Fernando Mazariegos

Fernando Mazariegos

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Born
José Fernando Mazariegos Anleu

(1938-03-21)21 March 1938
Panajachel, Sololá Department, Guatemala
Died2 June 2018(2018-06-02) (aged 80)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Alma materUniversity of San Carlos of Guatemala
Known forInventor of "Ecofilter"
AwardsOrder of the Quetzal (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsPharmaceutical chemistry
InstitutionsInstituto Centroamericano de Investigación y Tecnología Industrial

José Fernando Mazariegos Anleu (21 March 1938 – 2 June 2018[1]), was a Guatemalan inventor. He was known for the creation of the drinking water filter called "Ecofilter", which was developed in 1990 as part of a project of the Central American Institute of Industrial Research and Technology (ICAITI).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Fallece José Fernando Mazariegos, inventor del ecofiltro (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Fallece José Fernando Mazariegos, inventor del Ecofiltro Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)