# Tessy María López Goerne

Tessy María López Goerne (born October 22, 1961) is a Mexican solid-state chemist, professor, researcher, academic, and popular science communicator. She has specialized in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine, as well as being a pioneer in catalytic nanomedicine. She directs the Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Laboratories at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco (UAM-X) plant and the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery [es].

## Early life and education

López Goerne was born in Guanajuato City Mexico October 22, 1961. She graduated from the University of Guanajuato at the age of 17 where her father was a scientist. She obtained a Masters in Solid State physics and a PhD in Material Science from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.
In 2005 she founded the research Lab in Nanotechnology & Medicine at the Autonomous Metropolitan University in Guanajuato Mexico. Her research focused on using nanoparticles to treat Epilepsy and Parkinson's.

## Research and academics

López Goerne has worked as a researcher in the fields of molecular photodynamics, photocatalysts and bionanomaterials, soft materials and nanostructured reservoirs for controlled release of drugs. She was a research professor at Tulane University.

## Nanogel products

López Goerne's company NanoTutt S.A. de C.V. markets nanogel products as a treatment for diabetes. In 2020 NanoTutt was accused of marketing products without the approval of the Mexican Government, as well as engaging in tax evasion on the sale of its products.

## Awards and distinctions

* Weizmann Award for the doctoral thesis "Proceso Sol-gel" (Weizmann Institute of Science and Mexican Academy of Sciences, 1991)
* Presea Marcos Moshinsky National Youth Science and Technology Award, awarded in Mexico by the Secretariat of Public Education (1991)
* National Award of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (1993)
* Manuel Noriega Morales Award in the area of Exact Sciences (Organization of American States, 1993)
* Javed Hussain UNESCO Award in Sciences (1995)
* Zazil-Avon Science and Culture Award (Avon Cosmetics, 1997)
* National System of Researchers Level III (Conacyt, 1998 to present)
* Founding president of the Sol-Gel Science and Technology Society (Mexico, 2002 to present)
* Consolidated Academic Body (September 2005 to present)
* Cámara Nacional de la Industria Farmacéutica Award (2006)
* Scopus Award (2009)
* Active Elsevier editorial board member

## Published works

López Goerne has written more than 200 research articles in journals indexed under the ISI standard, as well as two research books.

### Books

* Nanotecnología y nanomedicina: la ciencia del futuro...hoy. Arkhé Ediciones.
* Nanomedicina catalítica: ciencia y cáncer. Arkhé Ediciones.

### Outreach works

* El mundo mágico del vidrio. Colección La Ciencia desde México. Fondo de Cultura Mexicana.
* Psst, psst, tú, ¿sabes qué son los cristales? Cuentos infantiles. (Sociedad Mexicana de Cristalografía, 2000)
* El amor en los tiempos de la contaminación Colección La Ciencia desde México (Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2004).
* El despertar de la epilepsia (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, 2006)

### Educational material for children

* El estado sólido (audiovisual, 1984)
* La química, brujería... ¿o qué? (audiovisual, 1995)
* Cristalografía para niños (audiovisual, 1998)
* Taller de cristalografía para niños (1999)
* Psst—-psst—-tu. Sabes que son los cristales (2000)
* Los tres estados de la materia (theater and audiovisual work, 2003)
* Taller interactivo para niños: El enigma del ingenioso artefacto llamado cerebro (2006)