René Drucker Colín

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René Raúl Drucker Colín
Drucker Colín in May 2009
Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation of Mexico City
In office
January 29, 2013 – September 17, 2017
GovernorMiguel Ángel Mancera (Head of Government of Mexico City)
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDavid García Junco Machado
Personal details
Born(1937-05-15)May 15, 1937
Mexico City, Mexico
DiedSeptember 17, 2017(2017-09-17) (aged 80)
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico (BS)
Northern Illinois University (MS)
University of Saskatchewan (PhD)
AwardsNational Prize for Arts and Sciences (1987)
Kalinga Prize (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysiology, neuroscience
InstitutionsNational Autonomous University of Mexico

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Muere René Drucker Colín, divulgador de la ciencia (in Spanish). Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Drucker-Colin", pp. 75-76).

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