OceanExpert ID : 5405
Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Mérida
CINVESTAV Unidad Mér
Carretera Antigua a Progreso Km. 6Apartado Postal 73 Cordemex
C.P. 97310 Mérida, Yucatán
Mexico
Type
Research
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Telephone
+52 999-981-2920 ext. 210
Fax
+52 999-981-2923
Activities
The main goals pursued by Cinvestav are to prepare specialized researchers and professors that will promote constant upgrading in teaching, thus generating conditions to do original research in several scientific and technological areas that will elevate the quality of life and development of the country. At present Cinvestav has the following Departments: Cellular Biology; Molecular Biomedicine; Biochemistry; Biotechnology and Bioengineering; Pharmacology and Toxicology, with sections of Therapeutic and Experimental Pharmacology, and Environmental Toxicology; Physics; Physiology, Biophysics and Neuroscience, with a laboratory of Animal Reproduction in Tlaxcala; Genetics and Molecular Biology; Electrical Engineering, with section on Bioelectronics, Computer Science, Communications, Automatic Control, Solid State Electronics, Metrology, Engineering Projects and Mechatronics; Education Research; Educational Mathematics; Mathematics; Experimental Pathology; and Chemistry. It also has a section on Theory and Methodology of Science. Within the country there are units in Guadalajara, Irapuato, Querétaro, Saltillo, and Mérida with the only department related to the sea and coastal areas. The Unit in Merida was founded 20 years ago, as a response to government policy of science decentralization. It has three departments: Marine Resources, Human Ecology and Applied Physics. Its main goal is to develop scientific and technological research, create human resources at a level of excellence, with national and international recognition.
Alejandro SOUZA
Research Scientist
Heimi US BALAM
Técnico de campo y laboratorio
Román VÁSQUEZ-ELIZONDO
Postdoctoral Researcher
Victor VIDAL-MARTÍNEZ
Research scientist