CV

PhD Chemistry

• Analytical Chemistry
• Start date August 2020
• GPA 4.0
• Advisor - Prof. C. Buddie Mullins

MS Chemistry

• GPA 4.0 (Suma Cum Laude Academic Honor)
• Advisor - Prof. Victor H. Ramos-Sanchez
• Thesis - Evaluating and Optimizing Sulfite Electrooxidation in a Parallel-plate Reactor

BE Chemical Engineering

• GPA 4.0 (Suma Cum Laude Academic Honor)
• Advisor - Prof. Victor H. Ramos-Sanchez
• Thesis - Design of an Electrochemical Membrane Reactor for Hydrogen Production via the Hybrid Thermochemical Sulfur-Ammonia Cycle

• Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship, UT-Austin
• Morton Share Trust Graduate Fellowship, UT-Austin
• Royston M. Roberts Fellowship in Chemistry, UT-Austin
• Maddin Endowed Scholarship in Chemistry, UT-Austin

• CAS Future Leaders 2025, The American Chemical Society

• International Doctoral Fellowship, Mexican National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies (CONAHCyT) / University of Texas System

• Energy Technology Division Graduate Student Award sponsored by BioLogic, The Electrochemical Society

• NAM29 Kokes Award, The North American Catalysis Society

• Ethel Gene Kahmer Endowed Presidential Fellowship, UT-Austin

• Schmidt Science Fellows (Finalist)

• Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship (Finalist)

• Edward G. Weston Summer Fellowship, The Electrochemical Society
• CATL-ChemCatBio Graduate Student Travel Award 2024, ACS CATL and ChemCatBio Consortium
• Jeff Byers Memorial Graduate Award in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, UT-Austin
• RSCPoster competition 2024, First place (Energy), The Royal Society of Chemistry
• RSCPosterPitch award 2024, Best poster pitch video, The Royal Society of Chemistry
• Chemistry Department Service Award, UT-Austin

• Materials Horizons Community Board Member, The Royal Society of Chemistry
• ECS Texas Section Travel Award for the 244th ECS Meeting held in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Electrochemical Society
• General Student Poster Session Award (First place), The Electrochemical Society
• ECS Texas Section Travel Award for the 243rd ECS Meeting held in Boston, US. The Electrochemical Society

• Master Thesis Competition (First place), Mexican Hydrogen Society

• Faraday 2021 Teaching Award, UT-Austin
• Henze 2021 Teaching Award, UT-Austin
• Chemistry Department Service Award, UT-Austin

• MS in Chemistry - Suma Cum Laude Academic Honor, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua

• Matias Romero Visiting Scholars Program (First place), UT-Austin and Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)

• BE in Chemical Engineering - Suma Cum Laude Academic Honor, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
• Harry West Student Poster Award (First place), The American Institute of Chemical Engineers

• Oral Presentation Contest (First place), Mexican National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies

Peer Reviewer

Community Board Member

International Ambassador

Secretary

Young Leader

Memberships

International Doctoral Fellowship Program, CONAHCyT and University of Texas System

• (Proposal) 3D printing Approaches for Electrochemical Water Splitting - Incorporating Advanced Features into Water Electrolysis Technologies
• Graduate Research Fellowship | US$132,000 for over four years

Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin

• Graduate Research Fellowship | US$130,000 for over five years (in addition to teaching and research assistantships)
• Research allowance (US$2,000 per year) for professional travel and research-related expenditures.

Edward G. Weston Summer Fellowship, The Electrochemical Society

• (Proposal) Understanding the Effects of Intermittent Water Electrolysis on Transition Metal (Oxy)hydroxide Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts
• Research Fellowship | US$5,000

CATL-ChemCatBio Graduate Student Travel Award, The American Chemical Society

Professional Development Travel Award, Chemistry Department, UT-Austin

Center for Electrochemistry Travel Grant, Center for Electrochemistry at UT-Austin

ECS Texas Section Travel Award (244th ECS Meeting), The Electrochemical Society

ECS Texas Section Travel Award (243rd ECS Meeting)

PRiME 2024, Honolulu, HI

• Active Learning Strategies for Teaching Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage - Insights from Science Clubs.

Fall Seminar Series, Chemistry Department at UACH, Chihuahua, Mexico

• The Devil is in the Impurities - Understanding the Influence of Transition Metal Impurities.

Electrochemistry Chalk Talks Series, UT-Austin ECS Chapter, Austin, TX

• Mastering the Art of Composing Scientific Graphics. Recording

Chemistry Recruitment 2023, UNAM, UAM, IPN, Mexico City, Mexico

• The Road to Grad School. A Guide to Joining the PhD Program in Chemistry (five talks in four universities).

Fall Seminar Series, Chemistry Department at UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

• The Devil is in the Impurities - Understanding the Influence of Transition Metal Impurities.

Electrochemistry Chalk Talks Series, UT-Austin ECS Chapter, Austin, TX

• Understanding Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitance Measurements. Recording

Hispanic Engineers Leadership Series, AIChE Chapter at UANL, Monterrey, Mexico

• Splitting Water with Electrons - Powering a Safer and Greener Future.

Energy and Society Virtual Plenary Session, UABC, Zoom

• Unraveling Electrochemical Water Splitting - Are Electrocatalysts Truly Stable? Recording (Spanish)

ECS Monthly Webinars Plenary Session, UT-Austin, Zoom

• Hydrogen from Sulfite Electrolysis - Toward the Rational Design and Optimization of Practical Electrochemical Flow Cell Systems

2024 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

• Reconstruction of Transition Metal OxyHydroxide Electrocatalysts Induced By Intermittent Water Electrolysis.

PRiME 2024, Honolulu, HI

• Reconstruction and Dissolution of Transition Metal OxyHydroxide Electrocatalysts Induced By Intermittent Water Electrolysis.

PRiME 2024, Honolulu, HI

• Incorporation of Trace Metals through in situ Cation Exchange Reactions - Electrochemical and Structural Effects on Nickel Oxyhydroxide Electrocatalysts.

ACS Fall 2024, Denver, CO

• Incorporation of trace metals in situ through cation exchange - Electrochemical and structural effects on nickel oxyhydroxides

ACS Fall 2024, Denver, CO

• Teaching electrochemical energy conversion and storage through active learning - Insights from summer science clubs

245th ECS meeting, San Francisco, CA

• Dynamic Activity and Stability of Transition Metal (oxy)Hydroxide Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts Under Steady and Intermittent Operation

244th ECS meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden

• Understanding the Effects of Transition Metal Impurities on Nickel (oxy)hydroxide Electrocatalysts in Alkaline Media

ChemE Future Faculty Diversity Seminar Series, Zoom

• (Online) Taking the Next Step in Electrocatalysis - Closing Gaps Between Lab-scale Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering

14th HYPOTHESIS International Symposium, Foz do Iguazu, Brazil

• Sulfur dioxide exploitation by electrochemical oxidation of sulfite in near-neutral pH via the Sulfur-Ammonia Cycle

2017 AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Minneapolis, MN

• Design of an Electrochemical Membrane Reactor for Hydrogen Production via the Sulfur-Ammonia Cycle

Young Researchers Symposium, CONACyT, Guanajuato, Mexico

• Design of an Ion-Exchange Membrane Electrochemical Reactor for Hydrogen Production via the S-NH3 Cycle

2024 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

• Trace Metal Incorporation through in Situ Cation Exchange - Effects on Energy Conversion and Storage Properties.

PRiME 2024, Honolulu, HI

• Benchmarking Electrocatalyst Stability Tests Using Lab-Scale Alkaline Water Electrolyzers.

245th ECS meeting, San Francisco, CA

• A Guide to Electrocatalyst Stability Using Lab-Scale Alkaline Water Electrolyzers.

RSCPoster competition, LinkedIn

• (Online) Trace Metal Incorporation Through In Situ Cation Exchange - Effects on Energy Conversion and Storage Properties.
• Energy category award (First place) and best RSCPosterPitch award.

243rd ECS meeting with SOFC-XVIII, Boston, MA

• Six Practices to Improve Alkaline Electrolyte Preparation.
• General Student Poster Session award (First place).

CEC Annual Workshop on Electrochemistry, UT-Austin, Austin, TX

• Six Steps to Prepare Alkaline Electrolytes for Electrochemical Applications

LatinXChem 2022 Virtual Poster Session, LatinXChem, Twitter

• (Online) Tailoring 3D-Printed Electrodes for Enhanced Water Splitting

ACS Southwest Regional Meeting Poster Session, ACS, Austin, TX

• Flow Cell-Assisted Electrodeposition of Ni-S-P-O Films on Nickel Foam for Electrochemical Water Splitting

LatinXChem 2021 Virtual Poster Session, LatinXChem, Twitter

• (Online) Flow Cell-Assisted Electrodeposition of Ni-S-P-O Films on Nickel Foam for Electrochemical Water Splitting

CEC Annual Workshop on Electrochemistry, UT-Austin, Austin, TX

• Simultaneous sulfite electrooxidation and hydrogen production in a 3D-printed electrochemical reactor

CEC Annual Workshop on Electrochemistry, UT-Austin, Austin, TX

• Electrochemical Oxidation of Sulfite in Near-Neutral pH Electrolytes - A Kinetics Study

Annual AIChE Student Conference, AIChE, Minneapolis, MN

• Design of a Novel Electrochemical Membrane Reactor for Hydrogen Production via the Sulfur-Ammonia Water-Splitting Cycle.
• Harry West Student Poster Award (First place).

Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference, Elsevier, Berlin, Germany

• Design of an Ion-Exchange Membrane Electrochemical Reactor for Hydrogen Production via the S-NH3 Cycle

Graduate Research Assistant

• Liquid alkaline water electrolysis
  • Investigated the effects of intermittent water electrolysis on catalytic stability.
  • Studied the effects of metal impurity incorporation into water oxidation catalysts.
  • Developed protocols to test electrocatalyst stability and purify alkaline electrolytes.
  • Authored a comprehensive review on water oxidation catalysis from over 890 peer-reviewed reports.
  • Employed statistical and machine learning methods to analyze catalyst databases.
• Electrochemical engineering and rapid prototyping
  • Designed and built 12+ custom electrochemical cells for in situ and operando characterization.
  • Implemented flexible automation to accelerate the electrodeposition of catalytic thin films.
  • Studied the impact of electrode architecture on bubble growth and detachment.
• Other collaborations
  • Collaborated with Mexican researchers to use SU-101 MOFs in lithium-sulfur batteries.

Visiting Scholar

• Characterized Pd and Ni catalysts for sulfite electrooxidation.
• Synthesized transition metal nitride water-splitting electrocatalysts.

Graduate Research Assistant

• Designed an electrochemical flow cell for sulfite electrooxidation.
• Designed and built 6+ flow cells using 3D printing.
• Investigated the hydrodynamics and mass transfer of electrochemical flow cells.
• Studied the kinetics of sulfite ion electrooxidation on Pd electrocatalysts.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

• Formulated a proof-of-concept process for sulfite electrooxidation.
• Simulated a flue gas desulfurization plant to capture sulfur dioxide.

International Instructor

• Designed and taught two workshops on electrochemical energy devices to undergraduate students.
• Assessed the effectiveness of the course and published the results in a referred educational article.

Teaching Assistant

• Taught two terms of Introduction to Chemical Practice.
• Received two teaching awards from UT-Austin.

GRS 097 Fundamentals for Teaching Assistants

• Completed a semester-long pedagogy course for graduate teaching assistants.

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

• Taught undergraduate Physical Chemistry and graduate Instrumental Analysis courses.

Graduate Recruiter and Student Host, Department of Chemistry, UT-Austin

• Hosted eight visiting students and served as staff during recruitment events.
• Delivered six recruiting seminars at the top five national universities in Mexico.
• Mentored 10+ applicants and offered 40+ hours of practice for the TOEFL and IELTS exams.

Ambassador, Clubes de Ciencia MX

• Reviewed 80+ educational workshop proposals.
• Shared information about the program at national and international conferences.

Secretary, UT-Austin ECS Student Chapter

• Started a series of Chalk Talks in electrochemistry.
• Created the official Website and managed all the social media accounts.
• Served as photographer for academic and outreach activities.
• Recorded, edited, and posted seminar recordings on the official YouTube channel.
• Coordinated social events and academic seminars.

Department of Chemistry, UT-Austin

• Assisted the Department of Chemistry as a graduate recruiter and student host.
• Hosted eight visiting students and served as staff during recruitment events.
• Delivered six recruiting seminars at the top five national universities in Mexico.
• Mentored 10+ applicants and offered 40+ hours of practice sessions for the TOEFL and IELTS exams.

Young leader, Mexican Red Cross

• Served as a part-time volunteer in a nonprofit and charity association.
• Received training in first-aid, humanitarian aid, and rope rescue.
• Participated in 40+ community service activities and three major disaster operations.

VirtAgro

• Mentored the developers of an intelligent sprinkler system controlled by a smartphone app.

Entrepreneurship, From Ideas to Businesses, UNAM/Santander

• Received training in finances, customers, marketing, human resources, and business model canvas.

Entrepreneur Leader, H24U

• Developed an electrochemical system for ultra-pure hydrogen generation (H24U).
• Received training from the NSF I-Corps program.
• Interviewed 130+ potential customers and created a business model canvas.
• Video of the project (Spanish)

Catalastic! YouTube Channel

• Created a YouTube channel to promote science communication through social media.

Bright Spikes! Electrifying Chemical Reactions

• Taught a workshop on electrochemical devices to 15+ undergraduate students.
• Link to the CdeCMx 2023 Edition

Electrochemistry - How Do We Transport Energy?

• Taught a workshop on electrochemical devices to 20+ undergraduate students.
• Link to the CdeCMx 2022 Edition

Quantum Chemistry for Kids

• Built a 3D-printed interactive game for teaching atomic structure.
• Taught atomic structure concepts to 20+ elementary school students.

From Photons to Electrons

• Participated as a guest instructor of a workshop on dye-sensitized solar cells for 30+ students.

Science Podcasts and Talk Shows

• Recorded and broadcasted 50+ episodes on STEM at UACH radio station, impacting 1000+ listeners.

Chloe Williamson

• Undergraduate student (chemical engineering), UT-Austin

Thuy Vy Le

• Undergraduate student (chemistry), UT-Austin

Daniel Y. Ko

• Undergraduate student (chemical engineering), UT-Austin

Sergio Ochoa

• Undergraduate student (chemical engineering), UACH

Michael Espinosa

• Undergraduate student (chemistry), UT-Austin

Emma Kalokowski

• Undergraduate student (chemistry), UT-Austin

Grace Castellino

• Undergraduate student (chemistry), UT-Austin

Grayson Constantine

• Undergraduate student (chemical engineering), UT-Austin

Kenya Mora-Dominguez

• Master student (chemistry), UACH

• IOP Peer Review Excellence, IOP Publishing

• Responsible Conduct of Research, CITI Program