Oskam´s Research Group
The Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute
Members
Full Professor (SNI 3)
Tel: (999) 942-9429
Fax: (999) 981-2917
gerko.oskam@cinvestav.mx
Head of Laboratory
Dr. Gerko Oskam
Head of Nanomaterials Laboratory
Dr. Gerko Oskam is Professor in the Department of Applied Physics of the Centro de Investigaión y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnical Institute)- Cinvestav - in Mérida, Yucatán, México, where he started his group in October 2001. He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Utrecht in 1993 with a thesis entitled "The Electrochemical Properties of Metallized III-V Semiconductors". In the period of 1993 - 1996, he worked as a postdoctoral associate in the group of Prof. Dr. Peter C. Searson, in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, and from 1996 to 2001, he continued in the same department as an Associate Research Scientist. He has published 76 papers in international journals, which have received more than 3500 cites. He has published 4 book chapters, 4 books, 2 US patents. His research interests include electrodeposition of functional materials, synthesis, and characterization of nanomaterials, photoelectrochemical solar cells, transport properties in solar cells, photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation, selective absorber coatings for solar-thermal energy conversion.
Administrative Staff
Beatriz Heredia Cervera
MS.C in Physical Chemistry
Laboratory Technician and Administrative Manager
E-mail:bheredia@cinvestav.mx bherediac@gmail.com
Postdoctoral Position
Iván Lizama
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Research subject: Electrodeposition of functional materials
E-mail: flizama101@gmail.com
Dena Pourjafari
Ph.D. in Material Science
Research Subject: DSSCs and Perovskite solar cells Scale-up
E-mail: dpourjafari@cinvestav.mx
Alberto Gabriel Vega Poot
Ph.D. in Applied Physics
Research subject: ZnO-based DSSCs
E-mail: avega_3@hotmail.com
Diecenia Peralta
Ph.D. in Optical properties
Research subject: Third generation solar cells fabrication and characterization
E-mail: dieceniaj@gmail.com
Dallely Melissa Herrera Zamora
Ph.D. student, last year
Research subject: Selective coating electrodeposition
E-mail: lledaly.assilem@hotmail.com
Nidia García
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Research subject:
E-mail: gapenig@gmail.com
PhD and Master Students
Carlos Antonio González Flores
Ph.D. student, fifth semester
Research subject: ZnO-based DSSCs
E-mail: carlosgonzalez132010@hotmail.com
Roberto Avilés Betanzos
Ph.D student, second semester
Research subject: DSSCs on flexible substrate
E-mail: rob_betanzos07@hotmail.com
Former members
Karen Valadez Villalobos
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Research subject: transport and recombination in DSSCs/PSCs
Current Position: Post-doctorate at Universidad Aotónoma De Nuevo León, Mexico
E-mail: karen.valadez@gmail.com
Ingrid Rodríguez
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Research subject: Photoelectrochemical water splitting
Current Position: Post-doctorate at Universidade federal de ABC Santo André São Paulo, Brazil
E-mail: ingridrdz20@gmail.com
Esdras Josue Canto Aguilar
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Research subject: Dye-sensitized solar cells based on novel components
Current Position: Post-doctorate at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
E-mail: esdrasreynolds@hotmail.com
Rodrigo García Rodríguez
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Research subject: Study of transport and recombination in DSSCs/PSCs
Current Position: Post-doctorate at University of Swansea, UK
E-mail: rodrigo.rgr.garcia@hotmail.com
Antonio Tirado
Former Postdoctorate
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Current Position: Professor researcher at Tijuana Institute of Technology
E-mail: antonio.tirado@tectijuana.edu.mx
Alejandro Estrella Gutierrez
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Research subject: Electrodeposition of selective coatings based on nickel.
Current Position: Professor researcher at University Anahuac Mayab
E-mail: alejandro.estrella@hotmail.com
Humberto Mandujano Ramírez
Ph.D. in Science (Physical-chemistry)
Current position: Professor researcher at Universidad Autónoma del Carmen (UNACAR)
E-mail: hjmandujanor@gmail.com
Debra Jene Kirkconnell Reyes
Ph.D. in Science (Physical-chemistry)
E-mail:debrakirkconnell@gmail.com
Manuel Rodriguez Perez
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Current Position: Professor researcher at Universidad Autónoma de Campeche
E-mail: rodriguezperez@ucdavis.edu
Julio villanueva
Ph.D. in Applied Physics
Research subject: recombination and transport in DSSCs
Current Position: Professor researcher at Benemerita Universidad Autónoma
E-mail: juliovcab@gmail.com
Germán Pérez Hernandéz
Ph.D. Science in Materials Engineering
Skills: Materials for renewable energy
Current Position: Professor researcher at Universidad Juárez Autónoma
E-mail: german.perez@ujat.mx
David Reyes Coronado
Ph.D. in Applied Physics
Skills: TiO2 synthesis, DSSCs assembly
Current Position: Professor researcher at University of Quintana Roo
E-mail: davrey@uqroo.edu.mx
Renán Andrés Escalante Quijano
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Research subject: Dye-sensitized solar cell
for low-light intensity applications
E-mail: renan.escalante@cinvestav.mx
Alejandra Castro Chong
Ph.D. student, last year
Research subject: PSCs/stability and low temperature for flexible PSCs
E-mail: chongale@gmail.com