PhD students

Gustavo Alberto Navarro López


email: ganavarrolopez@uaz.edu.mx

Gustavo Alberto Navarro López is a graduate of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas in Communications and Electronics Engineering program, where he graduated with honors and with a thesis titled: “Design and Implementation of a Fourth-Generation Yagi-Fractal Antenna to Increase Bandwidth in Mobile Communications.”

He obtained an M. Sc. in Science and Technology of Light and Matter (MCTLyM) by the Autonomous University of Zacatecas in 2023. He has participated in conferences as a speaker, such as: LXV National Congress of Physics, held in the city of Zacatecas from October 2 to 7, 2022. With the work entitled: “Study of the optical properties of hetero-structures based on twisted bilayer graphene systems (TBG)”.

He is currently enrolled in the PhD program in Science and Technology of Light and Matter (DCTLyM) at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas. His current research project consists of the study of the self-similar transport properties in complex fractal structures based on bilayer graphene.


Yemby Yajaida Huamani Tapia


email: yemby_huamani@uaz.edu.mx

Yemby Huamani Tapia graduated in physics in 2018 from the National University of San Agustín (UNSA), Peru. She received her master’s degree in Physics from the University of Guanajuato. She participated as first author in the study of materials equivalent to the tissues of the human body, against ionizing radiation to calibrate tomographs at the National University of San Agustín in Arequipa-Peru. She is currently a PhD student in Science and Technology of Light and Matter at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas. His research project focuses on the study of spin-valley polarization and TMR in tilted Dirac materials.


Luis Alberto Díaz Valerio


email: Luis_valerio17@hotmail.com

Luis Alberto received his bachelor’s degree in physics in 2016 from the Academic Unit of Physics of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ), Mexico. The research topic was the zero-k gap in graphene superlattices, graduated from the Master of Science in the Academic Unit in Science and Light and Matter Technology (LUMAT-UAZ) in 2022. The research topic was valley-spin polarization and magnetoresistance in complex silicene-based structures. He is currently studying the PhD program in Sciences and Technology of Light and Matter (DCTLyM) of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas. The area in which he is working is polarization of valley-spins and magnetoresistance in complex structures based on two-dimensional materials. During his training as a physicist he has attended several congresses.


Patricia Villasana Mercado


email: patricia.villasana@uaz.edu.mx

M. Sc. Patricia Villasana Mercado, is a Ph. D. student at Academic Unit in Science and Technology of the Light and Matter (LUMAT– Spanish acronym) from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ – Spanish acronym). She obtained her bachelor and master in physics in 2007 and 2019, both from the Academic Unit Physics at UAZ. In her master’s thesis, she worked in so-called the Leonardo’s Rule, developing a hydraulic model and corroborating it experimentally. She also obtained a mention as the best student of her generation. She has participated in several research stays, some of them resulting in publications. In particular, the study of the Talbot effect in periodic and aperiodic structures was published as regular article. 

Her current research project is focused on the spin-valley polarization and magnetoresistance in 2D materials such as silicene, phosphorene and transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers (TMDs). The main objective of the project is to find nanostructurations and external mechanisms to improve the spin-valley polarization and magetoresistive properties of the mentioned 2D materials. 


Manuel Ibarra Reyes


email: mirarralumat@uaz.edu.mx

M.Sc. Manuel Ibarra Reyes received his B. Sc. and M. Sc. degrees in Physics from Autonomous University of Zacatecas. Currently, he’s a student of Doctorate in the program of Science and technology of Light and Mater at UAZ. He has experience teaching STEM classes at high school and undergraduate level.  

He joined the 2DMRG on January 2020. His actual research project is about transfer matrix in 1D Dirac problems of 2D materials, like Graphene, Phosphorene, bilayer-graphene, Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Silicene, etc.


Karla Johana Lamas Martínez


M. Sc. Karla Johana Lamas Martínez received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in physics from Autonomous University of Zacatecas, in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Currently, she is a student of the program of Doctorate in Science and Technology of Light and Mater in Autonomous University of Zacatecas. During her Master’s studies carried out the growth and characterization of carbon nanotubes on silicon carbide. She has been an English teacher at the elementary level and of physical sciences at the secondary and high school levels. 

She joined 2D Materials Research Group in January 2020. Her research project is about thermoelectricity in 2D material. In particular, she study the Seebeck effect, power factor and figure of merit in superlattice structures based on phosphorene and transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers (TMDs).

email: klamaslumat@uaz.edu.mx