Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman

Astronomer and physicist Julieta Fierro Gossman is Principal Investigator at the Institute of Astronomy and Professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico(UNAM). She is also Chair XXV of the Mexican Academy of Language and is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) at the highest level.

Fierro is also dedicated to the dissemination of science, fueled by her belief in “the splendor of the universe to different audiences and the power of the human mind to understand it. ” She has worked for museum exhibits, written books and articles, participated in radio and television programs, designed science workshops, and lectured. In recognition of her dedication to popularizing science, she has been General Director Science Dissemination of UNAM, President of the Mexican Society of Science and Technology Museums, of the Mexican Academy of Natural Science Teachers, of the Education Commission of the International Astronomical Union and Member of the Board of Directors of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

She has received numerous national and international awards and recognitions such as the Kalinga prize from UNESCO, the Klupke-Roberts and the Primo Rovis medals, the one from the Assembly of Representatives of the Federal District, the Benito Juárez and the Omecíhuatl Laboratories, astronomical societies and three schools currently bear her name.