Curriculum Vitae

Current status

  • Recently graduated PhD researcher in engineering currently exploring postdoctoral and collaborative research opportunities. My research interests include fiber optic sensors, photonic devices and biomedical instrumentation.

Degrees

  • PhD in Engineering (Electrical Engineering – Instrumentation). 2021 – 2026. Institute of Materials Research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IIM – UNAM). Mexico City, Mexico.
    • Thesis topic: Photonic and spectroscopic sensing devices based on lanthanide-doped materials for biological applications.
    • Supervisor: Dr. Juan Hernández-Cordero
  • Master of Engineering (Electrical Engineering – Instrumentation). 2017 – 2019. Applied Sciences and Technology Institute, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (ICAT – UNAM). Mexico City, Mexico.
    • Thesis topic: Luminescent coatings for biological autofluorescence vision systems
    • Supervisor: Dr. Enoch Gutierrez Herrera.
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics. 2013 – 2016. Universidad Politécnica de Victoria. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Research Visits

  • Graduate Research Trainee
    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. August 2023 – August 2024
    • Project: Fluorescence-based temperature measurement for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assays.
    • Activities performed: I worked on topics that included photothermal effects of plasmic nanoparticles and the measurement of temperature using fluorescent nanocrystals.
  • Scholarship
    • Bioinstrumentation group, Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (ICAT-UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico. January 2020 – August 2020
    • Project: Assessment of the closure of chronic ulcers through the quantification of cell proliferation and oxygen consumption through spectroscopic techniques.
    • Activities performed: Evaluation and digital image processing (clinical and autofluorescence images) to characterize wound closure.
  • Undergraduate research visit
    • Applied Physics and Advanced Technology Center, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (CFATA – UNAM), Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mexico. August 2016 – December 2016
    • Project: Three-dimensional reconstruction for anatomical study
    • Activities performed: Matlab algorithm for digital processing of thermographic of human body to detect patterns of temperature increase associated with breast cancer.

Additional Professional Experience

  • Academic Content Advisor
    • SEP-UEMSTIS-FCE, Mexico City, Mexico. March 2019 – November 2019
    • Project: “¡Hagamos un libro! 2019”.
    • Activities performed: I advised and reviewed the contents of two books of mathematics for the Unit of Higher-Middle Industrial Education and Service (UEMSTIS), the titles of the books were “Differential calculus” and “Analytic Geometry”.

Grants, scholarships and awards:

  • Academic Content Advisor. Selected as IEEE Entrepreneurship Region 9 Ambassador for Mexico (2025) and 3rd place awarded.
  • Change Champion distinction. Awarded for the work presented at the Education and Training in Optics & Photonics (ETOP) 2025 Conference.
  • Selected participant. One of the 100 student chosen for the 2024 OPTICA’s Student Leadership program.
  • Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) Scholarship. Awarded by Global Affairs Canada International Scholarship Program for a 6-month research visit at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2023).
  • Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship. Awarded by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics (2023).
  • Outreach grant. Awarded by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for organizing of the event “La magia de la luz” (2023).
  • Travel grant. Awarded by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, to attend the international conference “Photonics West 2023” and present the paper titled “Down-conversion polymer end-capped optical fiber probes for UV fluorescence monitoring”.
  • Travel grant. Awarded by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) to attend the international conference “Polymers and Advanced Materials (Polymat) 2022”
  • Travel grant. Awarded by the UNAM graduate studies support program to attend the international conference “SPIE Optics + Photonics 2022”.
  • Scholarship. Awarded by “Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)” for my doctoral studies.
  • Travel grant. Awarded by the UNAM to attend the international conference “SPIE: Optics + Photonics 2019”.
  • Scholarship. Awarded by “Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)” for my master studies.