Dr. Edna Suárez Diaz, History and Philosophy of Science
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

I have been a tenured professor at UNAM since 2000. I teach History and Philosophy of Biology for undergraduates, Epistemology and History of Science and "Science, Technology and Society" in graduate courses. I am in charge of a research project on Science and Representation, which is financed by Conacyt (the Mexican NSF) and currently I am the head of the Department of Evolutionary Biology at the School of Sciences. Formerly, I was dean of the biology undergraduate school.

I have published 12 papers, several chapters in books and I am preparing a book with Sergio Martinez on Philosophy of Science and Technology. I am also compiling a volume on "Science and Representation: a historical and philosophical approach," which I hope will be published in Spanish and English. In English, I have published two papers: Edna Suárez and Ana Barahona 1996 "The experimenal roots of the neutral theory of molecular evolution," HPLS 18:55-81 and Edna Suárez 2001 "Satellite DNA: a case-study for the evolution of experimental techniques," Studies in the History and Phil. of Biol and Biomed Sci. Vol. 32, no. 1:31-57.

My current interests are mostly in the relations between science and technology, from an interdisciplinary point of view. I like to do history and philosophy of science and (although I have no formal education on sociology) try to do it with sociological reflections. I am still very interested in Molecular Evolution but I have made some incursions into reproductive technologies and gender studies because of my students' interests.