Luis Fernando de la Peña Auerbach (23 July 1931 – 17 May 2026), known as Luis de la Peña, was a Mexican physicist. He was a researcher of the Institute of Physics and professor of the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and was a member of the Science Advisory Council of the Presidency of Mexico.
Life and career De la Peña was born in San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla, in 1931. He graduated from ESIME of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) with a degree in mechanical-electrical engineering and began his professional activity as a designer of audio systems. From 1954 was professor of the ESIME and from 1958 definitively joined UNAM. He completed his PhD in 1964 under the direction of Arseny Sokolov at Moscow State University in the Soviet Union. He is known most for his contributions towards the field of stochastic electrodynamics (SED). In 2002 he was awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in the Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences category. De la Peña died in Mexico City on 17 May 2026, at the age of 94.
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External links Luis de la Peña publications indexed by Google Scholar