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Gloria Suzanne Koenigsberger Horowitz

Mexican astronomer and researcher

Life: 1951 – present
Born: November 21, 1951
Nationality: Mexico

Gloria Suzanne Koenigsberger Horowitz is a Mexican astrophysicist and professor working at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Her areas of expertise are in stellar spectroscopy, massive stars and binary interaction effects. She was director of UNAM's Instituto de Astronomía (1990-1998) and a leading member of the team that succeeded in establishing the first connection to the Internet in Mexico in 1989.