Julieta Fierro

Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman (February 24, 1948 – September 19, 2025), better known as Julieta Fierro, was a Mexican astrophysicist and science communicator. She was a full researcher at the Institute of Astronomy and professor of the Science Faculty at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and was a level-III member of the National System of Researchers (SNI). Since 2004, she was a member of the Mexican Academy of Language.

Her research was focused on the study of the interstellar medium and her later research involved the study of the Solar System. Nonetheless, she is most known for her science communication work. She held three ''honoris causa'' doctorates, and several laboratories, libraries, planetariums, astronomical societies, and schools have her name. Provided by Wikipedia