Luis Fernando de la Peña-Auerbach known as Luis de la Peña is a Mexican

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, born in

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in 1931. He is a researcher of the Institute of Physics and professor of the Faculty of Sciences of the

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(UNAM) and is a member of the Science Advisory Council of the Presidency of Mexico. He graduated from ESIME of the

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with a degree in mechanical-electrical engineering and began his professional activity as a designer of audio systems. From 1954 was professor of the ESIME and from 1958 definitively joined UNAM. He completed his PhD in 1964 under the direction of Arseny Sokolov at the

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in the

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. He is known most for his contributions towards the field of stochastic electrodynamics (SED). In 2002 he was awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in the Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences category.

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1931 births Living people Theoretical physicists 20th-century Mexican physicists Quantum physicists Scientists from Mexico City Instituto Politécnico Nacional alumni Moscow State University alumni Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Mexico) {{physicist-stub