Rosa Erra-Balsell
Professor, Departament of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences,
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Research Member (principal) of CONICET
(National Council of Scientific and Technological Research), Argentina.
1989-present
Director of the Doctoral Studies Department, Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences,
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2005-2007
Vice-president of the Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Química Orgánica (SAIQO)
(Argentine Society of Research in Organic Chemistry)
2007-2009 (from November 2007)
President of the Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Química Orgánica (SAIQO)
(Argentine Society of Research in Organic Chemistry)
Specialty: Organic Photochemistry.
Mass spectrometry techniques (EI-MS; UV-MALDI-MS; ESI-MS)
Number of publications: 110 original papers published in international journals
(proceedings are not included)(examples: Tetrahedron; Tetrahedron Lett.; J. Heterocycl. Chem.;
Magnetic Res. Chem.; Phytochemistry; J. Org. Chem.; Org. Mass Spectrom.;
J. Photochem. Photobiol., Sec.A: Chem.; J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2;
Chem. Phys. Lett.; J. Mass Spectrometry; Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. Photochem. Photobiol.)
Awards and fellowships
1973 Graduation with honors in Chemistry, Medal of Excellence (Dr. P. Berdoy),
Argentine Chemical Society (AQA).
1982 Medal of Excellence (Dr. L. Guglialmelli), outstanding organic photochemistry
Doctoral Thesis (Photochemistry of Alcohols), Argentine Chemical Society (AQA).
1992 Scientific Promotion Award from the Spanish Government and Committee Vth
Century,
Outstanding Organic Photochemistry Project (Photochemistry of b-Carboline Alkaloids).
1995-1997-2002-2007
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Invitation Fellowship program for
research in Japan", in the Laboratory of Plant Biophysics/Biochemistry Research
Laboratory, Department of Biomechanical Systems, College of Agriculture, Ehime
University, Japan. Host Scientist: Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Nonami.
1995 Medal of Excellence (Dr. L. Guglialmelli 1995 Prize) as Director of Thesis,
outstanding organic photochemistry Doctoral Thesis
(Photochemistry of Carbazole, N-Acetyl and N-Benzoyl carbazoles in solution, in the presence of Halomethanes),
Argentine Chemical Society (AQA).
1998 Medal of Excellence (Dr. Enrique Herrero Ducluox 1998 Prize)
as Director of Thesis, outstanding organic photochemistry Doctoral Thesis
(Photochemistry of Purines), Argentine Chemical Society (AQA).
2003 Medal and diploma of Excellence as Outstanding Argentine Researcher
in Organic Chemistry in the period 1993-2003.
Konex 2003 Prize in Science and Technology. Fundación Konex, Buenos Aires, Argentina.