Anita Hoffmann

Not to be confused with the American activist Anita Hoffman.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hoffmann and the second or maternal family name is Mendizábal.
Ana Esther Hoffmann Mendizábal
Born(1919-03-03)3 March 1919
Puebla, Mexico
Died11 October 2007(2007-10-11) (aged 88)
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Other namesAnita Hoffmann
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
Scientific career
Fieldsacarology; parasitology
InstitutionsInstitute of Public Health and Tropical Diseases of Mexico; National Autonomous University of Mexico

Ana Esther Hoffmann Mendizábal (3 March 1919 – 11 October 2007), also known as Anita Hoffmann, was a Mexican researcher, educator, academic, and biologist specializing in acarology and parasitology. She was a pioneer in the study of arachnids and acari in Mexico.[1] She founded the Instituto Politécnico Nacional's Laboratory of Acrology in 1965, the first in Latin America, and another at the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1977.[2]

  1. ^ "Como Ves". comoves.unam.mx (in Spanish). National Autonomous University of Mexico. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Ciencias" (PDF). reformasecundaria.sep.gob.mx (in Spanish). National Autonomous University of Mexico. Retrieved 2 September 2012.[permanent dead link]