Elsa Abuin

Elsa Beatriz Abuin Saccomano (13 December 1942 – 18 April 2012) was an Argentine chemist. After fleeing the country due to La Noche de los Bastones Largos, she became a professor at University of Chile. A 1987 Guggenheim Fellow, she specialized in physical chemistry, especially in chemical kinetics. Biography Elsa Beatriz Abuin Saccomano was born on 13 December 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

As an academic, she specialized in physical chemistry, especially in chemical kinetics. for "a study of fluorescence probing of colloidal particles". she was the first Chilean woman to receive the fellowship. Photochemistry and Photobiology published a special memorial issue dedicated to Abuin.