Uttam Prakash

Uttam Prakash, Indian palaeobotanist (02 December 1925 – DESCRIBED FOSSIL PLANTAE GENERA Adenantheroxylon 1968 with Tripathi Ailanthoxylon 1958 Albizinium 1973 Amooroxylon 1983 with Bande Artocarpoxylon 1978 with Lalitha Atalantioxylon 1978 with Lakhanpal & Bande Baphioxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Brachystegioxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Burseroxylon 1973 with Tripathi Callistemonites 1986 with Bande & Mehrotra Callistemonoxylon 1986 with Bande & Mehrotra Canarioxylon 1973 with Breasinova & Awasthi Cassinium 1973 Cercidiphylloxylon 1971 with Brezinova & Buzek Coryloxylon 1971 with with Brezinova & Buzek Dialiumoxylon 1978 with Lakhanpal Dichrostachyoxylon 1976 Duabangoxylon 1970 with Awasthi Elaeocarpoxylon 1963 with Dayal Entandrophragminium 1976 Euphorbiocarpon 1983 with Bande & Mehrotra Gymnosporioxylon 1984 with Lalitha Heritieroxylon 1981 with Lakhanpal & Awasthi Heyneoxylon 1980 with Bande Holigarnoxylon 1970 with Awasthi Homalioxylon 1972 with Tripathi Hyphaeneocarpon 1982 with Bande & Ambwani Isoberlinoxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Lanneoxylon 1967 with Tripathi Leeoxylon 1963 with Dayal Liriodendroxylon 1971 with with Brezinova & Buzek Lophopetalumoxylon 1984 with Bande Madhucoxylon 1975 with Tripathi Mimosaeoxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Mohgaostrobus 1962 Monocotylostrobus 1982 with Lakhanpal & Bande Musophyllum 1979 with Bande & Ambwani Ormosioxylon 1980 with Bande Ougenioxylon 1975 with Tripathi Pometioxylon 1970 with Tripathi Sahnipushpam 1955 Siderinium 1970 with Awasthi Stereospermoxylon 1982 with Awasthi Swintonioxylon 1968 with Tripathi Typhaephyllum 1970 with Boureau HONORS (Fossil Plantae) Prakashites Chitaley & Yawale 1977 Prakashocarpon Dahegaonkar & Kapgate 2004

Un-chul Paek

Un-chul Paek, South Korean optical physicist (Jinju, Gyeongnam Province 02 December 1934 – Gwangju 03 May 2011) Held at least 44 patents Developed a furnace for drawing fibers and techniques for high-speed drawing, cooling and coating of these fibers OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS  With S. Oh, K.R. Lee & Y.J. Chung. Fabrication of helical long-period fiber gratings by use of a CO2 laser. Opt. Letters 29(13):1464-66, 2004 With Y.G. Han, S.H. Kim, S.B. Lee & Y. Chung. Development of a novel core mode blocker with H-2 loaded Ge-B co-doped fiber. IEEE Electronics Letters 39(15):1107-8, 2003 With Y.G. Han, S.H. Kim, S.B. Lee, Y. Chung et al. Novel Raman fiber laser and fiber-optic sensors using multi-channel fiber gratings. J. Opt. Soc. Korea 7(2):97-101, 2003 With J. Lee, G.H. Song & Y.G. Seo. Design and fabrication of dispersion-managed fibres by periodic etching during the MCVD process. Electronics Letters 37(1):11-2, 2001   With B.H. Lee, Y.J. Kim, Y.J. Chung & W.T. Han. Fiber modal index measurements based on fiber gratings. Fiber Integrated Optics 20(5):443-55, 2001

Troels Myndel Pedersen

Troels Myndel Pedersen, Danish-born Argentine botanist (Copenhagen 26 September 1916 – Corrientes 05 April 2000) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Valid Genera (Amaranthaceae) Hebanthodes 2000 Lecosia 2000 Quaternella 1990 Siamosia 1987 with K. Larsen Species Alternanthera bahiensis 1995 Alternanthera collina 1997 Alternanthera inaccessa 1997 Alternanthera piptantha 2000 Alternanthera serpens 1997 Carex rupicola Cerastium rivulariastrum 1970 with Möschl Cyperus grossianus 1972 Eleocharis strobilacea 1961 Eryngium mesopotamicum 1997 Gomphrena ferruginea 1976 Gomphrena hatschibachiana 2000 Gomphrena phaeotricha 1976 Gomphrena radiata 1976 Gomphrena riparia 2000 Gomphrena spissa 1997 Gomphrena tríceps 1997 Gomphrena vitellina 1990 Guilleminea chacoensis 2000 Guilleminea fragilis 2000 Guilleminea hirsuta 2000 Hebanthodes peruviana 2000 Hydrocleys modesta 1961 Hydrocleys grosourdyana 1961 Lecosia formicarum 2000 Lecosia oppositifolia 2000 Pfaffia argyrea 2000 Pfaffia minarum 1997 Pfaffia ninae 1997 Pfaffia rotundifolia 1997 Pfaffia sarcophylla 1997 Pfaffia townsendii 1990 Pfaffia tuberculosa 1997 Quaternella confusa 1990 Quaternella ephedroides 1997 Scirpus guaraniticus 1961 Siamosia thailandica 1987 Silene cuspidata 1984 Silene melanopotamica 1984 Spergula calva 1984 Stellaria chilensis 1983 Stellaria parva 1961 Stellaria weddellii 1983 Others 16 varieties, 11 subspecies and 8 forms HONORS Pedersenia Holub 1998 (Amaranthaceae) 

Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian

Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian, Indian fisheries biologist (Madurai District, Tamil Nadu 15 June 1939 – About 250 papers Developed a model for predicting the transformation of food energy into growth Published the paper that became a citation classic Intake, digestion, absorption and conversion of food in the fishes Megalops cyprinoides and Ophiocephalus striatus. Marine Biology 1:16-32, 1983 Discovered haploid and tetraploid catfishes With R. Koteeswaran. Natural occurrence of monoploid and polyploids in the Indian catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis. Curr. Sci. 76:1134-7, 1999 Obtained the first generation of  supermales (YY) in tilapia, barbs ang guppy species and superfemales (XX) in guppy species to sire monosex progenies Demonstrated that the sperm survived in catfish for over 240 days if they were preserved at -20° C and could still be fertilized With R. Koteeswaran. Live sperm from post-mortem preserved Indian catfish. Curr. Sci. 82:447-50, 2002 First to report that research has conclusively shown that fishes have retained bisexual potency even after sexual maturity and spermiation 

Teresa Pinto

Teresa Pinto Hamuy, Chilean psycho physiologist (died 2008?) Modified Sutherland box With S. Aronsohn, P. Toledo & P. Asenjo. Analysis of a guided-response procedure in visual discrimination by rats. J. Exp. Anal. Behav. 47(3):311-7, 1987 With C. Passig, W.M. Jenkins, J.A. Arraztoa, H. Guadagno & R. Olivares. Development of a computerized system for simultaneous visual discrimination in rats. Behav. Brain research 47(2):199-201, 1992 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With P. Espina Marchant, D. Bustamante, P. Morales & M. Herrera-Marschitz. Rat strain influences the use of the egocentric learning strategies mediated by neostriatum. Exp. Brain Res. 193(2):205-12, 2009 With P. Espina Marchant, D. Bustamante, P. Morales, L. Robles & M. Herrera-Marschitz. Spatial cognition and memory: a reversible lesion with lidocaine into the anteromedial posterior parietal cortex (AM/PPC) affects directly working and long-term memory on two foraging tasks. Biol. Res. 39(4):601-9, 2006 With V.M. Montero & J.F. Torrealba. Neurotoxic lesions of anteromedial posterior parietal cortex disrupts spatial maze memory in blind rats. Behav. Brain res. 153(2):465-70, 2004 With R.F. Sanchez, V.M. Montero, S.G. Espinoza, E. Díaz & M. Canitnol. Visuospatial discrimination deficit in rats after ibotenate lesions in anteromedial visual cortex. Physiol. Behav. 62(5):989-94, 1997 With E. Díaz & V. Fernandez. Interhemispheric structural asymmetry induced by a lateralized reaching task in the rat motor cortex. Eur. J. Neurosc. 6(7):1235-8, 1994 With S. Aronsohn & C. Colin. Monocular enucleation causes a deficit in visual learning in rats. Acta Physiol. Lat. Am. 31(3):143-50, 1981 With H. Bracchitta & F. Lolas. Slow cortical potentials (SCP) recorded at different sites of the motor and sensory cortex during avoidance conditioning in the rabbit. Neuropsychology 11(1):67-73, 1973 With C.W. Hendrickson. Nonretention of a visual conditioned heart-rate response under neocortical spreading depression. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 64(3):510-3, 1967 With P. Linck. Effect of frontal lesions on performance of sequential tasks by monkeys. Exp. Neurol. 12:96-107, 1965 With M.A. Saavedra & E. Garcia. Acquisition of auditory conditioned responses in normal and neodecorticate rats. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 56(1);31-5,1963 With G. Santibañez. Olfactory discrimination deficits in monkeys with temporal lobe ablations. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 50(5):472-4, 1957 With G. Santibañez, C. Gonzales & E. Vicencio. Changes in behavior and visual discrimination performance after selective ablations of temporal cortex. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 50(4):379-85, 1957 With R.B. Bromiley & C.N. Woolsey. Somatic afferent areas I and II of the dog’s cerebral cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 19:485-99, 1956 Retention and preformance of ‘skilled movements” after cortical ablation in monkeys. Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp. 98: 417-44, 1956 With C.N. Woolsey, P.H. Seitlage, D.R. Meyer, W. Sencer & A.M. Travis. Pattern of localization in precentral and “supplementary” motor areas and their relation to the concept of a premotor area. Res. Publ. Assoc. Res. Nerv. Mental Dis. 30:238-64, 1952 

Sindhu Amrut Paradkar

Sindhu Amrut Paradkar, Indian palaeobotanist (20 November 1930 – DESCRIBED FOSSIL TAXA GENERA Plantae Apocinaceoxylon 1970 with Chitaley & Subnedar Bauhinioxylon 1972 with Nakada Cestroxylon 1971 with Bhutada Chitaleypushpam 1971 Deccanocarpon 1975 Mohgaoanthus 1985 with Dixit Oleoxylon 1971 with Joshi Paraferonioxylon 1985 with Dixit Rhizomites 1971 Shoreoxylon 1972 Todisporangidites 1980 with Barlinge Trialata 1986 with Dixit Velamenorhizos 1977 with Barlinge Fungi Arbusculites 1976 Ascochytites 1982 with Barlinge Chlamydosporites 1975 Dactylosporites 1976 Helicominites 1982 with Barlinge Monodictyites 1982 with Barlinge Mougeotiates 1982 with Barlinge Palaeoleptosphaeria 1982 with Barlinge