Ruy Pérez Tamayo

Ruy Pérez Tamayo (8 November 1924 – 26 January 2022) was a Mexican medical pathologist, immunologist, researcher, science communicator and academic.

Life and career Born in Tampico, Pérez Tamayo graduated in medicine and specialised in pathology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and then got a doctorate in immunology from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico City. He was professor in his alma mater for 58 years, and was visiting professor in a large number of prestigious universities all over the world, including Harvard University, Yale University, and Johns Hopkins University. He was also a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua since 1986, He died in Ensenada, Baja California on 26 January 2022, at the age of 97.