Francisco Dallmeier (1953-present; Venezuela, United States; Wildlife Biologist)
Francisco Dallmeier, born on February 15, 1953, was surrounded by science from a young age. His father, Francisco de Sales Gómez Gonzalez, was a program manager for Venezuela’s Cancer Center. Dallmeier’s mother, Ana Teresa Dallmeier de Gómez, was a descendant of the German Adolph Ernst (1832-1899) who co-founded and chaired the Natural History Faculty of…
Mario Molina (1943-2020), Mexico and USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 for “work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone.” Mario Jose Molina Pasquel Henriquez was bon on March 19, 1942, in Mexico City. His father, Roberto Molina Pasquel, was an attorney and part-time professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Autonomous National University of…
Cesar Milstein (1927-2002) Argentina
Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology 1984 for Theories Concerning the Specificity in Development and Control of the Immune System and the Discovery of the Principle for Production of Monoclonal Antibodies César Milstein was born on October 8, 1927, into a family of Ukrainian descent. His father, Lázaro Milstein, was a Jewish Ukrainian immigrant who came to…
Baruj Benacerraf (1920-2011) Venezuela
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980 for discovery “concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions” or “discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system’s distinction between self and non-self.” Baruj Benacerraf was born on October 29, 1920, in Caracas,…
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