President Maduro pays tribute to Dr. Humberto Fernández-Morán at the National Pantheon

Published at: 17/03/2025 05:15 PM

From the early hours of this Monday morning, scientists and scientists met in the National Assembly to depart from the emblematic place and take the mortal remains of the doctor and scientist, Dr. Humberto Fernández-Morán, to the National Pantheon, where honors are awarded, exalting his great legacy to the Fatherland.

The head of state, Nicolás Maduro, has reiterated the importance of vindicating the life and work of the Venezuelan scientist, instructing the new generations of the country to learn about the work of the scientist, as part of the reaffirmation of the Venezuelan affirmative.

In context, the remains of the Zuliano scientist were exhumed from the El Cuadrado cemetery in the state of Zulia, and representatives of the scientific and technological sector of the Homeland accompanied him on a massive walk.

The scientist made a fundamental contribution to advances that brought humanity, including the diamond scalpel, whose invention revolutionized surgical techniques and earned him the Vovain Prize, an award given to him for this invention.

In addition, the diamond blade, the cryo-electron microscope, the cryo-sample holder, the cryoultramicrotomy, low-temperature preparation techniques, among other contributions.

The doctor. Fernández-Morán also founded and directed the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), worked for NASA on the Apollo 11 project, was a tenured professor of Biophysics at the University of Chicago and a lifetime professor in the Biological Sciences division and the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.

He was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize; with notable global contributions in the study of lunar rocks, with the techniques and equipment developed by himself, but he never agreed to be nationalized as a U.S. citizen to be nominated by NASA for the Nobel Prize.

He died in 1999, in Sweden, leaving in writing his will to return all his legacy, books, findings, research, samples, equipment and extensive scientific material to his beloved Homeland, the Homeland of Bolivar.

Mazo News Team