Manuel Peimbert
Manuel Peimbert Sierra (born June 9, 1941) is a Mexican astronomer and a faculty member at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Biography
After earning an undergraduate physics degree from UNAM, Peimbert completed a doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley before returning to UNAM as a faculty member. He works at the UNAM Institute of Astronomy.[1]
Peimbert was elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences in 1987.[2] He was inducted into the Colegio Nacional in Mexico in 1993.[3] He received the Hans Bethe Prize from the American Physical Society in 2012.[1] Peimbert and his wife, fellow UNAM faculty member Silvia Torres, were the first non-US scientists to win the Hans Bethe Prize.[4][5] Peimbert was elected an international member of the American Philosophical Society in 2002.[6]
Peimbert is the great-grandson of writer Justo Sierra.[7]
References
- ^ a b "2012 Hans A. Bethe Prize Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ "Manuel Peimbert". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ "Peimbert Sierra, Manuel" (in Spanish). Colegio Nacional. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ "Reciben cientificos mexicanos Silvia Torres y Manuel Peimbert Premio Hans A. Bethe de la Sociedad de Fisica de EU" (in Spanish). Mexican Academy of Sciences. March 30, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ Ceron, Ricardo (February 11, 2008). "Entrevista con Silvia Torres, Premio Nacional de Ciencias 2007". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ "Manuel Peimbert". American Philosophical Society. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ Franco, Jorge (2015). Un instante en la eternidad: Un Punto en el Punto Azul (in Spanish). Palibrio. p. 52. ISBN 1506506704. Retrieved November 17, 2015.