Esther Orozco

Esther Orozco
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]

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