Carlos Federico Arias Ortiz | |
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Born | Mexico |
Residence | Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico |
Nationality | Mexican |
Fields | Virology |
Institutions | Institute of Biotechnology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) |
Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Notable awards | Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2001). |
Carlos Federico Arias Ortiz is a prominent Mexican biochemist specialized in rotaviri. He was a co-recipient of the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2001) along his wife, Susana López Charreton.[1]
Arias Ortiz holds a bachelor's degree in Pharmacology and both a master's and a doctorate degree in basic biomedical research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He currently works for the Institute of Biotechnology of the same university.[2]
He was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Scholar from 1991 to 2006.[2]