Johanna Dobereiner
Johanna Liesbeth Kubelka Dobereiner, Czech-born Brazilian agricultural microbiologist (Usti nad Labem 28 November 1924 – Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro State 05 October 2000) Daughter of chemical engineer Paul Kubelka (1900-1956) Authored over 500 scientific works ACHIEVEMENTS First described association between nitrogen fixation bacteria and Graminae (1974) With Von Bulow described the presence of Spirillum-like bacteria in roots of maize plants (1975) Described association between nitrogen fixation bacteria and sugar cane (1988) Introduced the endophyte concept to the field of biological nitrogen fixation (1992) First to propose nitrogen-free semi-solid medium for isolating nitrogen-fixing bacteria (1973), developed the NFb (1975) and described it (1976) METHODS With V.M. Reis & F.L. Olivares. Improved methodology for isolation of Acetobacter diazotrophicus and confirmation of its endophytic habitat. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 10:401-5, 1994 With V.M. Reis, F.L. Olivares, A.L.M. Oliveira, F.B. Reis Jr & J.I. Baldani. Technical approaches to inoculate micropropagated sugar cane plants with Acetobacter diazotrophicus. Pl. Soil 296:205-11, 1999 DESCRIBED NEW BACTERIA TAXA Genera Azospirillum 1979 with Tarrand & Krieg Herbaspirillum 1986 with Baldani, Baldani & Seldin Species Azorhizophilus paspali 1966 Azospirillum amazonense 1984 with Magalhães, Baldani, Souto & Kuykendal Azospiriullum brasiliense 1979 with Tarrand & Krieg Beijerinckia fluminensis 1958 with Ruschel Burkholderia brasiliensis 1997 with Baldani, Oliveira, Balota, Baldani & Kirchhof Gluconacetobacter diazetrophicus 1988 with Gillis, Kersters, Hoste, Janssens et al. Herbaspirillum seropedicae 1986 with Baldani, Baldani & Seldin HONORS Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Florida (1975) Houssay Prize, OAS (1979) Honor in the 12th International Congress of Soil Science, New Delhi (1982) UNESCO Science Prize (1989) Mexico Award for Science & Technology (1992) TWAS Medal & Lecture Award (1995) 20th Century Award for Achievement (1997) Chemistry Nobel Prize nominee (1997)
Joaquín Dueñas
Joaquín Laureano Dueñas Pinto, Cuban pediatrician and epidemiologist (La Habana 04 July 1859 – 06 December 1910) Introduced the concept of reigning fevers before Achard & Bensaude Sobre las fiebres reinantes. La Abeja Medica 1:86-91, 1892 Related scurvy and refractory megaloblastic anemias in children (190?) confirmed later Authored dengue and glanders chapters in Encyclopaedic Treatise of Pediatrics or The Diseases of Children: a work for the practising physician – M. Von Pfaundler & A. Schlossmann (1909) Most of his publications were reproduced or commented by famous clinical authorities in Europe and America Consideraciones sobre los parecidos faciales. Rev. Cubana 8:499-16, 1888 Diagnostico de la fiebre amarilla (1901) Sobre el empleo de la quinina en La Habana (1890) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Antipyrin in asthma. Brit. Med. J. (1889) La enterocolitis aguda primitiva en el curso de la primera infancia. La Cronica Medica 17:118-20, 1894 La alimentación de los niños. Cron. Med. Quir. La Habana 26 (1900) Fevers in doubtful nature in infancy. J. Amer. Med. Assoc. XL (1903) Les maladies gastro-intestinales dans l’enfance au point de vue de la pathologie tropicale. Bull. Soc. Ped. Paris (1910) Etiologia de la tuberculosis infantil HONORS Elected Honorary Member, Societé de Pediatrie de Paris (1910) Invited, Meeting of American Medical Association (1906)
Jenny Day
Jennifer Ann Day, South African limnologist and freshwater ecologist (born in Johannesburg ? DEVELOPED METHODS With H. Malan, A. Bath & A. Joubert. A simple flow concentration modelling method for integrating water quality and water quantity in waters. Water S.A. 29(3), 2004 With H. Malan. Development of numerical method for predicting relationships between stream flow, water quality and biotic responses in rivers (2002) DESCRIBED CRUSTACEA TAXA Genera Alticuma 1978 Austrocuma 1978 Haliana 1980 Mossambicuma 1978 Species Alticuma bellum 1978 Austrocuma platyceps 1978 Bathycuma datum 1975 Bodotria clara 1978 Bodotria falsinus 1978 Bodotria nitida 1978 Bodotria serica 1978 Bodotria tenuis 1978 Bodotria vertebrata 1978 Cumopsis robusta 1975 Cyclaspis australora 1978 Cyclaspis scissa 1978 Cyclaspoides pellucidus 1978 Diastylis namibiae 1980 Dic formosae 1980 Dic platytelson 1980 Dicoides siphonatus 1980 Eocuma aculeatum 1978 Eocuma foveolatum 1978 Eocuma winri 1978 Gynodiastylis fulgidus 1980 Gynodiastylis curvirostris 1980 Gynodiastylis lineatus 1980 Gynodiastylis profundus 1980 Gynodiastylis sulcatus 1980 Haliana eckloniae 1980 Hemilamprops glabrus 1978 Hypocuma dentatum 1975 Iphinoe producta 1978 Leptostylis attenuatus 1980 Leptostylis faurei 1980 Leptostylis gilli 1980 Makrokylindrus (Adiastylus) aculeatus 1980 Makrokylindrus (Adiastylus) bicornis 1980 Makrokylindrus (Adiastylus) spinifer 1980 Makrokylindrus (Makrokylindrus) deinotelson 1980 Makrokylindrus (Makrokylindrus) mundus 1980 Mossambicuma elongatum 1978 Paralamprops margidens 1978 Platysympus camelus 1978 Platysympus compressus 1978 Platysympus depressus 1978 Platysympus phylloides 1978 Vemakylindrus stebbingi 1980 HONORS Jennidayus Zhang, Gerken & Chen 2014 (Crustacea)
Jehangir Fardunji Dastur
Jehangir Fardunji Dastur, Indian plant pathologist and mycologist (Bhavnagar, Gujrat 10 September 1886 – Bombay 01 May 1971) Authored over 36 original papers and memoirs PLANT DISEASES Discovered Phytophthora parasitica responsible for blight of castor oil plants (1913) First reported white tip disease of rice (1936) Described “pan sukh” disease of rice plant (c.1937) Described two new diseases of potato: leaf rot and tuber rot (1948) DESCRIBED FUNGI SPECIES Botryobasidium album 1946 Cochliobolus tritici 1942 Corticium album 1940 Vermicularia indica 1934 HONORS Dasturella Mundkur & Kheswalla 1943 (Fungi)
Jagdeshwari Dayal
Jagdeshwari Dayal, Indian helminthologist (Lucknow 1898 – 25 March 1955) DESCRIBED HELMINTHS TAXA Families Leptophallidae 1938 Sphaerostomatidae 1934 with Thapar Genera Assamia 1953 with Gupta Brahamputotrema 1953 with Gupta Cotylogonoporum 1934 with Thapar Eucreadium 1942 Ganadotrema 1949 Gauhatiana 1953 with Gupta Gorgotrema 1938 Neobucephalopsis 1948 Neoganada 1938 Neopodocotyle 1944 Neoprosorhynchus 1947 Nizamia 1938 Oudhia 1953 with Gupta Phyllochorus 1938 Plesiodistomum 1949 Pseudohaplorchis 1949 Thaparotrema 1953 with Gupta
Jacques Danon
Jacques Abulafia Danon, Brazilian physical chemist (Santos, São Paulo State 23 August 1924 – Paris 30 October 1989) From Sephardic Jewish heritage Recognized all over the world as one of the founders of Mossbauer chemical and solid state spectroscopy International authority on Mossbauer effect Authored about 160 papers and 6 books ACHIEVEMENTS Clarified important aspects of the chemistry of iron compounds and of metallic iron Established a link between the hyperfine parameters measured by Mossbauer spectroscopy and the bonding between the atoms in a solid or a molecule (1963-6) Nuclear isomer shift and convalency in iron complexes. J. Chem. Phys. 39:236-7, 1963 Electronic structure of transition metal complex which nitrosyl ligand Mossbauer investigation. J. Chem. Phys. 41:3374-84, 1964 Developed a formalism describing the electronic structure of transition impurities in simple, noble and transition metals With X.A. da Silva & A.A. Gomes. Phys. Rev. B4 1161 & 1168, 1971 With J.M. Knudsen discovered an iron nickel alloy which can only be produced in high energy particle accelerators Performed important discoveries in magnetic microorganisms Discovered magnetotactic algae With H. G.P. Lins de Barros, D.M.S. Esquivel & L.P.H. de Oliveira. Magnetotactic algae. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 54:258-9, 1982 Other important results With D.M.S. Esquivel, H.G.P. Lins de Barros, M. Farina & P.H.A. Aragão. Microorganismes magnetotactiques de la region de Rio de Janeiro. Biol. Cell. 47:227-34, 1983 With M. Farina, H.G.P. Lins de Barros & D.M.S. Esquivel. Electron microscopy and ultrastructure of a magnetotactic microorganism. Biol. Cell. 48:85-8, 1983 Improved many laboratory techniques Indicated new procedures for dating objects and minerals (e.g. thermo luminescence) With H. Macedo & A.A.L. Zamith. A stochastic theory of chromatography (1958) Authored An Introduction to Mossbauer spectroscopy Papers in Nature With R.B. Scorzelli, I.S. Azevedo, J. Laugier & A. Chamberod. Santa Catharina meteorite and phase composition of irradiated Fe-Ni invar alloys. Nature 284:537-8, 1980 With R.B. Scorzelli, I.S. Azevedo, W.C. Curvello, J.F. Albertsen & J.M.Knudsen. Iron-nickel 50-50 Superstructure in the Santa Catharina meteorite. Nature 277:283-4, 1979 With R.B. Scorzelli, I.S. Azevedo & M.C. Michel-Levy. Iron-nickel superstructure in metal particles of chondrites. Nature 281:469-71, 1979 With A.A.L. Zamith. Solvent extraction of polonium from nitric acid solutions. Nature 177:746-7, 1956 HONORS Chairman, II Panel on Applications of the Mossbauer effect its Science and Technology, Atomic Energy International Agency, Vienna (1974) Chairman, Spring School about Mossbauer Spectroscopy, Hurfeld, Germany (1975) Danonite Mattievich, Amorim, Amaral Jr., Torres-Tapia & Domínguez 1997 (Synthetic mixed valence iron arsenate)