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