Research Team
Scientific research is always a team effort. Here’s the people who make it all possible and the tiniest homage to those who have made an indelible mark in our research and our lives. ¡Gracias totales!
Current Members
Gustavo “Gus” Mondragón
PhD Researcher
Excitonic transference mechanisms in photosynthetic systems
Mariana Albarrán
BSc – Undergrad Student
Non-canonical nucleotides and modified DNA templates as biological sensors
Adriana Corona
BSc – Undergrad Student
Excitonic transference processes in Photosynthesis
Andrés Linares
BSc – Undergrad Student
Sigma holes in main group metals and the physical origin of their anisotropy
Samantha Martínez
Undergraduate trainee
UV-Vis spectroscopy in Photosynthetic pigments and Machine learning methods. Chemical Education and science communication
Samuel Márquez
Undergraduate trainee
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for molecular design
Jhonatan Albarrán
Undergraduate trainee
pKa modeling of arsonic acid derivatives
Cristian Hernández
Undergraduate trainee (Based in Guatemala City)
Interaction energy calculations on non-standard nucleotides
Past Members
Dr. Jacinto Sandoval
Postdoctoral Researcher
Excited state calculations in photosynthetic pigments. Physical Organic Chemistry
Currently at Instituto Tecnológico de San Martín Texmelucan
María Eugenia Sandoval
BSc & MSc Student
Exciton Migration in Photosynthetic pigments
Calixarene-based drug delivery agents
Currently at University of Barcelona, Spain (PhD)
Luis Enrique Aguilar
BSc Student
Calixarene-based drug delivery agents
Currently at University of Groeningen, Nederlands (PhD)
Guillermo Caballero
BSc Student
Mechanistic studies of uncommon organic reactions
Currently at Cambridge University, UK (PhD)
Durbis Castillo
BSc Student
Molecular Docking and Drug Design for HIV-1 GP120 entry protein
Currently at McGill University, Canada (PhD)
Howard Diaz
BSc Student
Molecular Docking for HIV-1 GP120 Protein
Currently at UNAM, Mexico (PhD)
Leonardo Lugo
Reaction Mechanisms and bonding properties of Au compounds
(On loan from the group of Oscar C. Jimenez-Halla at Guanajuato U.)
Raúl Torres
Graduate intern
Graphene Oxide and calixarene-based arsenic removal compounds
Currently at UNAM, Mexico (MSc)
Raúl Márquez
BSc Student
Molecular Dynamics simulations of entry inhibitors for GP120 protein
Alberto Olmedo
Masters Student
Calixarene-based drug delivery agents
Halogen Bonding
Marco Díaz
MSc Student
Allosteric Weak Link Approach capsules
Calixarene-based molecular recognition agents
Eduardo Cruz
Undergraduate trainee
Calixarene-based drug delivery agents
