Luis de la Peña: key obituary facts
Is Luis de la Peña dead? Yes. Luis de la Peña died on May 17, 2026, at age 95.
Cause of death: Luis de la Peña's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Luis de la Peña known for?
He was a Mexican physicist.
More about Luis de la Peña
Born: 23 July 1931.
Place of birth: Mexico City.
Place of death: Mexico City.
Gender: male.
Occupation: physicist.
Nationality: Mexico.
Education: MSU Faculty of Physics, National Polytechnic Institute.
Employer: National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Awards: National Prize for Arts and Sciences, Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Also known as: de la Peña, de la Peña, Luis, de la Peña, L., Luis Fernando de la Peña-Auerbach, de la Peña-Auerbach, de la Peña-Auerbach, L. F.
Known for: Stochastic electrodynamics.
Luis de la Peña, a Mexican physicist, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 95.
Born in Mexico City in 1931, he studied mechanical-electrical engineering at ESIME of the National Polytechnic Institute and began his professional career designing audio systems. He taught at ESIME from 1954 and joined the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, in 1958, where he was a researcher at the Institute of Physics and a professor in the Faculty of Sciences.
He completed his PhD in 1964 at Moscow State University under Arseny Sokolov. De la Peña was known for his work in stochastic electrodynamics and received Mexico’s National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 2002.
Luis de la Peña, 95, Mexican physicist.