Mexican Academy of Sciences

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Mexican Academy of Sciences
Academia Mexicana de Ciencias
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founding August 12, 1959
Sponsorship autonomous
place Mexico City , Mexico
president Juan Pedro Laclette
Website www.amc.unam.mx

The Mexican Academy of Sciences ( es . : Academia Mexicana de Ciencias ; en . : Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC)) is a non-governmental academy of sciences in Mexico .

The academy was founded in Mexico City on August 12, 1959.

organization

The Academy is divided into two classes, the class for the exact and natural sciences and the humanities and social sciences. The academy has 1847 full members and 58 corresponding members, including nine Nobel Prize winners (as of 2007).

Geographically, the academy is divided into three regions, the central region, the south-west 1 region, the south-west 2 region, the north-west region and the north-east region.

There are several independent scientific institutes, laboratories and other scientific institutions.

Academy presidents

  • Alberto Sandoval Landazuri (1959-1960)
  • Marcos Moshinsky Borodiansky (1962–1963)
  • Marcos Mazari Menzer (1965–1966)
  • Guillermo Soberón Acevedo (1966–1967)
  • Fernando Alba Andrade (1967–1968)
  • Ismael Herrera Revilla (1970–1971)
  • Raúl Ondarza Vidaurreta (1971–1972)
  • José Luis Mateos Gómez (1972–1973)
  • Alonso Fernández González (1973–1974)
  • Carlos Gual Castro (1974-1975)
  • Agustín Ayala Castañares (1975-1976)
  • Jorge Flores Valdés (1976–1977)
  • Guillermo Carvajal Sandoval (1977–1979)
  • Daniel Reséndiz Núñez (1979–1981)
  • Pablo Rudomín Zevnovaty (1981-1983)
  • José Sarukhán Kermez (1983–1985)
  • Adolfo Martínez Palomo (1985–1987)
  • Fernando del Río Haza (1988–1989)
  • Hugo Aréchiga Urtuzuástegui (1990–1991)
  • Antonio Peña Díaz (1992-1993)
  • Mauricio Fortes Besprosvani (1994–1995)
  • Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez (1996–1997)
  • Francisco Bolívar Zapata (1998–1999)
  • René Raúl Drucker Colín (2000–2001)
  • José Antonio de la Peña Mena (2002-2003)
  • Octavio Paredes López (2004)
  • Juan Pedro Laclette (2005, 2006-2007)

Known members

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