Background
Krapovickas, Antonio was born on October 8, 1921 in Buenos Aires. Son of Francisco and Elisabeth (Jodeika) Krapovickas.
Krapovickas, Antonio was born on October 8, 1921 in Buenos Aires. Son of Francisco and Elisabeth (Jodeika) Krapovickas.
Ingeniero Agronomo, Facultad de Agronomia, Buenos Aires, 1948; Professor Extraordinario, National U. Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina, 1990.
Krapovickas received a degree in 1948 in agronomic engineering from the University of Buenos Aires and began teaching in 1949 as Professor of Genetics and Systems Botany at the University of Córdoba. He later became Professor of Plant Anatomy at the National University of Tucumán. In 1964, he moved to Corrientes to accept a position at the National University of the Northeast (UNNE), becoming Chair of its Department of Botany and Ecology in 1977.
Krapovickas' research centered on taxonomy of the Malvaceae family and biology of species in the genus Arachis (Fabaceae). His publications in these fields, including over 110 papers, 8 book chapters, and a monograph on Arachis - the genus of the groundnut - that he coauthored with Walton C. Gregory, are very influential and widely cited.
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow (1953) CONICET Research Scientist (1961–1994) Director of Ibone (1977–1991) President of the Sociedad Argentina de Genética (1983–1985) Konex Award in Science and Technology recipient (1983) Centro Argentino de Ingenieros Agrónomos (CADIA) Prize recipient (1984) Corresponding member of the Botanical Society of America (1989) Bunge y Born Award in Agronomy recipient (1990) Professor emeritus at UNNE (1990).
Member Botanical Society American (corresponding member), Academia National Agronomia y Veterinaria (corresponding member), Argentine Society Botany (president 1972-1974), Argentine Society.Genetics (president 1983-1985).
Married Ana Maria Fuchs, February 2, 1950 (divorced September 1963). 1 child, Ernesto Jose. Married Carmen Lelia Cristobal, September 18, 1963.
1 child, Adrian.
