Claim: Ricardo Armentano, an Uruguayan professor and researcher, was appointed Principal Investigator of the Basic Science Research Institute of the Favaloro Foundation in 1994 and subsequently received grants from Fondation Biologia et Naturalia of Paris in 1997.
Evidence: Ricardo Luis Armentano Feijoo (born 3 August 1957) is an Uruguayan professor and researcher who has worked in biomedical engineering and cardiovascular systems. In 1994 he was appointed Principal Investigator of the Basic Science Research Institute of the Favaloro Foundation, and since then he is the leader of the Arterial System Dynamics Project, to which he has dedicated most of his efforts. To continue his investigations, he received grants from Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, and later (1997) from Fondation Biologia et Naturalia of Paris.