Gregorio Baró (June 19, 1928 - May 28, 2012) was an Argentine scientist. He was born in Santiago Temple, Córdoba and died in

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Biography

The son of Spanish immigrants from the

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, more precisely from

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, Baró married the writer

María Dhialma Tiberti María Dhialma Tiberti ( La Plata, Argentina, 25 October 1928 – San Isidro, Argentina, 16 January 1987) was an Argentine writer. Married to the well known scientist Gregorio Baro, she studied at the ''Escuela Normal Nº1 Mary O’Graham'', ...

. He completed his Associate of Science in Chemistry degree at the Otto Krause Technical School in

, in 1945. Afterward, he pursued his studies at

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from which he obtained a Bachelor of Science, followed by a PhD in Chemistry in 1961 at the Instituut voor Kernphysisch Onderzoek, in

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. In 1968, he conducted research on the production of radioisotopes in

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, India, organized by the

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. Baró was additionally a professor at several universities, such as

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, and Universidad Nacional del Litoral. He was named Emeritus Researcher of the

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in 2010, following 40 years of institutional work and reaching the rank of Director. He was also awararded a

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Radiochemistry Radiochemistry is the chemistry of radioactive materials, where radioactive isotopes of elements are used to study the properties and chemical reactions of non-radioactive isotopes (often within radiochemistry the absence of radioactivity leads to ...

from Higher University of San Andres,

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, notably for his work in discovering new isotopes of

ruthenium Ruthenium is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ru and atomic number 44. It is a rare transition metal belonging to the platinum group of the periodic table. Like the other metals of the platinum group, ruthenium is inert to ...

rhodium Rhodium is a chemical element with the symbol Rh and atomic number 45. It is a very rare, silvery-white, hard, corrosion-resistant transition metal. It is a noble metal and a member of the platinum group. It has only one naturally occurring isoto ...

rhenium Rhenium is a chemical element with the symbol Re and atomic number 75. It is a silvery-gray, heavy, third-row transition metal in group 7 of the periodic table. With an estimated average concentration of 1 part per billion (ppb), rhenium is one ...

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, and

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,FLEGENHEIMER, J. (2014). The mystery of the disappearing isotope. ''Revista Virtual de Química'', V. XX. Available at http://www.uff.br/RVQ/index.php/rvq/article/viewFile/660/450 and for the development of a contrast agent for

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during retirement. He was the Argentinian representative of the

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(IUPAC) for several years. In addition, he served as consultant for the Comisión de Energía Atómica de Bolivia, the Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, the Instituto de Asuntos Nucleares de Colombia, the

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, and the Centro Atómico del Perú, and the government of

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References

Ciencia y Educacion

CNEA

La Prensa
* Martinez Ruiz, E. & de Pazzis Pi Corrales, M. (2010). Protección y seguridad en los sitios reales desde la ilustración al liberalismo. Universidad de Alicante: San Vicente del Raspeig. * University of California. (1969). Who's who in Atoms, Vallency Press: London, 132 134.

External links

Asociación Argentina de Tecnología Nuclear

Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Universidad Mayor San Andrés
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baro, Gregorio Argentine chemists Nuclear chemists Radiochemistry Argentine people of Spanish descent 1928 births 2012 deaths