René Drucker Colín Explained

René Raúl Drucker Colín
Birth Date:15 May 1937
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Office:Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation of Mexico City
Term Start:January 29, 2013
Term End:September 17, 2017
Governor:Miguel Ángel Mancera (Head of Government of Mexico City)
Predecessor:Position established
Successor:David García Junco Machado
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René Raúl Drucker Colín (15 May 1937  - 17 September 2017) was a Mexican scientist, researcher and journalist in the fields of physiology and neuroscience. From 1985 through 1990, he was the Director of Neuroscience at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was also the President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences from 2000 through 2008.

Drucker Colín died on 17 September 2017 in Mexico City at the age of 80.[1]

Drucker Colín is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Sceloporus druckercolini.[2]

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  1. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2017/09/17/muere-rene-drucker-colin-a-los-80-anos Muere René Drucker Colín, divulgador de la ciencia
  2. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]