irina podgorny was born in quilmes, argentina in 1963. she studied anthropology in la plata from 1981 to 1987 and then began graduate studies in social history and history of ideas at the university of buenos aires in 1988, passing in 1993. the next year, she was awarded her ph.d in anthropology via her thesis. from 2001 to 2012, podgorny was professor of history of science at the university of quilmes.