Antonio Peña Díaz

Antonio Peña Díaz
Born	1936 Durango, Mexico[1]
Nationality	Mexican
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	Institute for Cellular Physiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)[2]
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico
Notable awards	Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2003).[2]

Antonio Peña Díaz (born in 1936) is a Mexican biochemist who received the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2003)^[2] and chaired both the Mexican Academy of Sciences (1992–93)^[3] and the Mexican Society of Biochemistry (1981–83).^[4]

Peña Díaz holds a bachelor's degree in Medicine and both a master's and a doctorate degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is currently an emeritus professor of the Institute for Cellular Physiology of the same university^[4] and has worked as a visiting scholar at the University of Rochester.

Selected works

• Bioquímica ("Biochemistry", 1979)
• Las membranas de las células ("The Membranes of the Cell", 1986)
• La energía y la vida: bioenergética ("Energy and Life: Bioenergetics", with Georges Dreyfus Cortés, 1990)^[5]
• Cómo funciona una célula: fisiología celular ("How Does a Cell Work: Cellular Physiology", 1995)
• ¿Qué es el metabolismo? ("What is Metabolism?", 2001)

Notes and references

1. "Gaceta UNAM". (2928-2976) (in Spanish) (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). 1995. p. 8. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
2. Erdelen, Walter (2003-10-10). "UNESCO Awards Science Prizes Ceremony". UNESCO. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
3. Torres Camargo, Lourdes (2005-02-15). "La mejor época de la ciencia en México" (in Spanish). Academia Mexicana de Ciencias. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
4. "Distingue la UNESCO al científico universitario Antonio Peña con el premio "Carlos J. Finlay"". Boletín UNAM-DGCS-779 (in Spanish) (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). 2003-10-16. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
5. "La energía y la vida: bioenergética" (in Spanish). Fondo de Cultura Económica. Retrieved 2009-07-07.