Famous Mexican Scientists

Mario J. Molina was a Mexican chemist who played a key role in understanding and explaining the threat from chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases to the Earth's ozone layer, which earned him the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995. Molina was the third Mexican-born Nobel laureate and the first Mexican-born person to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Sanjaya Rajaram was an Indian-born Mexican scientist best remembered for his scientific research that led to the development of 480 wheat varieties, for which he was honored with the prestigious World Food Prize in 2014. In 2022, Sanjaya Rajaram was honored by the government of India with the nation's third-highest civilian award, Padma Bhushan.

Manuel de Mier y Terán was a Mexican military and political figure who played an important role during the famous Mexican War of Independence. He is also remembered for his service as the sixth Minister of War and Marine in 1824. He committed suicide at the age of 43 due to despair over the country's political situation and health problems.

George Rosenkranz was a Mexican scientist who specialized in the field of steroid chemistry. He is remembered for his contributions to the progression of biotechnology through innovation, discovery, and public understanding, for which he was awarded the Biotechnology Heritage Award in 2012. Rosenkranz is also remembered for using native Mexican plants as raw materils for his work concerning steroid chemistry.

Marcos Moshinsky was a Mexican physicist best remembered for his work in the field of elementary particles, for which he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Technical Investigation and the UNESCO Science Prize. Marcos Moshinsky also received other prestigious awards like the Luis Elizondo Prize and the National Prize for Science during his illustrious career.

Julia Carabias Lillo is a Mexican environmental conservationist and ecologist. She is also closely associated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) where she works as a professor. Over the course of her career, Julia Carabias Lillo has won many prestigious awards such as the International Cosmos Prize and Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor.