Ingrid del Carmen Montes González

Ingrid del Carmen Montes González (born 1958), is a Puerto Rican chemist who is a professor in at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Her research focus is on chemical education and organometallic chemistry. Montes has been Director-at-large at the American Chemical Society (ACS) since 2013. Montes founded the "Festival de Química" (Chemistry Festival) in 2005, this program was then adopted by the ACS in 2010.

Education Montes attended the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (UPR-RP). She earned a B.S. in chemistry in 1980 and went on to complete a Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1985 under the supervision of Gerald Larson. In 2012, she was awarded the ACS volunteer service award. The following year, she was recognized as with the Mujer Puertorriqueña Distinguida en STEM, G Works, Inc.

In 2020, Montes was awarded the Dr. Osvaldo Ramírez Torres Award, the highest honor of the Chemists Association of Puerto Rico.