Gloria Koenigsberger | |
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Born | Gloria Suzanne Koenigsberger Horowitz Mexico City, Mexico |
Alma mater | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
Occupation(s) | Scientist, teacher, researcher |
Years active | 1982–present |
Employer | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Known for | Research on massive stars and pioneering Internet in Mexico |
Notable work | Los inicios de Internet en México[1] |
Gloria Suzanne Koenigsberger Horowitz is a Mexican astrophysicist and professor working at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Her areas of expertise are in stellar spectroscopy, massive stars and binary interaction effects. She was director of UNAM's Instituto de Astronomía (1990-1998) and a leading member of the team that succeeded in establishing the first connection to the Internet in Mexico in 1989.[2][3]