Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi#
| Membership Number: | 4988 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | MEXICO |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.geofisica.unam.mx/geomag/pages.php?listado=visualizar&persona=juf |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 - present Member El Colegio Nacional
- 2016 - present Member Executive Council Fundacion UNAM
- 1984 - present Institute of Geophysics, UNAM, Professor (titular researcher “C”)
- 2013 - 2022 Member UNAM Governing Board
- 2014 - 2017 President Mexican Academy of Sciences
- 2006 - 2010 International Secretary American Geophysical Union
- 2018 - present Director Chicxulub Institute of Advanced Studies
- 1997 - 2005 Director, Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
- 1981 - 1983 postdoc, University of Michigan, USA
- 1980 PhD, School of Physics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- 1976 MSc (Geophysics), Faculty Sciences, UNAM
- 1974 BSc, Faculty Engineering, UNAM
Fields of Scholarship
- Magnetics
- Geochemistry
- Tectonics and seismics
- Gravity
- Paleoclimates
- Stratigraphy
- Impact Craters
- Geomagnetism
- Paleogeography
- Paleomagnetism
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Honorary Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society
- 2014 Member, El Colegio Nacional (2014), the highest honor in Mexico in the sciences, arts and humanities
- 2013 International Award, American Geophysical Union
- Fellow Geological Society of America (2010); Potosi Science Prize (2010); Barcena Medal Mexican Geophysical Union (2010)
- 2009 National Science and Arts Medal
- 2008 Honorary Professor, Yucatan Research Center
- 2007 National University Science Prize
- 2004 Fellow, TWAS Academy of Sciences for the World
- 1998 Fellow, Mexican Academy Sciences
- Organization American States M Noriega Morales Science Award (1992) Washington DC
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (1991); RJ Zeveda Foundation Award (1991); Mexican Academy of Sciences Young Scientist Award (1991); Mexican Geophysical Union M. Maldonado Koerdell Award (1991)
- 1989 Fellow, Mexican Academy Engineering
- 1988 National Puebla Science Award
- 1986 Tomas Valles Science Award
