PhD students

Alejandra de Jesús de la Rosa Jasso

Graduated in physics in 2022 from the Autonomus University of Zacatecas (UAZ), where he graduated with honors and with tesis titled: “Study of Basic Optoelectronic Properties of Silicene Using Density Functional Theory”. She obtained her Master’s degree in Sciences (with a specialization in Materials Science) at the “Ing. Luis Rivera Terrazas” Physics Institute of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP). She has participated in several national and international congresses. She completed her Master’s degree with a thesis titled: “Electronic, Topological, and Thermoelectric Properties of Graphene/Bi₂Se₃-Based Systems”. She is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Science and Technology of Light and Matter (DCTLyM) at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ). Her research project focuses on the study of thermoelectric properties in superlattices based on transition metal dichalcogenides.

Contact email: alejndra.delarosa@uaz.edu.mx

Alfonso Astrain Ortega

Alfonso is a graduate from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ) where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Physics in 2021 and a Master of Science in Physics in 2024. His master’s thesis titled “Absorption coefficient of oblate, prolate and spherical GaAs/Al_xGa_1-xAs quantum dots under electromagnetic fields” was a theoretical study of optical properties and the impact of geometrical parameters over the electronic states of these quantum structures. Now he is enrolled in the PhD program in Science and Technology of Light and Mater from the UAZ. His doctoral investigation is oriented to the theoretical study of 1T’ phase of MoS₂, its spin-valley polarization and giant magnetoresistance (GMT) for theoretical applications in so-called “versatile devices”.

Contact email: astrain.ortega@uaz.edu.mx

Gustavo Alberto Navarro López

Gustavo is a graduate of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ) 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 UAZ 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 UAZ. His current research project consists of the study of the self-similar transport properties in complex fractal structures based on bilayer graphene.

Contact email: ganavarrolopez@uaz.edu.mx

Yemby Yahaida Huamani Tapia

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.

Contact email: yemby_huamani@uaz.edu.mx

Luis Alberto Díaz Valerio

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.

Contact email: Luis_valerio17@hotmail.com

Patricia Villasana Mercado

Patricia is a Ph. D. student at Academic Unit in Science and Technology of the Light and Matter (LUMAT) from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ). She obtained her bachelor and master in physics in 2007 and 2019, both from the Academic Unit of Physics at the 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. 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.

Contact email: patricia.villasana@uaz.edu.mx

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 (UAZ), in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Currently, she is a student of the program of Doctorate in Science and Technology of Light and Mater at the UAZ. 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).

Contact email: klamaslumat@uaz.edu.mx