Mayra Angélica Álvarez Lemus is a Mexican nanoscientist. She is a professor and researcher at the

Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, also known as UJAT) is a public institution of higher learning located in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. The mission of the university is "to prepare professiona ...

Education and career

Álvarez was an undergraduate at UAM Azcapotzalco, where she earned a degree in

chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

. She earned a doctorate in chemistry in 2008 at UAM Iztapalapa. She has been part of the Mexican national system of researchers since 2009. Initially she worked on

nanomedicine Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology, translating historic nanoscience insights and inventions into practical application. Nanomedicine ranges from the medical applications of nanomaterials and biological devices, to n ...

, in the team of Tessy María López Goerne at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in

Tlalpan Tlalpan ( , 'place on the earth') is a Boroughs of Mexico City, borough (''demarcación territorial'') in Mexico City. It is the largest borough, with over 80% under conservation as forest and other ecologically sensitive area. The rest, almost al ...

. She has held her present position at the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco since 2013, and has participated there in research on the use of

silica Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula , commonly found in nature as quartz. In many parts of the world, silica is the major constituent of sand. Silica is one of the most complex and abundant f ...

nanoparticles in the

extraction of petroleum Petroleum is a fossil fuel that can be drawn from beneath the Earth's surface. Reservoirs of petroleum are formed through the mixture of plants, algae, and sediments in shallow seas under high pressure. Petroleum is mostly recovered from oil ...

Recognition

Álvarez is a member of the

Mexican Academy of Sciences The Mexican Academy of Sciences ''(Academia Mexicana de Ciencias)'' is a non-profit organization comprising over 1800 distinguished Mexico, Mexican scientists, attached to various institutions in the country, as well as a number of eminent forei ...

and Academia de Catálisis.

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