Umberto Giuseppe Cordani
Umberto Giuseppe Cordani, Italian-born Brazilian geologist (Milano 17 May 1938 – Known internationally as expert on geochronology and isotopic geology Authored over 120 papers and 20 books and book chapters (14,200 citations and h-index 64 in according to Google Academics) Co-authored a paper with great repercussion that confirmed the geochronological correlation between Brazil and Africa continent With P.M. Hurley, G.C. Melcher, U.G. Cordani, J.R. Rand, K. Kawashita, P. Vandoros, W.H. Pinson & H.W. Fairbarn. Test of continental drift by means of radiometric ages. Science 157 (3788):495-500, 1967 With C.E. Ganade de Araújo. D. Rubatto, J. Hermann, R. Caby & M.A.S. Basei. Ediacaran 2,500 km-long synchronous deep continental subduction in the West Gondwana Orogen. Nature Comm. 5:5198,2014 HONOURS President, International Union of Geological Sciences (1988-92) Honorary Member, Geological Society of America (1988) Palmes Academiques, France (1999) Spendiarov Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences (2000) Ingerson Lecture, International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry (2000) Foreign Member, Academie des Sciences de L’Institut de France (2009)
Tso-hsin Cheng
Tso-hsin Cheng or Zuoxin Zheng, Chinese ornithologist (Fuzhou, Changle County, Fujian Province 18 November 1906 – Beijing 27 June 1998) Authored 30 books, 20 monographs, 150 scientific papers and 260 popular articles DESCRIBED AVIAN SUBSPECIES Cyornis unicolor diaoluoensis 1981 with Yang & Lu Dendrocopos leucotos tangi 1956 Dendrocopos major wulashanicus 1975 with Xian, Zhang & Jiang Ficedula sapphira tienchuanensis 1964 Garrulax canorus mengliensis 1980 with Yang Garrulax courtoisi simaoensis 1982 with Tang Garrulax pectoralis pingi 1963 Lophura nycthemera omeiensis 1964 with Paradoxornis paradoxus taipaiensis 1973 with Lo & Chao Paradoxornis zappeyi erlangshanicus 1983 with Li & Zhang Passer rutilans batangensis 1963 with Tan Pomatorhinus ruficollis hunanensis 1974 Pteruthius ricketti lingshuiensis 1963 Sitta solangiae chienfengensis 1964 with Ting & Wang Tragopan caboti guangxiensis 1979 with Wu Treron sieboldii fopingensis 1973 with Tan & Sung
Trajano Augusto de Carvalho
Trajano Augusto de Carvalho, Brazilian naval engineer (Florianópolis 25 August 1830 – London 09 April 1898) Co-designed (with Samuda Brothers) battleships Riachuelo (1881) and Aquidaban (1883), whose models were copied in England and United States and were among the most advanced battleships in the world INVENTIONS An improved floating buoy or beacon. Mech.Mag. 1779:250, 1857 Conceived a new design for ship’s keel that provided minor resistance to movement (1868). He patented it in many European countries. It is said that British hydrodinamicist William Froude tested and approved the invention. The Trajano ship’s keel drew with prominence in Universal Fair of Wien (1873). Despite these facts the invention was forgotten some time after. With E.M. Tygna da Cunha patented immersed floaters obviating hydraulic foundations (1879) Invented a system of floating docks (1890), that he didn’t patented it. HONORS Medal of Merit, Wien Fair (1873)
Tomas Cekalovic
Tomas Nicolás Cekalovic Kuschevich, Chilean entomologist and arachnologist (Punta Arenas 28 December 1928 – Concepción 04 January 2013) From Croatian descent Authored 88 papers Collected / discovered more than 350 species (described by other researchers) DESCRIBED NEW TAXA (incomplete list) Arachnida Genus Tehuankea 1973 Species Austropsopilio sudamericanus 2003 with Shultz Bothriurus dumayi 1974 Bothriurus mochaensis 1982 Bothriurus wilhelmi 1976 Brachistosternus artigasi 1974 Brachistosternus donosoi 1974 Brachistosternus negrei 1975 Brachistosternus pegnai 1969 Hesperopilio magnificus 2006 with Shultz Phoniocercus sanmartini 1968 Tehuankea moyanoi 1973 Urophonius paynensis 1968 with San Martín Urophonius tregualemuensis 1981 Urophonius tumbensis 1981 Coleoptera Genera Paraholopterus 1987 with Cerda Xalpirta 2001 with Skelley Species Acropsopilio normae 1974 Aegorhinus boniarde 1970 Callispyris semicaligatus 1954 Neoxestus cauquenes 2001 with Skelley Neoxestus lucile 2001 with Skelley Neoxestus nahuelbuta 2001 with Skelley Neoxestus nonguen 2001 with Skelley Neoxestus norma 2001 with Skelley Paraholopterus nahuelbutensis 1987 with Cerda Xalpirta arnetti 2001 with Skelley Xalpirta elsa 2001 with Skelley Xalpirta guerini 2001 with Skelley Xalpirta peckorum 2001 with Skelley Xalpirta stellaris 2001 with Skelley
Tianqin Cao
Tianqin Cao or Tien-chin Tsao, Chinese biochemist (Beijing 05 December 1920 – Shanghai 08 January 1995) Discovered light chains in myosin (1953) Pioneered electron microscopic studies of tropomyosin and paramyosin Set up a series of analytic techniques for protein structures Designed a horizontal viscometer His father in law, Yuming Xie or Yuming Hsieh, Chinese spectroscopist (Quanzhou, Fujian Province 1895 – 1986) Father of physicist Xie Xide With W.V. Houston precisely measured the fine structure or spectrum of hydrogen atom (1934) Made predictions about the role of an electromagnetic radiation field
Te-tzu Chang
Te-Tzu Chang, Taiwanese plant geneticist (Shanghai 03 April 1927 – Tamsui Village, Northern Taiwan 24 March 2006) Authored over 250 articles Regarded as world authority on rice genetics and conservation Developed a new variety of dwarf rice (1962) and other rice varieties SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The management of rice genetic resources. Genome 31:825-31, 1989 The Ethnobotany of rice in Island Southeast Asia (1988) Preservation of crop germplasm. Iowa State J. Res. 59:365-78, 1985 Principles of genetic conservation. Iowa State J. Res. 59(4):325-48, 1985 With G.C. Loresto & J.C. O’Toole. Genetic analysis of root characters in rice. SABRAO J. 15:103-16, 1983 The origin, evolution, cultivation, dissemination and diversification of Asian and African rices. Euphytica 25:425-441, 1976 The rice cultures. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London B275:143-57, 1976 With S.K. DeDatta & W.R. Coffman. Breeding methods for upland rice (1975) Studies on the inheritance of grain shape of rice. Taiwan Agric. Res. 23:9-15, 1974 With G.C. Loresto & O. Tagumpay. Screening rice germplasm for drought resistance. SABRAO J. 6(11):9-16, 1974 With J.C. Zadoks & C.F. Konzak. Decimal code for the growth stages of cereals. Weed Res. 14:415-31, 1974 Field experiments with rice in the tropics with emphasis on variety testing. SABRAO Newsletter 3:59-69, 1971 Genetic basis of adaptability. Intl. Rice Comm. Newsl. 16(4):4-12, 1967 With E. A. Bardenas. The morphology and varietal characteristics of the rice plant. Techn. Bull. Intern. Rice Rep. Inst. 4, 1965 Varietal differences in lodging resistance. Intl. Rice Comm. Newsletter 13(4):1-11, 1964 HONORS John Scott Award (1969) International Service in Agronomy Award, American Society of Agronomy (1980) Rank Prize in Agronomy and Nutrition, Rank Prize Foundation (1988) Frank N. Meyer Award and Medal in Plant Germplasm (1990) Foreign Member, US National Academy of Sciences (1994) Genus Changii Prasad, Strömberg, Leaché et al. 2011 (Phytolith)