Nora Domínguez is an Associate Professor of Literary Theory at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, and a major force in the shaping of Argentine literary and cultural debate. She is well known for her analyses of nineteenth and twentieth century literature and studies of gender and narrative fiction. De donde vienen los niños. Maternidad y escriturea en la
Rui Curi has established himself as a top researcher in biomedical sciences, with over three hundred articles to his credit, as well Fellowships at the National Institutes of Health, the Faculté de Mèdicine de Bruxelas, and the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at Oxford University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of São Paulo
Brazilian-born Márcio Catelan is among the most talented astrophysicists in Latin America. First drawn to astronomy as a boy by Carl Sagen’s Cosmos television series, he excelled in math and physics and quickly stood out among other undergraduates at the University of São Paulo, winning a scholarship to carry out research in the university’s Mathematical Physics Department of
Physicist Gustavo Burdman was born in Buenos Aires and received a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Buenos Aires in 1987. Since opportunities to work in his preferred field of theoretical particle physics were scarce in Argentina, Mr. Burdman then came to the United States to continue his studies. After earning his Ph.D.
Alberto Blanco is one of Mexico’s foremost poets. Among his more than twelve books of poetry are three in the Colección Letras Mexicanas series issued by Fondo De Cultura Económica, Mexico’s preeminent publishing house: Giros de faros (1979), El corazón del instante (1998), and La hora y la neblina (2005). His poetry has been translated into thirteen languages. Dawn
Marcelo Boeri is a Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of the Andes in Santiago, Chile. Born in Buenos Aires, he received a B.A. degree from the University of Buenos Aires, and served there as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Classical Letters and Philosophy (1985-94); the University
Argentinean composer Esteban Benzecry was born in 1970. After receiving his diploma as professor of painting from the Buenos Aires Superior School of Fine Arts, Benzecry studied musical composition with H. Gerardi and S. Hualpa in Argentina and with J. Charpentier at the Paris CNR, where he was awarded First Prize by a unanimous jury
Venezuelan poet Igor Barreto was educated at the Caragle Institute of the University of Bucharest. He is currently the director of publications for the Museo Jacobo Borges in Caracas. Previously he has been the director of the Cinemateca Nacional, the director of collections of the Fundación de Etnomusicología y Folklore, and general director of Imprenta Anauco.
Dr. Mirta Aranguren got her B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina) in 1980. She was awarded a CONICET fellowship and worked with Professors Roberto J.J. Williams and Julio Borrajo on thermoset polymers in the Polymer Division of the Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales
Born in 1963 in Buenos Aires, Fernando Pitossi received a degree in biochemistry from the University of Buenos Aires in 1988. As a student of physiology under the supervision of Dr. Fernandez Willamil, he developed a passion for studying complex systems. One week after graduating, he travelled to Switzerland to study molecular biology at the
Born in Lima, Peru, Alfonso W. Quiroz specializes in Latin American, Caribbean, and world history, with an emphasis on economic history and policies. He received his B.A. in history from the Universidad Católica in Lima and an M.A. (1981), M.Phil. (1983), and Ph.D. (1986) from Columbia University. He joined the history department of Baruch College
Ana Parma is an expert in fisheries modeling, assessment, and management. Her main research interest is in the development of stock assessment methods and harvesting strategies that address assessment uncertainties. Originally trained as a biologist at the Universidad Nacional La Plata, Argentina, where she obtained her undergraduate degree, she became involved in fisheries when she
Roberto Carlos Salvarezza is a Principal Researcher of the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET). He has been deeply involved in the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology in Argentina and Latin America. His research area comprises molecular self-assembly, biomimetic systems, and nano/microfabrication methods. After receiving his doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Buenos Aires
Cergio Prudencio was born in 1955 in La Paz, Bolivia, where he attended the Bolivian Catholic University and studied classical guitar, flute, piano, and percussion. A composer, conductor, teacher, and researcher, he is the founder (in 1980) and chief conductor of the Orchestra of Experimental Native Instruments (OEIN), which has received strong attention for such
Associate Professor Florencia Garramuño joined the faculty of the University of San Andrés in Buenos Aires in 1999 and became the founding director of its program in Brazilian Culture in 2004. Before coming to San Andrés, Ms. Garramuño taught at the University of Buenos Aires and Temple University in Philadelphia. She received her Ph.D. in
Sergio Ramírez was born in Masatepe, Nicaragua, in 1942, and published his first novel, Cuentos, in 1963. A 1964 graduate of the National University of Nicaragua, he was elected Secretary General of the Central American Confederation University (San José, Costa Rica) in 1968 and 1976. From 1973 to 1975 he lived in Berlin as a resident artist through the German Academic Exchange Service
Pablo Lobato was born in Bom Despacho, Brazil (1976), and currently lives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Prior to visual arts becoming his main area of focus, Pablo Lobato’s artistic practice centered on the cinema. Today his research is oriented more by the senses generated by specific subject matter and experiences than by specific languages. Since
Adjunct Professor at the Physics Department of Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales since 2002, Daniel de Florian received his Ph.D. from the University of La Plata in 1995 and held postdoctoral positions at CERN and ETH-Zurich. He is also a researcher of CONICET. Daniel de Florian’s main scientific interest is the phenomenology of high-energy physics,
After graduating with degrees in dance, Rosane Chamecki and Andrea Lerner moved from Curitiba, Brazil, to New York City in 1989. Once in New York, they started their choreographic careers. ChameckiLerner research started with a stubborn necessity to attain a bold phy
Alfonso Valenzuela-Aguilera is a Professor of Urban Planning at the State University of Morelos, Mexico. Trained as an architect at the Universidad Iberoamericana, he holds degrees in urban planning from the University Institute of Architecture of Venice and a Ph.D. in urbanism from UNAM, Mexico. Mr. Valenzuela was a postdoctoral fellow at the French Institute of
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