Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini

Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini
Born (1944-05-15) 15 May 1944
La Plata
Awards Prize Bernardo Houssay
Florentino Ameghino
Pellegrino Strobel
Academic background
Alma mater National University of La Plata
Academic work
Institutions National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Notable works Gasparinisaura

Zulma Nélida Brandoni de Gasparini (born 15 May 1944)[1] is an Argentinian paleontologist and zoologist. She is known for discovering the fossils of the dinosaur Gasparinisaura, which was named after her.[2]

Work

Born in the city of La Plata, Argentina on 15 May 1944, Brandoni de Gasparini graduated in zoology from the National University of La Plata in 1966 and obtained her PhD in Natural Sciences in 1973.

Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini was internationally recognized in the nineties for leading the team that discovered the Gasparinisaura.[3] She is a recognized expert in Mesozoic reptilians of South America.[4]

In 1972, she started her scientific career at the CONICET, in which was promoted in 2003 to the grade of Superior Researcher.[1] She is today professor in Paleontology of Vertebrates in the National University of La Plata.

Honours

Brandoni de Gasparini has been awarded, among others recognitions, the Prize "Bernardo Houssay" of the CONICET (1987), the Prize to the Merit of the Argentinian Paleontological Association (2001) and the Prize Florentino Ameghino of the National Academy of Exact and Natural Sciences (2002). She received the Prize Pellegrino Strobel in 2013.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dra. Brandoni de Gasparini, Zulma" (PDF). www.ancefn.org.ar. ANCEFN – Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  2. ↑ "Museo de La Plata – FCNyM – UNLP – Importante reconocimiento a la trayectoria de la Dra. Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini". www.museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  3. ↑ "Científica argentina investiga una arcaica especie inexplorada". Diario Epoca. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  4. ↑ "Distinción a la Dra. Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini". apaleontologica.blogspot.be. Asociación Paleontológica Argentina. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  5. ↑ "Se entregó el Premio Strobel 2013". www.uba.ar. Retrieved 2015-11-04.


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