Aklilu Lemma
Aklilu Lemma, Ethiopian physician (Giggiga, Harar Province 18 September 1934 – United States 05 April 1997) Discovered that extracts from the fruit of endod or soapberry (Phytolacca dodecandra) act as a potent molluscicide (1964) With H.H. Lee & P.C. Fraleigh patented Method of controlling zebra mussels with extract of Phytolacca dodecandra. US Patent 5252330 (1993) HONORS Visiting Professor, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Right Livelihood Award (1989)
Adolpho Lutz
Adolpho Lutz, Brazilian physician, parasitologist and naturalist (Rio de Janeiro 18 December 1855 – Rio de Janeiro 06 October 1940) Son of Swiss immigrants Authored 245 publications DISCOVERED Sylvan malaria and sylvan yellow fever (1903) South American blastomycosis or paracoccidioidomycosis or Lutz-Splendore-Almeida disease (1908) Infantile acrodynia (1882-3; noticed in 1885) Granulations in Hansen bacillus known as Lutz granulations (1886) Water storing plants like Freycinetia sp. acted as habitat for small crustaceans and mollusks The role of epiphytic Bromeliads as breeders of malaria transmitting mosquitoes OTHERS Proved that intake of Ascaris lumbricoides embryonated eggs as ascaridiasis cause independent from Grassi studies Authored the first reports about pulmonary symptomatology in ascaridiasis First described schizogonic cycle of hemogregarines in host lungs Assigned the fleas as intermediate host of Dipylidium caninum (1887) With Arning described juxtaarticular nodosities (1892) before Jeanselme (1912) know as Lutz-Jeanselme syndrome Described the coccoid forms of Hansen bacillus (with P.G. Unna) Clarified the life cycle of Dermatobia cyaniventris Created the term enteritis to differentiate from dysentery (1891) With A. Splendore described sporotrichosis pathogeny, pathology and symptomatology and discovered the feasibility to growing Sporotrichium schenckii in vitro and the first reported case of animal infection by sporotrichosis in Sobre uma micose observada em homens e ratos. Rev. Med. S. Paulo 21:433-50, 1907 First detailed reports about Schistosoma mansoni miracidium penetration in host mollusk (1917) Introduced the thymol utilization in ancylostomiasis therapeutics Proclaimed Sabouraud Agar medium employing tartaric acid DEVELOPED Egg enrichment method of Schistosoma mansoni in human stools (1919), rediscovered as Hoffman-Pons-Janer method in 1934 A counting method for Ancylostoma sp. eggs (1885), adopted by Looss and Leichtenstern A device for keeping heated the microscope platinum in constant temperature A new method of enclosing and preserving small objects for microscopic examination (1920) A new suture method A simple and practical method for treatment of empyema (1920) An ingenious and simple process to transport blood A loop suited to capture snakes (Lutz loop) DESCRIBED TAXA 52 genera and many species in Diptera 7 genera in Trematoda 5 new scorpion species with O. De Mello Dozens of new parasite protozoan species Genus Aplastodiscus 1950 and 38 valid species in Amphibia HONORS/EPONYMY Only South American guest speaker in Bicentennial of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, US Medicine & Physiology Nobel Prize nominee (1938) Lutz method (spontaneous sedimentation method) Lutziola Strand 1932 (Diptera) Lutzomiops Lane 1942 (Diptera) Lutzomyia França 1927 (Diptera) Lutzsimulium d’Andretta & d’Andretta 1947 (Diptera) Lutztrema Travassos 1941 (Trematoda) Lutznema Lent & Freitas 1934 (Nematoda) Protolutzia Cunha & Muniz 1925 (Protozoa) Lepidolutzia Rego Barros 1956 (Lepidoptera) Subgenus Lutzimicron Costa Lima 1960 (Hymenoptera) Subgenus Lutzia Theobald 1903 (Diptera)
Adolpho Carlos Lindenberg
Adolpho Carlos Lindenberg, Brazilian dermatologist (Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro 12 September 1872 – São Paulo 06 December 1944) Identified Leishmania brasiliensis as etiologic agent of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (1909); this species was sent to Gaspar Vianna that described it L’Ulcere de Bauru ou le Bouton d’Orient au Bresil. Comm. Prelim. Bull. Soc. Path. Exot. 2:252-4, 1909 Described Nocardia brasiliensis, etiologic agent of exogenous actinomycetoma Un nouveau mycetoma. Arch. Parasitol. 13:265-82, 1909 Studied the action mechanism of chaulmoogra oil in leprosy treatment (1920s) Perfected methods for leprosy treatment
Adinath Lahiri
Adinath Lahiri, Indian chemist and technologist (Pabna, now Bangladesh 24 August 1916 – London 26 August 1975) Recognized as an international authority on coal Authored over 500 articles Made important contributions to knowledge of the state of combination of carbon and hydrogen in the coal molecule and its derivatives His studies led to many improvements in coal washing technology some of which have been internationally adopted DEVELOPED WITH COLLEAGUES A beehive coke oven An activated carbon and ion exchangers for determination of water-based coal A simple moving-bed devolatilizer without by product recovery A narrow brick vertical retort employed in low temperature carbonisation technique for large scale production Processes for the isolation and recovery of useful chemicals from the byproducts of coal Processes for the production of products like resins, phthalic anhydride, anthraquinone, maleic anhydride, xylenes, cyanopyridines, nicotinic, isonicotinic and benzoic acids, benzonitrile, cresols, naphthol, resorcinol and other compounds Inexpensive methods for converting low-grade coals into processed solid fuel Technology of using non-coking coals for the production of blast furnace fuel OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS With G.G. Sarkar & S. Saha. A graphical method for determining optimum operating condition for washing mixed coals. J. Inst. Fuel 33:130-45, 1960 With S.K. Mukherjee et al. A continuous process for low temperature fluidized carbonization of coal. J. Scient. Ind. Res. 19 (12A): 611-5, 1960 With A.K. Chakraborty et al. A simple specific gravity indicator for use in heavy medium coal washing plants. Res. Ind. 6(7):239-41, 1961 With G.G. Sarkar. An index for the comparison and correlation of washability characteristic of coals (1962) With P.N. Mukherjee & L.V. Ramachandran. A new method of production of nitrogeneous organic manure from cellulosic material. Chem. Ind. 18(7):41, 1963 With A.R. Ray et al. An improved process of coal flotation by use of grids. Indian J. Tech. 2(12):446-8, 1963 With P.N. Bose et al. A theoretical basis for predicting optimum proportions of constituents in coal blending. Ind. J. Tech. 2(3):110-2, 1964 With P.N. Mukherjee & J.N. Bhowmik. An improved process for the production of fertilizers from coal. Indian J. Tech. 3(3):90-2, 1965 With A. Sen Gupta & N.N. Das Gupta. A laboratory test oven for assessing the coking properties of coals. Indian J. Tech. 4:5, 1966 With G.G. Sarkar & H.P. Das. New washability diagram presenting the petrological constituents of coal CIM Bull. 64(705):757-65, 1971 With J. Chattopadhyay et al. An integrated process for simultaneous upgrading and dewatering of small coal (1972) With S.K. Ray & H.S. Rao. An integrated scheme for the production of some fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals and inseticides from light pyridine bases recoverable from coke oven saturated liquor (1972) PATENTS (Several innovations in fuel technology which earned him over 90 patents) With N.G. Basak & A.C. Mazumdar. Improvements in or relating to the removal of organic sulphur from industrial gases GB803399 A (1956) With D.K. Sen, C. Sreedharan, B. Nair & A.N. Basu. A process for the extraction of tar acids from the crude tar oils DE1297618 B (1961) With A.K. Chakravarti, J. Chattopadhyay & G.G. Sarkar . Upgrading and dewatering of coal US3,3381,388 A (1966) With A.K. Chakravarti, J. Chattopadhyay & G.G. Sarkar . Improvements in or relating to the upgrading and dewatering of coal. GB1114820A (1966) With P.B. Chowdhury, D.K. Mukherjee, N.G. Basak, J.K. Sarma & A.N. Basu. Preparation of iron catalysts for hydrogenation of coal CA965767A (1970) With D.K. Mukherjee, P.B. Chowdhury, J.K. Sarma, A.N. Basu & N.G. Basak. Hydrogenation of coal US3,775,286 (1971) With S.K.Ray, G.S. Murty, H.S. Rao & S. C. Ray. A process relating to the production of benzonitrile from toluene a constituent of coke-oven benzole and petroleum (1972) With T.K. Goswami, S.K. Ray, A. Bhattacharjee, T.J. Bhaduri, P.R. Kumar, K.K. Tiwari, M.P. Sharma, G.S. Murty, C.S.B. Nair & K.C. Bit. Improvements in or relating to a process for the isomerisation of sulphonic acids IN141861B (1973) With T.K. Goswami, S.K. Ray, A. Bhattacharjee, T.J. Bhaduri, P.R. Kumar, K.K. Tiwari, M.P. Sharma, G.S. Murty, C.S.B. Nair & K.C. Bit. Improvements in or relating for the production of aromatic hydroxy compounds or salts thereof IN141862B (1973) With T.K. Goswami, S.K. Ray, A. Bhattacharjee, T.J. Bhaduri, P.R. Kumar, K.K. Tiwari, M.P. Sharma, G.S. Murty, C.S.B. Nair & K.C. Bit. Improvements in or relating to a process for neutralisation of the products from sulphonation reaction IN141863B (1973) With B. Konar, A.K. Sinha & G.G. Sarkar. A process for demineralisation of coals IN144163B (1974) HONORS Genus Lahirites Bharadwaj (Fossil Pollen & Sporae) LINKS http://www.insaindia.res.in/BM/BM6_7909.pdf
Wook Hyun Kwon
Wook Hyun Kwon, South Korean electrical engineer (19 January 1943 – Authored over 150 international journal papers Introduced the concept of receding horizon control A modified quadratic cost problem and feedback stabilization of linear systems. IEEE Trans. Autom. Control Vol AC 22(5), 1977 First to introduce a reduction transformation method for control-delayed systems With A.E. Pearson. Feedback stabilization of linear systems with delayed control. IEEE Trans. Autom. Control Vol AC 25(2), 1990 Introduced for the first time a H-infinity control method for time-delay systems With J.H. Lee & S.W. Kim. Memoryless H controllers for state delayed systems. IEEE Trans. 39(1), 1994 Introduced a very useful and powerful inequality equation for robust stabilizing controls for time delay systems With Y.S. Moon, P.G. Park & Y.S. Lee. Delay dependent robust stabilization of uncertain state-delayed systems. Intern. J. Control 74(14), 2001 PATENTS (24 patents in South Korea) With M.K. Cho & E.S. Cho. Non-volatile memory devices that include a section transistor having a recessed channel and methods of fabricating the same. USPTO 20060023558 With J.I. Han. Selective erase method for flash memory USPTO 20060018163 With K.Y. Na. Non-volatile memory device and fabrication method USPTO 6849506 (2003) With K.Y. Na. Non-volatile memory device and fabrication method USPTO 20040048432 With K.Y. Na. Non-volatile memory device and fabrication method USPTO 20020017680 With K.Y. Na. Non-volatile memory device with a floating gate having a tapered protrusion USPTO 6649967 (2001) With K.Y. Na, S.B. Lee, Y.H. Kim & W.L. Choi. Method for fabricating connection between segment transistor and memory cell region of flash memory device. USPTO 6566197 (2001) With K.Y.Na, S.B. Lee, Y.H. Kim & W.L. Choi. Method for fabricating connection structure between segment transistor and memory cell region of flash memory device USPTO 20020025635 Nonvolatile memory, cell array thereof, and method for sensing data therefrom USPTO 20030002335 Nonvolatile memory, cell array thereof, and method for sensing data therefrom USPTO 6501680 (2002) Nonvolatile memory, cell array thereof, and method for sensing data therefrom USPTO 6438027 (2001) Nonvolatile memory, cell array thereof, and method for sensing data therefrom USPTO 20020060337 Nonvolatile memory, cell array thereof, and method for sensing data therefrom USPTO 6313501 (2000) Fabrication method of triple polysilicon flash eeprom arrays USPTO 6218246 With G.B. Lee, K.S. Kim, S.A. Nam & N.J. Son. Method of manufacturating semiconductor device USPTO 9564340 (2015) With G.B. Lee, K.S. Kim, S.A. Nam & N.J. Son. Method of manufacturating semiconductor device USPTO 20160225635 With B.G. Park, Y.H. Song & Y. Kim. Methods of forming and operating semiconductor device. USPTO 8354708 (2011) With B.G. Park, Y.H. Song & Y. Kim. Methods of forming and operating semiconductor device. USPTO 20110194356 Non-volatile memories, cards, and systems including shallow trench isolation structures with buried bit lines. USPTO 20110302363 Methods of forming shallow trench isolation structures with buried bit lines in non-volatile memories. USPTO 8022462 (2008) With B.G. Park, Y.H. Song & Y. Kim. Semiconductor device and methods of forming and operating the same. USPTO 7928501 (2009) With B.G. Park, Y.H. Song & Y. Kim. Methods of forming and operating semiconductor device. USPTO 20100001339 With K.N. Kim, C.K. Park, S.M. Jung & S.P. Sim. Multilevel integrated devices and methods of forming the same USPTO 7586135 (2006) With M.K. Cho & E.S. Cho. Non-volatile memory devices that include a selection transistor having a recessed channel and methods of fabricating the same USPTO 7547943 (2004) Non-volatile memory device capable of reducing threshold voltage distribution USPTO 7468924 (2006) Non-volatile memory device capable of reducing threshold voltage distribution USPTO 20080094923 (2006) Methods of forming shallow trench isolation structures with buried bit lines in non-volatile memories and devices, cards, and systems so formed USPTO 20080265303 (2008) Methods of forming non-volatile memory device having floating gate USPTO 7338860 (2005) Methods of forming non-volatile memory device having floating gate USPTO 20060099756 With D.M. Kim, K.N. Kim, C.K. Park & S.P. Sim. Methods for operating non-volatile memory device USPTO 20070268749 With C.K. Park & S.P. Sim. Contatcless nonvolatile memory device and method of forming the same. USPTO 7276415 (2006) With C.K. Park & S.P. Sim. Contatcless nonvolatile memory device and method of forming the same. USPTO 20070105309 With K.N. Kim, C.K. Park, S.M. Jung & S.P. Sim. Multilevel integrated circuit devices and methods of forming the same USPTO 20070176214 With J.I. Han. Selective erase method for flash memory. USPTO 7230853 LINKS https://kwonlecture.snu.ac.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CV-of-Prof-kwon-16-12-21short.pdf
Wilhelm Kegel
Wilhelm Ottomar Kegel, German / Brazilian geologist and paleontologist (Breitscheid, Hessen State 06 May 1890 – Niterói, Rio de Janeiro State 15 March 1971) DESCRIBED FOSSIL GENERA Ichnofossil Amaralia 1967 Neoskolithos 1966 Crustacea Bairdiocypris 1932 Briartina 1932 Herrmannina 1933 Trilobita Cyphoproteus 1928 Diacalymene 1928 Metacalymene 1928 Plagiolaria 1952 Brachiopoda Rhenorensselaeria 1913 Mollusca Heteropecten 1951 with Costa HONORS (Fossil) Kegelidium Dolianiti 1954 (Plantae) Kegelites Coryell & Booth 1933 (Ostracoda) Kegelops Alberti 1970 (Trilobita)