Susana López Charretón

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]

Susana López Charretón
Born (1957-06-19) 19 June 1957[1]
Mexico City, Mexico
NationalityMexican
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
AwardsCarlos 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
FieldsVirology
InstitutionsNational Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

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]

Personal life

Susana and her husband have two children, Rodrigo and Alejandra. She lives in Mexico City and defines herself as "very Mexican".[2]

Honors

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

See also

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. "HHMI International Research Scholars: Susana López, Ph.D." Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Retrieved 2019-10-08.


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