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Garcia-Colin, Leopoldo Scherer was born on November 27, 1930 in Mexico City, Direction finding, Mexico.
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Leopoldo Scherer Garcia-Colin, Mexican physicist, educator. Named Van der Waals Professor Molecular Physics, University Amsterdam, 1976, member, El Colegio Nacional, 1977; recipient Physics prize, University Maryland, 1956, Science award, Mexico Academy Scientific Research, 1965, National award of Scis, Mexico Government, 1988; fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences, 1989, Latin America Academy of Sciences, 1989.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Faculty of Science, Mexico City, 1954. Bachelor of Science in Physics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Faculty of Science, Mexico City, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland, 1959.
Doctor (honorary), University Iberoam., 1991. Doctor (honorary), University Autonoma de Puebla, 1995.
Career
Research associate, U. Maryland., College Pk., 1960-1961;
professor, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, 1961-1963;
professor, U. Puebla, Mexico, 1963-1967;
professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Faculty of Sciences, Mexico City, 1967-1984;
research director, Institute Mexicano del Petroleo, Mexico City, 1967-1974;
distinguished professor, U. Autonoma Metropolitan Iztapalapa, Mexico City, since 1974. Consultant National Institute Nuclear Research, Mexico City, 1981-1983. Member editorial committee Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico City, since 1982.
Advisor in science committees U. National Autonoma de Mexico, since 1974.
Achievements
Membership
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Sociedad Mexicana de Fisica (vice president, president 1953, 1971, 1972), American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers.
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1954
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1955
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1959
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1991
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1995
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1960 - 1961
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1961 - 1963
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1963 - 1967
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1967 - 1974
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1967 - 1984
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1974
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Named Van der Waals Professor Molecular Physics, University Amsterdam, 1976, member, El Colegio Nacional, 1977. Recipient Physics prize, University Maryland, 1956, Science award, Mexico Academy Scientific Research, 1965, National award of Scis, Mexico Government, 1988. Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences, 1989, Latin America Academy of Sciences, 1989.Named Van der Waals Professor Molecular Physics, University Amsterdam, 1976, member, El Colegio Nacional, 1977. Recipient Physics prize, University Maryland, 1956, Science award, Mexico Academy Scientific Research, 1965, National award of Scis, Mexico Government, 1988. Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences, 1989, Latin America Academy of Sciences, 1989.