A–L •
José Adem,
mathematician •
Miguel Alcubierre, theoretical and computational physicist; see
Alcubierre drive •
Celia Mercedes Alpuche Aranda, infectious diseases researcher •
Fernando Altamirano,
physician,
botanist and
naturalist •
Miguel Alvarez del Toro,
biologist •
Carlos Arias Ortiz,
biochemist •
León Ávalos y Vez, mechanical engineer •
Juan Francisco Azcárate, military, aircraft designer and engineer •
Albert Baez, physicist •
Isidro Baldenegro López, awarded the 2005
Goldman Environmental Prize •
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, biologist •
Francisco Barnés de Castro, engineer •
Marcos E. Becerra, anthropologist and botanist •
Jacob Bekenstein, physicist; contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics; see the
Bekenstein bound •
Becky Bios, activist, biologist, teacher •
Francisco Bolívar Zapata, biochemist and professor •
Alberto Bustani Adem, engineer •
Edwin Bustillos, awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996 •
Juan Ismael Calzada, botanist; credited with the discovery of the elm Ulmus ismaelis •
Carlos Canseco, physician and philanthropist •
Nabor Carrillo Flores, nuclear physicist, scientific advisor and former president of
UNAM •
Heberto Castillo, civil engineer and political activist •
Ana María Cetto, physicist •
Ignacio Chapela, microbial ecologist and mycologist; notable for his work with natural resources and indigenous right|uprights •
Ignacio Chávez Sánchez, physician and cardiologist •
Alejandro Corichi, theoretical physics; contributed to the understanding of classical aspects of
black holes •
Jorge Cuesta, chemist •
José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez, scientist •
Miguel de Icaza, free software programmer; started
GNOME •
Pablo de la Llave, biologist •
Antonio de León y Gama, astronomer, anthropologist and writer •
Andrés Manuel del Río, chemist; discovered
vanadium •
Alfredo Dugès, biologist •
Luis Enrique Erro, astronomer •
Henry Eyring, chemist •
Jefa Fabiana, head of nursing •
Carlos Frenk, astronomer; pioneer in simulations of large-scale structure •
Héctor García-Molina, database researcher •
Ángel María Garibay K, linguist •
Francisco Javier González-Acuña, mathematician •
Guillermo González Camarena, inventor of the first color television system •
Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen, lexicographer, linguist, educator, and poet •
Julio César Gutiérrez Vega, physicist •
Gastón Guzmán, mycologist and anthropologist •
Guadalupe Hayes-Mota, biotechnologist and business director •
Guillermo Haro, astrophysicist and astronomer; co-discoverer of Herbig–Haro objects •
Alfonso L. Herrera, biologist •
José María Lanz, mathematician and engineer •
Yolanda Lastra, linguist •
Antonio Lazcano, biologist •
Jesús León Santos, awarded the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize •
José Luis Lezama, scientist •
Susana López Charreton, biochemist •
Ana María López Colomé, biochemist •
Rita López de Llergo y Seoane, geographer
M–Z •
Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz, veterinarian •
German Martinez Hidalgo, physicist, mathematician, chemist and astronomer •
Daniel Mastretta, engineer and
car designer •
Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez, chemist •
Federico Mena, computer programmer •
Luis E. Miramontes, co-inventor of the contraceptive pill •
Ricardo Miledi, neuroscientist who won the Royal Medal in 1998 •
Cristina Mittermeier, photographer and biochemical engineer •
José Mariano Mociño, botanist •
Mario J. Molina,
Nobel Prize winner in 1995 •
Carmen Mondragón Nahui Olin, model, painter and poet •
General Manuel Mondragón,
firearm designer •
Rodolfo Montiel Flores, awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2000 •
Rodolfo Neri Vela,
astronaut and scientist •
Víctor Neumann-Lara, mathematician •
Melchor Ocampo, biologist, politician •
Esther Orozco, biologist •
Federico Ortiz Quezada,
urologist •
Antonio Peña Díaz, biochemist •
Arcadio Poveda, astronomer; developed a method to calculate the mass of elliptical galaxies •
Marco Rito-Palomares, biologist •
Diego Rodríguez, mathematician, astronomer, educator and technological innovator •
Raúl Rojas, computer scientist and mathematician •
Arturo Rosenblueth, physician and physiologist •
Reyes Tamez Guerra, immunochemist •
Ted Taylor, physicist, nuclear-weapons designer •
Fernando Vallejo, biologist, filmmaker and writer •
Evangelina Villegas, biochemist •
Hilda Villegas Castrejón, surgeon and a pioneer in
electron microscopy •
Nora Volkow, physician •
Rossana Reguillo, social scientist == Sports ==