IX Leopoldo García-Colín Mexican Meeting on Mathematical and Experimental Physics
El Colegio Nacional, México City.
October 04-10 2026
The IX Leopoldo García-Colín Mexican Meeting on Mathematical and Experimental Physics was first held in September 2001, fostered by a group of professors of the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (UAM), Iztapalapa Campus, in collaboration with El Colegio Nacional to set up a forum where promising areas of research in Physics can be presented and discussed. Objetives The main objective is to open new lines of research for young Mexican scientists and bright graduate students and foster international collaboration. Topics The Meeting will take place over the whole week. It consists of three parallel Symposia, including one each for the fields of Quantum Technologies, Magnetic Aspects of the Universe, and Experimental Condensed Matter, five super-plenary lectures, and around twenty invited talks in each Symposium Venue The event will be held in the beautiful colonial building of El Colegio Nacional. Also in La Casa de la Primera Imprenta. Both located in the heart of Mexico’s City colonial section downtown.
Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer
Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer (27 November 1930, in Mexico City – 8 October 2012, in Mexico City) was a Mexican scientist specialized in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics who received the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1988.
He was a member of The National College, a former president of the Mexican Society of Physics (SMF, 1972–1973) and has received honorary degrees from several universities, including the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM).
The Venue
The IX Leopoldo García-Colín Mexican Meeting on Mathematical and Experimental Physics will take place at El Colegio Nacional, a historic institution located in the heart of Mexico City’s Historic Center.
Founded in 1943, El Colegio Nacional has been a key space for scientific, artistic, and cultural dialogue in Mexico, bringing together some of the country’s most distinguished thinkers.
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