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  1. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

    Cristina Elisabeth Fernández is a politician from La Plata, capital of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a former Senator for Buenos Aires Province, former First Lady and current Argentine president. She is Argentina's first elected woman president but not the first to run the country.

  2. Ernesto Sabato

    Ernesto Sabato is an Argentine writer of Italian and Arbëreshë (Italian Albanian) descent. He began his studies at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, where he earned a Ph.D. in Physics. He then attended the Sorbonne in Paris and worked at the Curie Institute. After World War II, he lost faith in science and started writing. He published his first novel "El Túnel" (translated as "The Outsider" or "The Tunnel").

  3. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

    Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize. He is noted for leading protests against the Free Trade Area of the Americas and for alleging that the Argentinan police are forming children into paramilitary squads, an operation he compares to the creation of Nazi Germany's Hitler Youth. Pérez Esquivel attended the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Universidad Nacional de La Plata where he was trained as an architect and sculptor.

  4. Ricardo Balbín

    Ricardo Balbín was an Argentine lawyer and politician, and one of the most important figures of the Unión Cívica Radical party (UCR), for which he was presidential candidate four times: in 1951, 1958, 1972 and 1973. The National Route 1 was named after him in 2004. Ricardo Balbín was born to Cipriano Balbín and Encarnación Morales in the city of Buenos Aires, but the family moved first to Azul, and later to Ayacucho when he was still a child.

  5. Mario Bunge

    Mario Augusto Bunge (born September 21, 1919, Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian philosopher and physicist mainly active in Canada. Bunge began his studies at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, graduating with a Ph.D. in physico-mathematical sciences in 1952. He was professor of theoretical physics and philosophy, 1956 - 1966, first at La Plata then at Universidad de Buenos Aires. Dissatisfied with the political climate of his country, he chose to emigrate.

  6. José María Mainetti

    José María Mainetti was an Argentine physician, surgeon and oncologist. Mainetti was born in Hinojo, Buenos Aires. He spent most of his childhood and youth in La Plata, were his family moved in 1911. He finished his medicine studies in 1932. Since 1940 he started working also as a professor at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. In 1969 he created the "Fundación para el Progreso" ("Foundation for Progress") which later became "Fundación Dr.

  7. Francisco López Merino

    Francisco López Merino was an Argentine poet born in La Plata, Buenos Aires, who committed suicide at the age of 23. In 1920 he published "Horas de amor" ("Love Hours"), a group of nine poems that later fell victims of auto-censorship. In 1921 he wrote another collection of poems entitled "Fragmentos de un libro inconcluso" ("Fragments of an Unfinished Book"), divided in three sections: "El espejo de mi interior" ("Mi Inner Mirror"), …

  8. Carlos Saavedra Lamas

    Carlos Saavedra Lamas (November 1, 1878 - May 5, 1959) was an Argentinian academic and politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1936. He was the first Latin American to receive such an award. Lamas, born in Buenos Aires into the Argentinian aristocracy, was an outstanding student who received his doctorate in laws from the University of Buenos Aires, and then began a career as a teacher of law and sociology at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, …

  9. Oscar Alende

    Oscar Eduardo Alende (born 6 July 1909 in Maipú, Buenos Aires province – died 22 December 1996) was an Argentine politician who founded the Intransigent Party. Alende studied medicine at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, where he led the student union, and the University of Buenos Aires. He became head of gastro-intestinal surgery in the Hospital Rawson and a member of the Argentine Surgical Academy.

  10. Mario Garavaglia

    Mario Garavaglia was born in Junín (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) in 1937. He received his Bachelor Degree in Physics from Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina, in 1960, with the thesis entitled "Interference analysis of the hyperfine structure of natural mercury", under the direction of Athos Giacchetti. In 1964-65 he completed his postgraduate studies at Uppsala University, Sweden, on the stimulated emission on natural mercury, …

  11. José Antonio Balseiro

    José Antonio Balseiro was an important Argentine physicist. Balseiro studied at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in his home city, before moving to La Plata to study and research, obtaining a doctorate in physics at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. His doctoral dissertation was directed by Dr. Guido Beck, an Austrian physicist who arrived as a refugee in 1943. In 1950 he got a schoolarship granted by the British Council.

  12. Julio Godio

    Julio Godio (born 1939) is an Argentine sociologist born at La Plata, Buenos Aires Province In 1958, he was elected president of the students' union of the University of La Plata. Very much related with the labor movement (in Argentina and Latin America), Julio Godio has been official of ILO-ACTRAV, and has worked actively with the Friedrich Ebert Seitung, ICFTU-ORIT, IMF, BWI, UNI, etc. He has written important books and publications about the labor movement, …

  13. Emil Bose

    Emil Hermann Bose (1874-1911) German physicist, was the first teacher in the Physics Department at the University of La Plata, Argentina. He studied under Nernst and was recruited by the newly created university in Argentina, where he taught for two years until his untimely death from typhoid fever in 1911. He was succeeded by Richard Gans. See Bibiloni, A.G. (2005) <hr>

  14. Richard Gans

    Richard Martin Gans, German of Jewish origin, born in Hamburg, was the physicist who founded the Physics Institute of the National University of La Plata, Argentina. He was its Director in two different periods. During the first one, starting in 1911, he continued the work started by Emil Bose raising the research level of the institute to international renown.

  15. Miguel Ángel Pichetto

    Miguel Ángel Pichetto is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He is a Senator for Río Negro Province and leads his party in the Senate. He is a candidate to be governor of Río Negro in the 2007 elections. Pichetto was born in Banfield, Buenos Aires Province and studied at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. In 1976 he qualified as a lawyer and based himself in Río Negro.

  16. Josefina Passadori

    Josefina Passadori was an Argentinian writer who published several textbooks as well as poetry under the "nom de plume" Fröken Thelma. Passadori was also a politician and educator. Passadori was born in Mezzanino, Pavia, Italy. In 1922 she graduated from Escuela Normal de Profesoras “Mary O’Graham” of La Plata, college at which she taught during almost forty years, mostly Spanish, Italian, History, Geography and Literature.

  17. Víctor Grippo

    Víctor Grippo was an Argentine painter, engraver and sculptor, considered the father of conceptual art in Argentina. He was born in Junín, province of Buenos Aires, the elder of two sons of an Italian immigrant father and an Argentine mother of Albanese origin. Grippo was raised in his birthtown, and in his youth he moved to the capital of the province, La Plata, and then to the city of Buenos Aires. He studied Chemistry and Pharmacy in the University of La Plata, …

  18. María Dhialma Tiberti

    María Dhialma Tiberti, argentine writer born in La Plata, Buenos Aires, on October 25, 1928, died in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, on January 16, 1987. She studied at the "Escuela Normal Nº1" “Mary O’Graham” and later on, Literature and History, at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. She was responsible for the Del Bosque editions, composed of works of other well-known writers, such as Raúl Amaral, Horacio Ponce de León, Ana Emilia Lahite, …

  19. Leopoldo Bravo

    Leopoldo Bravo was an Argentine politician and diplomat. As well as serving in the Argentine Senate and as Ambassador to the Soviet Union, he was a three-time governor of San Juan Province and considered a "caudillo". Bravo qualified as a lawyer at the University of La Plata in 1942. At a young age Bravo joined the leadership of the "Partido Bloquista", a provincial party which split from the Radical Civic Union in the time of Hipólito Yrigoyen.

  20. Claudio Sillero-Zubiri

    Claudio Sillero-Zubiri was born in Argentina and is a British zoologist. He is a Research Fellow at Oxford University's WildCRU, the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, and Lady Margaret Hall. He the Chair of the IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group, and Head of Conservation of the Born Free Foundation. He is internationally recognized for his work with carnivore conservation, and in particular the endangered Ethiopian wolf ("Canis simensis").

  21. Lucas Rivas

    Bringing forth a value-added cost effective Staffing solution to Fortune 500 companies via (ROP) Resource Outsourced Process model. Engineering (Software/Hardware/Analog) Bimos/Cmos Analog IC, Platform, Verification, QA, Test, Layout, Imaging, VOIP, Java,j2EE, C++, C, Search Engines, Web Development, DB2, Oracle DB's, Printer Controllers, Kernel Level design, (CRM, SRM, HCM, ERP development) Systems Engineering, Application Engineering, Software QA's, Process . . .

  22. Omar Stradella

    Worked in multidisciplinary drug discovery groups with medicinal chemists, biologists and X-Ray crystallographers developing and applying tools and techniques such as QSAR, docking, pharmacophore modeling and molecular modeling for HTS analysis, hits validation, and lead optimization; Contribution to Drug Discovery projects: guided SAR exploration; fast potency improvement; increased chemical series selectivity; Over 10 years of experience in developing, . . .

  23. Jose Tarzian
  24. Nicolás Massi

    I began my career over six years ago as a freelance graphic designer and new media consultant. I designed and developed a variety of projects, including: corporate web sites, brand identity, CD-Roms, Flash and print projects. In 2002 co-founded Platico Games Studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While at Platico Games Studio, I worked as Creative Director and Interactive Designer, specifically focused on video games projects, including: advergames and educational games. These games have . . .

  25. Juan Manuel Valentini
  26. Santiago Kraiselburd

    Specialist in Supply Chain Management. Available for consulting projects/teaching/conferences.

  27. Cesar Kuberek

    Dynamic and entrepreneurial with a 12+ year experience selling complex systems - IT & telecommunications- in a competitive Tender/Proposal environment. Proven success driving multimillion-dollar sales growth while providing award-winning sales leadership in highly competitive export markets. Business focused with proven track record of driving growth of cash, profit, velocity, return, customers, and revenues.

  28. Cristian Martinez

    - Knowledge Management consultant. - Commercial and Technical Consultant, web-based projects, customer care, support and services on-site and by telephone. - Business Intelligence Consultant. Functional Analysis, Data Modelling, Data Quality analysis, Metadata, ODS and DataWarehouse implementations. - Software Product Specialist, Pre-Sales and Telesales for Data Management, Business Intelligence and Content Management Solutions. - Solutions Specialist for "IBM Data Management", . . .

  29. Cristian Ali

    Electronic Engineer, MBA. Experience in Commercial and Marketing areas of major IT companies in Latin America. Solid knowledge of IT market (Hardware and Software) and Enterprise business in the Corporate and Public segment.

  30. Gustavo Galoppo

    Software Project Management; Software Process, Software Life Cycle; Process Improvement, Quality; Business Process Management; Document Management; Leadership

  31. Hugo Scagnetti

    Highly experience in TV/IT products and solutions (18 years), and a comprehensive knowledge of different industries. Valued for communicating using performance measurements and carrying out tasks that require strong leadership and teamwork. Focused on goals, being able to adapt constantly to diversity, change and challenge. Having strong social, communicative and written skills, disciplined, constant learner, and coach. Past: Starmedia Networks, Via Networks, Netjuice Consulting and . . .

  32. Juan Figueiras

    I am an experienced and inquisitive IT professional. In addition to solid technical knowledge and extensive experience in complex project management, I have demonstrated outstanding people skills in my various assignments. I drive on exploring how to achieve the most out of modern technology by aligning them with the business strategies

  33. Alfredo Fidani

    Application Architect and Team Leader in business applications. Particularly interested in web based and client/server and web applications. Always interested in Software projects.

  34. Pablo Rocca

    Networking Engineer with expertise in data networks and always interested in projects involving new technologies.

  35. Alejandro Miguel Quarto

    I joined Persuasive Games Latin America, S.A. in 2006 as a General Manager. In this role, i'm responsible for studio management, testing, technology and strategy. Prior to joining to Persuasive Games, i've started my career in interactive entertainment as a freelance programmer using different object-oriented programming tools specifically specializing in Macromedia Flash, Shockwave, and Java development platforms among others. In 2002 I've co-founded Platico Games Studio in Buenos . . .

  36. Patricia Lucki

    After completing successfull carreers in fields such as logistics (DHL, UPS, BAX) E-business (Terralycos) and advertising (La República) I decided to open my own operation consulting to local and international companies and organizations (including non-profit). I also lecture in different Universities and give seminars on International trade, E-commerce, etc.

  37. Ariel Roel

    Experience selling high level Telecommunication equipment, with deep knowledge of bidding presentation, promotion, process clarification and research of the decision chain. Follow up of all the biding steps. Electronic engineer with knowledge and experience in mobile telephony networks, signaling and subscriber data base systems. Help desk, customer service and troubleshooting experience. Ericsson AXE exchanges advanced knowledge. Wide knowledge about IP Telephony Networks, NGN (Next . . .

  38. Marcos Sciarra

    Senior Project Manager with over 9 years of experience in Consulting, IT, Project Management and Systems, having a degree on Information Systems from CAECE University. I started as Technical Support of a local ISP on my birthplace (La Plata). My learning years were with Oracle starting as a Trainee and finishing with the J2EE Architect role, leading software development projects in Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela. Within Oracle I was recognized as a contributor beyond my strict . . .

  39. Pablo Andrés Barrientos

    OO software designer at Ministery of Economy (Argentina). Researcher at LIFIA (http://www-lifia.info.unlp.edu.ar/).

  40. Celeste Olivieri

    Responsible in developing the User Interfaces (UI) for applications developed within the company. From defined functional requirements, I am involved in the development of the Information Architecture (IA), navigational framework, page design and full HTML prototypes.

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