María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces

María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces
Director of the National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies
Assumed office
9 May 2023
PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Preceded byHerself (as Director of the National Council of Science and Technology
Director of the National Council of Science and Technology
In office
1 December 2018  8 May 2023
PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Preceded byEnrique Cabrero
Succeeded byHerself (as Director of the National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies)
Personal details
Born (1959-07-11) July 11, 1959
Mexico City, Mexico
RelativesArturo Alvarez-Buylla (brother)
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico (BS, MS)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
AwardsNational Prize for Arts and Sciences (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, evolutionary biology, developmental biology
InstitutionsNational Autonomous University of Mexico

María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces (born July 11, 1959) is a Mexican professor of molecular genetics at National Autonomous University of Mexico and the director of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología appointed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2018.