Gabriel Gordiano Alvarado

Electronics Technician

• Education:
  • Master's Degree in Electronics
  • Industrial Engineer in Electronics
• Research Interests:
  • Design of HMI interfaces
  • Program design
  • Systems programming
• Hobbies: Agriculture, Listening to music, Pets, Vegetable germination

Gustavo Mani Varela

Manufacturing Technician

• Education:
  • Automotive Mechanics Technician
  • Administrative IT Technician
• Research Interests: Manufacturing of optical and mechanical mounts
• Hobbies: Cycling Repairs, Reading

Dr. José Fabian Villa Manríquez

Postdoctoral Researcher,
Institute of Engineering, Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC).

• Research interests: Characterization and monitoring of biomarkers using non-destructive optical techniques and mathematical tools.
• Hobbies: Exercising, reading novels, exploring new places, landscape photography.

Dr. Aaron Alberto Muñoz Morales

Principal Investigator,
Institute of Medical and Biotechnological Research, University of Carabobo.

• Research interests: Studying the different mechanisms of action generated from the interaction of electromagnetic radiation such as UV, VIS, and IR with biological tissue for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
• Hobbies: Passionate about music, enthusiastic about optics dissemination and teaching on social media.

Dr. Adrián Eugenio Villanueva Luna

IR&D Engineer at Maxwerk Group, Biotechnology Division.
Optical Engineer at Certess Therapeutics.

• Years at GIOB: 2008-2013.
• Research interests: Raman spectroscopy, fluorescence, diffuse reflectance, biological simulators, optical coherence tomography, optical sensors, microfluidic chip development, signal processing, pattern recognition, chemometrics, optical design, adaptive optics, microscopy, bone diseases, skin cancer, and diabetes.
• Hobbies: Reading, watching action movies and series, meditating, walking.

Dr. Freddy José Narea Jiménez

Full Professor at the National Technological Institute of Mexico, Acatlan de Osorio Campus, and Member of the National System of Researchers of CONAHCYT.

Research interests:

• Optical properties of biological tissues, Spectroscopy, Microscopy, Optical Design, Biomedical Optics, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Genetic Algorithms.
• Hobbies: In my free time, I enjoy playing video games, drawing, outdoor walks, and I am a passionate cinephile.

Dr. Juan Jaime Sánchez Escobar

Full-time Research Professor C, Industrial Technical Teaching Center (CETI), SNII 1.

Research interests:

• Applications of neural networks in optical monitoring of biochemical processes, as well as in predicting maritime navigation routes from satellite data.
• Applications of Evolutionary Algorithms in solving inverse problems in biomedical optics, as well as in laser metrology.
• Hobbies: Reading, swimming, and running.

Dr. Alberto Jaramillo Núñez

Full-time Researcher A, Optics Coordination, INAOE.

Research interests:

• Medical image processing.
• Optical metrology.
• Hobbies: Watching Mexican movies and 70-80`s music.

Dra. Hayde Peregrina Barreto

Full-time Researcher B, Computational Sciences Coordination, INAOE.

Research interests:

• Processing and analysis of medical images.

Hobbies: Sports, cinema, and learning new things.

Dra. María del Pilar Gómez Gil

Full-time Researcher C, Computational Sciences Coordination, INAOE.

Research interests:

• Artificial Neural Networks and other machine learning models.
• Pattern recognition.
• Signal processing, for temporal classification and forecasting in medical, financial, and other applications.

Hobbies: Reading, walking, visiting friends and family.

Dr. José Luis Flores Guerrero

Visiting Researcher, Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching Center of Science (BUAP).

Research interests:

• Molecular and digital biomarkers of cardiometabolic diseases.
• Prediction models in prospective cohorts.

Hobbies: Running, taking care of plants, linoleum engraving/stencil.

Dra. Roba Izzeddin

Principal Investigator at the Medical and Biotechnological Research Center of the University of Carabobo Full Professor in the area of Prosthetic Rehabilitation, University of Carabobo, Venezuela

Education:

• Specialist in Higher Education, UC
• Master in Public Health Management, Curacao
• Master in Dental Aesthetics, Spain
• Completing a Master’s Degree in Oral Biology, Venezuela
• Doctorate in Management in Dental Sciences, Curacao
• Doctorate in Educational Sciences, UPEL, Venezuela

Research Interests:

• Characterization and monitoring of systemic diseases through saliva.
• Interaction of lasers with biological tissues, optical and biological cascades in oral tissues
• Photobiomodulation applied to cell cultures of osteoblasts and fibroblasts and its applications in regenerative dentistry.
• Constant search for biotechnological applications through non-invasive optics, including the development of optical devices for the precise analysis, diagnosis, and planning of advanced aesthetic and functional rehabilitation.

Dr. Carlos Manuel Ortiz Lima

Full professor at the National Technological Institute of Mexico, Apizaco Campus

Research Interests

• Control systems
• Logic Control
• Robotics
• Electronic Instrumentation
• Optical Signal Transmission.
• Generation of Optical Surfaces by non-traditional methods.

Hobbies: Movies, woodworking, listen to music, Cat lover.