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  1. Silvia Torres-Peimbert (also known as Silvia Linda Torres Castilleja, born in 1940) is a Mexican astronomer. She won the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in 2011 for Latin America for her work determining the chemical composition of nebulae.

  2. Physical conditions of H II regions in M101 and the pregalactic helium abundance. S Torres-Peimbert, M Peimbert, J Fierro. Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 345, Oct. 1, 1989, p …. , 1989. 178. 1989. The O (2+)/H (+) abundance ratio in gaseous nebulae derived from recombination lines.

  3. Silvia TORRES-PEIMBERT | Cited by 5,628 | of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City (UNAM) | Read 243 publications | Contact Silvia TORRES-PEIMBERT

  4. La Dra. Silvia Torres-Peimbert (Silvia Torres Castilleja) estudió física en la Facultad de Ciencias de la UNAM y el Doctorado en astronomía de la Universidad de California, Berkeley. Es investigadora emérita del Instituto de Astronomía de la UNAM y del sistema Nacional de Investigadores.

  5. Silvia Linda Torres Castilleja (n. Distrito Federal, México; 1940), [1] conocida como Silvia Torres, es una astrónoma mexicana notable por haber sido la primera mujer que a nivel nacional obtuvo un doctorado en astronomía. En 2015, fue designada presidenta de la Unión Astronómica Internacional.

  6. Silvia was the first Mexican woman to get a PhD in astronomy. She was the second woman and first Mexican to be President of the International Astronomical Union in its 100 year history. Silvia is passionate about motivating young people to keep studying astronomy.

  7. Affiliation (s) within the IAU. Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science. Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage. Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe. Member of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development.