María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Álvarez-Buylla and the second or maternal family name is Roces.
María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces (born July 11, 1959) is a Mexican professor of molecular genetics at National Autonomous University of Mexico and the director of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología appointed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2018.
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María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces | |
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Director of the National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies | |
Assumed office 9 May 2023 | |
President | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
Preceded by | Herself (as Director of the National Council of Science and Technology |
Director of the National Council of Science and Technology | |
In office 1 December 2018 – 8 May 2023 | |
President | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
Preceded by | Enrique Cabrero |
Succeeded by | Herself (as Director of the National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1959-07-11) July 11, 1959 (age 64) Mexico City, Mexico |
Relatives | Arturo Alvarez-Buylla (brother) |
Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico (BS, MS) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
Awards | National Prize for Arts and Sciences (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, evolutionary biology, developmental biology |
Institutions | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
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