Director Emeritus and Consultant Unidad Neurobiología Aplicada (UNA, CEMIC-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Research in neuroendocrinology, human and non-human primate brain development and organization, comparative studies on glial cells and cerebral cortex organization, impact of poverty on child development and cognitive performance. Former: Fellow of von Humboldt Foundation, DAAD, British Royal Society, Ford Foundation, Foundation´s Fund for Research in Psychiatry. Former Full Professor at College of Medicine (USF, FL., USA).- Fine arts (paintings).