The group

People

Professors, graduate and undergraduate students, and the alumni whose theses came out of this lab.

Professors

5 members
Óscar Olvera Neria

Dr. Óscar Olvera Neria

Full professor

Runs the computational lab — hardware, software, and the compilation and tuning of every program on the group’s servers.

Photocatalysis with metal oxides Transition-metal catalysis Genetic algorithms Reaction mechanisms (DFT)
Enrique Poulain

Dr. Enrique Poulain

Full professor

PhD from Uppsala University. In Mexico he has worked with Ricardo Gómez, Osvaldo Goscinski and Jesús Morales, among others.

Transition-metal catalysis Multiconfigurational SCF Spin contamination
Julio César González Torres

Dr. Julio González Torres

Adjunct professor

PhD from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, with medal distinction for both his Master’s and his PhD, and the award for the best research thesis in science.

Dye degradation (DFT) MOF electron density TiO2 · Fe2O3 · ZIFs VASP · ORCA · Python
Raúl García Cruz

M.S. Raúl García Cruz

Adjunct professor

Master’s from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, with medal distinction for the best grades in the Materials Science and Engineering programme.

Bimetallic nanoclusters (DFT) Transition state theory Intrinsic reaction coordinate
Víctor Daniel Domínguez Soria

Dr. Víctor Domínguez

Associate professor

PhD from CINVESTAV. Member of the Química Aplicada research group at UAM Azcapotzalco.

Density map visualisation Density functional theory Metal–organic frameworks

Students

6 members
Luis Antonio Cipriano Marcos

M.S. Antonio Cipriano Marcos

PhD student

Master’s from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Now a PhD student at the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, with Professor Gianfranco Pacchioni.

Solid-state physics Metal-oxide heterojunctions VASP · ORCA · Python
Arnulfo Montoya Moreno

M.S. Arnulfo Montoya Moreno

PhD student
Genetic algorithms Fe2O3 metal oxides
Jean Luis Castillo Sánchez

Eng. Jean Luis Castillo Sánchez

M. Science student
Double perovskites Genetic algorithms VASP · CRYSTAL · USPEX Bash · Python
Gabriela García Mendoza

Gabriela García Mendoza

Undergraduate student
Hydroxyl-radical degradation Pharmaceutical compounds ORCA 5.0.3
Miguel González Sánchez

Miguel González Sánchez

Undergrad student
Reaction mechanisms Bash · ORCA
Lucía Ariana Álvarez Valencia

Eng. Lucía Ariana Álvarez Valencia

Chemical engineer
VASP · ORCA Metal–organic frameworks Clinoptilolite zeolites

Alumni

Theses
M.S. Miriam Ballesteros Olvera MSc Materials Sci. Fonones ab initio para el cálculo de la conductividad térmica en TiO2
Eng. Alfonso Nájera Gil BA Physical Eng. Estudio geométrico y electrónico mediante algoritmos genéticos y DFT
Eng. Madelin Rodríguez Ángeles BA Chemical Eng. Efecto del equilibrio tautomérico en la degradación del AA7
Eng. Indira Suárez López BA Physical Eng. Adsorción de cúmulos de Au sobre α-Fe2O3 hematita