Esther Orozco

Esther Orozco
Born25 April 1945 (1945-04-25) (age 79)
Guerrero, Chihuahua, Mexico.[1]
NationalityMexican
Alma materAutonomous University of Chihuahua and National Polytechnic Institute.
AwardsUNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal (1997) and L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science(2006).
Scientific career
FieldsAmoebiasis
InstitutionsCinvestav

María Esther Orozco Orozco (born 18 April 1945 in San Isidro Pascual Orozco, Chihuahua, Mexico)[2] is a Mexican chemist, bacteriologist, parasitologist and teacher.

Her research in the Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados[3][4] del IPN (México) is focused on the molecular biology and genetics of Entamoeba histolytica, mainly in the genes and proteins that drive the virulence mechanisms of this human parasite, willing to develop a vaccine and more efficient treatments against amoebiasis.[5][6]

Currently, she is the Minister of International Cooperation in Science and Technology at the Mexican Embassy in France.[7][8]

She has been honored with the Pasteur Medal, awarded by the Pasteur Institute and the UNESCO, “for her discovery of the mechanism and control of infections by amoebae in the tropics”, and with the L’Oréal UNESCO for Woman in Science Award.[9][10] She was international fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for 10 years.[6]

She is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC)[11] and the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).[12]

In 2011, Esther Orozco was designated Emeritus Researcher by the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (Spanish: Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional or CINVESTAV-IPN), where she works since 1981.

In 2012, she was named Emeritus National Researcher by the Conacyt’s National System of Researchers (SNI). Up to 2022, there are only 462 members of the SNI (102 of them women) with this distinction of emeritus within the roster of 36,714 Mexican researchers members of the SNI.

She has also been recognized by the Congress of Chihuahua,[13][14] where she was born, and by the Assembly of Mexico City.[15]

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  2. ^ "Resumen curricular" (PDF). 3er Congreso (in Spanish). Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 29, 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  3. ^ IPN, Cinvestav (2022). "Orozco Orozco María Esther PhD". Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  4. ^ Cinvestav IPN. "Academic Staff Department of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Cinvestav". Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  5. ^ "Scientists mutate parasite to make vaccine against amebiasis". Carlos Slim Foundation. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  6. ^ a b "Dr Esther Orozco Emerit Professor, CINVESTAV IPN". World Science Forum. Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  7. ^ Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, México. "Esther Orozco, Ministra de Cooperación en Ciencia y Tecnología, SRE". Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  8. ^ "Announcement of the winners of the Franco-Mexican Call for Projects 2021". Jumelages&Partenariats. Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  9. ^ "Laureates of the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Award". Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  10. ^ L'Oréal. "5 Remarkable Women Scientists Receive The 2006 L'Oreal-Unesco Award" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  11. ^ Mexican Academy of Sciences. "AMC's membership" (PDF). Academia Mexicana de Ciencias. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  12. ^ TWAS. "Fellow / OROZCO Esther". The World Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  13. ^ Congreso del Estado de Chihuahua. "Propuesta 239/08. Propuesta Reconocimiento Chihuahuense Destacada" (PDF). Congreso del Estado de Chihuahua. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  14. ^ Congreso del Estado de Chihuahua. "Convocan al Premio "Chihuahuense Destacada" Edición 2021". Archived from the original on 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  15. ^ Asamblea Legislativa del Distrito Federal. "Versión estenográfica de la sesión solemne celebrada el día 7 de diciembre de 2006" (PDF). Asamblea Legislativa del Distrito Federal. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2022-07-11.