- Esther Orozco
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Esther Orozco Born 25 April 1945
Guerrero, Chihuahua, Mexico.[1]Residence Mexico City Nationality Mexican Fields Amoebiasis Institutions Cinvestav Alma mater Autonomous University of Chihuahua and National Polytechnic Institute. Notable awards UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal (1997) and L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science(2006). María Esther Orozco Orozco (born April 25, 1945 in San Isidro, Guerrero, Chihuahua)[2] is a Mexican biologist, researcher and politician. She has received the UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal (1997), the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (2006)[3] and has run for governor of Chihuahua representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).[4]
Orozco received a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the Autonomous University of Chihuahua and a doctorate's degree in Cell biology from the National Polytechnic Institute (1981). She is a member of the Institute of Experimental Pathology at the Cinvestav, a founder of the Center for Scientific Research and Applied Technology and, since December 2006, director of the Institute for Science and Technology of Mexico City.[5]
As a visiting scholar, she has lectured at Harvard University and the Weizmann Institute of Science.[4]
Politically she is affiliated to the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, for which she ran unsuccessfully for governor of Chihuahua in 1998.[4] She is also a prominent pro-choice activist in the Mexican capital.[5]
Since April 21, 2010 she is the rector of the UACM[6]
References
- ^ Mirna Servín (1998-11-02). "María Esther Orozco Orozco: Una pasión que obtiene reconocimientos" (in Spanish). La Jornada. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/1998/11/02/cien-galeria.html. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
- ^ "Resumen curricular" (in Spanish). 3er Congreso. Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados. http://www.cimav.edu.mx/3erCongreso/curriculums%20y%20ponencias/Esther_Cv_resumido.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-07.[dead link]
- ^ "Premia la UNESCO a Esther Orozco" (in Spanish). Mexican Academy of Sciences. 2006-03-02. http://www.comunicacion.amc.edu.mx/noticias/premia-la-unesco-a-esther-orozco/. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
- ^ a b c López, Alma (2008-09-29). "Esther Orozco: una ciencia sin barreras" (in Spanish). Expansión. http://www.cnnexpansion.com/especiales/1000-de-expansion/por-una-ciencia-sin-barreras?q=1659695207. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ a b "María Esther Orozco Orozco" (in Spanish). Revista Líderes Mexicanos. 2007-07-02. http://lideresmexicanos.com/articulos.php?id_sec=64&id_art=914. Retrieved 2007-11-29.[dead link]
- ^ "Nuevas de la UACM Esther Orozco, rectora". La Jornada. May 8, 2010. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/05/08/rectora.html.
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