Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman Explained

Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman
Birth Date:24 February 1948
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation:Astrophysicist
Workplaces:National Autonomous University of Mexico
Fields:Astrophysics, science communication
Alma Mater:National Autonomous University of Mexico (BS, MS)

Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman (born in Mexico City on February 24, 1948), better known as Julieta Fierro, is a Mexican astrophysicist and science communicator. She is a full researcher at the Institute of Astronomy and professor of the Sciences Faculty at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She is part of the Researchers National System in Mexico, holding a level III position. Since 2004 she is a member of the Mexican Academy of Language.[1] [2]

Her research is focused on the study of interstellar medium and her latest research involves the study of the solar system. Nonetheless, she is most known for her science communication work. She holds three honris causa doctorates, and several laboratories, libraries, planetariums, astronomical societies, and schools have her name. [3]

Biography

Julieta Fierro was born on February 24, 1948, in Mexico City. She studied physics at the UNAM School of Sciences and obtained her degree in 1974. Afterwards she earned a masters in Astrophysics at the same institution. She is a researcher in the Institute of Astronomy at UNAM and a full professor at the School of Sciences of the same university. [4]

From March 2000 to January 2004, she was UNAM's General Director of Scientific Outreach. She has been in positions such as vice president and president of the Education Commission of the International Astronomical Union and president of the Mexican Academy of Natural Sciences Teachers and of the Mexican Association of Science and Technology Museums. Furthermore, she belonged to the board of directors of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, which is focused on communicating science to improve education. [5] [6]

She was elected a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua on July 24, 2003, and took possession of its 25th chair on August 26, 2004, with the lecture entitled Imaginemos un Caracol (Let's Imagine a Snail). She was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy on April 21, 2005. [7] [8] [9]

Science communication

Throughout her career, she has written 40 books, of which 23 are on popular science. She has published dozens of articles in national and international journals. One of her writings was published in Mayan (an indigenous language). With the purpose of communicating science to broader audiences, she has given hundreds of talks and lectures, and designed multiple workshops of science for kids. During 2020 she published a series of scientific activities to perform at home during the lockdown periods due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10]

She participated in the creation of the astronomy room at Universum, one of the most popular University museums in Latin America. She was the director of Universum and of the Museo Descubre of Aguascalientes. She collaborated on the creation of a science museum in Puerto Rico and the McDonald Observatory in the United States and the Sutherland in South Africa. She collaborates actively with Universum, the Museum of Natural Sciences, the Museo de la Luz (Museum of the Light), the McDonald Observatory in Texas and Puerto Rico, and with the Global Fair in Japan. [11] [12]

She has participated in thousands of radio shows where she reads about science and talks about her passion for it. Sometimes she invites other scientists and interview them to enrich the conversation. She hosted a television series titled: Más allá de las estrellas (Beyond the Stars), which was chosen as the best science show in Mexico in 1998. Her most recent collaboration with Mexican TV was with Canal 11, a channel from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional with the TV show called Sofía Luna, agente espacial (Special Agent, Sofia Luna). [13] [14] [15]

Selected publications

From the collection Ciencia para todos (science for everyone) from the Fondo de Cultura Económica in México, her main works are:

Awards and recognitions

Throughout her career she has been awarded with multiple prizes and her work recognized by different institutions: [16] [17]

Honorary degrees

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Julieta Fierro Gossman . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121223040400/http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/biografias/359319.html . December 23, 2012 . June 2, 2019 . . Spanish.
  2. Web site: Fierro Gossman . Julieta . Dra. Julieta Fierro Gossman . February 21, 2023 . Instituto de Astronomia, UNAM . Spanish.
  3. News: December 1, 2013 . Julieta Fierro Gossman . Divulgación de la ciencia . Hacia el espacio . February 24, 2023.
  4. Web site: 1974 . Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman . February 21, 2023 . Buho Legal . Spanish.
  5. Web site: Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman . February 21, 2023 . Lo Hecho en Mexico . Mexicanos Destacados . Spanish.
  6. News: March 21, 2000 . Julieta Fierro, nueva responsable de la divulgación científica en la UNAM . Spanish . Julieta Fierro, UNAM's New Head of Scientific Outreach . . June 2, 2019.
  7. Web site: Miembros . Members . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100109013500/http://www.academia.org.mx/miembros.php?tipo=2 . January 9, 2010 . June 2, 2019 . . Spanish.
  8. Book: Histórica . . 95 . Spanish . 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120111205926/http://www.academia.org.mx/pdfs/2011/anuario_historica_2011.pdf . January 11, 2012 . dead . June 2, 2019.
  9. Book: Fierro . Julieta . Imaginemos un caracol . Pérez Tamayo . Raúl . 2013 . Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México . 978-607-02-4715-6 . es.
  10. Web site: Fierro Gossman . Julieta . March 11, 2022 . Conferencia "Divulgación sobre ciencia para niños de preescolar" . February 22, 2023 . SEB Edo Mex.
  11. News: July 1, 2000 . M. en C. Julieta Fierro . Spanish . 1 . Revista Digital Universitaria . 1 . Mexico City . February 23, 2023.
  12. News: Hernández . Hortencia . September 21, 2017 . Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman astrónoma, investigadora y divulgadora científica. . Spanish . Mexicanos Ilustres . Heroínas . February 24, 2023.
  13. News: May 28, 2019 . Julieta Fierro, La astrónoma que quería ser cirquera . Spanish . Julieta Fierro, the astronomer who wanted to work in a circus . Rostros de la UNAM . Fundación UNAM . February 23, 2023.
  14. News: Contreras . Guadalupe . En Persona: Julieta Fierro Gossman . Spanish . Canal Once . mp4 . February 23, 2023.
  15. Web site: August 4, 2016 . Canal Once estrena la nueva serie Sofía Luna, agente especial . Channel eleven presents the new series Sofía Luna, special agent . February 23, 2023 . PRODU . Spanish.
  16. News: October 17, 2005 . La notable científica Julieta Fierro dará conferencia en la U de Colima . Spanish . The Notable Scientist Julieta Fierro to Give a Conference at the U of Colima . Boletines informativos . . June 2, 2019.
  17. News: Alcocer . Ileana . April 17, 2013 . Cuadro de honor . Claroscuros en la Educación . Revista Electrónica de Educación . 31 . February 23, 2023 . 2594-0597.
  18. News: Fierro Gossman . Julieta . August 6, 1998 . Julieta Fierro recibe el Primo Rovis, distinción que dan dos instituciones italianas . Spanish . Julieta Fierra Receives the Primo Rovis, Distinction Given by Two Italian Institutions . Gaceta Digital . . 3206 . June 2, 2019.
  19. Web site: Past Recipients of the Klumpke-Roberts Award . June 2, 2019 . Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
  20. News: Reducir presupuesto a ciencia es como matar a la gallina de los huevos de oro . Reducing Budget to Science is Like Killing the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs . Karina . Aviles . . Spanish . November 22, 2001 . June 2, 2019.
  21. News: Entre mujeres te veas . Among Women You See . . Spanish . March 18, 2011 . June 2, 2019 . PressReader.
  22. Web site: TWAS Regional Prizes . . June 2, 2019.
  23. News: Olson . Georgina . May 30, 2022 . Julieta Fierro recibe medalla al Mérito en Ciencias 2021; regala 'lluvia de estrellas' a diputados . Spanish . Comunidad . Excelsior . Mexico City . February 23, 2023.
  24. News: UNAM Global TV . May 31, 2022 . Reciben la Medalla al Mérito en Ciencias 2021 Ing. Mario Molina tres destacados universitarios . Spanish . Nota del día . UNAM Global . Mexico City . February 23, 2023.
  25. Web site: 2023 . New members: Elected 2023 . April 21, 2023 . American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Members.
  26. News: Entregará UABJO "Doctorado Honoris Causa" a 4 investigadores mexicanos . Spanish . UABJO will award honorary degrees to 4 Mexican researchers. . Ciudad Universitaria . Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaaxaca . Oaxaca . August 15, 2017 . February 23, 2023.

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