Manuel Peimbert wife, fellow UNAM faculty member Silvia Torres, were the first non-US scientists to win the Hans Bethe Prize. Peimbert was elected an international member of the American Philosophical Society in 2002. Peimbert is the great-grandson of writer Justo Sierra. Manuel Peimbert Manuel Peimbert Sierra (born June 9, 1941) is a Mexican astronomer and a faculty member at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). After earning an undergraduate physics degree from UNAM, Peimbert completed a doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley before returning to UNAM as a faculty member. He works at the UNAM Institute of Astronomy. Peimbert was
School of Chemistry, UNAM while two more external campuses are also part of the School, the External Complex of Tacuba (Conjunto Externo de Tacuba), in Tacuba, west Mexico City, and the Sisal Foreign Station (Estación Foránea de Sisal), in Sisal, Mérida, Yucatan, south-east Mexico. The institution also offers graduate level studies (Master and Doctorate) in diverse areas: In addition, the School offers several Lifelong Learning programs as well as a wide range of training certificates. The UNAM also has the Institute of Chemistry (Instituto de Química). In the early 20th century, the mexican industry was strongly focused on beer brewing, mining, sugar processing, fabric