Bio


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I am a native of the Yucatán Peninsula, México. After my undergraduate studies, followed by a couple of years working as a teacher and research assistant in Mexico, I embarked on my overseas scientific journey.
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Education

The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
PhD in Chemistry.  (Jun 2012 - Jul 2016)
Supervisors: Prof Michael Ingleson, Prof Michael Turner
Thesis “Low cost, more efficient, and less toxic synthetic routes to π-conjugated polymers”. 
 
Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and
 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

MSc by Research in Inorganic Chemistry  (Sep 2010 - Jul 2011)
Supervisors: Prof Esther Delgado, Prof Elisa Hernandez.
Thesis  “Organometallic compounds [Fe2(CO)6(µ-S2C6H2X2), (X = OH, Cl)] on carbon nanostructured materials synthesis”. 
 
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México
BSc in Chemical Engineering (Sep 2002 - Aug 2007)
Thesis work (Sep 2007 - Jun 2008). “Synthesis and characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid polymers: Polystyrene-SiO2 & Polystyrene-TiO2”. 
Supervisor: Dr Cristian Carrera-Figueiras.