1986, 1992, 1996 & 1998) Discovered the first source with superluminal motions in Milky Way (1994) With F. Mirabel established the concept of micro-quasars (1992) Presented detailed ionization structure models of gaseous nebulae, for different electron densities and ionizing radiation fields With M. Peimbert & S. Torres Peimbert. Ionization structure of gaseous nebulae: sulphur, nitrogen and helium. Rev. Mex. Astron. Astrofis. 1:129, 1974 HONOURS/OFFICES President of Radioastronomy Division, International Astronomical Union (2003-6) Bruno Rossi Prize, American Astronomical Society (1996) Robert J. Trumpler Prize, Astronomic Society of the Pacific for his thesis Radio recombination line observations of the ionized gas in the galactic center (1978)
Luis Enrique Ruiz Terán
Luis Enrique Ruiz-Terán, Venezuelan botanical explorer and pharmacist (Mucuchíes, Rangel District, Mérida 10 June 1923 – Mérida 18 February 1979) DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES Carramboa wurdackii 1976 with López Figueras Justicia odonellii 1976 with De Marco Libanothamnus griffinii 1976 with López Figueras Monticalia masonhalei 1981 with López Figueras Ruilopezia cuatrecasasii 1974 with López Figueras Ruilopezia lopez-palacii 1976 with López Figueras HONORS Ruizanthus Schuster 1978 (Hepaticae) Ruizterania Marcano-Berti 1969 (Vochysiaceae) Ruilopezia Cuatrecasas 1976 (Asteraceae) Ruizgenin, a steroidal sapogenin diol
Ludwig Riedel
Ludwig Riedel, German-born Brazilian botanist and plant collector (Berlin 02 March 1790 – Rio de Janeiro 06 August 1861) DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE TAXA Genus Wunderlichia 1873 (Asteraceae) Species Lasiandra mutabilis 1884 Paepalanthus bryoides 1831 Wunderlichia mirabilis 1884 HONORS Riedeliella Harms 1903 (Fabaceae)
Lucas Roselli
Francisco Lucas Roselli, Uruguayan paleontologist and archaeologist (Carmelo, Colonia Department 18 October 1902 – Nueva Palmira, Colonia Department 22 November 1987) From Italian parents ARCHAEOLOGY Una ceramica prehispanica, campanuliforme y antropomorfa. Nuestra Tierra (1969) Una ceramica prehispanica, ornitomorfa y ceremonial del Uruguay. Amerindia (1964) Sensacional hallazgo arqueologico en Punta Chaparro. El eco de Palmira (1942) DESCRIBED FOSSIL TAXA Ichnofossil Genera Devincenzichnus 1939 Ellipsoideichnus 1987 Fontanaichnus 1976 (Fontanai 1939) Isociesichnus 1987 Madinaichnus 1987 Martinezichnus 1987 Microichnus 1987 Monesichnus 1987 Palmiraichnus 1938 Rebuffoichnus 1987 Teisseirei 1938 (Teisseireichnus 1987) Uruguayichnus 1976 (Uruguayi 1938) Species Ampullaria bergeroi 1939 Devincenzichnus murguiai 1939 Ellipsoideichnus meyeri 1987 Fontanaichnus /Fontanai kraglievichi 1939 Isociesichnus diplocamara 1987 Madinaichnus larranagai 1987 Martinezichnus francisi 1987 Microichnus lafurcadai 1987 Monesichnus ameghinoi 1987 Palmiraichnus castellanosi 1938 Palmiraichnus minor 1938 Rebuffoichnus casamiquelai 1987 Teisseirei / Teisseireichnus barattinia 1938 Uruguayichnus / Uruguayi auroranormae 1938 Uruguayichnus / Uruguayi rivasi 1987 Mammalia (1976) Genera Fiandraia Gilsolaresia Heteroglyptodon Lestodontidion Perezfontanatherium Species Fiandraia romeii Gilsolaresia bayoi Glossotherium guerrai Heteroglyptodon genuarioi Lestodontidion monesi Nothrotherium normarroselli Perezfontanatherium fiandrai Tayassu geosciai HONORS Rosellichnus Genise & Bown 1996 (Fossil Hymenoptera)
Leopoldo Rio de La Loza
Leopoldo Rio de La Loza Guillén, Mexican chemist and pharmacist (Ciudad de Mexico 14 November 1807 – Ciudad de Mexico 02 May 1876) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored about 70 works Extracted from Perezia adnata the crystalline form of pipitzahoic acid (1852) today known as perezone. This substance have multiple uses as purgative, dye and detector of sodium salts. Described a new reactive paper Nuevo papel reactivo. Periodico Soc. Filoiatr. Mexico 1:112, 1844 A procedure for obtaining calomel Nuevo procedimiento para obtener el proto-cloruro de mercúrio. Periodico Soc. Filoiatr. Mexico 1:153-5, 1844 A simple method for preparing zinc varerianate Metodo facil para preparar el varerianato de zinc. HONORS First Class Medal, Society for the Protection of Industrial Arts of London (1856)
Leonídio Ribeiro
Leonídio Ribeiro Filho, Brazilian coroner (São Paulo 04 November 1893 – 27 February 1976) ACHIEVEMENTS Joined Castellanos regarded as a founder of clinical dactyloscopy First to report histopathologically the anatomo-physiological changes on fingerprints caused by leprosy (1933) Demonstrated irrefutably for the first time the relation of cause and effect between the existing change in the papillary designs and the lesions shown by the patients (1933) Discovered diagnostic signs on fingerprints due to many nervous diseases and created and named dactylodiagnosis First to adopt the motion pictures in criminal investigation as general routine work (1934) Authored two classical books: Pathologie des empreintes digitales (1946) & Omosessualita I Endocrinologia (1939) HONORS Vice-president, International Society of Medicine Lombroso Prize, Reale Accademia di Medicina, Italy (1933)