Antonio Lazcano

Antonio Lazcano is a Mexican biology researcher and professor at the Science Faculty of National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. He has studied the origin and early evolution 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 the emergence of life. He has been professor-in-residence or visiting scientist in France, Spain, Cuba, Switzerland, Russia, and the United 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 as NASA

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 in Latin America.