María Elena Hernández Aguilar
Professor Dr. María Elena Hernández Aguilar works at the Brain Research Institute, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México. She received her BSc in Biology from Universidad Veracruzana, México, and her MSc and Ph.D. from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 1993 and 1997, respectively. Her research concentrates on molecular mechanisms involved in prostate cancer. She also investigates how the major pelvic ganglia may be involved in the generation of prostate cancer when neurons have degenerated. She coordinates Ph.D. theses in brain research studies and teaches neuroendocrinology to Ph.D. students. She is a member of the Southeastern Mexican chapter of the Society for Neuroscience and the Mexican Society of Urogenital Sciences. Dr. Aguilar is the recipient of the 2021 State Science and Technology Award.