Background
Peimbert, Manuel was born on June 9, 1941 in Mexico City. Son of Gonzalo Peimbert and Catalina Sierra.
Peimbert, Manuel was born on June 9, 1941 in Mexico City. Son of Gonzalo Peimbert and Catalina Sierra.
Bachelor of Science, University Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, University California, Berkeley, 1967.
Assistant Institute de Astronomia, UNAM 1960-1963. Research Assistant University of California Berkeley 1963-1964, Postdoctoral Fellow 1967-1968. Professor Faculty of Sciences, UNAM since 1968, Institute de Astronomia since 1970.
On sabbatical leave at University College London 1976, Tokyo Astronomical Observatory 1986. Vice-President Institute Astronomical Union 88. Foreign Association N.A.S.
Fellow, Third World Academy, of Sciences. Association Royal Astronomical Society.
Editor: Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 1981-1985. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Fellow Third World Academy of Sciences (vice president 1998-2003). Member National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), American Philosophical Society (foreign resident), American Astronomical Society (councilor 1975-1978), International Astronomical Union (vice president 1982-1988), Royal Astronomical Society United Kingdom (foreign associate), Academy Mexicana Science (Sciences prize 1971), Latinamerican Academy of Sciences, Society Mexicana de Fisica.
Married Silvia Torres, August 25, 1962. Children: Antonio, Mariana.