Background
Valdés, Maria was born on November 1, 1938 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Daughter of Octavio Valdés and Consuelo Ramírez.
Valdés, Maria was born on November 1, 1938 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Daughter of Octavio Valdés and Consuelo Ramírez.
Degree in Biology, National University, Mexico City, 1962. Doctor of Science, University de Caen, France, 1968.
Professor, National Polytech. Institute, Mexico City, since 1968. Scientific adviser National Institute of Forest Research, Mexico, 1976-1979.
Member science county State of Tamaulipas, Victoria, Mexico, since 1990. Scientific reviewer National Council of Science and Technology, Mexico, since 1980. Scientific adviser International Foundation for Science, Stockholm, since 1985.
Visiting scientist Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, 1983, Yale University, New Haven, 1988, University of California at Los Angeles, 1990, 91, 94. Adjunct Professor Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1986. Stagier de recherche, Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer/CIRAD-Forêt, Nogent-Sur-Marne, France, 1993.
Panel member National Award Sciences & Arts, 1995. Fellow Latin American Society on Rhizobium. Member International Society for Mycorrhizae, American Society Microbiology, Mexican Society for Mycology (president 1983-1984), Mexican Society Nitrogen Fixation (president since 1996), International Union of Forest Research Organization, National Academy of Sciences, National Geographic Society, The Smithsonian Institution.
Children: Carlos and Daniel Hidalgo-Valdés.