Gertrudis de la Fuente

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de la Fuente and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.
Gertrudis de la Fuente
Born
Gertrudis de la Fuente Sánchez

(1921-08-21)21 August 1921
Madrid, Spain
Died23 January 2017(2017-01-23) (aged 95)
Madrid, Spain
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
Scientific career
InstitutionsConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Gertrudis de la Fuente Sánchez (21 August 1921 – 23 January 2017)[1] was a Spanish biochemist who specialised in enzymology. She was a professor in the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid. She coordinated the Spanish government's commission to protect against the 1981 toxic oil syndrome. Her life and scientific career was partially chronicled in the short film, Gertrudis (la mujer que no enterró sus talentos), which was released in 2016.

  1. ^ "La 1ª matemática con Medalla Fields o la sucesora de Lévi-Strauss. Genios a quienes dijimos adiós | Tribuna Feminista" (in Spanish). 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2020-06-28.