Susana López Charretón

Susana López Charretón
Born (1957-06-19) 19 June 1957[1]
Mexico City, Mexico
Residence Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Nationality Mexican
Alma mater National Autonomous University of Mexico
Awards Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2001), TWAS Prize (Biology, 2008) and L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (Latin America, 2012).
Scientific career
Fields Virology
Institutions National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Susana López Charretón (born 19 June 1957 in Mexico City) is a Mexican virologist specialized in rotaviri. She was a co-recipient (along her husband, Carlos Arias Ortiz) of both the 2001 Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology[2] and the 2008 TWAS Prize in Biology.[3] On 2012, she also received the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science – Latin America "for identifying how rotaviruses cause the death of 600,000 children each year".[4]

López Charretón holds a bachelor's degree (1980), a master's degree (1983) and a doctorate degree (1986) in basic biomedical research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and currently works for the Institute of Biotechnology of the same university.[5]

From 2000 to 2010 she was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Scholar.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "CV of Susana López Charreton" (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Liliana Alcántara (2005-10-23). "Susana López Charreton, las gotas de miel de la ciencia" (in Spanish). El Universal. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  3. ↑ "TWAS Prize Awardees Honoured at 11th General Conference". The World Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "14th Annual L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science". UNESCO. 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. 1 2 "HHMI International Research Scholars: Susana López, Ph.D." Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Retrieved 2008-10-11.


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