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Ricardo Bressani is a Guatemalan scientist, agronomist, and professor. He is best known for his work in the field of nutrition and food science. He is the founder of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) and the author of numerous books and articles on nutrition and food science. Bressani was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on 28 September 1926. He studied agronomy at the National University of Agriculture in Guatemala and obtained his doctorate in nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley in 1954. Bressani has held numerous positions in the field of nutrition and food science, including Director of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Director of the Latin American Center for Nutrition (CLAN), and President of the Latin American Society of Nutrition (SLAN). He has also served as a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Bressani has received numerous awards and honors for his work in the field of nutrition and food science, including the Order of the Quetzal, the highest honor awarded by the government of Guatemala, and the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He has also been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Costa Rica, the University of Chile, and the University of Buenos Aires. Bressani is currently a professor emeritus at the National University of Agriculture in Guatemala. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Guatemala and the National Academy of Medicine of Guatemala. As of 2021, Ricardo Bressani's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

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Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 28 September, 1926
Birthday 28 September
Birthplace Guatemala City, Guatemala
Date of death (2015-01-30)
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Nationality Guatemala

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1983

In 1983, Bressani became one of the 42 founding members of the Third World Academy of Sciences, known today as The World Academy of Sciences. In the 1990s, Bressani was the editor-in-chief of the journal Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición. He was also an associate editor of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin. In 1992, he arrived to the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, and in 1998, he founded the Center for the Studies of Food Science and Technology. Bressani wrote more than 300 publications in many scholarly international journals.

1926

Cesar Ricardo Bressani Castignoli (28 September 1926 – 30 January 2015) was a Guatemalan food scientist. Born in Guatemala City, he received a bachelor of science in chemical engineering degree from the University of Dayton in 1948. In 1951, he received a master's degree from Iowa State University. In the same year, Bressani returned to Guatemala where he worked at the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, INCAP. In 1952, he received a scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation to study biochemistry at Purdue University, where Bressani obtained his Ph.D. in 1956. Afterwards, he reincorporated to the INCAP, this time as the Head of the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Food until 1993.