René Drucker Colín

René Raúl Drucker Colín (15 May 1937 – 17 September 2017) was a Mexican scientist, investigator and journalist in the fields of physiology and neuroscience. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. From 1985 through 1990, he was the Director of Neuroscience at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was also the President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences from 2000 through 2002.

Drucker Colín in May 2009

Drucker Colín died on 17 September 2017 in Mexico City at the age of 80.[1]

Drucker Colín is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Sceloporus druckercolini.[2]

References
  1. Muere René Drucker Colín, divulgador de la ciencia (in Spanish). Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Drucker-Colin", pp. 75-76).

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