Leticia Myriam Torres Guerra

Leticia Myriam Torres Guerra (born September 9, 1955) is a Mexican chemist.

Her research work focuses on the development and synthesis of advanced materials such as semiconductors and their application as powders and films in renewable energy and sustainable decontamination projects.

In 2005, she was appointed head of the Faculty of Civil Engineering's Department of Ecomaterials and Energy at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL). As of 2019, she is the general director of the .

Biography Leticia Myriam Torres Guerra was born in Monterrey on September 9, 1955. She graduated from UANL with a licentiate in industrial chemistry in 1976. She earned her doctorate in advanced ceramic materials at the University of Aberdeen in 1984.

Other positions she has held are deputy director of research of the UANL Faculty of Chemical Sciences from 1995 to 2001, and deputy director of scientific and technological development of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) from 2011 to 2013. She is on four committees of Mexico's . She has carried out technological developments in collaboration with the industrial sector, including an agreement with the Vitro Group in 1996 to teach a master of science program with a specialty oriented to glass, and one with Cemex to implement a special UNI-EMPRESA scholarship program.

In 2019, she was named general director of the .

Research Torres' work has focused on materials science; she began her research with the synthesis of advanced ceramic materials and crystal chemistry. 2015: "Master of Business Leadership" and "Master of Business Management" distinctions from the World Confederation of Businesses in Houston, Texas 2018: National Prize for Arts and Sciences in the field of Technology, Innovation, and Development 2019: Valor Regiomontano Award from the Universidad Regiomontana

Selected publications Diagramas de Equilibrio de Fases. 2012. Patricia Quintana Owen, Leticia M. Torres-Martínez. Fotosíntesis Artificial: Estudio de fundamentación social, económica, científica y tecnológica de la Fotosíntesis Artificial para la reducción de CO2 ambiental y la producción de energéticos sustentables en México. 2013. Alfredo Aguilar, Diego M.M. de la Escalera, Gisela Aguirre, Jessica Rangel, Jorge A. Ascencio, Leticia Torres, Edilso Reguera, Ricardo Gómez, Lorenzo Martínez.