Edna Suárez-Díaz is Full Professor at UNAM. Between 2005 and 2008 she was Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, and has been visiting professor at Rühr, Bochum (Germany) and Oregon State University. Her research has focused on the history and historical epistemology of 20th-century life sciences, with a focus on molecular biology and biomedicine. Her research has been published in the field’s most recognizable journals: the J. of the History of Biology, Studies in the History and Philosophy of the Biol. and Biomed. Sciences, History and Phil. of the Life Sciences, Historical Studies of the Natural Sciences, History and Technology, Perspectives on Science, among others.
Prof. Suárez-Díaz is currently Co-PI in two different projects: the Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award, Connecting Three Worlds: socialism, medicine and global health after WW2, with Dora Vargha and Sarah Marks; and Conacyt Research Project, “Itineraries of Development: scientific and technological projects in Mexico (1945-1989)” with Gisela Mateos.
Edna Suárez-Díaz es profesora titular en la UNAM. Entre 2005 y 2008 fue Investigadora en el Instituto Max Planck de Historia de la Ciencia en Berlín, y ha sido profesora visitante en las universidad de Rühr, Bochum (Alemania) y en la Estatal de Oregón. Su investigación se ha centrado en la historia y la epistemología histórica de las ciencias de la vida del siglo XX, con un enfoque en la biología molecular y la biomedicina. Su investigación ha sido publicada en las revistas más reconocidas del campo, como el Journal of the History of Biology, Studies in the History and Philosophy of the Biol. and Biomed. Sciences, History and Phil. of the Life Sciences, Historical Studies of the Natural Sciences, History and Technology y Perspectives on Science, entre otras.
La profesora Suárez-Díaz es actualmente investigadora principal en dos proyectos diferentes: el Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award “Connecting Three Worlds: socialism, medicine and global health after WW2” con Dora Vargha y Sarah Marks; y el proyecto de investigación de Conacyt, “Itinerarios de Desarrollo: proyectos científicos y tecnológicos en México (1945-1989)”, con Gisela Mateos.