The personalities of science who died in 2022

Dr. Ruy Pérez Tamayo, who this year left the earthly plane, said: “Death is necessary and indispensable for life, without death there is no renewal, change, the possibility of inventing different solutions disappears, the sentence of inevitable biological judgment is eliminated that results from the confrontation between new forms of life and the environment that surrounds them. There is no death without life and there is no life without death.

There are many reasons to remember those who from science left their mark on humanity, they were beloved characters in their laboratories, but they also marked the course of humanity with their ideas, for this reason The Economist remember characters that this 2022 passed away.

January

Graciela Calderon Diaz Barriga

July 14, 1931- January 2, 2022

She was a botanist and teacher Mexican, highlighted as a specialist in neotropical flora.

Ruy Perez Tamayo

November 8, 1924 – January 27, 2022

Pathologist and Immunologist, Mexican researcher, popularizer of science and academic. Member of the Mexican Academy of Language and El Colegio Nacional. He received the National Award for Arts and Sciences in 1974.

Eric Walter Elst

November 30, 1936- January 2, 2022

Belgian astronomer, discoverer of 3,643 asteroids and co-discovered 96

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November 27, 1926 – February 21, 2022

Northern Mexico border doctor who worked to improve the situation of Mexican immigrants and protect their basic health rights.

Rebecca Trejo Luna

January 18, 2022

Master of Science, she carried out experiments on the interaction of radiation with matter and was decisive in the formation and development of different investigations in the area of ​​Physics of Materials at the Institute of Physics.

February

Luc Montagnier

August 18, 1932 – February 8, 2022

French researcher who won a 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the HIV virus and more recently spread false claims about the coronavirus.

Pablo E. Alarcon Chaires

November 2, 1964- February 2, 2022

Founder of Tsínstani, Voluntary Conservation Area in Acuitzio del Canje, Michoacán, exemplary teacher for more than ten generations of Environmental Science students.

Joseph Amara Pace

June 4, 1940 – February 14, 2022

Physician, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, writer and Italian-Eritrean teacher based in Mexico. Disciple of Erich Fromm and Certified member of the Mexican Council of Psychiatry.

Paul Farmer

October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022

American physician, humanitarian, and renowned author who provided medical care to millions of impoverished people around the world and who co-founded the global organization Partners in Health.

March

Autherine Lucy Foster

October 5, 1929- March 2, 2022

The first black student to enroll in the University of Alabama.

Renan Arcadio Poveda Ricalde

July 15, 1930 – March 24, 2022)

Mexican astronomer who developed a method to calculate the mass of elliptical galaxies. He received the National Science Award in 1975, directed the National Astrophysical Observatory of Tonantzintla and a member of El Colegio Nacional.

Eugene Parker

June 10, 1927- March 15, 2022

Physicist who theorized the existence of the solar wind and became the first person to witness the launch of a space probe named after him.

April

Doctor Morton Mower

January 31, 1933- April 25, 2022

Cardiologist who helped invent an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, which has helped countless heart patients live longer and better lives.

June

Valery Ryumin

August 16, 1939- June 6, 2022

Russian cosmonaut who set space endurance records on Soviet missions, then returned to orbit on a US space shuttle after a long absence.

Julio

Jorge Martinez Almaraz

1946- July 31, 2022

Activist of the student movement of 68, founder of the Freire active center, literacy teacher and academic. Better known as “El Chale”.

James Lovelock

July 26, 1919- July 26, 2022

British environmental scientist whose influential Gaia theory views Earth as a living organism in grave danger from human activity.

David Trimble

October 15, 1944- July 25, 2022

Former Chief Minister of Northern Ireland between 1998 and 2002, he played a decisive role in the peace agreement that ended the nationalist armed conflict in Northern Ireland in 1998. For this, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that same year.

August

Maria Mercedes Olivera Bustamante

1934 – August 7, 2022

anthropologist and feminist mexican. Teacher-researcher, leader of the Academic Body of Gender and Feminism Studies of the Center for the Study of Mexico and Central America (CESMECA).

Nafis Sadik

August 18, 1929 – August 14, 2022

Pakistani doctor who fought for women’s health and rights. She spearheaded the groundbreaking plan of action adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development.

September

Valery Polyakov

April 27, 1942- September 7, 2022

The Soviet cosmonaut set the record for the longest stay in space.

José Antonio Ruiz de la Herrán Villagómez

December 16, 1925- September 5, 2022

engineer, technologist, professor and researcher Mexican who contributed to the dissemination of science and technology.

October

James A. McDivitt

June 10, 1929- October 13, 2022

He commanded the Apollo 9 mission that tested the first complete set of equipment to go to the Moon.

November

Aurelio Gonzalez Perez

January 18, 1947 – November 17, 2022

chemical engineer, philologist, professor and academic Mexican. He specialized in Spanish literature, particularly in medieval, Golden Age and New Spain literature.

Frederick Silva

September 16, 1923 – November 30, 2022

Sculptor, painter and academic Mexican. For several decades he was a researcher at the Coordination of Humanities of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

December

Octavio Rivero Serrano

June 15, 1929 – December 12, 2022

Mexican doctor, rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and honorary member of the National Academy of Medicine.

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