Antonio Peña Díaz (born in 1936) is a Mexican biochemist who received the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2003)[1] and chaired both the Mexican Academy of Sciences (1992–93)[3] and the Mexican Society of Biochemistry (1981–83).[4]
Antonio Peña Díaz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Awards | Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2003).[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Institute for Cellular Physiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)[1] |
Peña Díaz holds a bachelor's degree in Medicine and both a master's and a doctorate degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is currently an emeritus professor of the Institute for Cellular Physiology of the same university[4] and has worked as a visiting scholar at the University of Rochester.
Selected works
- Bioquímica ("Biochemistry", 1979)
- Las membranas de las células ("The Membranes of the Cell", 1986)
- La energía y la vida: bioenergética ("Energy and Life: Bioenergetics", with Georges Dreyfus Cortés, 1990)[5]
- Cómo funciona una célula: fisiología celular ("How Does a Cell Work: Cellular Physiology", 1995)
- ¿Qué es el metabolismo? ("What is Metabolism?", 2001)