Susana López Charretón
| Susana López Charretón | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 June 1957 [1] Mexico City, Mexico |
| Residence | Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Fields | Virology |
| Institutions | National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Notable 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). |
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]
External links
- Profile at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Personal web page at the Institute of Biotechnology - UNAM (in Spanish).
- Short interview made for the 2012 L'Oreal-UNESCO Awards for Woman in Science
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- Members of the Mexican Academy of Sciences
- Mexican women scientists
- Mexican biochemists
- Women biochemists
- Women virologists
- National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
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