Jai Krishna
Jai Krishna, Indian structural engineer (Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh 27 January 1912 – Roorkee, Haridwar District, Uttarakhand State 27 September 1999) Brought original ideas to design of earthquake resistant structures Developed methods to strengthening buildings to earthquake resistance (adopted in India and abroad) Designed and fabricated seismic instruments
Jagmohan Nath Kapoor
Jagmohan Nath Kapoor, Indian mycologist and plant pathologist (1930- PLANT PATHOLOGY With N. N. Khune. Phoma canker: a new disease of pigeonpea. PKV Res. Journal 5:101-2, 1981 With R.L. Munjal. Carica papaya: a new host of Sphaerotheca fuliginea (1973) With G. Lall & R.L. Munjal. A new leaf spot disease of maize in India. Phytopathol. 16(2):240-1, 1963 DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Valid Genus Koorchalomella with Chona & Munjal 1958 Species About 70 HONORS Kapooria Reid & Booth 1989 (Fungi)
Jae Won Kang
Jae Won Kang, South Korean phycologist (Sacheun 17 September 1926 – Pusan 02 May 1993) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Unrecorded species of marine algae in Korea. Bull. Pusan Fish. Coll. 1:33-45, 1956 The summer algal flora of Cheju Island (Quelpart Island) Bull. Pusan Fish. Coll. 3(1-2):17-23, 1960 With M. Noda. Notes on the marine algae of Woolyungdo Island in the Japan Sea. Bull. Jap. Soc. Phycol. 12:39-43, 1964 Marine algae of Ulreungdo Island in Japan Sea. Bull. Pusan Fish. Coll. 6:41-58, 1965 On the geographical distribution of marine algae in Korea. Bull. Pusan Fish. College 7(1-2):1-225, 1966 With C.H. Park. Marine algae of Dok-Do (Liancourt Rocks) in the Sea of Japan (1969) With J.W. Lee. The marine algae of Goje-do area. Rep. KACN 14:93-101, 1978 With C.H. Sohn. Some crustose red algae in Korea. (1980) With C.H. Sohn & C.W. Lee. The summer marine algal flora of Uido and Maeseom, Southwestern coast of Korea. Rep. KACN 16:95-107, 1980 With C.H. Sohn & C.W. Lee. Summer algal flora of Gogunsan Islands, Western coast of Korea. Rep. KACN 18:103-7, 1980 Some seaweed disease occurred at seaweed farms along the south-eastern coast of Korea (1981) With C.B. Song. Notes on Some Unrecorded Marine Algae in Korea. Ocean Polar Res. 7(2), 1985 HONORS Subgenus Kangjaewonia K.W. Nam 1999 (Rhodophyta)
Ik Soo Kim
Ik Soo Kim, South Korean ichthyologist (1942 – DESCRIBED PISCES TAXA Genus Koreocobitis 1997 with Park & Nalbant Species Acentrogobius pellidebilis 1992 with Lee Acheilognathus majusculus 1998 with Yang Cobitis brevifasciata 1995 with Lee Cobitis choii 1984 with Son Cobitis hankugensis 2003 with Park, Son & Nalbant Cobitis koreensis 1975 Cobitis longicorpus 1976 with Choi & Nalbant Cobitis pacifica 1999 with Park & Nalbant Cobitis pumila 1987 with Lee Cobitis tetralineata 1999 with Park & Nalbant Iksookimia yongdongensis 1997 with Park Koreocobitis naktongensis 1997 with Park & Nalbant Liobagrus obesus 1987 with Son & Choo Microphysogobio jeoni 1999 with Yang Nipponocypris koreanus 2005 with Oh & Hosoya Sebastes koreanus 1994 with Lee Tanakia koreensis 1990 with Kim Tanakia somjinensis 1991 with Kim HONORS Iksookimia Nalbant 1993 (Pisces)
Ihsan U. Khand
Ihsan Ullah Khand, Pakistani organic chemist (1935 – January 1980) Discovered Pauson-Khand cyclization reaction With G.R. Knox, P.L. Pauson & W.E.J. Watts. A cobalt induced cleavage reaction and a new series of arene cobalt-carbonyl complexes. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 36, 1971 With G.R. Knox, P.L. Pauson, W.E.J. Watts & M.I. Foreman. Organocobalt Complexes. Part 1. Arene Complexes derived from Dodecacarbonyltetracobalt. J. Chem.Soc. Perkin Trans. 1(9): 977-81, 1973
Hsiang-fu Kung
Hsiang-fu Kung, Chinese molecular geneticist (04 September 1942 – 17 June 2019) Developed the first human interferon of world market (Hoffmann La Roche Inc.) First to purify and crystallize recombinant human leukocyte interferon α A First to prove the transforming activity of Ras protein and establish the roleof phospholipase C and nerve growth factor in Ras-mediated signal transduction pathways Developed anti-cancer drug targeting on the activity of Ras farnesyl-protein transferase Demonstrated the physiological roles of bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4) during embryonic development in Xenopus embryo Elucidated the BMP4 signaling pathways and demonstrated the role of GATA-1 b protein in the inhibition of neurogenesis Purified several anti-tumor and anti-viral agents from TCM and elucidated their mechanisms of action that were patented Identified the active anti-HIV components in HCG preparations Held many patents in United States of America LINKS https://www.lihs.cuhk.edu.hk/en-us/research/investigators/kunghsiangfu.aspx