Sonia Lorena Arriaga García is a Mexican biological engineer specializing in the bioremediation of hydrocarbon-based pollution, and in techniques for removing bioaerosols from indoor environments.[1] She is a professor and researcher at the Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICyT), in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.[2]

Education and career

Arriaga is originally from Ciudad Mante. After earning a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, and beginning a master's program in the same subject there, she became interested in bioprocessing. After completing her master's degree in 2001, she moved to UAM Iztapalapa, where she completed a PhD in 2005, including a research visit to Lund University in Sweden.[2]

She became a postdoctoral researcher in the division of environmental sciences at IPICyT in 2005, and joined IPICyT as a professor and researcher in 2006.[2]

Recognition

Arriaga is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.[3]

In 2022, she was promoted to level 3 of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, its highest rank.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Busca IPICYT desarrollar tecnología para tratar contaminantes que existen en el aire, IPICyT, 28 October 2019, retrieved 2023-01-10 – via CienciaMX
  2. 1 2 3 Curriculum vitae, retrieved 2023-01-10
  3. ↑ Engineering section members (PDF), Mexican Academy of Sciences, 2022, retrieved 2023-01-10
  4. ↑ "El IPICYT confirma su calidad", El Exprés, 19 January 2022, retrieved 2023-01-10
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