Dr. Matthew Asay
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Department of Inorganic Chemistry Researcher Telephone: +52 (55) 56-22-47-70 ext. 24624 |
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ACADEMIC SUMMARY Dr. Matthew Asay received his PhD in Molecular Chemistry from the University of California, Riverside and the Université de Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III in 2009. Following his PhD, he had postdoctoral stays as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany and as a JSPS scholar at the University of Tsukuba, Japan where he studied low-coordinate silicon species. He also worked as a research supervisor in the laboratory of Prof. Vince Lavallo researching carborane anions as ligand substituents. In 2014 he began his research career at UNAM. RESEARCH TOPICS The research in Dr. Asay's lab focuses on main group chemistry, particularly the chemistry of Silicon, Boron and Phosphorus.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES Dr. Asay teaches a special topics class for Masters students in the area of Main Group Chemistry.
Accepting interested Bachelor, Masters and PhD students.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS M. Asay, C. E. Kefalidis, J. Estrada, D. S. Weinberger, J. Wright, C. E. Moore, A. L. Rheingold, L. Maron, V. Lavallo. Isolation of a Carborane-Fused Triazole Radical Anion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 11560. A. Chen, J. Fajardo, J. Wright, M. Asay, V. Lavallo. Observation of Room Temperature B-Cl Activation of the HCB11Cl11- Anion and Isolation of a Stable Anionic Carboranyl Phosphazide. A. Chen, J. Fajardo, J. Wright, M. Asay, V. Lavallo.Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52, 12308. M. Asay, A. Sekiguchi.Recent Developments in the Reactivity of Stable Disilynes. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2012, 85, 1245. T. Yamaguchi, M. Asay, A. Sekiguchi. [[(Me3Si)2CH]2iPrSi(NHC)Si=Si(Me)SiiPr[CH(SiMe3)2]2]+: A Molecule with Disilenyl Cation Character. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 886. Highlighted in : Silicon Version Of A Vinyl Cation Debuts, S. K. Ritter, Chemical and Engineering News, 2012, 90, 33. M. Asay, S. Inoue, M. Driess. Aromatic Ylide-Stabilized Carbocyclic Silylene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 9078-9080. M. Asay, C. Jones, M. Driess. Heterocyclic Carbene Analogues with Low-Valent Group 13 and Group 14 Elements: Syntheses, Structures, and Reactivities of a New Generation of Multitalented Ligands.Chemical Reviews, 2011, 111, 354-396. M. Asay, B. Donnadieu, W. W. Schoeller, G. Bertrand. Synthesis of Allenylidene Lithium and Silver Complexes, and Subsequent Transmetalation Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009, 48, 4796-4799. M. Asay, T. Kato, N. Saffon-Merceron, F. P. Cossío, A. Baceiredo, G. Bertrand. Synthesis and Ligand Properties of a Stable Five-Membered-Ring Vinylidenephosphorane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2008, 47, 7530-7533. Highlighted in: Heteroallene ligands: Five-star phosphorus, N. Withers, Nature Chemistry, 2008 DOI: 10.1038/nchem.57.
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Dr. James Gomez Lara
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Dr. Jacobo Gomez Lara studied Chemical Engineering at the former National School of Chemistry during the years 1952 to 1957. From 1959 to 1962 he made is PhD. in chemistry at the Technological Chemistry School of Prague in the Czech Republic. He carried out postdoctoral studies at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, sponsored by the National Science Foundation of the United States in 1967. His career as researcher starts as scholar in the Technological Chemistry School of Prague and later on as a candidate for PhD in the same school. Additionally, he was a scholar by the National Institute of Science (previous of CONACYT) at the Institute of Chemistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico during the years 1962 and 1963. He was later hired as a Research Assistant Full Time in 1978 at the same Institute. He served as Advisor to the National Council of Science and Technology during the years 1975 to 1980 and was hired as a Visiting Researcher at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Guanajuato from 1987 to 1991. He was appointed Head of Department of Inorganic of the Institute Chemistry in 1994. As part of his academic contribution he published 59 research articles in well-known rigorous scientific journals. He published as well extensive memoirs of different seminars and international congresses. At the same time he got the support of the National Council of Science and Technology and the General Direction of Academicians Affairs in various research projects. About his teaching work, he was a full-time professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the School of Chemistry of this university from 1967 until his death. He lectured at the University of Guanajuato, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Iberoamericana University, Autonomous University of California, UAM-Iztapalapa and Technological Institute and Higher Education of Monterrey Campus Queretaro and Toluca. He was invited to work as a consultant for the design and development of projects of the Open University System of the UNAM and of the Coordination of the College of Sciences and Humanities and by the Department of Chemistry, the National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education. He participated eagerly in the creation of books and articles of teaching methods of Chemistry, he was invited by different organizations such as, Organization of American States, the National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education, Publisher Trillas and Patria and within the UNAM, the Coordination of Scientific Research, the Center for Scientific and Humanistic Studies, the Graduate Division, School of Chemistry and the Center for Teaching. Dr. Gomez Lara directed 44 theses at BSc. degree, 19 master's degree and 7 of doctorate level. Likewise, he published eight popular articles he made translations and reviews for the National Polytechnic Institute, Limusa Publisher, and Mac Graw Hill and Harla Publishers, and gave over 115 lectures for children and youth. His participation in various commissions and collegial bodies was also very varied, having been invited by the Center of Nuclear Studies, CONACYT, and the Institute of Chemistry, the Metropolitan Autonomous University and the Institute of Materials Research, to join their Regulatory Commissions. He was also invited to participate as jury at the Weissman Award for Sciences and the National University Prize in the Field of Natural Sciences Research and Scholarship Committees in the area of Chemistry of the National Council of Science and Technology. His academic stays in the Laboratory of Chemistry of the University of Cambridge in England, a the Department of Chemistry of the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, the Metropolitan Autonomous University Campus Iztapalapa, School of Chemistry at the University of Guanajuato at the Chemistry Laboratory of Coordination of the CNRS, in Toulouse, France, at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and at the School of Chemistry, University of Oviedo in Spain, served to strengthen ties of cooperation between the Institute of Chemistry and these universities, in addition for an exchange of ideas and knowledge that impacted in benefit of the scientific maturity of Dr. Jacobo Gómez Lara. With respect to distinctions, Dr. Jacobo Gómez Lara together with Dr. Cecilio Álvarez and Armando Cabrera, received second place at the "Celanese" competition of Chemical Technology in 1993. He was named National Researcher, level 2 in 1984. He received the prize Andrés Manuel del Río in the teaching area, awarded by the Chemistry Society of Mexico in 1986, as well as the Lecture in the area of Sciences Andrés Manuel del Río, awarded by the Scientific Investigation Academy A.C. in 1987. He was member of the Mexican Society of Statistics and Geography, of the Scientific Research Academy to the Chemical Society of Mexico and to the Mexican Academy of Inorganic Chemistry, A.C. On November 18th, 1998 he was recognized as Emeritus Researcher By the Autonomous University of Mexico |
Dr. Manuel Jiménez Estrada
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Department of Natural Products Researcher Address: Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. District Coyoacán. ZIP Code 04510. Mexico City. Mexico Telephone: +52 (55) 56-22-44-30
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ACADEMIC SUMMARY
BSc. (1962-1966), School of Chemistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM PhD. School of Chemistry, UNAM (1969-1974). PhD. in Chemistry (Organic Chemistry). Postdoctoral Position at Genève University, Switzerland. Researcher under contract, 1978-1979, with the group of Prof. Dr. Charles W. Jefford.
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TEACHING ACTIVITIES Lecturer. Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and School of Sciences. Graduate courses. Supervisor in more than 100 theses for bachelor’s, masters and doctoral degrees. He is accredited supervisor of the following graduate programs at UNAM: Biochemical, Biomedical, Chemical, Biological Sciences, and Animal Products. Some grants from projects are available for students. AWARDS AND HONORS He was awarded the maximum level at the National Research System.
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Dr. Raúl Cetina Rosado
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Dr. Raúl Cetina Rosado Dr. Raúl Cetina Rosado got his BSc. in Biology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Yucatan in 1943, with Honorable Mention, given for his thesis as for his desertion in the professional exam. Later, he joined the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in order to make his PhD. studies, the ones ended in 1959 with Honorable Mention In 1954 he joined as researcher the Institute of Physics of the UNAM, position he held up to 1957, year when he enrolled in the Institute of Chemistry of the same University. In 1961 he made his post-doctoral studies at the University of California, in Los Angeles, under the direction of Professor Saul Winstein. In 1962 he participates in an intensive course about quantic chemistry, in the University of Florida, with duration of 2 months. The concepts and applications of this subject motivated him in such a way that he starts in 1963 a series of courses about quantic chemistry at the School of Chemistry and at the Research Institute of Biomedics of the UNAM. Probably these are the first precedents of a formal course of this subject in Mexico. Once he was enthusiastic about this area, decided to take a sabbatical year in the CNRS of France, under the direction of Raymundo Daudel, becoming an expert in the applications of quantic mechanics applied to chemistry. As a result of all this learning became the first publication in this field in Mexico with the title “Etude de la force basique de molécules organiques conjugues des état électroniques singulets et triplets”. After this date his vocation as a trainer of human resources of high level shows with the direction of the first three doctoral theses in Quantic Chemistry in the Institute of Chemistry. In fact, his vast academic career starts in 1941 in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, to be continued at the University of Yucatan and later on in Mexico City; firstly, at the National High School of the UNAM and later in various schools from the same University. His lectures enjoyed of a prestigious reputation for the excellent communication of knowledge, the clarity of their statements, the clear presentation of the examples and the constant search for ways of presenting, in the simplest way, the most complex concepts. Thanks to his prestigious recognition as a teacher, was invited to elaborate the study program of the BSc. and MSc. In Chemistry of the Metropolitan Autonomous University, at the same time that he organizes the Chemistry Department at the Campus Iztapalapa from the same University. In the same way he organizes the School of Chemistry at the Autonomous University del Carmen, with a commission granted by the Coordination of Scientific Research, with two bachelors’ degrees: Engineering of Development and Food Process, and Engineering of Development and Petrochemical Processes. His undoubted and renewed interest in the training of professionals and specialists was manifested by the large number of theses directed: a total of fifty-six, of which forty-eight were to get a Bachelors’ degree, four to get a master and four doctoral programs. Several of the theses that he directed belong to students from universities in various states such as Puebla, Yucatan, Veracruz, Zacatecas, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, and Baja California, among others. Many of these students give lectures at their universities. His concern to train new researchers was manifested when he trained five researchers working independently. Among the relevant academic positions he held at the UNAM are the following: Professor Member of the Technical Board of the School of Chemistry, first in the area of Physical Chemistry (1965-1969) and then in the area of Advanced Studies (of 1969 to 1999). He was also a member of the Regulatory Commission of the Center for Materials Research in 1975, and from 1994 to 1997. He was Director of the Institute of Chemistry, a position he held from March 1975 to March 1981. Under his direction were obtained internal and external accomplishments that led to the improvement of the Institute. He was also Head of Department of Physical Chemistry from the School of Chemistry of the UNAM from 1986 to 1990 and Head of Department of Institute of Physical Chemistry from 1991 to 1999. Outside the UNAM he got various administrative responsibilities; in 1971 he was responsible for the Committee of Chemistry of the National Institute of Scientific Research, Institution that gave origin to the National Council of sciences and Technology. He was Technical Secretary of the same Council from 1972 to 1973 and member of the Chemical Sciences from 1972 to 1975. In 1974 he was Secretary of the Academy of Scientific Research. He served as Coordinator of the Chemistry Section of the Department of Physics and Chemistry of the Metropolitan Autonomous University. Dr. Cetina gave 33 courses, 28 conferences and 2 seminars, in Mexican academic forums and abroad as well. His legitimate concern to establish academic liaisons with diverse institutions was manifest in that most of his courses, conferences and seminars have an interdisciplinary character, pointing at the application of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and quantic chemistry in the chemistry and biochemistry. He had a relevant place within the teaching of fundamental chemistry. Subjects such as quantic chemistry, thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics and physical chemistry in general, as fundamental as difficult to be transmitted, were topics he always made them simple to understand. He was a speaker in fifteen congresses and symposiums, held in Mexico and in other countries, which were later published in the respective memoirs. Three Societies saw him as a leading member, the Association of Professors of the “Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico”, the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the International Society of Quantum Biology. He was nominated by the latter one to join the Board. Dr. Raul Cetina was granted with various awards. The INIC gave him in 1970 a plaque for his work in this institution. He was only speaker in plenary sessions at conferences in Zacatecas, Mexico and Ciudad Trujillo, Peru. For this outstanding work the Honorable Provincial Council of Trujillo, Peru, awarded him with a diploma as a Distinguished Guest of Honor, on his visit to this city. In addition, the Autonomous University of Sinaloa gave him a diploma in gratitude for his outstanding participation in academic activities that were carried out on the occasion of the centenary of its foundation. In 1976, he obtained the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Yucatan. In 1985 he received the National Award Andres Manuel del Rio in the Teaching area, awarded by the Chemical Society of Mexico. In March 1993 the National Autonomous University of Mexico awarded him the appointment of Professor Emeritus. |
Dr. Federico García Jiménez
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Department of Natural Products Researcher Address: Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. District Coyoacán. ZIP Code 04510. Mexico City. Mexico Telephone: +52 (55) 56-22-44-29 / +52 (55) 56-22-44-07
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ACADEMIC SUMMARY
BSc. from the School of Chemical Sciences, UNAM, September 22nd, 1961.
PhD. (Chemistry) March 15th, 1965, School of Sciences, UNAM
Postdoctoral Position at the Glasgow University, Scotland, UK, 1971-1972.
Postdoctoral fellow at the British Columbia University, Canada, 1979-1980. (He took a course on handling of radioisotopes).
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