39 Notable alumni of
National University of Rosario
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The National University of Rosario is 1416th in the world, 60th in Latin America, and 7th in Argentina by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 39 notable alumni from the National University of Rosario sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Maximiliano Pullaro
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Maximiliano Nicolás "Maxi" Pullaro is an Argentine politician, currently serving as a Governor of Santa Fe Province since 10 December 2023. A member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), he previously served two terms as a member of the provincial legislature and as Minister of Security under Governor Miguel Lifschitz from 2015 to 2019.
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Susana Malcorra
- Occupations
- civil servantengineerdiplomatpolitician
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Susana Mabel Malcorra is an Argentine electrical engineer, GWL Voices co-founder and president, who served as foreign minister of Argentina from 2015 to 2017. She was announced for the position by President Mauricio Macri on 24 November 2015. Prior to that she was Chef de Cabinet to the Executive Office at the United Nations, appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in March 2012 and served as his chief of staff between April 2012 and November 2016.
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José Cura
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- photographercomposerconductorsingertheatrical director
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José Luis Victor Cura Gómez is an Argentine operatic tenor, conductor, director, scenographer and photographer known for intense and original interpretations of opera characters, notably Otello in Verdi’s Otello, Samson in Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila, Canio in Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, and Stiffelio in Giuseppe Verdi's Stiffelio.
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Hermes Binner
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- politicianphysician
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Hermes Juan Binner was an Argentine physician and politician who served as Governor of Santa Fe from 2007 to 2011. Binner was the first Socialist to serve as governor of an Argentine province, and the first non-Peronist to rule Santa Fe since the last transition to democracy in 1983.
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Miguel Lifschitz
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- engineerpolitician
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Roberto Miguel Lifschitz was an Argentine politician and civil engineer of the Socialist Party who was Governor of Santa Fe Province from 2015 to 2019. Prior to that, he was intendente (mayor) of Rosario, the largest city in the province and the third largest in Argentina, from 2003 to 2011. He also served as Provincial Senator of Santa Fe from 2011 to 2015. He last served as President of the Chamber of Deputies of Santa Fe, a position he held from 2019 until his death in 2021.
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Agustín Rossi
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- defence ministerengineerpolitician
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Agustín Oscar Rossi is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. Rossi has held a number of important political posts throughout his career, most notably as Minister of Defense during the presidencies of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2013–2015) and Alberto Fernández (2019–2021).
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Rafael Bielsa
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- diplomatlawyerpolitician
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Rafael Antonio Bielsa Caldera is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician from Rosario, province of Santa Fe. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2005. From 2020 to 2023 he was also Argentina's ambassador to Chile.
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Alejo Igoa
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- actorYouTuberInternet celebrity
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Alejo Igoa is an Argentine YouTuber. He has twice won the Best YouTuber of the Year award at the Martín Fierro Awards in 2019 and 2023. Since passing El Reino Infantil in July 2025, he is the most subscribed channel in Argentina and most subscribed Spanish-speaking channel overall. In December 2025, he became the 15th YouTube channel to reach the 100M subscriber milestone. As of February 2026, he has 105M subscribers and is the 15th biggest YouTube channel worldwide.
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Patricio Pron
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- writerliterary critic
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Patricio Pron is an Argentine writer and literary critic translated into a dozen languages including English, German, French and Italian. Granta magazine selected him in 2010 as one of the 22 best young writers in Spanish of his generation. He won the twenty-second Alfaguara Novel Prize in 2019 for his work Mañana tendremos otros nombres among other prizes.
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Mónica Fein
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- politician
- Biography
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Mónica Haydée Fein is an Argentine biochemist and Socialist Party politician who was intendente (mayor) of Rosario from 2011 to 2019. She has been a National Deputy since 2021, and previously held the same position from 2007 to 2011.
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Antonio Bonfatti
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- physician
- Biography
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Antonio Bonfatti is an Argentine physician and Socialist politician who served as Governor of Santa Fe between 2011 and 2015. From 2016 to 2021, he was president of the Socialist Party.
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María Eugenia Bielsa
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- politician
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María Eugenia Bielsa Caldera is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, born in Rosario, Santa Fe. She was the vice-governor of Santa Fe, accompanying governor Jorge Obeid, from 2003 until 2007. As such, she also presides the provincial Senate. She is the sister of politician Rafael Bielsa and of football coach Marcelo Bielsa. From 2019 to 2020 she served as Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat in the cabinet of Alberto Fernández.
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Héctor Cavallero
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- politician
- Biography
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Héctor Cavallero, nicknamed El Tigre ("The Tiger"), was an Argentine politician, who was mayor of Rosario, Santa Fe, and a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for the Province of Santa Fe.
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Germán Martínez
- Enrolled in the National University of Rosario
- In 1999 studied political science
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Germán Pedro Martínez is an Argentine politician who has been a National Deputy elected for in Santa Fe since 2019. A member of the Justicialist Party, Martínez worked as a legislative aide for Agustín Rossi and Guillermo Carmona from 2005 to his own election to the Chamber of Deputies.
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Vilma Ripoll
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- politician
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Vilma Ripoll is an Argentine nurse and politician.
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Luciano Andrés Laspina
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- politicianeconomist
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Luciano Laspina is an Argentine politician who has served as a National Deputy of Argentina elected in Santa Fe Province since 2015. He is a member of Republican Proposal (PRO).
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José María Vernet
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- diplomataccountantpolitician
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José María Vernet was an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party. He served as Governor of Santa Fe from 1983 to 1987.
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Karen Hallberg
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- physicist
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Karen Astrid Hallberg is an Argentine scientist and professor of physics at the Balseiro Institute. and at the Bariloche Atomic Centre. She is the secretary general of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. She was awarded the 2019 International L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science Prize for Latin America.
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Alejandra Rodenas
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- judgepolitician
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Alejandra Silvana Rodenas is an Argentine lawyer, former judge, university professor, and politician of the Justicialist Party. She served as Judge of Provincial Courts from October 1999 to June 2017. She acquired public notoriety for the prosecution of a part of the narco (drug trafficking) gang Los Monos, in addition to handling the case of the murder of an alleged gang member, Luis Medina. She also carried out the prosecution of those responsible for shooting at the house of governor Antonio Bonfatti in October 2013.
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Fabiana Ríos
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- pharmacistpolitician
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María Fabiana Ríos is an Argentine politician and founder of the Patagonian Social Party. She was the governor of the province of Tierra del Fuego from December 17, 2007, to December 10, 2015. She was first elected with the support of the party ARI (Afirmación para una República de Iguales, "Support for an Egalitarian Republic"), but she left it in 2010 and created her own party, with which she was re-elected. She was the only female governor in Argentina, until the election of Lucía Corpacci of Catamarca Province. She was succeeded in office by another woman, Rosana Bertone.
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Horacio Usandizaga
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- sports executivelawyerpolitician
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Horacio Daniel Usandizaga, also known informally as El Vasco (Spanish: The Basque), was an Argentine politician. He served as the first mayor of the city of Rosario following the restoration of democracy in the country in 1983.
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Rubén Giustiniani
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- politician
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Rubén Héctor Giustiniani is an Argentine politician from the Socialist Party (PS), who was National Senator representing Santa Fe Province from 2003 to 2015. An engineer by occupation, he also served as president of the Socialist Party.
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Daniel Gollán
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- civil servantcardiologistphysicianpolitician
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Daniel Gollán is an Argentine cardiologist and politician. He served as Health Minister of Argentina for a brief period during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in 2015, and as Health Minister of Buenos Aires Province from 2019 to 2021. Since 2021, he has been a National Deputy.
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Josefina Ludmer
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- researcherliterary criticwriteruniversity teacherliterary scholar
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Josefina Ludmer was an Argentinian professor, essayist, writer, and literary critic. She was a professor at the University of Buenos Aires (1984–1991) and later at Yale University (1988–2005), specializing in Latin American literature.
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Alicia Kozameh
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- novelistpoetwriter
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Alicia Kozameh is an Argentine novelist, short story writer and poet, and Professor in the Creative Writing Program, Department of English, at Chapman University in Southern California. Kozameh has published seven novels, a collection of short stories and six books of poetry. She has also edited two anthologies and wrote a book in collaboration with other authors, former political prisoners from the last Argentine military dictatorship in her country.
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María de los Ángeles Sacnún
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- lawyermember of the Argentine Chamber of Senatorspolitician
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María de los Ángeles Sacnun is an Argentine politician who was a National Senator for Santa Fe Province from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Justicialist Party, she was part of the Front for Victory and Frente de Todos parliamentary blocs.
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Jana Rodriguez Hertz
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- researchermathematicianprofessor
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María Alejandra Rodriguez Hertz Frugoni (born 1970) is an Argentine and Uruguayan mathematician, professor, and researcher.
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Graciela Carnevale
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- photographerartist
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Graciela Carnevale is an Argentine artist who lives and works in Rosario, Argentina. Carnevale is best known for her involvement in the Ciclo de Arte Experimental exhibition (1968) in Rosario, organised by the Grupo de Arte de Vanguardia de Rosario.
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Luciano Marraffini
- Enrolled in the National University of Rosario
- In 1998 graduated with licentiate in biotechnology
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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Luciano Angel Marraffini is an Argentinian-American microbiologist. He is currently professor and head of the laboratory of bacteriology at The Rockefeller University. He is recognized for his work on CRISPR-Cas systems, being one of the first scientists to elucidate how these systems work at the molecular level.
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María del Carmen Squeff
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- diplomat
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María "Marilita" del Carmen Squeff is an Argentine diplomat. She is the Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations. She previously served as the Ambassador to Nigeria in 2019 and as the Ambassador to France from 2014 to 2016. In December 2019, she was appointed undersecretary for Mercosur and international economic negotiations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship.
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Alfonso Delgado Evers
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Alfonso Delgado Evers is an Argentinian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo from 2000 to 2017.
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Gustavo Deco
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- university teacherneuroscientistphysicist
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Gustavo Deco is an Argentinian and Italian professor and scientist. He serves as Research Professor at the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies and Full Professor at the Pompeu Fabra University, where he is Director of the Center of Brain and Cognition and head of the Computational Neuroscience Group. In 2001 Deco was awarded the international prize of Siemens "Inventor of the Year" for his contributions in statistical learning, models of visual perception, and fMRI based diagnosis of neuropsychiatric diseases..
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Ana María Cué
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- pianistpoetwriter
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Ana María Cué is an Argentinian pianist, poet, and educator. She is known for her work in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
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Clara Passafari
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- anthropologistpoetethnologistwriter
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Professor Clara Passafari de Gutiérrez was an Argentine ethnologist, anthropologist, writer and poet.
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Rubén Feldman González
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- psychiatristEsperantist
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Rubén Ernesto Feldman González was an Argentine physician, surgeon, pediatrician, psychiatrist and neurologist, known mainly for his contribution to psychology, having founded holokinetic psychology, as well as his dissemination of the language Esperanto.
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Galia Solomonoff
- Enrolled in the National University of Rosario
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Galia Solomonoff AIA is an Argentinian-born architect and the founding creative director of New York-based architecture and design firm Solomonoff Architecture Studio. Her notable projects include Dia:Beacon; the Defective Brick Project; multiple residential projects in Manhattan and Brooklyn; and competition proposals for international institutional projects.
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María Lucila Lehman
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- dentistpolitician
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María Lucila Lehmann is an Argentine politician who was a National Deputy elected in Santa Fe from 2017 to 2021. She is a member of the Civic Coalition ARI, and sat in the Juntos por el Cambio parliamentary inter-bloc.
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José Daniel Guccione
- Years
- 1952-2021 (aged 69)
- Enrolled in the National University of Rosario
- Studied medicine
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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José Daniel Guccione was an Argentine politician and physician.
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Claudia M. Palena
- Enrolled in the National University of Rosario
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in biochemistry
- Occupations
- cancer researcherimmunologist
- Biography
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Claudia M. Palena is an American immunologist and cancer researcher working to advance cancer vaccines. She is a senior investigator and head of the immunoregulation section at the National Cancer Institute. Palena researches tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy. IRP senior investigator Claudia Palena is now leading and over watching possible vaccines that might help the immune system fight off cancer.
