- Antonio Lazcano
Antonio Lazcano is a Mexican
biology researcher andprofessor at the Science Faculty of National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) inMexico City . He has studied the origin and earlyevolution of life for more than 30 years.Lazcano pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies at UNAM, where he focused on the study of
prebiotic evolution and theemergence of life . He has been professor-in-residence or visiting scientist inFrance ,Spain ,Cuba ,Switzerland ,Russia , and theUnited States . He has written several books in Spanish, including "The Origin of Life" (1984 ) which became a best-seller with more than 600,000 sold copies. In addition, he has been a member of several advisory and review boards of scientific organizations, such asNASA He is the current president of the
International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life , and also the first Latin American scientist to occupy this position.Lazcano has devoted considerable efforts to promote scientific journalism and teaching. He also promotes the study of
evolutionary biology and the origins of life inLatin America .
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