Asunción Linares Rodríguez 12 February 1921 – 21 April 2005 was a Spanish paleontologist who excelled in teaching and research. She earned a degree in Natural Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid, obtaining her doctorate in 1952 under the direction of Bermudo Meléndez. She became the Chair of Paleontology at the University of Granada in 1961, being the first woman to obtain such a position on a science faculty in Spain, and the second to become a full professor after the Civil War. Regarding her academic relevance, she stood out for the direction of numerous doctoral works over her career.
She introduced the specialty of Micropaleontology at the University of Granada.
She was Vice Chancellor of academic organization of the University of Granada from 1980 to 1981.
Awards and recognitions
- A plaza in Granada is named after her: Plaza de la Catedrática Asunción Linares.
- A municipal nursery school in Granada is named after her.
- Member of Honor of the Spanish Paleontology Society
Dedicated taxa
- Lemdadella linaresae Liñán and Sdzuy, 1978: a trilobite of the Lower Cambrian
- Linaresia González-Donoso, 1968: a genus of foraminifera of the Cenozoic
- Linaresites Sandoval 2012: a genus of ammonites of the Aalenian and Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of the Subbaetic System