Antonio Peña Díaz

Antonio Peña Díaz (born in 1936) is a Mexican biochemist who received the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2003) and chaired both the Mexican Academy of Sciences (1992–93) and the Mexican Society of Biochemistry (1981–83).

Antonio Peña Díaz
Born1936
Durango, Mexico
NationalityMexican
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
AwardsCarlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2003).
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsInstitute for Cellular Physiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Peña Díaz holds a bachelor's degree in Medicine and both a master's and a doctorate degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is currently an emeritus professor of the Institute for Cellular Physiology of the same university and has worked as a visiting scholar at the University of Rochester.

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