Habib Firouzabadi
Seyed Habib Firouzabadi, Iranian organic chemist (Tehran 29 April 1943 – Authored over 320 papers with 9,230 citations (h-index 53 and i-10 index 230) Developed novel synthetic methodologies in aqueous and non-aqueous media as well as non-solvent organic reactions and a variety of new reagents and catalysts that have been used worldwide Developed redox reagents selective for the mild transformation of only function in the presence of a variety of other groups, methods and reagents for C-C bond formation, transformation of groups such as alcohols or carbonyl to other functions or use of mild reagents for protection or deprotection of groups First to report the use of barium manganate as an efficient oxidant for high yield conversion of alcohols to aldehydes or ketones in dichloromethane at ambient temperatures. Tetrahedon Lett. (1978) Described the use of the metalloporphyrin 5,10,15,20-Tetraphenyl21H,23H-porphiniron(III) chloride as an effective catalyst for the silylation of hydroxyl groups with hexamethyldisilazane in Synth. Comm. (1997) LINKS https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%252FBF03246482.pdf
Gustavo Anselmo Fester
Georg Gustav Anselm Fester, German-born Argentine industrial chemist (Frankfurt 12 March 1886 – Buenos Aires 1975) Showed quali and quantitative variations in the composition of plant essential oils due to distinct ambiental and geographic factors CHEMICALS With E.A. Martinuzzi. A crystalline acid formed in essence of piperine. An. Asoc. Quim. Argent. 40:246-8, 1952 Lippione (1952) Pulegone oxide in Lippia and Satureja plant species Butylmercaptan and butenemercaptan in skunk Citronelol in musk glands of alligator Plant oils and derivatives METHODS With F. Bertuzzi. Nuevo procedimiento para la fabricación de arseniato de cálcio. Rev. Fac. Quim. Ind. Agric. 3:211-2, 1934 With A.J.B. Feira. Un procedimiento para la casificación de minerals pobres de vanadio (1945) Developed a lixiviation procedure MINERAL SPECIES With J. Cruellas & F. Gargatacli. Magallanita: un Nuevo mineral bituminoso. Anal. Soc. Geol. Arg. (1937) With J. Cruellas. Petroleo, asfaltita y vanadio (estudio geoquímico). Broggita (nueva especie mineral). Bol. Soc. Geol. Peru (1935)
Guillermo Furque
Guillermo Furque Young, Argentine geologist and stratigrapher (San Juan 13 May 1921 – Adrogué, Buenos Aires Province 09 August 1999) DESCRIBED FOSSIL SPECIES Ophiura elegantoides 1949 with Camacho (Echinodermata) Dichograptus fasciculatus 1994 with Cuerda, Alfaro & Caballe (Graptolita) Loganograptus flagellatus 1997 with Cuerda, Alfaro & Caballe (Graptolita) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With M. Caballé, A.J. Cuerda & M. Alfaro. Nuevos hallazgos de graptolitos en la Fm. Sierra de la Invernada (Ordovicico), Precordillera de San Juan, Argentina. Ameghiniana 2 (1):9-26, 1992 With M. Caballé. Descripción geologica de la Sierra de la Invernada, Precordillera de San Juan (1988) With A.J. Cuerda. Depósitos carbônicos de la Precordillera de San Juan. Parte II. Quebrada La Deheza. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Arg. (1983) With A.J. Cuerda & E.R. Uliarte. Graptolitos de la base del Silurico de la Sierra de Talacasto, Precordillera de San Juan. Ameghiniana 19:239-52, 1982 With A.J. Cuerda. Depósitos carbónicos de la Precordillera de San Juan. Parte I. Comarca del Cerro La Chilca (Río Francia). Rev. Asoc. Geol. Arg. 36(2):381-91, 1981 Sistema de terrazas aluviales en los aledaños de Saldungaray (Prov. de Buenos Aires). Anales LEMIT 2:103-112, 1974 Los movimentos caledónicos en Argentina. Rev. Museo La Plata (Geol.) 8:129-35, 1972 With H.H. Camacho. El cretácico superior y terciario de la región austral del lago Argentino (Provincia de Santa Cruz). Actas 4 Jorn. Geol. Arg. 3:61-75, 1972 Estratigrafia de la región de Pillahuincó, província de Buenos Aires. Acta Geol. Lilloana 9:79, 1967 Nuevos afloramientos del Paleozoico en la província de Buenos Aires. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Arg. 5 (Geol 35):239-43, 1965 Nuevos depósitos devônicos y carbônicos en la Precordillera Sanjuanina. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Arg. 11(1):46-71, 1956 El ordovicico de la Precordillera riyana. Rev. Mus. Univ. Nac. La Plata 4 Sec. Geol. 28 (1958) El cretacico superior de la Costa Atlántica de Tierra del Fuego. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Arg. 4 (1949) HONORS Furqueia Frenguelli 1954 (Fossil Plantae)
German Frers
Germán Francisco Frers Serralunga, Argentine naval architect and designer (Buenos Aires 04 July 1941 – From German, Irish and Italian descent Designed and headed the construction of about 1,000 all type yachts Created some of the most innovative and revered yachts of the modern era Developed designs that became classics in their class With Finnish Nautor’s Swan designed some of the benchmarks of sailing yacht design (1980s) Designed Hyperion, the best sailing yacht in the world presenting largest sloop, tallest mast and longest single piece carbonfibre object ever made of this day (1997) Among his global customers are King of Spain and Giani Agnelli (FIAT) HONOURS Show Boats Award (1998) Hall of Fame, Sail Magazine (1992) USA Le Bouchon d’Or (1981) France William Snaith Memorial Trophy (1974, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1996 & 1998) USA Lifetime Achievement Award in Yacht Design (2017) His father, Germán Julio Frers Lynch, Argentine sailor and naval architect (Buenos Aires 10 September 1899 – 06 July 1986) He was fourth in 6 meters International Class in Berlin Olympic Games (1936) Proposed a proper yacht for ocean voyaging Explored the utilization of plywood independently of Dutch Ricus Van de Stadt His boats had international prominence leading fame to his yard
Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
Geraldo Wilson Afonso Fernandes, Brazilian ecologist (Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais State 29 November 1950 – Authored about 500 papers with about 19,000 citations (h-index=67) Pointed out the diversity of galling in plants from temperate and tropical regions Tropical and temperature altitudinal gradient in galling species richness. Master’s Dissertation, Northern Arizona University (1987) With P.W. Price. Biogeographical gradients in galling species richness: tests of hypothesis. Oecologia 76:161-7, 1988 First to show the role of ambiental stress in plant-galling relationship Adaptive distribution of gall-forming insects: patterns and mechanisms. Doctoral Thesis, Northern Arizona University (1992) Adaptive distribution of gall-forming insects: patterns and mechanisms. Ecotropicos 6(1):62-3, 1993 DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Genus Parkiamyia 2006 with Maia (Diptera) Species Eurytoma minasensis 1989 with De Santis (Hymenoptera) Parkiamyia paraensis 2006 with Maia (Diptera) Syrphophagus cecidium 1989 with De Santis (Hymenoptera) HONORS Award for Excellence in Science, The Organizing Committee for the 6th International Symposium on the Biology and Ecology of Galling (2013) Genus Fernandesia Rodrigues & Maia 2013 (Diptera)
Geoffrey Falkson
Geoffrey Falkson, South African oncologist and chemotherapist (Pretoria 09 August 1932 – 10 January 2019) Authored over 400 papers Demonstrated the potentiation of ionizing radiation and fluorinated pyrimidines in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer Fluorinated pyrimidine as potentiators of ionizing radiations in the treatment of stomach cancer in man. Thesis (1964) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With A.M. Chedid, L.M. Ryan, Y. Dayal & B.C. Wolf. Morphology and other prognostic factors of hepatocellular carcinoma. Arch. Pathol. Labor. Medic. 123(6):524-8, 1999 With J.I. Raats & H. Falkson. Fadrozole hydrochloride, a new nontoxic aromatase inhibitor for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer. J. Ster. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 43:161-5, 1992 With C. Falkson & H. Falkson. Improved results with the addition of interferon alpha 2a to dacarbazine in the treatment of patients with metastatic malignant melanoma. J. Clin. Oncol. 9:1043-8, 1991 With H.C. Falkson & C.I. Falkson. High versus low dose granisetron, a selective 5HT3 antagonist, for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Investig. Drugs 8:407-9, 1990 With H.C. Falkson & C.I. Falkson. The effect of chemotherapy with or without GnRHA on serum hormone levels in premenopausal women with breast cancer. Proc. Am. Soc. Clin. Oncol. 9:25, 1990 With H.C. Falkson, A. Cnaan, A.J. Schutt & L.M. Ryan. Prognostic factors for survival in nhepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Res. 48:7314-8, 1988 High-dose medroxyprogesterone acetate plus mitomycin-C or vindesine in the treatment of advanced breast cancer. Am. J. Clin. Oncology – Cancer Clin Trials 2:431-4, 1988 With R.S. Gelman & F.J. Pretorius. Age as a prognostic factor in recurrent breast cancer. J. Clin. Oncol. 4(5):663-71, 1986 With B. Klein & H. Falkson. Hematological toxicity: experience with anthracyclines and anthracenes. Exp. Hematol. 13:64-71, 1985 (Suppl. 16) With J.M. McIntyre, A.J. Schutt, B.J. Coetzer et al. Neocarzinostatin versus m-AMSA or adriamycin in hepatocellular carcinoma. J. Clin. Oncol. 2:581-4, 1984 With D.A. Vorobiof, J.H. Lerner et al. A phase II study of M-AMSAin patients with malignant mesothelioma. Cancer Chemotherap. Pharmacol. 11:94-7, 1983 With H.C. Falkson & I.W. Simson. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in pregnancy. Cancer 45:1679-82, 1980 Chemotherapy studies in primary liver cancer: a prospective randomized clinical trial. Cancer 42(5):2149-56, 1978 With H.C. Falkson. Further experience with isophosphimide (1976) With H.C. Falkson. Fluorouracil, methyl-CCNU and vincristine in cancer of the colon. Cancer 38:1468-70, 1976 Therapeutic approaches to hepatoma. Cancer Treat. Rev. 2:73-6, 1975 With E.G. Van Edin & H.C. Falkson. Fluorouracil midazole carboxamide dimethyltriazeno, vincristine and bischloroethylintrourea in colon cancer. Cancer 33:1207, 1974 With J.J. Van Dyck, H.C. Falkson & A.M. Van der Merwe. Unexpected toxicity in patients treated with iphosphamide. Cancer Res. 32:921-4, 1972 An annotation on the treatment of disseminated breast cancer in premenopausal women. S. Afr. J. Surg. 10:41-4, 1972 With E.W. Geddes. Malignant hepatoma in the Bantu. Cancer 25(6):1271-8, 1970 Behandeling van Gevorderde Longkanker. Geneeskunde 11:147, 1969 With H.C. Falkson. Erythroleukemia. S. Afr. Med. J. 42:1291, 1968 With H.C. Falkson. The clinical testing of anti-cancer drugs and the criteria for response to these drugs. S. Afr. Cancer Bull. 10:5, 1966 With E.J. Schulz. Skin changes caused by cancer chemotherapy. Br.J. Dermatol. 76:309-14, 1964 With H.J. Snyman. Experience with chemotherapy of cancer at the University of Pretoria. Acta Union Int. Contre Le Cancer 20:439-66, 1964 With E.J. Schulz. Endoxan alopecia. Br.J. Dermatol. 72:296-301, 1960 Chemotherapie van Primere Lewerkarsinoom. Spekulum 3:5-11, 1959 HONOURS Special Award for Meritorius Service, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, United States (1997) International Award of Imminent Scientist of the Decade 1990-99