Leopoldo García-Colín Explained

Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer
Birth Date:27 November 1930
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Death Date:[2]
Death Place:Mexico City
Nationality:Mexican
Fields:Thermodynamics. Statistical Mechanics, mainly out of equilibrium
Workplaces:Cinvestav, Autonomous University of Puebla, Metropolitan Autonomous University[3]
Alma Mater:National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), University of Maryland, College Park.
Doctoral Advisor:Elliott Waters Montroll
Academic Advisors:Marcos Moshinsky, Alejandro Medina
Awards:National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Mexico, 1988)

Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer (27 November 1930, in Mexico City – 8 October 2012, in Mexico City) was a Mexican scientist specialized in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics who received the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1988.[2]

He was a member of The National College, a former president of the Mexican Society of Physics (SMF, 1972–1973) and has received honorary degrees from several universities, including the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM).[4]

Career

He obtained a Chemistry degree at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in 1953. The Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Maryland in 1959. He was professor at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla from 1960 to 1963, and at Facultad de Ciencias in UNAM from 1967 to 1984. Later, he participated in research at the Centro Nuclear de Salazar, a Nuclear center in Mexico; assistant director of Basic Investigation of Processes at Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo from 1967 to 1974, professor at Instituto de Investigaciones de Materiales in UNAM during the period from 1984 to 1988. At the end of his career he had a tenure position at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana at Iztapalapa. He was elected to El Colegio Nacional in September 12, 1977. He was member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores with the highest level, III, since 1988. He received a honoris causa Ph. D from the National University of Mexico in April, 2007.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leopoldo García-Colín. El Colegio Nacional. 27 December 2010. Spanish. 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716204545/http://www.colegionacional.org.mx/SACSCMS/XStatic/colegionacional/template/content.aspx?se=vida&te=detallemiembro&mi=120. 16 July 2011.
  2. Web site: Cultura - Muere Leopoldo García-Colín, investigador mexicano . El Universal . 2012-10-10 . 2012-10-14 .
  3. News: Semblanza de Semblanza de Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer. 27 December 2010. Revista Digital Universitaria. 30 June 2001. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Spanish., School of Physics and Mathematics, IPNWeb site: Leopoldo García-Colín. . colegionacional.org.mx. Colegio Nacional. 5 December 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716204545/http://www.colegionacional.org.mx/SACSCMS/XStatic/colegionacional/template/content.aspx?se=vida&te=detallemiembro&mi=120. 16 July 2011.
  4. Web site: Profesores distinguidos. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. 27 December 2010. Spanish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722230252/http://cbi.izt.uam.mx/transform.php?xml=profesores_distinguidos. 22 July 2011.