Ana Esther Hoffmann Mendizabal, known as Anita Hoffmann, was a Mexican researcher, educator, academic, and biologist specializing in acarology and parasitology.
13 Facts About Anita Hoffmann
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Anita Hoffmann was a pioneer in the study of arachnids and acari in Mexico.
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Anita Hoffmann founded the Instituto Politecnico Nacional's Laboratory of Acrology in 1965, the first in Latin America, and another at the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1977.
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On 3 March 1919, Ana Esther Hoffmann Mendizabal was born in Puebla, a state of Mexico.
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Anita Hoffmann's father was Carlos Cristian Hoffmann, a German-Mexican entomologist, and she accompanied him on fieldwork to other states in Mexico to meet and work with other scientists like Francisco Villagran, Isaac Ochoterena, Leopoldo Ancona, Jose de Lille, Helia Bravo Hollis, and Rafael Martin del Campo.
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In 1939, Anita Hoffmann was among the first classes of students to enroll at the National Autonomous University of Mexico's School of Sciences following its founding in July of that year.
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Anita Hoffmann was awarded her master's degree from UNAM in 1941.
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Anita Hoffmann undertook advanced training in the USA about ticks and mites at Duke University and with the mite collection at the Smithsonian Museum.
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Anita Hoffmann was awarded a D Sc degree for work on Trombiculidae mites by UNAM in 1965.
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Anita Hoffmann was the author or co-author of over 130 articles and 10 books.
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In 1974 Anita Hoffmann was given honorary membership of the Veterinary Parasitology Society and in 1982 became an honorary member of the Mexican Zoology Society and of the Biological Sciences Academy Society of the Universidad Autonoma de Nayarit the Mexican Zoology Society in 1983 and the Mexican Parasitology Society in 1987.
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Anita Hoffmann was recognized as an emeritus researcher of the National Researchers System in 1984.
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Anita Hoffmann was made an Emeritus Professor of UNAM in 2001.