About National Hispanic Scientist About The Honoree YES! Team Meet The Scientist Day Past Recipients
Dr. Nils Diaz, the 2009 National Hispanic Scientist of the Year Honoree, is one of only two living people ever mentioned on an episode of Star Trek.
"Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver...in the end, the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own." Quote by - Bertrand Russell, What I Believe
Cristian Samper
2011 Hispanic Scientist of the Year
Scientist and International Authority on Conservation Biology and Environmental Policy
Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History
Click here to download the official press release - English version
Click here to download the Spanish version of the press release. Translation courtesy of CENTRO Tampa.
Maruchi Azorin Blanco, MOSI Board Chair, discusses the National Hispanic Scientist of the Year event on ABC Action News:
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