Mari Aurora Armienta Hernández
Dr. Mari Aurora Armienta Hernández is a Senior Professor at the Institute of Geophysics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She belongs to the National System of Researchers at the Emeritus level. Her research interests include hydrogeochemistry, environmental geochemistry, medical geology, and geochemical monitoring of active volcanism. She has been responsible for projects identifying the origin and geochemical processes related to groundwater contamination and environmental impacts due to heavy metals and arsenic in various areas of Mexico (mainly mining regions). She has also proposed innovative alternatives for the solution of the contamination. Her scientific work includes 154 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals, 38 book chapters, three edited books, and 47 refereed articles in international conferences. She has supervised 35 undergraduate (bachelor’s), 22 master’s, and 12 doctoral theses at the UNAM and other Mexican and foreign academic institutions, several of which have received distinction. She has organized various international conferences such as the “Natural Arsenic in Groundwaters of Latin America” congress, which was the first of the six events of the International Congress and Exhibition on “Arsenic in the Environment” and the 10th International Conference on Medical Geology MEDGEO2023. In 2003, she received the Juana Ramírez de Asbaje award to distinguished women in the academy from UNAM; in 2015, the Mexican Geohydrological Association recognized her for her academic and research career, and in 2024, she was recognized by the Mexican Association of Geochemists (INAGEQ) for her academic trajectory and the foundation of INAGEQ. She belongs to the CENAPRED Scientific Advisory Committee for the Popocatépetl Volcano. She is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the Latin American Academy of Sciences (ACAL), and the International Medical Geology Association, where she has belonged to the governing bodies in various periods.
