Leopoldo García-Colín

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]

Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer
Born	(1930-11-27) 27 November 1930 Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Died	October 8, 2012(2012-10-08) (aged 81)[2] Mexico City
Nationality	Mexican
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), University of Maryland, College Park.[3]
Awards	National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Mexico, 1988)
Scientific career
Fields	Thermodynamics. Statistical Mechanics, mainly out of equilibrium
Institutions	Cinvestav, Autonomous University of Puebla, Metropolitan Autonomous University[3]
Doctoral advisor	Elliott Waters Montroll[3]
Other academic advisors	Marcos Moshinsky, Alejandro Medina[3]

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]

Biographical sketch

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 honris causa Ph. D from the National University of Mexico in April, 2007.

External links

• Biography at The National College (in Spanish)

References

1. "Leopoldo García-Colín" (in Spanish). El Colegio Nacional. 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
2. "Cultura - Muere Leopoldo García-Colín, investigador mexicano". El Universal. 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
3. "Semblanza de Semblanza de Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer". Revista Digital Universitaria (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 30 June 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2010., School of Physics and Mathematics, IPN"Leopoldo García-Colín". colegionacional.org.mx. Colegio Nacional. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
4. "Profesores distinguidos" (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.