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Researchers
Research Scientist in the Hydrocarbon Exploitation Department at the Mexican Petroleum Institute.
email: mdiazv@imp.mx
- Main Research Interests: Mathematical, Numerical and Computational Modeling of Earth Systems; Flow and transport modeling in porous media; Geostatistics and Spatial Stochastic Models; Applications to problems in soils, aquifers, mining and oil reservoirs.
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Full-time “C” Professor, Actuarial Science Programme, Faculty of Advanced Studies Acatlán - UNAM.
email: arturo.erdely@comunidad.unam.mx
- PhD in Mathematics (Statistics).
- Main Research Interests: Copula functions and their application in the construction of probability models for dependent random variables.
- Personal webpage
Consultant Geologist in Geostatistics Applied to Natural Resources.
email: rcasar@yahoo.com.mx
- Main Research Interests: Geostatistics applied to geosciences. Geological-petrophysical modelling of hydrocarbon reservoirs. Characterisation and evaluation of mineral resources. Modelling and evaluation of contaminated sites.
Researcher at UNAM/IMP
email: jp.morales.salazar@comunidad.unam.mx
- Main Research Interests: Drilling and Reservoir Geomechanics, Mathematical, Numerical and Computational Multi-Physics Modeling: Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Models; Flow and Deformation modeling in Naturally Fractured-Vuggy Reservoirs; Physics Informed Neural Networks applied to Geomechanics; Drilling Engineering; Hydraulic Fracturing; Well Stimulation.
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Researcher
email: aortiztapia2013@gmail.com
- Main Research Interests: Conceptual, mathematical and computational modelling, applied to continuous systems.
Scientific researcher in the Exploration Department at the Mexican Petroleum Institute.
email: mromeros@imp.mx
- Main Research Interests: Intelligent Systems for Reservoir Characterization, soft computing, Artificial Neural Networks, Pattern Recognition, Image processing.
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Coordinator of the University Seminar on Hydrocarbon Research, UNAM
email: armando.altamira@cnh.gob.mx
- Main Research Interests: Sedimentology and stratigraphy of sandy-clay deposits (continental and deep-water marine environments), Study of the interaction between the South American and Caribbean tectonic plates.
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Professor CONACYT, Commissioner at the Institute for Research in Earth Sciences (INICIT), University Michoacana of San Nicolás de Hidalgo.
email: ana.t.mendoza.r@gmail.com
- MSc and PhD in Earth Science.
- Main Research Interests: Hazard, volcanic risk and development of new methodologies for forecasting eruptions.
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Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Delaware
email: levanhuong15011989@gmail.com
- Main Research Interests: Geostatistical (spatial stochastic) simulation based on copulas and global optimization methods (simulated annealing, differential evolution).
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Academic Director of the Msc in Data Science and Assistant Professor at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM).
email: alfredo.garbuno@itam.mx
- Professor of the courses of the Department of Statistics and of the Master's Degree in Data Science at the ITAM.
- Main Research Interests: Bayesian inverse problems, data assimilation, nonparametric Bayesian methods, stochastic processes, and stochastic differential equations.
- Climate Modelling Alliance (CliMA) project collaborator (data assimilation and uncertainty quantification for complex simulators).
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Titular Academic Technician B TC Definitive, Applied Mathematics and Systems Research Institute, UNAM
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- Main Research Interests: Computer science, interdisciplinary applications Engineering, biomedical Geochemistry and geophysics Physics, multidisciplinary Applied mathematics, Biomedical Engineering Engineering (miscellaneous) Geophysics Health informatics Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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Collaborators
Dr. Tito José Bonagamba
Full Professor at IFSC-USP | Advisor to the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, USP
email: tito@ifsc.usp.br
- Ph.D. in Physics from São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo (USP)
- Main Research Interests - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applications in porous media, quantum information, and polymer physics
- Distinctions - Member of the Latin American Academy of Sciences (ACAL) and former Director of IFSC-USP
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Dr. Antonio Carrillo Ledesma
Dr. in Earth Sciences from UNAM, specializing in Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Earth Systems
email: antonio@mmc.geofisica.unam.mx
Dr. Everton Lucas de Oliveira
Research Scientist at MOGNO Beamline - LNLS / CNPEM | NMR & Micro-CT Expert
email: everton.oliveira@lnls.br
- Ph.D. in Applied Physics and Computational Modeling from University of São Paulo (USP)
- Main Research Interests - High-pressure/High-temperature multiphase fluid flow, time-resolved 4D micro-tomography, and NMR relaxation in porous media
- Current Position - Beamline Researcher at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS / Sirius)
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Dr. Edscott Wilson García
Scientific Researcher at Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo (IMP)
email: edscott@imp.mx
- Main Research Interests - Applied Mathematics, Numerical simulation, and High-Performance Computing
Dr. Adolfo Puime Pires
Associate Professor at LENEP-UENF, Brazil | Reservoir Engineering & EOR Expert
email: adolfo@lenep.uenf.br
- Ph.D. specializing in Reservoir Engineering and Thermodynamics
- Main Research Interests - Analytical solutions for multi-component multiphase flow, polymer flooding, and low-salinity EOR modeling
- Current Position - Associate Professor at Laboratório de Engenharia e Exploração de Petróleo (UENF)
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Dr. Luis Gamboa Constante
Research Scientist & AI Specialist | Ph.D. from LENEP-UENF
email: luisgamboa@lenep.uenf.br
- Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF), Brazil
- Main Research Interests - Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs), drill string vibration mitigation, and machine learning for inverse porous problems
Dr. Arturo Reyes Romero
Scientific Researcher
email: artrero77@gmail.com
- Research lines: Heat wave dynamics propagating in porous media, Mathematical and numerical modeling of geomechanical models at core scale with fractures
Dr. Alejandro Alonzo García
CONACYT Fellow at the Center for Engineering and Industrial Development (CIDESI), Campeche Unit
email: alejandro_1980@hotmail.com
- Estimation of flow properties in simplified and realistic porous media in Darcy, laminar, and turbulent regimes
- Turbulent boundary layer control
- Design of Stirred Reactors using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
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Dra. Anabel Hernández Ramirez
Professor at UDLAP, Universidad Anáhuac Puebla, and BUAP
email: anabel.hernandez@udlap.mx
- Main interest is the development of mathematical, numerical, and computational models of continuous systems
- Ordinary differential equations applied to blood circulation problems (biomedicine)
- Partial differential equations applied to two-phase flow in porous media for the simulation of displacement processes under centrifugal force fields (petrophysics)
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Dr. Jorge Adrián Perera Burgos
CONACYT Fellow at the Center for Scientific Research of Yucatán (CICY), Water Sciences Unit
email: jorge.perera@cicy.mx
- Analytical and numerical modeling of fluids and contaminants in porous media. Pressure and tracer tests. Geophysical and hydrogeological characterization of underground aquifers
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Dr. Eduardo Campos Sepúlveda
Scientific Researcher - Department of Physics, School of Sciences, UNAM
email: eduardo.campos@ciencias.unam.mx
- Main Research Interests - Computational Physics, Complex Systems, and Non-Linear Dynamics
Dr. Heber Hernández Guerra
CEO and Principal Researcher at Nube Minera e Ingeniería SpA - Ph.D. from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
email: heber@nubeminera.cl
B. Sc. José Cristóbal Rojas Castillo
Geologist based in Sinaloa, Mexico, with 13 years of experience in the mining industry
email: cristobalroj@hotmail.com
- Excellent understanding of economic geology, geological prospecting, and exploration of precious and base metals, as well as non-metallic mineral deposits
- Expertise in open pit and underground mining, resource estimation, and mineral reserves
- Specialized in Geostatistics, mine planning, and evaluation of mining projects
- Strong familiarity with international resource/reserve reporting codes and proficiency in various mining software packages
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Dr. Ouorou Ganni Mariel Guera
National Research Coordinator at CIMMYT | Expert in Applied Statistics and Agroecology
email: gueraforest@gmail.com
- Ph.D. specializing in Forest Management, Applied Statistics, and Natural Resources
- Main Research Interests - Machine Learning in biological sciences, spatial geostatistics for pest management, and sustainable agrifood systems
- Current Position - National Coordinator of Agricultural Research Platforms at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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Dr. Victor Miguel Hernández Maldonado
Full-time Research Professor and Titular Engineer “A” at INFOTEC, a Research Center specializing in Information and Communication Technologies development
email: victor.hernandezm@infotec.mx
- Main Research Interests: Computational performance improvement in modeling with Non-Parametric Multivariate Copulas, Application of copula theory in modeling dependency structures between random variables with non-linear relationships
- Geostatistics applied to Geosciences
- Geological-petrophysical modeling of oil reservoirs
- 3D modeling of maxillofacial prostheses via stereolithography and 3D printing
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Dr. Mario Enrique Vadillo-Sáenz
Senior Geomechanics Specialist & Petroleum Engineering Professor
email: marioevsz@gmail.com
- Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering
- Main Research Interests - Multiphase reservoir simulation, computational geomechanics, and borehole mechanical stability under shear stress
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Dr. Daniel Vázquez-Ramírez
Geophysical Researcher at UNAM
email: daniel.geofisico89@comunidad.unam.mx
- Ph.D. in Earth Sciences with Honors from National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
- Main Research Interests - Stochastic joint seismic inversion, copula-based co-simulation models, and reservoir characterization
M.Eng. Edgar G. Martínez-Mendoza
Petroleum Engineer
email: edgarg.martinezm@gmail.com
- Main Research Interests: Pore-scale modeling via the pore network approach
M.Sc. Mario Noyola-Rodríguez
B.Sc. in Mathematics
email: estaduagro@hotmail.com
- M.Sc. in Earth Sciences at the Institute of Geophysics of the UNAM in the area of Earth System Modeling in collaboration with the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP)
Dr. Sinai Morales-Chávez
Specialist at IMP
email: smorales@imp.mx
- Dr. in hydrocarbon exploitation at Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP)
- Main Research Interests: Petrophysics, Hydrogeology, Flow and transport modeling in porous media
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- ResearchGate
M.Sc. Rosario Pacheco Serrano
Geological Engineer
email: ros.pach.ser@gmail.com
- M.Sc. in hydrocarbon exploration at Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP)
M.Sc. Yarilis Gómez Martínez
Geophysicist & Earth Sciences Researcher at UNAM
email: yarilisgomez@comunidad.unam.mx
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
- Main Research Interests - Geophysics, Earth models, Seismic Inversion, Optimization, and Numerical Simulation
Dr. Javier A. Estrada-Santos
Petroleum Engineer & Computational Scientist
email: javierestradasantos@gmail.com
- Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin (2021)
- Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory (Center for Nonlinear Studies)
- Main Research Interests - Flow and transport modeling with adsorption in porous media, Soft Matter Chemistry, Lattice-Boltzmann methods, COMSOL Multiphysics simulations, and Machine Learning for permeability prediction
M. Sc. Martín Fernández Vergara
Specialist Engineer at Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo (IMP)
email: mfernandez@imp.mx
- Geophysical Engineer (Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM)
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Dr. Carla D. Ayala-García
PhD, Computational and Applied Mathematics
email: daniellaayala@ciencias.unam.mx
- B.Sc. in Mathematics, School of Sciences, UNAM (2008)
- M.Sc. in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, University of Oxford
- Ph.D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics, The University of Edinburgh
Dr. Jesus Manuel Carmona-Pérez
PhD in hydrocarbon exploitation at Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP)
email: carmona.jesus.94@gmail.com
- Ph.D. in hydrocarbon exploitation at Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP)
- M.Eng. in Enviromental Engineering and Sustainable Development at UPAEP
- Main Research Interests: Enhanced oil recovery (EOR), Low Salinity Water Flooding (LSWF)
PhD Students
PhD student
email: eduardo_linares@comunidad.unam.mx
- Ph.D. student at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
- Master's thesis in Earth Sciences at the Institute of Geophysics of the UNAM in the area of Earth System Modeling in collaboration with the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP).
PhD student
email: arojasp@alumnos.ucn.cl
- Researcher at Catholic University of the North (UCN), Antofagasta, Chile
Master Students
Geophysical Engineer
email: anel.licona@hotmail.com
- Geophysical engineer from IPN
- Master's student in Exploration Engineering for Oil and Gas at UNAM
- Main Research Interests: Modeling and simulation in terrigenous reservoirs
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Petroleum Engineer
email: carlos_alberto@comunidad.unam.mx
- Master’s student in the Engineering Postgraduate Program at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
- Advisor: Martín A. Díaz-Viera
- Main Research Interests: Discrete fracture models in EOR simulations
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