Antonio Romero
Antonio A. Romero, Argentine Army officer and explorator (18??-1929) Collected specimens of fossil vertebrates and plants such as the first marine crocodile of the country (1898) and the Pyrotherium romeroi (described by F. Ameghino in 1888) Developed a new system of removable car (1913) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Un fuerte desconocido por los historiadores de Buenos Aires. Bol. Bibl. Nacional Peru 22(1):633-5, 1928 La explotación del petroleo en el Neuquén. Teorias equivocadas y estudios geologicos imaginarios praticados (1926) Homo pampaeus. Contribución al estudio de origen y antiguedad de la raza humana en Sud America según recientes descubrimientos. Anales Soc. Cient. Arg. LXXXVI:5-48, 1918 La obra de Florentino Ameghino; La importância de los hallazgos paleoliticos de Chapalmalán (Miramar); El origen del caballo en America (1915) Las tituladas geodas ferruginosas del Iberá, Entre Ríos, etc., por el señor Enrique de Carlés, su origen y la edad geologica que se les atribuye. Anales Soc. Cient. Argentina 25:497, 1913 Las escorias y tierras cocidas de las formaciones sedimentarias neogenas de la Republica Argentina. Anales Museo Nac. Hist. Natural Bs. Aires 22 Ser3 Tomo 15:11-44, 1912 Estudio geologico de nuestro continente (Sud America) HONORS Romeroites Spegazzini 1924 (Fossil Plantae)
Antonio Raimondi
Giovanni Antonio Raimondi, Italian-born Peruvian naturalist and geographer (Milano 19 September 1824 – San Pedro de Lloc, La Libertad Dept 26 October 1890) Authored over 150 works Discovered new species of marine invertebrates in central and southern portions of Peru Discovered 80 new plant species Collected 31 000 specimens between animals, plants, rocks, minerals and ethnographic material being 2000 mollusks, 4000 insects and 2665 birds DESCRIBED Plantae Species Chloraea undulata ex Colunga 1857 Culcitium discolor ex Herrera 1921 Verbena stachys 1913 Mineral Sideronatrite (1878) Huantajayite (1876) variety Tarapacaite (1878) Malinowskite (1876) variety Arequipite (1878) Cuprochalcite (1872) Described archaeological site of Chavín de Huantar Conceived a method to recognize the presence of lead sulfate or anglesite employing a sodium chloride solution (1873) and a rapid test for determination of tourmalines employing hydrofluoric acid HONORS Raimondia Safford 1913 (Annonaceae) Neoraimondia Britton & Rose 1920 (Cactaceae) Raimondiceras Spath 1924 (Fossil Mollusca) LINKS www.dicionariobiograficoecuador.com/tomo/tomo17/r1.htm www.museoraimondi.org.pe/documentos/quimico-maldonado-diosdeguevara.doc http://www.museoraimondi.org.pe/raimondi.htm
Antonio Carlos Rocha Campos
Antonio Carlos Rocha Campos, Brazilian geologist and paleontologist (Araras, São Paulo State 03 March 1937 – São Paulo 22 July 2019) First to identify a boulder pavement in Antarctica (2012) With M. Kuchenbecker, W. Duleba, P.R. dos Santos & F.M. Canile. A (tidal-marine) boulder pavement in the late Cenozoic of Seymour Island, Antarctica: contribution to palaeogeographical and palaeoclimatic evolution of West Antarctica. Antarctic Science 29(6):555-9, 2017 DESCRIBED Fossil Mollusca Genera Tayoa 1964 Pindorama 2006 with Anelli & Simões Carnauba 2009 with Anelli, Simões & Peck Species Adamusium auristriatum 2008 with Quaglio, Anelli, dos Santos & Perinotto Attenuatella paulistana 1969 Australomya sinuosa 1993 with Simões Carnauba oiticica 2009 with Anelli, Simões & Peck Chaenomyia caatingaensis 2009 with Anelli, Simões & Peck Cypricardinia boliviana 1977 with Carvalho & Amos Deltopecten harringtoni 1975 with Carvalho Ennucula frigida 2006 with Anelli, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio Ennucula musculosa 2006 with Anelli, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio Exochorhynchus buriti 2009 with Anelli, Simões & Peck Leioptera paranaensis 1969 Limatula (Antarctolima) ferraziana 2008 with Quaglio, Anelli, dos Santos & Perinotto Limopsis psimolis 2006 with Anelli, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio Mourlonia baitacensis 1969 Mourlonia balapucensis 1977 with Carvalho & Amos Myonia costata 1970 Neilo rongelii 2006 with Anelli, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio Nuculavus levatiformis 2007 with Anelli & Simões Oriocrassatella itajaiensis 1970 Periploma acuta 2006 with Anelli, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio Pindorama nordestina 2006 with Anelli, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio Pleurophorella parnaibensis 2009 with Anelli, Simões & Peck Polidevcia bellistriata 2007 with Anelli & Simões Solermya (Janeia) radiata 2007 with Anelli & Simões Tayoa erichseni 1964 Vacunella camachoi 1975 with Carvalho Warthia brasiliensis 1970 Yoldia peninsularis 2006 with Anelli, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio Others Peruvispira delicata 1978 with Roesler (Brachiopoda) MEMBERSHIP/OFFICES President, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (1994-8)
Antonino dos Santos Rocha
Antonino dos Santos Rocha, Portuguese-born Brazilian nephrologist (Portugal 06 November 1936 – São Paulo 19 October 1990) Internationally recognized as an authority on renal physiology and physiopathology A number of his works were considered international classics in the field Discovered chloride channel on the Henle loop ascending limb Proposed a new model of countercurrent system With J.P. Kokko, F.C. Rector Jr & M. Imai. Experimental and theoretical evidence for the passive equilibration model of countercurrent multiplication system. Proc. 5th Intern. Congr. Nephrol. 2:91-6, 1972 Performed the first direct experiments on the thick ascending limb of Henle’s loop and discovered that transepithelial potential difference across it is oriented lumen positive independently of Maurice B. Burg & Nordica Green With J.P. Kokko. Sodium, chloride and water transport in the medullary thick ascending limb of Henle. Evidence of active chloride transport. J. Clin. Invest. 52:612, 1973 First work employing micropuncture in the functional study of glomerulopathies With M.M. Machado & G. Malnic. Micropuncture study in rats with experimental glomerulo-nephrites. Kidney Intern. 3(1):14, 1973 Described the K transport mechanism in this nephron segment and a process of K medullary re-circulation With J.P. Kokko. Membrane characteristics regulating potassium transport out of the isolated perfused descending limb of Henle. Kidney Intern. 4:326-30, 1973 Clarified the mechanism of urea intrarenal re-circulation and the process by which the medullary nephron becomes hypertonics With J.P. Kokko. Permeability of medullary nephron segments to urea and water. Effect of vasopressin. Kidney Intern. 6:379-87, 1974 With S. Tsuzuki, O.M. Gomes, N. Gushi, J.B. Magaldi & G. Verginelli. Bomba para infusão venosa contínua com baixo fluxo. Novo modelo (1974) Analysed the calcium and phosphate transport in each segment of Henle loop With J.B. Magaldi & J.P.Kokko. Calcium and phosphate transport in isolated segments of rabbit Henle’s loop. J. Clin. Invest. 59:875-93, 1977 Showed that papillary collecting duct plays a role in regulating the urinary excretion of chlorine and sodium ions and in maintenance of extracellular volume With Lucia H. Kudo. Sodium chloride and electrical gradient across the isolated perfused papillary collecting duct. Anais 8th Internat. Congr. Nephrol. C5 (1978) First to use rat as experimental model in microperfusion laboratory With A.L.J. Almeida. Características funcionais da alça de Henle e ducto coletor do rato recém-nascido: estudo de microperfusão “in vitro”. Doctoral Thesis, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo (1979) Showed diferences between papillary collecting duct and cortical tubule in relation to sodium and potassium transport and physiological and physiopathological roles Heterogeneidade functional do ducto coletor: transporte de sódio e cloro. Efeito do lítio sobre a permeabilidade da agua. Thesis, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (1979) Showed that biggest part of filtrate calcium is reabsorbed in pars recta of proximal tubules and that this reabsorption occurs by a distinct mechanism in the upper portions of proximal tubules With A.L.J. Almeida & L.H. Kudo. Calcium transport in isolated perfused pars recta of proximal tubule. Braz. J. Med. Biol. Res. 14:43-9, 1981 Authored the first work dealing about the features of water and urea transport in human nephron segments With L.H. Kudo. Water, urea, sodium, chloride and potassium transport in the “in vitro” isolated perfused papillary collecting duct. Kidney Internat. 22:485, 1982 First to show a model of in vitro cultured papillary collecting duct cells from rat kidneys With M. Ori. Cultura primária de células do ducto coletor papilar: transporte de sódio e incorporação de timidina (1984) Other works with good repercussion With L.H. Kudo. Chloride and sodium secretion by rat papillary collecting duct. Permeability of medullary nephron segments to urea and water. Effect of vasopressin. Kidney International 6:379, 1974 With J.B. Magaldi. Calcium and phosphate transport in isolated segments of rabbit’s Henle loop. J. Clin. Invest. 59:975, 1977 With M.I.P. Leão, C.M.B. Helou, R. Costa & J.B. Magaldi. Mecanismo de espoliação de potássio produzida pela furosemida. Rev. Bras. Pesq. Med. Biol. 12(6):391-9, 1979
Annamalai Ramanathan
Annamalai Ramanathan, Indian mathematician (Madras 29 August 1946 – Chicago 12 March 1993) Gave a notion of stability for principal G-bundle on a Riemann surface Constructed a moduli space for semistable principal bundles with a real reductive structure group With S. Ramanan proved that the tensor product of a semistable vector bundles is semistable (1984) With V.B. Mehta introduced the notion of a Frobenius split variety and compatibly split subvarieties (1985) Proved that a principal G-bundle admits an Einstein-Hermitian connection if and only if it is polystable (1988) EPONYMY Ramanan-Ramanathan theorem Rumford-Mehta-Ramanathan restriction theorem Raghunathan-Ramanathan theorem Kumar-Narasimhan-Ramanathan lemma Ramanathan lemma Ramanathan stability Mehta-Ramanathan theorem for linear systems Mehta-Ramanathan theorem for slope K-semistability Mehta-Ramanathan theorem rank of a real form
Anjali Roy
Anjali Roy, Indian mycologist (fl.1961-98) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With A.B. De. Taxonomy of Hexagonia scutellata comb. nov. J. Mycopath. Research (1998) With A.B. De. New records of Polyporaceae from India (1997) With A.B. De. Polyporaceae of India (1996) With B. Bhattacharjee & A.L. Majumder. Beta-glucosidase of a white-rot fungus Trametes gibbosa. Biochem. Internat. 28(5), 1992 With A. Mitra & S. Dutta. New records of two wood rotting fungi from India. Indian Forester 11(2): 1985 With M.S. Singh. Studies on human pathogenic fungi from soil (1984-5) With A. Pal & A.B. De. Nuclear behavior in basidia of Polyporus antihelminthicus Berk. Nova Hedwigia 36, Studies on the Indian polypores. VI. Morphological and cultural characters of Irpex flavus Klotzsch. Nova Hedwigia 34:259-63, 1981 Taxonomy of Fomes durissimus. Mycologia 71:1005-8, 1979 Structures of zones in fruiting bodies of Polyporaceae. Nova Hedwigia 27:801-4, 1976 Record of Poria xylostromatoides from India (1973) Some microstructures in relation to Polyporaceae. Mycopath. Mycol. Applicata 48:111-9, 1972 A significant variation of Microsporon gypseum. Mycopathol. 37:45-8, 1969 Anatomy of Indian Polyporaceae. Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 22, 1968 Studies on hyperpigmented form of Trichophyton rubrum (1964) With A. Mitra. Taxonomy of Daedalea flavida Lev. HONORS Royoporus A.B. De 1996 (Fungi)