Ai-yun Dai
Ai-Yun Dai, Chinese carcinologist (Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province 06 February 1930 – 02 May 2005) Authored about 100 publications DESCRIBED CRUSTACEA GENERA Acartiapotamon 1999 Aparapotamon 1985 with Chen Apotamonautes 1993 Artopotamon 1985 with Chen Bottapotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Chinapotamon 1994 with Naiyanetr Hainanpotamon 1995 Heterochelamon 1997 with Tuerkay Lacunapotamon 1975 with Song, He, Cao, Zu & Zhong Latopotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Lophopotamon 1999 Mediapotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Minpotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Neilupotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Neotiwaripotamon 1994 with Naiyanetr Paracyclestheria 1987 with Shen Pararanguna 1985 with Chen Parapotamonoides 1990 Parvuspotamon 1995 with Bo Qianpotamon 1995 Tenuilapotamon 1984 Trichopotamon 1985 with Chen Vadosapotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Xestopilumnus 1997 with Ng Yarepotamon 1997 with Tuerkay SPECIES More than 200 HONORS Daipotamon Ng & Trontelj 1996 (Crustacea)
Adolpho Ducke
Walter Adolpho Ducke, Austro-Hungarian-born Brazilian botanist, entomologist and etnographer (Trieste, Italy 19 October 1876 – Fortaleza 05 January 1959) Authored about 180 papers and monographs Created the term campinarama (1938) Authored a seminal work about Amazon phytogeography With G. Black. Notas sobre a fitogeografia da Amazônia Brasileira. Bol. Tecn. Inst. Agron. Norte 29:62, 1954 DESCRIBED TAXA Plants Adiscanthis 1922 (Rutaceae) Aguiaria 1935 (Bombacaceae) Ampelozizyphus 1935 (Rhamnaceae) Anomalocalyx 1932 (Euphorbiaceae) Botryarrhena 1932 (Rubiaceae) Bracteanthus 1930 (Monimiaceae) Cedrelinga 1922 (Mimosaceae) Chromolucuma 1925 (Sapotaceae) Ctenardisia 1930 (Myrsinaceae) Dendrosipanea 1935 (Rubiaceae) Dinizia 1922 (Mimosaceae) Dodecastigma 1932 (Euphorbiaceae) Elaeophora 1925 (Euphorbiaceae) Glycydendron 1922 (Euphorbiaceae) Huberodendron 1935 (Bombacaceae) Jacqueshuberia 1922 (Fabaceae) Lacunaria 1925 (Ochnaceae) Lecointea 1922 (Fabaceae) Lepidocordia 1925 (Boraginaceae) Lorostemon 1935 (Clusiaceae) Nycticalanthus 1932 (Rutaceae) Parachimarrhis 1922 (Rubiaceae) Parahancornia 1922 (Apocynaceae) Paramachaerium 1925 (Fabaceae) Petaladenium 1938 (Fabaceae) Podandrogyne 1930 (Capparaceae) Polygonanthus 1932 (Anisophyllaceae) Recordoxylon 1934 (Fabaceae) Rinoreocarpus 1925 (Violaceae) Striolaria 1945 (Rubiaceae) Tovomitidium 1935 (Clusiaceae) Vataireopsis 1932 (Fabaceae) Species 762 new plant species Hymenoptera Genera Anthrenoides 1907 Gastrohalictus 1902 Gymnopolybia 1914 Halictanthrena 1907 Huberia 1907 Megacanthopus 1904 Metapolybia 1905 Microstigmus 1907 Monacanthocnemis 1905 Pachyosmia 1900 Parepeolus 1912 Protomeliturga 1912 Protonectarina 1910 Protopolybia 1905 Protosmia 1900 Pseudepyris 1902 Pseudochartergus 1905 Rhophitulus 1907 Stelopolybia 1910 Synoecoides 1905 Species 271 new Insect species HONORS Duckea Maguire 1958 (Rapateaceae) Duckeanthus Fries 1934 (Annonaceae) Duckeella Campos Porto & Brade 1940 (Orchidaceae) Duckeodendron Kuhlmann 1925 (Solanaceae) Duckesia Cuatrecasas 1961 (Humiriaceae) Duckemyia Kano & Souza Lopes 1969 (Diptera) Duckecylaphus Carvalho 1982 (Hemiptera) Duckeana Malaise 1944 (Hymenoptera) Duckeia Costa Lima 1936 (Hymenoptera) Duckeanthidium Moure & Hurd 1960 (Hymenoptera) Subgenus Duckeola Moure 1944 (Hymenoptera)
Adolfo Doering
Adolfo Doering, German-born Argentine geologist, chemist and zoologist (Neuwaake, Hannover 22 January 1848 – Capilla del Monte, Córdoba, Córdoba Province 19 February 1925) Authored over 20 papers Described the mineral species brackebuschite (1880) DESCRIBED MOLLUSCA/BRACHIOPODA TAXA Genera Adelopoma 1885 Clessinia 1874 Epiphragmophora 1874 Lyrodes 1885 Plagiodontes 1875 Scolodonta 1874 Species Agriolimax meridionalis 1875 Augochloropsis anesidora 1875 Austroborus cordillerae 1876 Bostryx conospirus 1879 Bostryx famatinus 1879 Bostryx peristomatus 1879 Bostryx tortoranus 1879 Bulimus dorbignii 1876 Bulimus lorentzianus 1876 Bulimulus centralis 1879 Bulimulus monticola 1879 Discoleus aguirrei 1884 Discoleus azulensis 1884 Epiphragmophora monographa 1878 Eudioptus avellanedae 1881 Eurycampta hidalgonis 1876 Helix hieronymi 1875 Helix tucumanensis 1878 Helix yocotulana 1875 Littoridina occidentalis 1884 Lyrodes guaranitica 1884 Naesiotus oxylabris 1879 Naesiotus centralis 1879 Odontostomus riojanus Omalonyx patera 1873 Patula stelznerae 1876 Peronaeus calchaquinus 1879 Plagiodontes brackebuschi 1876 Plagiodontes rocae 1881 Plagiodontes strobelii 1876 Plagiodontes weyenberghii 1876 Scalarinella stelzneri 1875 Scolodonta semperi 1875 Spixia achalana 1876 Spixia aconjigasta 1876 Spixia berghi 1877 Spixia chanpaquiana 1876 Spixia martensii 1874 Spixia multispirata 1876 Spixia philippii 1874 Spixia popana 1876 Spixia profundidens 1874 Spixia pseudosextentata Spixia pucarana 1874 Spixia reticulata 1876 Spixia riojana 1874 Spixia salinicola 1876 Spixia subsexdentata 1874 Spixia tumulorum 1874 Strophocheilus lorentzianus Succinea rosarinensis HONORS Doeringiella Holmberg 1886 (Hymenoptera) Doringina Ihering 1929 (Mollusca Gastropoda)
Zulma Castellanos
Zulma Judith Ageitos de Castellanos, Argentine malacologist and protozoologist (San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires Province 06 April 1922 – La Plata, Buenos Aires Province 29 August 2010) Born Zulma Judith Ageitos Deban Authored 115 scientific publications DESCRIBED TAXA Mollusca Genera /Subgenera Bidentata 1982 Lisosavatieria 1975 with Fernandez Neocalliostoma 1976 with Fernandez Species Sole author Amphissa cancellata 1982 Antistreptus rolani 1986 Chlamys argentinensis 1973 Chlamys lahillei 1973 Chrysallida multituberculata 1982 Crassinella marplatensis 1970 Cumingia antarctica 1963 Illex argentinus 1960 Loligo brasiliensis 1967 Macromphalina argentina 1975 Mathilda argentina 1990 Odostomia (Bidentata) nova 1982 Odostomia puelchana 1982 Omalogyra taludana 1989 Proneptunea minuta 1992 Rocellaria carcellesi 1970 Turbonilla bahiensis 1982 Turbonilla paralaminata 1982 Turbonilla sanmatiensis 1982 With Rolán & Bartolotta (1987) Acteon elongatus Cerithiella (Stilus) axicostulata Eumetula axicostulata Melanella salvadori Papuliscala diminuta Savatieria chordata Trophon triacanthus Meteuthria multituberculata With Fernandez Alvania cruzi 1974 Alvania herwigi 1974 Americomimella longisetosus 1972 Astyris bonariensis 1967 Calliostoma (Calliostoma) coppingeri major 1976 Crassitoniella rubrooperculata 1972 Eatoniella argentinensis 1972 Olivella santacruzense 1965 Savatieria (Lisosavatieria) deseadense 1975 With others Chilina tucumanensis 1980 with Miquel Chilina gallardoi 1981 with Gaillard Chilina guaraniana 1980 with Miquel Leucosyrinx taludana 1993 with Landoni Octopus lobensis 1969 with Menni Propebela profunda 1993 with Landoni Turritellopsis marplatensis 1986 with Landoni Pantopoda Pallenopsis mariae 1978 with Larramendy
Zhong Wei Chen
Zhong Wei Chen, Chinese microsurgeon and orthopedic surgeon (Ningbo, Zhejiang Province 01 October 1929 –Shanghai 23 March 2004) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored 125 papers and 11 books Internationally known as father of replantation and founder of the replantation of digits Performed the world’s first reported hand replant (1963) With Yun-Qing Qian performed world’s first successful replantation of amputated limb (a distal forearm) in 1963 First to treat tibial pseudo-arthrosis with a vascularised fibula flap (1977) One of the first to recreate a missing thumb with a second toe (1980) Developed pedicled iliac crest transfer for treating femoral ahead aseptic necrosis in children (1982) Invented microanastomosis for vessels less than 1 mm diameter Developed microsurgical procedures such as techniques for reattaching amputated fingers and thumbs, preserving severed extremities, reconstructing muscles and repairing nerves and blood vessels Proposed detection of the nerve signals by clinically implanting microelectrodes into the fascicule of 3 main nerves (median, radial and ulnar nerves) in the man’s upper extremity Developed first “electronic hand controlled by reconstructed digit” HONORS Century Golden Medal, International Reconstructive Microsurgery, Annual Meeting Millenium Award, International Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery (1999) Honored as the “father of replantation” at International Hand Surgery Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1978
Yun-tai Chen
Yun-tai Chen, Chinese geophysicist (Xiamen, Fujian Province 10 August 1940 – Authored about 200 scientific publications Found that heterogeneities of both stress drop and cohesion are the main factors that control the growth, cessation, and healing of the crack and that the complexities in seismic radiation are caused by the complex healing process as well as complex rupture propagation Obtained a closed form expression for the static displacement field in a half-space by the dislocation in a rectangular fault for the case of unequal Lamé constants With S.G. Kim, Z.L. Wu & G.F. Panza. A mathematical theorem useful for the direct estimation of seismic source spectra. Bull. Seismol. Soc. America (1997) Proposed a technique for determination of source parameters of small and moderate earthquakes and quality factor of transmitting medium With L.S. Xu. A time domain inversion technique for the tempo-spatial distribution of slip on a finite fault plane with applications to recent large earthquakes in Tibetan Plateau. Geophys. J. Intl. 143(2):407-16, 2000 With C. Liu, Y. Zhang & L.S. Xu. A new technique for moment tensor inversion with applications to the 2008 Wenchuan M S 8.0 earthquake sequence (2008) With Y. Zhang, W. Feng, D. Forrest et al. The 2009 L’Aquila M W6.3 earthquake: a new technique to locate the hypocenter in the joint inversion of earthquake rupture process (2012) LINKS http://www.iugg.org/administration/2007vitaes/cvChenYT.pdf