Antonio Galves
Jefferson Antonio Galves, Brazilian mathematician (São Paulo 18 June 1947 – Recognized as one of world leaders in research about Markovian systems of particles ACHIEVEMENTS With F. Bertein. Une classe de systems de particules stable par association. Probab. Theory Relat. Fields 41(1):73-85, 1977 First to formulate and solve the problem of hydrodynamic behavior of a Markovian system With C. Kipnis, C. Marchioro & E. Presutti. Non equilibrium measures which exhibit a temperature gradient: study of a model. Comm. Math. Physics 81:127-47, 1981 First to formulate and solve the problem of metastable behavior of stochastic processes With M. Cassandro, E. Olivieri & M.E. Vares. Metastable behavior of stochastic dynamics: a pathwise approach. J. Stat. Phys. 35:603-34, 1984 Proved that the sequence of successive entrance times in a small neighborhood converges in law when suitably normatized to a homogeneous Poisson point process. With P. Collet. Statistics of close visits to the indifferent fixed point of an interval map. J. Statis. Physics 72(3-4):459-78, 1993 Obtained the first convergent result for exponential law of occurrence time of rare event in a conservative system With P. Collet & A. Lopes. Maximum likelihood and minimum entropy identification of grammars. Random and Computational Dynamics. 3:241-56, 1995 Proved that the entrance time into a small interval is asymptotically exponentially distributed (1995) With J. Garcia & U. Gut. Vocale – a semi-automatic annotation tool for prosodic research (2002) Introduced the function sonority as an index of the local regularity of the speech signal With J. Garcia, D. Duarte & C. Galves. Sonority as a basis for rhythmic class discrimination (2002) With M. Cassandro, P. Collet, D. Duarte & J. Garcia. An universal linear relation among acoustic correlates of rhythm (2003) Presented a new class of random fields which are the variable neighborhood random fields With M. Cassandro & E. Locherbach. Partially observed Markov random fields are variable neighborhood random fields. J. Statis. Phys. 147(4):795-07, 2012 With Eva Locherbach developed Galves-Locherbach model for spiking neurons With E. Löcherbach. Infinite Systems of Interacting Chains with Memory of Variable Length – A Stochastic Model for Biological Neural Nets”. Journal of Statistical Physics, 151(5): 896–921, 2013 Introduced a notion of sensitivity of the contact process to its initial condition With M. Cassandro & E. Locherbach. Information transmission and criticality in the contact process. J. Statis. Physics 168(6):1180-90, 2017 With E. Locherbach, C. Pouzat & E. Presutti. A system of interacting neurons with short term plasticity (2019) OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS With E. Presutti. Edge fluctuations for the one dimensional supercritical contact process. Ann. Probab. 15:1131-45, 1987 With E. Presutti. Travelling wave structure of the one dimensional contact process. Stoch. Process Appl. 25:153-63, 1987 ALGORITHMS, MODELS AND OTHERS With A. Duarte, R. Fraiman, G. Ost & C. Vargas. Context tree selection for functional data (2016) With A. Garivier & E. Gassiat. Joint estimation of intersecting context tree models. Scand. J. Statis. 40 (2013) With N.L. Garcia, E. Locherbach & E. Orlandi. Kalikow-type decomposition for multicolor infinite range particle system. Ann. Appl. Probability 23(4):1629-59, 2013 With C. Galves, J.E. Garcia, N.L. Garcia & F. Leonardi. Context tree selection and linguistic rhythm retrieval from written texts. Ann. Appl. Statis. 6(1):186-209, 2012 With E. Locherbach & E. Orlandi. Perfect simulation of infinite range Gibbs measures and coupling with their finite range approximations. J. Statis. Phys. 138(1-3):476-95, 2010 With M. Cassandro, P. Collet, D. Duarte & J. Garcia. A stochastic model for the speech sonority. Mathem. Sci. Hum. (2007) With J.A. Cuesta-Albertos, R. Fraiman, J. Garcia & M. Svarc. Identifying rhythmic classes of languages using their sonority: a Kolmogorov-Smirnov approach. J. Appl. Stastis. 34(6):749-61, 2007 With F. Leonardi. Sequence motif identification and protein family classification using probabilistic trees (2005) With M. Abadi. A version of Maurer’s conjecture for psi-mixing processes. Nonlinearity 17(4):1357-66, 2004 With D. Duarte, N. Lopes & R. Maronna. The statistical analysis of acoustic correlates of speech rhythm. Rhyth. Patt. Param. Sett. Lang. Change (2001)
Antonio Enrique Gonzalez Guzman
Antonio Enrique Gonzalez Guzman, Colombian palynologist DESCRIBED FOSSIL SPORAE & POLLEN GENERA (1967) Annutriporites Arcotriporites Bacustephanocolpites Brevitricolpites Classites Clavamonocolpites Echimorphomonocolpites Echinoidites Foveotriporites Gemmastephanoporites Jussitriporites Longitrichotomocolpites Magnaperiporites Magnatriporites Papillamonocolpites Perfotricolpites Polotricolporites Pseudostephanocolporites Racemonocolpites Retiheterocolpites Retipollenites Retistephanoporites Retisyncolporites Retitriporites Rugutricolporites Semitectotriporites Spirosyncolpites Striaticolpites HONORS Guzmanipollenites Kedves 1985 (Fossil Sporae & Pollen)
Anibal Gajardo
Anibal Gajardo Cubillos, Chilean geologist (1945 – Authored over 200 publications PATENT With C. Arrizaga. Method of roasting molybdenite and similar sulphide ores. US Patent 3,761,565 (1973) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Potencial de litio en salares del Norte de Chile (2014) With R. Carrasco. Rocas para construcción y ornamentación em Chile: geologia, distribución y aplicaciones. Bol. Geol. Miner. 117(4):675-86, 2006 Rocas y minerales industriales de Chile. Bol. Serv. Nac. Geol. Mineria 58 (2000) Hydrothermal and residual kaolin deposits. Bull. New Mexico Bureau of Mines Miner. Resources 154:245-51, 1996 With F. Peebles & I. Gonzales. Depositos auríferos tipo placeres en el litoral central del país. Rev. Minerales 42 (178):21-34, 1992 With H. Carvajal. Estudio, desarrollo y producción de baritinas y caolines para la industria manufacturera (1990) Geologia, génesis y distribución geografica de recursos no metalicos de Chile. Bol. Minero CIII (27):50-9, 1988 Recursos no metalicos relacionados com el Cretáceo Superior de la Cordillera de la Costa de Chile central. Rev. Minerales 40 (170):15-28, 1985 Distribución de estratos calcáreos y evaluación de su potencial económico en la secuencia sedimentaria neocomiana III Región, Atacama, Chile. Thesis (1978) HONORS Gajardoite Kamp, Nash, Dini & Molina Donoso 2016 (Mineral)
Angel Gallardo
Angel Juan Pedro Gallardo Lebrero, Argentine naturalist (Buenos Aires 19 November 1867 –Buenos Aires 13 May 1934) Developed a theory named Electrocolloidal Theory of karyokinesis in which proposed cell division as result of karyokinetics forces (1896-1912) Invited Lecturer, International Congress of Mathematicians (1900) DESCRIBED VALID ANT TAXA Genus Pseudoatta 1916 Species Dorymyrmex thoracicus 1916 Dorymyrmex santschii 1916 Dorymyrmex silvestrii 1916 Forelius rubriceps 1916 Forelius rufus 1916 Hypoponera fenestralis 1918 Pogonomyrmex catanlilensis 1931 Pogonomyrmex longibarbis 1931 Pseudoatta argentina 1916 Subspecies Dorymyrmex ensifer laevigatus 1916 Dorymyrmex steigeri platensis 1916 Dorymyrmex thoracicus thoracicus 1916 Pseudoata argentina argentina 1916 HONORS Gallardoa Hicken 1916 (Malpighiaceae) Gallardoia Bruch 1924 (Coleoptera)
Ana Maria Giulietti
Ana Maria Giulietti Harley, Brazilian botanist (Pesqueira, Pernambuco State 03 November 1945 – Born Ana Maria de Barros Lima (the second marriage to US botanist Raymond Mervyn Harley) Authored studies on plant anatomy, chemistry and ecology With C.S. Dias, M.D. Moura, A.G.S. Cabral, S.G.R. Mota, E.V.L. Cunha, T.M.S. Silva & J.M. Barbosa Filho. Nueva feofitinas aisladas de Anisacanthus brasiliensis Lindau (Acanthaceae). LabCiencia com noticias técnicas del laboratório. P.14-5, 2007 With R.M. Harley, I.S. Abreu, C. Bittencourt, F.F. de Oliveira & P.K. Endress. Resupinate dimorphy, a novel pollination strategy in two-lipped flowers of Eplingiella (Lamiaceae). Acta Bot. Brasilica 31:1-6, 2017 DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Fossil (with Fittipaldi, Simões & Pirani 1989) Genera Aquifoliphyllum Rhamniphyllum Species Aquifoliphyllum iliciloides Byrsonima bullata Casearia serrata Luehea divaricatiformis Monstera marginata Psidium paulense Rhamniphyllum caseariformis Schizolobium inaequilaterum Serjania lancifolia Serjania itaquaquecetubensis Zanthoxylum glanduliferum Living Species Anamaria heterophylla 1990 with Souza Aristolochia brunneomaculata 2016 with Abreu Comanthera borbae 2016 with Pereira Comanthera brasiliana 1996 Comanthera lanosa 2011 with Parra Comanthera magnífica 1996 Comanthera mucugensis 1996 Comanthera retroflexa 2011 with Parra Comanthera suberosa 1996 Dizygostemon angustifolius 1973 Eriocaulon botocudo 2019 with Chagas Eriocaulon kulumi 2019 with Chagas Eriocaulon pyatan 2019 with Chagas Eriocaulon yba 2019 with Chagas Heteranthera longirachilla 2018 with Sousa Leiothrix capoensis 1988 Leiothrix raymondii 2016 with Silva Leiothrix rupestris 1988 Leiothrix sinuosa 1988 Neomarica castaneomaculata 2016 with Amaral Neomarica involuta 2016 with Amaral Nymphaea vanildae 2013 with Lima Paepalanthus carvalhoi 2009 with Miranda Paepalanthus cinereus 1994 with Parra Paepalanthus multicapitatus 2009 with Carvalho Paepalanthus oblongifolius 2009 with Miranda Paepalanthus stannardii 1994 with Parra Paepalanthus umbrosus 2009 with Miranda Philcoxia minensis 2000 with Souza Sauvagesia oliveirae 2006 with Harley Sauvagesia ribeiroi 2006 with Harley Stachytarpheta atkinsiae 2019 with Harley Utricularia catolesensis 2010 with Campos & Cheek PATENTS With J.M. Barbosa Filho, C.A. Camara, T.M.S. Silva, M.B.P. Soares & R.R. Santos. Processo de síntese de 3-iodo-alfa-lapachona e usos como imunomodulador, antimicrobiano e antiinflamatório. PI0403686-7 (2006) HONOURS Correspondent Member, Botanical Society of America (2017) Research Associate, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2010) Corresponding Member for Life, American Society of Plant Taxonomist (2000) Genus Anamaria V.C. Souza 2001 (Plantaginaceae)
Amiya Kumar Ghosh
Amiya Kumar Ghosh, Indian palaeopalynologist (Arrah, Bihar 1905 – Ranchi 18 January 1985) Concluded that vascular plants have existed in Cambrian epoch Did vascular plants exist in Cambrian time? (1950) Observed that the frequency of grains with more colpi increased with the older horizons of the Pre-Miocene formations Proved the usefulness of plant microfossils in the correlation of coal seams With J. Sen. A study of microfossils and the correlation of some productive coal seams of the Raniganj Coalfield, Bengal, India. Trans. Min. Geo. Met. Inst. India 43:67-95, 1948 With S.S. Ghosh described the fossil plant species Anisopteroxylon jawalamukhi 1958 and Dipterocarpoxylon malavii 1959 Papers in Nature (review) Occurrence of microflora in the Salt Pseudomorph Beds, Salt Range, Punjab. Nature 160:796, 1947 Spores and tracheids from the Cambrian of Kashmir. Nature 169:1056, 1952 Ephedra type of pollen grains from the Pre-Siwalik sediments of Punjab. Nature 198:408, 1963 HONORS (Fossil) Ghoshia Mandal & Maithy 1984 (Algae) Ghoshialepis Banerjee 1984 (Plantae) Ghoshiadites Nandi 1981 (Sporae/Pollen) Ghoshispora Srivastava 1966 (Sporae/Pollen) Ghoshiatriletes D’Rozario & Banerjee 1987 (Sporae/Pollen)