Melina Furman

Argentine investigative author and teacher (1975–2024)

Melina Furman
Furman in 2017
Born	(1975-07-18)18 July 1975
Died	6 September 2024(2024-09-06) (aged 49)
Occupation(s)	Author, teacher, biologist

Melina Furman (18 July 1975 – 6 September 2024) was an Argentine investigative author, teacher and biologist.^[1]^[2]

Life and career

Furman was born on 18 July 1975. She graduated from the Universidad de Buenos Aires with a certificate in biologic sciences, and with a masters and a Ph.D. from the University of Columbia in the United States.^[2] Furman worked as investigative professor at the Universidad de San Andres.

She is considered by many, such as Argentine columnist Sebastian Campanero, as "the most influential education thinker in Spanish".^[3]

Furman died of colon cancer on 6 September 2024, at the age of 49.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Murió Melina Furman, la referente educativa que activaba los superpoderes del cerebro con "experimentos"". infobae. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Melina Furman". Universidad de San Andrés. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Adiós a Melina Furman, la pensadora de la educación más influyente en habla hispana". La Nacion. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.