Puebla, Puebla, May 23, 2016.- The professor and researcher of the University of Guanajuato (UG), Dr. Octavio Obregón Díaz received the Doctorate Honoris Causa –the second he obtains in his trajectory—from the "Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP).

This award is the maximum grade given by BUAP and it was unanimously approved in an ordinary session of the H. University Council of this institution.

In a solemn session, BUAP's General Rector, M. José Alfonso Esparza Ortíz expressed his gratitude with Dr. Obregón Díaz for the support he granted to the university and made public that this distinction is granted as a recognition of his academic, scientific, humanistic and intellectual labor, as well as the social transcendence of his contributions.

Dr. Octavio Obregón's trajectory has contributed in the development of science with a national and international impact, he has made important contributions in the study and research in the field of gravitation, the field theory and string theory.

In an interview, the scholar from the University of Guanajuato thanked BUAP and said that science must be done by pleasure and curiosity to find the answers to certain questions, which was his main motive to begin in this profession.

Dr. Obregón Díaz continued his scientific calling, and currently is one of the most renowned Mexican physicists internationally, promoter of the study of the gravitation in Mexico and promoter of the institutionalization of research groups.

It is important to mention that he has received multiple distinctions, among them, stands out the Doctorate Honoris Cause from the "Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana", in 2012; the prize "Crónica 2015" for his work in the scientific divulgations; the anointment as Emeritus researcher in the National Researcher System (SNI) in 2011, and the prize for the Development in Physics in Mexico, Mexican Society of Physics, 2012, to mention the most recent.

He has also made collaborations with outstanding colleagues, worldly renowned, for example, the elaboration of an article with the English physicist Stephen Hawking, as well as several works with Juan José GIambiagi, Carlos Bollini and the theoretical-physicist Julius Wess.