Silvia Torres-Peimbert
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Silvia Torres-Peimbert (also known as Silvia Linda Torres Castilleja, born in 1940) is a Mexican astronomer. She won the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in 2011 for Latin America for her work determining the chemical composition of nebulae.
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Silvia Torres-Peimbert | |
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Born | 1940 (age 83–84) Mexico City, Mexico |
Nationality | Mexican |
Occupation | Astrophysicist |
Employer(s) | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM |
Spouse | Manuel Peimbert |
Awards | Hans A. Bethe Prize (2012) |
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