39 Notable alumni of National University of Rosario
Updated: May 11, 2026 EliteDegrees
National University of Rosario is ranked #1,226 in the world and #4 in Argentina by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 39 notable alumni from National University of Rosario sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with National University of Rosario won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. María del Carmen Squeff
1955-. (aged 71)
diplomat
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...
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2. Alfonso Delgado Evers
1942-. (aged 84)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Alfonso Delgado Evers is an Argentinian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo from 2000 to 2017.
3. Gustavo Deco
1961-. (aged 65)
university teacher
neuroscientist
physicist
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...
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4. Ana María Cué
1941-. (aged 85)
pianist
poet
writer
Ana María Cué is an Argentinian pianist, poet, and educator. She is known for her work in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
5. Clara Passafari
1930-1994 (aged 64)
anthropologist
poet
ethnologist
writer
Professor Clara Passafari de Gutiérrez was an Argentine ethnologist, anthropologist, writer and poet.
6. Rubén Feldman González
1940-2024 (aged 84)
psychiatrist
Esperantist
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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7. Galia Solomonoff
1966-. (aged 60)
architect
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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8. María Lucila Lehman
1983-. (aged 43)
dentist
politician
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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9. José Daniel Guccione
1952-2021 (aged 69)
politician
physician
José Daniel Guccione was an Argentine politician and physician.
10. Claudia M. Palena
cancer researcher
immunologist
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.
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11. Alicia Kozameh
1953-. (aged 73)
novelist
poet
writer
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...
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12. María de los Ángeles Sacnún
1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer
member of the Argentine Chamber of Senators
politician
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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13. Jana Rodriguez Hertz
1970-. (aged 56)
researcher
mathematician
professor
María Alejandra Rodriguez Hertz Frugoni (born 1970) is an Argentine and Uruguayan mathematician, professor, and researcher.
14. Graciela Carnevale
1942-. (aged 84)
photographer
artist
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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15. Luciano Marraffini
1974-. (aged 52)
university teacher
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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16. Germán Martínez
1967-. (aged 59)
minister
lawyer
politician
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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17. Vilma Ripoll
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Vilma Ripoll is an Argentine nurse and politician.
18. Luciano Andrés Laspina
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
economist
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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19. José María Vernet
1944-2024 (aged 80)
diplomat
accountant
politician
José María Vernet was an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party. He served as Governor of Santa Fe from 1983 to 1987.
20. Alejandra Rodenas
1963-. (aged 63)
judge
politician
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...
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21. Fabiana Ríos
1964-. (aged 62)
pharmacist
politician
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...
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22. Horacio Usandizaga
1940-2026 (aged 86)
sports executive
lawyer
politician
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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23. Rubén Giustiniani
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
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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24. Daniel Gollán
1955-. (aged 71)
civil servant
cardiologist
physician
politician
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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25. Josefina Ludmer
1939-2016 (aged 77)
researcher
literary critic
writer
university teacher
literary scholar
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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26. Rafael Bielsa
1953-. (aged 73)
diplomat
lawyer
politician
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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27. Alejo Igoa
1996-. (aged 30)
actor
YouTuber
Internet celebrity
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...
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28. Patricio Pron
1975-. (aged 51)
writer
literary critic
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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29. Mónica Fein
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
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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30. Antonio Bonfatti
1950-. (aged 76)
physician
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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31. María Eugenia Bielsa
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
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...
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32. Maximiliano Pullaro
1974-. (aged 52)
political scientist
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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33. Susana Malcorra
1954-. (aged 72)
civil servant
engineer
diplomat
politician
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...
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34. José Cura
1962-. (aged 64)
photographer
composer
conductor
singer
theatrical director
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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35. Hermes Binner
1943-2020 (aged 77)
politician
physician
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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36. Miguel Lifschitz
1955-2021 (aged 66)
engineer
politician
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...
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37. Agustín Rossi
1959-. (aged 67)
defence minister
engineer
politician
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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38. Héctor Cavallero
1939-2020 (aged 81)
politician
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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39. Karen Hallberg
1964-. (aged 62)
physicist
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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