Francisco Barnés de Castro

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name = Francisco Barnés de Castro


caption = Francisco Barnés de Castro at the Mexican Senate.
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university = National Autonomous University of Mexico
term_start = 6 January 1997
term_end = 12 November 1999
birth_date = 11 September 1946
birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico
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predecessor = José Sarukhán
successor = Juan Ramón de la Fuente
alma_mater = National Autonomous University of Mexico, University of California, Berkeley
residence = Mexico City, Mexico
profession = Chemical engineer
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Francisco José Barnés de Castro (b. 11 September 1946 in Mexico City) is a Mexican academician and consultant. From 6 January 1997 to 12 November 1999 he served as Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the largest university in the Spanish-speaking world. [citeweb | author= National Autonomous University of Mexico | title = Compendio de Legislación Universitaria: Rectores | url = http://info4.juridicas.unam.mx/unijus/cmp/leguniv/rectores/r40.pdf | formattype = pdf | language = Spanish | accessdate = 2008-05-31]

Barnés de Castro graduated with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and received both a master's degree and a doctorate degree in the same discipline from University of California, Berkeley. He is a long-standing academician and researcher at the National Autonomous University, where he has lead the Faculty of Chemistry and served as Rector until a major student strike, provoked by a significant increase in tuition proposal, forced him to resign. [citeweb | author = New York Times | title = Mexico College Chief Leaving Over Strike | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E0DF153DF937A25752C1A96F958260 | date = November 14, 1999 | accessdate = 2008-05-31 |]

In the public sector, he has served as Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons and Undersecretary of Energy Policy Technological Development at the Mexican Secretariat of Energy and as Director-General of the Mexican Petroleum Institute. Overseas, he has worked as an international consultant for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy and in the Joint Public Consultative Committee of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America. citeweb |author = Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | title = Panel Bio: Francisco Barnés de Castro | url = http://www.pnl.gov/aisu/pubs/mexico/panelbio.pdf | accessdate = 2008-05-31 |]

Barnés de Castro has authored more than 27 articles, proceedings and papers in specialized journals and over 15 on educational subjects. He has chaired the Mexican Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Mexican Chemical Society, the National Collage of Chemical Engineers and Chemists and is a prominent member of the Mexican Academy of Engineering.

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Persondata
NAME = Barnés de Castro, Francisco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Barnés de Castro, Francisco José; Barnés, Francisco; Barnes de Castro, Francisco (English)
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Mexican scholar and rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
DATE OF BIRTH = 11 September 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH = Mexico City, Mexico
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