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Institutional development · Leadership and governance · Mexico

UNAM shortlists three candidates to direct its Institute of Physical Sciences

Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM) has published a three-candidate shortlist for the post of director of its Institute of Physical Sciences.

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Why it matters: Researchers and staff at UNAM's Institute of Physical Sciences will see their next director chosen from three named candidates.

UNAM's official gazette, Gaceta UNAM, reported a terna, or three-person shortlist, for the directorship of the university's Institute of Physical Sciences (Instituto de Ciencias Físicas).

According to Gaceta UNAM, the three candidates are Antonio Marcelo Juárez Reyes, Humberto Saint Martin Posada and José Alberto Vázquez González.

Editor’s view

Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor

The leadership of UNAM's Institute of Physical Sciences will pass to one of three named candidates, Antonio Marcelo Juárez Reyes, Humberto Saint Martin Posada or José Alberto Vázquez González, once a choice is made from the shortlist.

What to watch

  • Which of the three shortlisted candidates is appointed director of the Institute of Physical Sciences.

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