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UNAM names physicist Juan Américo González Esparza director of CITE for 2026-2030
Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM) has designated Juan Américo González Esparza as director of its Earth and Space Research Centre (CITE) for the 2026-2030 period.
Why it matters: The directorship of UNAM's Earth and Space Research Centre for the 2026-2030 period has been assigned to González Esparza.
According to Gaceta UNAM, Juan Américo González Esparza has been designated director of the Centro de Investigaciones de la Tierra y el Espacio (CITE, the Earth and Space Research Centre) at UNAM, Mexico's National Autonomous University.
The university newspaper reported that the designation covers the period 2026 to 2030.
Gaceta UNAM said he studied physics at UNAM, holds a doctorate in space physics from Imperial College, University of London, and completed a postdoctoral stay at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
UNAM has designated González Esparza, a UNAM physics graduate with a doctorate in space physics from Imperial College, as director of CITE for the 2026-2030 period.
