Ruqi Li
Juchi Li / Ruqi Li, Chinese geneticist (Tianjin 02 March 1895 – Beijing 04 April 1991) Published a paper about the effect of chromosomal mutation on fruit fly developments that is considered as a classic in developmental genetics The effect of chromosome aberrations on development in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 12:1-8, 1927 First reported that Ascaris megalocephala had 3 pairs of chromosomes instead of two A six-chromosome Ascaris in Chinese horses. Science 86 (2222):101-2, 1937 Outstanding achievements on embryonic development and environmental adaptation of anuran amphibians
Rogério Cerqueira Leite
Rogério Cezar de Cerqueira Leite, Brazilian physicist (Santo Anastácio, São Paulo State 13 July 1931 – Authored nearly 80 papers ACHIEVEMENTS Co-discovered thermal lens effect With J.P. Gordon, R.S. Moore, J.R. Whinnery & S. Porto. Long transient effects in laser with insert liquid samples. J. Appl. Physics 36:3, 1965 Co-discovered resonance Raman effect With S.P.S. Porto. Enhancement of the Raman cross section in Cdc due to resonant Absorption. Physical Review Letters 17:538, 1966 With S.P.S. Porto. A simple method for calibration on ruby laser output. Proc. IEEE 51, 1963 With C.A. Arguello & G.F. Mendes. A simple technique to suppress spurious luminescence in Raman spectroscopy. Appl. Optics 13:1731, 1974 Developed optical power limiter (1970)
Roberto Levi-Castillo
José Roberto Levi-Castillo, Ecuadorian medical entomologist, historian and philatelist (Guayaquil 26 January 1921 – Quito 29 October 2006) Discovered that varieties of an Anopheles species are geographically specific El complejo Pseudopunctipennis en el Ecuador (Diptera, Culicidae). Univ. Guayaquil 28 September: 1-7, 1944 Developed a box for transport of mosquitoes larva and pupa used worldwide Una caja para transportar larvas de mosquito vivas. Rev. Kubana Med. Trop. Parasitol. 10:211-2, 1947 Developed a mounting medium for pieces of mosquitoes El uso del alcool polivinilico de viscosidad media como un medio para el montaje de las larvas, pupas y terminalia masculina de los mosquitos. Rev. Kuba Med. Trop. 5-6:76-8, 1950 Authored Los mosquitos Haemagogus de America del Sur (1951), translated into English and German The possible role of Chara fragilis in mosquito control. Science 100:266, 1944 DESCRIBED DIPTERA TAXA Subgenera Longipalpifer 1951 Osornomyia 1955 Species Anopheles rivadeneirai 1945 Anopheles gomezdelatorrei 1955 Culex azuayus 1954 Culex babahoyensis 1953 Culex guayasi 1953 Culex quitensis 1953 Haemagogus soperi 1955 Haemagogus garciai 1955 Limatus andinus 1954 Limatus guayasi 1954 Psophora garciai 1953 Toxorhynchites aequatorianus 1953 Trichoprosopon andinum 1953 Trichoprosopon cotopaxensis 1953 Uranotaenia aequatorianna 1953 Wyeomyia aequatoriana 1954 Wyeomyia amazonica 1954 Wyeomyia esmeraldasi 1955 Subspecies Anopheles pseudopunctipennis levicastilloi 1944 Anopheles pseudopunctipennis rivadeneirai 1945
Roberto Landell de Moura
Roberto Landell de Moura, Brazilian father and inventor (Porto Alegre 21 January 1861 – Porto Alegre 30 June 1928) From Scottish descent via maternal branch ACHIEVEMENTS Performed the first radio transmission in the world (1893), before Marconi (1895); Performed voice transmission wireless before Fessenden (1900) First in the world to transmit wireless telegraphy in continuous waves Proposed using short waves to augment transmissions range (1901) Recognized the importance of voltaic arc for signs transmission of variable intensity Discovered Kirlian effect (1907) e conceived the first apparatus able to record it photographically INVENTIONS/PATENTS Patented the first photonic-electronic system in the world (1901) Patented wireless telegraph (1902), wave transmitter (1903) and wireless telephone (1901) in United States A electromechanical microphone Telegraphic loudspeaker Teleauxiphone Caleophone, a kind of interphone Teletiton, a phonetical telegraphy apparatus Auxitophone , a sonic telegraph employing musical notes Gouraudphonium Telephotorama, an apparatus to receive and transmit images and texts to some distance Anematophone Ediphone In his inventions and patents are included concepts as continuous waves transmission, triode and fiber optic principle EPONYM Landellian waves, waves produced by electrical vibratory motions playing a role similar to a metallic conductor in telegraphy and wireless telephone
Richard Samuel Lal Mohan
Richard Samuel Lal Mohan, Indian marine zoologist (1937 – DESCRIBED VALID PISCES TAXA Genera Kathala 1969 Macrospinosa 1969 Panna 1969 Species Acroteriobatus variegatus 1973 with Nair Helcogramma shinglensis 1971 Johnius elongatus 1976 Johnius macrorhynus 1976 Johnius mannarensis 1971 OTHERS Species Macrobrachium kulsiense 2007 with Jayachandran & Raji HONORS Lalmohania Hutchins 1994 (Pisces)
Ricardo Lantican
Ricardo Manzo Lantican, Philippine plant breeder (Los Baños, Laguna 08 January 1933 – Developed more than 20 pest-resistant and high yielding-varieties of mungbean, soybean and peanut through plant breeding First in the world to study cytoplasmic inheritance of hypersensitivity to the leaf blight disease in maize LINKS http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/Ricardo_M._Lantican