Ana María Cetto

Biography

Ana María Cetto, LatIndex. Ana María holds a Master's degree in Biophysics from Harvard, and Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from UNAM. She does research on the foundations of quantum physics at the Institute of Physics and teaches at the Faculty of Sciences, UNAM. She is the former Director of the Faculty of Sciences, the Museum of Light and the Mexican Journal of Physics, OWSD vice-president, consultant to UNESCO for the World Conference on Science, member of the UNU Governing Board, ISC Secretary General and President of the Mexican Physical Society (SMF). Ana María founded LATINDEX, over which she presides, in addition to holding the UNESCO Chair on Science Diplomacy and Heritage, and chairing the UNESCO Global Open Science Steering Committee. She is Mexico's Woman of the Year 2003 and has received, among others, the UNESCO Kalinga Prize in 2023 and the Oganesson Prize in 2024. She is also co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize as a member of the Executive Committee of the Pugwash Conferences and of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize as IAEA's Deputy Director General.