Esther Orozco
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María Esther Orozco Orozco (San Isidro, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1945) is a Mexican biologist and researcher, winner of Louis Pasteur Medal of UNESCO and Women and Science Price of UNESCO-L'Oréal in 2006.
She got a Bachelor degree in Chemistry in Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, with a doctor degree in Cell Biology in Instituto Politécnico Nacional, her works deal mainly with amoebiasis.
She’s a member of Instituto de Patología Experimiental del Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados and founder of Centro de Investigación de Ciencia y Tecnología Aplicadas. She's a member of Partido de la Revolución Democrática, and was candidate for the state of Chihuahua
In December 2006, she was named director of the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Distrito Federal.
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- Curriculum en el CINESTAV del IPN
- Premia UNESCO a Esther Orozco
- Artículo sobre Esther Orozco en La Jornada