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Education
- 2006
- PhD in Geophysics and Universe Sciences, UMR Géoazur, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis (UNSA), France, with highest honors and congratulations of the jury.
- 2001
- Master of Science in Seismology, Instituto de Geofísica, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), with honors.
- 2000
- Geophysical Engineering degree, Faculty of Engineering, UNAM, with honors and the Gabino Barreda Medal.
Positions and appointments
- Since 2008
- Researcher at the Instituto de Geofísica, Department of Seismology, UNAM, Mexico City. Rupture dynamics, slow earthquakes, wave propagation and crustal structure. Full Professor (Investigador Titular C) since 2021.
- 2023 – 2024
- Sabbatical year at the Faculty of Engineering, UNAM, in collaboration with Dr. Josué Tago (February 1, 2023 – January 31, 2024).
- 2013 – 2017
- Head of the Department of Seismology, Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM (August 2013 – March 2017).
- 2007
- Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, USA. Estimation of rupture parameters from seismograms and massive computation of 3D dynamic-rupture scenarios with finite differences and finite volumes. Supervisors: Dr. Kim B. Olsen and Dr. Steven Day.
- 2006
- Postdoctoral researcher, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), UMR Géoazur, Sophia-Antipolis, France. Wave propagation in complex media and kinematic source simulation in the Nice region. Supervisor: Dr. Stéphane Gaffet.
- 1997 – 1999
- Research assistant, Seismic Research Center (CIS), Javier Barros Sierra Foundation, Mexico City. Global inverse methods and crustal structure.
Academic appointments at UNAM
- 2021
- Investigador Titular C (Full Professor, highest rank)
- 2016
- Investigador Titular B
- 2014
- Tenure (Definitividad)
- 2013
- Investigador Titular A
- 2008
- Investigador Asociado C
Awards and distinctions
- 2024
- DPRI Award (2023 edition), Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan, for outstanding contributions in research and education.
- 2021
- Investigador Titular C, highest academic appointment at UNAM.
- 2019
- Level 3 (highest), National System of Researchers (SNI), Mexico.
- 2017
- Nature’s 10: named by Nature among the ten people who mattered in science in 2017.
- 2017
- Level D (highest), Academic Performance Program (PRIDE), UNAM.
- 2015
- Level 2, National System of Researchers (SNI), Mexico.
- 2014
- Mention for Science Popularization Book 2013 for Los Sismos. Una Amenaza Cotidiana, V Independent Book Fair, Fondo de Cultura Económica.
- 2011
- Lecturer appointed by the European Commission (Erasmus Mundus Scholar Scholarship), Masters in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (MEEES), Grenoble, France.
- 2008
- Level 1, National System of Researchers (SNI), Mexico.
- 2006
- Honorific mention and congratulations of the jury, PhD defense (UNSA).
- 2001
- Honorific mention, MSc defense (UNAM).
- 2001 – 2005
- CONACyT – SFERE international fellowship for PhD studies in France.
- 2000
- Gabino Barreda Medal and honorific mention, Engineering degree (UNAM).
- 1997
- Best Geophysical Engineering Student award, Mexican Association of Exploration Geophysicists (AMGE).
- 1993 – 1997
- “Good Academic Performance” fellowship, Ministry of Education (SEP).
Research projects
Ongoing
- 2026 – 2028
- Strengthening geodetic monitoring in Oaxaca to improve seismic hazard estimation
- 2024 – 2027
- Compound Disaster Risk Reduction Associated with Large Earthquakes and Tsunamis
- 2024 – 2026
- Seismogenesis in the Guerrero Seismic Gap and adjacent segments
- 2024 – 2026
- Computational prototype for dynamic modeling of the seismic cycle using the discontinuous Galerkin method
- 2024 – 2026
- Slow slip events and tectonic tremor in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico
- 2024 – 2026
- Seismicity, crustal structure and their relation to volcanism in the state of Michoacán
Completed
- 2022 – 2025
- Quantifying incoming plate hydration and role of fluids on megathrust properties in and around the Guerrero Gap, offshore Mexico
- 2021 – 2023
- Slow slip events in the Mexican subduction zone and the La Venta–Chacalapa fault system as constituents of the seismic cycle
- 2021 – 2022
- Systematic generation of differential InSAR displacement maps for geodetic observations of seismotectonic events in southern Mexico
- 2016 – 2022
- Hazard Assessment of Large Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Mexican Pacific Coast for Disaster Mitigation
- 2018 – 2021
- Estimación del peligro sísmico y tsunamigénico en la Brecha Sísmica de Guerrero para la prevención de desastres
- 2017 – 2019
- Assessment of the seismic and tsunamigenic potentials in the Guerrero Seismic Gap
- 2016
- Seismic and tsunami hazard assessment in the Guerrero Seismic Gap
- 2014 – 2016
- Location and analysis of tectonic tremor in south-central Mexico and poroelastic modeling of the associated slow earthquakes
- 2012 – 2015
- Deterministic modelling of strong motions from large earthquakes in the central Himalayas and south-central Mexico
- 2012 – 2015
- High Performance Computing for Geophysical Applications (HPC-GA)
- 2012 – 2014
- Subduction Standard & Slow Seismology (S4), PI: Dr. Jean Virieux
- 2009 – 2012
- Toward the integration of a regional velocity model for numerical simulation of strong ground motion in the Valley of Mexico
- 2009 – 2011
- Dynamic source inversion of Mexican earthquakes
- 2009 – 2011
- New perspectives on seismic hazard in subduction zones (G-Gap), PI: Dr. Michel Campillo
- 2008 – 2010
- Non-volcanic tremor in Mexico, PI: Dr. Vladimir Kostoglodov
- 2008
- The seismic cycle: aftershocks, rupture speed and friction
- 2006 – 2009
- TeraShake: an information infrastructure for system-level earthquake research
Oceanographic campaigns
- 2024
- Chief scientist, GGAP-2024 · Seafloor geophysical network in the Guerrero Gap, SATREPS project · R/V El Puma (UNAM) · March 19 – April 26
- 2023
- Chief scientist, GGAP-2023 · Seafloor geophysical network in the Guerrero Gap, SATREPS project · R/V El Puma (UNAM) · March 25 – April 1
- 2022
- Co-chief scientist, MGL2204 · Incoming plate hydration and fluids in the Guerrero Gap · R/V Marcus G. Langseth (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and NSF) · May 14 – July 1 · video
- 2022
- Chief scientist, GGAP-2022 · Seafloor geophysical network in the Guerrero Gap, SATREPS project · R/V El Puma (UNAM) · March 25 – April 5
- 2019
- Chief scientist, GGAP-2019 · Seafloor geophysical network in the Guerrero Gap, SATREPS project · R/V El Puma (UNAM) · November 11 – 23
- 2018
- Chief scientist, GGAP-2018-2 · Seafloor geophysical network in the Guerrero Gap, SATREPS project · R/V El Puma (UNAM) · November 11 – 22
- 2018
- Chief scientist, GGAP-2018-1 · Seafloor geophysical network in the Guerrero Gap, SATREPS project · R/V El Puma (UNAM) · May 28 – June 9
- 2017
- Scientific lead, GGAP-2017-2 · Installation of the seafloor geophysical network in the Guerrero Gap, SATREPS project · R/V El Puma (UNAM) · November 9 – 22
Editorial and review service
- 2020 – 2024
- Editor, Geophysical Journal International (Royal Astronomical Society and Oxford University Press)
Peer reviewer for
- Science since 2025
- Seismological Research Letters since 2019
- Nature Geoscience since 2018
- Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas since 2015
- Journal of Geophysical Research since 2013
- Cambridge University Press, Earth & Planetary Science since 2011
- Geophysical Research Letters since 2010
- Geophysics since 2010
- Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America since 2008
- Geophysical Journal International since 2006
- Science Advances
- Journal of Seismology
University and public service
- Since 2022
- Member of the Ethics Committee, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM.
- 2019 – 2024
- Member of the Seismological Advisory Committee of the Mexico City Government, Secretariat of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (SECTEI).
- Since 2018
- Member of the Evaluation Committee (Comisión Dictaminadora) of the Physical Geography program, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM.
- 2013 – 2017
- Head of the Department of Seismology, Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM.
- 2010 – 2012
- Representative of the Department of Seismology on the Internal Council of the Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM.
- 2008 – 2014
- Founder and coordinator of “Sismociones Libres”, biweekly discussion meetings on seismology among researchers from institutions across Mexico.
- 2009
- Member of the scrutiny committee for the election of the Instituto de Geofísica representative, Technical Council for Scientific Research, UNAM.
Meetings and special sessions I have organized are listed on the Conferences page.
Student supervision
Theses completed
- 2021
- Carlos Villafuerte · PhD, Earth Sciences, UNAM
- 2018
- Aron Mirwald · MSc, Earth Sciences, UNAM
- 2017
- Emmanuel Caballero Leyva · MSc, Earth Sciences, UNAM
- 2016
- Carlos Villafuerte · MSc, Earth Sciences, UNAM
- 2015
- Emmanuel Caballero Leyva · Engineering, UNAM
- 2015
- Graciela Rojo Limón · BSc Physics, Universidad de las Américas Puebla
- 2014
- Carlos Villafuerte · Engineering, UNAM
- 2012
- Josué Tago Pacheco · PhD, Earth Sciences, UNAM
- 2012
- John Jairo Díaz · MSc, Earth Sciences, UNAM
- 2012
- Ana Rocher Maliachi · Engineering, UNAM
Theses in progress
- Manuel Jaramillo Giraldo
- Enrique Vera Rodríguez
Postdoctoral researchers and social service
- 2013 – 2014
- Postdoc: Dr. José David Sanabria Gómez · Modeling seismic wave propagation in the Valley of Mexico (now Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia).
- 2013
- Social service: Emmanuel Caballero Leyva, Faculty of Engineering, UNAM · Particle-motion polarization of tectonic tremor.
- 2009 – 2010
- Social service: Leticia Itzel Flores Sánchez, Faculty of Engineering, UNAM · Free-surface boundary conditions for finite-difference elastic wave propagation and analysis of non-volcanic tremor signals.
Teaching
- Since 2011
- Advanced Seismology (one course per year), graduate program in Earth Sciences, Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM (MSc and PhD).
- 2010, 2011, 2013
- Introduction to Seismology, graduate program in Earth Sciences, Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM (MSc and PhD).
- 2011
- Selected Topics in Seismology, European Commission lecturer (Erasmus Mundus), Masters in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (MEEES), Grenoble, France.
- 2008 – 2009
- Complex Variable Applied to Geophysics, undergraduate course, Faculty of Engineering, UNAM.
- 2003 – 2004
- Scientific Programming Language (Fortran), undergraduate teaching assistant, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France.
Invited seminars and lectures 50
- Nov 10, 2025
- “Seafloor Geodesy Unveils Seismogenesis of Large Subduction Earthquakes in Mexico”, Keynote lecture, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile.
- Oct 10, 2025
- “Seafloor Geodesy Unveils Seismogenesis of Large Subduction Earthquakes in Mexico”, Seminar, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM.
- May 21, 2025
- “Sismos Lentos en Fallas Superficiales Inducen Microsismicidad Intensa en la Ciudad de México”, Keynote lecture, Colegio de Ingenieros Civiles de México.
- Feb 17, 2025
- “Seafloor Geodesy Unveils Seismogenesis of Large Subduction Earthquakes in Mexico”, Seminar at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Sciences, University of Miami.
- Oct 9, 2024
- “Slow Slip Events Beneath Mexico City Induce Intense Seismicity over Months”, Seminar "Sismociones Libres", Institute of Geophysics, UNAM.
- Sep 25, 2024
- “Seafloor Geodesy Unveils Seismogenesis of the Long-Feared Guerrero Gap”, Seminar at the Institute of Physical Sciences, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
- May 20, 2024
- “Seafloor Geodesy Unveils Seismogenesis of a Long-Feared Gap”, ERC Tectonic-FEAR Seminar on Earthquake Physics.
- Jan 10, 2024
- “Seismogenesis in the Long-Feared Guerrero Gap: A Sway of Slow and Fast Slip”, Keynote seminar, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan.
- Dec 5, 2023
- “Misión Brecha de Guerrero”, Invited talk, Regional Policy Dialogue on Disaster Risk Management, Inter-American Development Bank, San Salvador, El Salvador.
- Jun 27, 2023
- “Seismogenesis in the Long-Feared Guerrero Gap: A Sway of Slow and Fast Slip”, Seminar at the Institut de Physique du Globe (IPGP), Paris, France.
- Aug 5, 2022
- “Effective Mitigation of Earthquake and Tsunami Disasters: An Interdisciplinary Strategy”, Conference, Civil Protection of the State of Guerrero, Acapulco de Juárez, Mexico
- Nov 23, 2021
- “Interacción entre Sismos Lentos y Devastadores en México: el Extraordinario Caso de la Secuencia Sísmica de 2017-2019”. Webinar, “Cuéntame un Nature” series, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City.
- Oct 28, 2021
- “Algunas Observaciones Previas a la Devastadora Secuencia Sísmica de 2017-2018 en México” "Sismoción Libre" webinar at Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City.
- May 26, 2021
- “Seismic Response in the Valley of Mexico: A Physical Perspective from Recent Models and Observations” Webinar for the Mexican Mathematical Society. Joint Colloquium on Applied Mathematics, Mexico.
- Oct 16, 2020
- “How Stable is Unstable? Chatting between Silent and Devastating Earthquakes”. Webinar at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York.
- Oct 9, 2020
- “Short-Term Interaction between Silent and Devastating Earthquakes, and the Role of Interplate Velocity Changes in the Mexican Megathrust”. International Webinar, Subduction Zones 4D (SZ4D) US National Science Foundation initiative.
- Oct 7, 2019
- “Short-term Interactions between Silent and Devastating Earthquakes in Mexico”, SZ4D Megathrust Modeling Initiative (US National Science Foundation), University of Oregon, USA.
- Mar 1, 2019
- “Evaluación del Peligro Asociado a Grandes Terremotos y Tsunamis en Guerrero para la Mitigación del Riesgo”, Plenary lecture, “Día de la Geofísica”, Faculty of Engineering, UNAM.
- May 25, 2018
- “Rapid Tremor Migration and Pore Pressure Waves in Subduction Zones” Seminario de Modelado Matemático y Computacional (MMC), Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM, Mexico.
- Mar 2, 2018
- “Una Mirada Hacia la Física del Terremoto 19-S-2017: Desde la Fuente Sísmica, Hasta los Devastadores Movimientos Fuertes en la Ciudad de México”, Keynote lecture, Faculty of Engineering, UNAM.
- Feb 13, 2018
- “Insights into the physics of the September 19th, 2017 (Mw7.1) Earthquake: from the source to the damaging ground motion in Mexico City” Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM, Mexico.
- Dec 5, 2017
- “¿Qué ocurrió el 19 de septiembre de 2017 en México y hacia dónde debemos transitar para evitar nuevos desastres?”, Seminar, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, UNAM.
- Nov 29, 2017
- “¿Qué ocurrió el 19 de septiembre de 2017 en México y hacia dónde debemos transitar para evitar nuevos desastres?”, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
- Sept 27, 2017
- “El Terremoto M7.1 de 2017 en la Ciudad de México: Un Modelo de la Respuesta Sísmica Observada” Seminario "Sandoval Vallarta", Instituto de Física, UNAM, Mexico.
- Dec 1, 2016
- “Seismic Hazard and Long Duration of Ground Motion in the Valley of Mexico” School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, USA.
- Nov 24, 2016
- “Peligro Sísmico y Larga Duración del Movimiento del Suelo en el Valle de México”, Keynote lecture, XXVIII Reunión Nacional de Ingeniería Geotécnica, Mérida, Yucatán.
- July 2, 2015
- “Tectonic Tremor Modulation by Intraslab Fluid Diffusion During Silent Earthquakes in Guerrero, Mexico” Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France.
- Nov 21, 2014
- “Silent Seismicity in Central Mexico” Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
- Nov 20, 2014
- “Physics of Intermediate-Depth Earthquakes. Dynamic Source Inversion of an Intraslab Rupture” Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
- April 5, 2013
- “Toward physics-based earthquake modelling for hazard assessment” Computational Modelling Cycle, Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM.
- Mar 11, 2013
- “Toward Physics-Based Earthquake Modelling for Hazard Assessment” BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain.
- July 19, 2012
- “Causal relationships between silent earthquakes and tectonic tremors in central Mexico” Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans, France.
- July 18, 2012
- “DGCrack: a 3D hp-Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Modeling Earthquake Dynamics” Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans, France.
- July 5, 2012
- “Causal relationships between silent earthquakes and tectonic tremors in central Mexico” Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Grenoble, France.
- June 29, 2012
- “Dynamic Source Inversion of Mexican Subduction Earthquakes: a New Parallel Genetic Algorithm” Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Grenoble, France.
- Feb 6, 2012
- “DGCrack: a 3D hp-Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Modeling Earthquake Dynamics” University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
- Jan 30, 2012
- “Causal relationships between silent earthquakes and tectonic tremors in central Mexico” Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics – Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA.
- Jun 30, 2011
- “Simulando Terremotos con Supercomputadoras” Institute of Geophysics at UNAM, Extension Talks Cycle, Mexico.
- Jun 9, 2011
- “Toward a Unified Theory of Silent Seismicity in Mexico” Institute of Engineering at UNAM, Seminars Cycle "Sismociones Libres", Mexico.
- Nov 25, 2010
- “Constraining Dynamic Rupture Scenarios from Strong Motion Records: Subshear vs. Supershear Source Propagation” UMR Géosciences Azur, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
- Oct 12, 2010
- “Seismic Velocity Dependence on Crustal Effective Stresses and its Correlation with NVT Activity During the 2006 Slow Slip Event, Mexico” National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), Tsukuba, Japan.
- Jul 8, 2010
- “Les ondes de choc produites par une rupture transsonique révèlent la loi de frottement” ‘Laboratoire de Géologie’ of the ‘Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris’, France.
- May 12, 2010
- “Ondas Cónicas Revelan la Fricción de Terremotos Supersónicos” Faculty of Sciences at UNAM, Mexico.
- Nov 28, 2008
- “Modelación Numérica de la Dinámica de la Ruptura Sísmica” Institute of Geophysics at UNAM. Seminars cycle “Modelación Matemática y Computacional”, Mexico.
- Sep 5, 2008
- “Observando la Mecánica de un Terremoto” Institute of Geophysics at UNAM. Internal Seminar Cycle, Mexico.
- Jun 30, 2008
- “Peut-on observer le glissement critique d’une rupture sismique à partir des sismogrammes ?”, ‘Institut de Radioprotection et Sûreté Nucléaire’ (IRSN), Paris, France.
- Jun 26, 2008
- “Peut-on observer le glissement critique d’une rupture sismique à partir des sismogrammes ?”, ‘Université Joseph Fourier’ at the “Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique” (LGIT), Grenoble, France.
- Jun 6, 2008
- “¿Deslizamiento crítico de la fuente a partir de registros sísmicos?”, Institute of Engineering at UNAM, Seminars Cycle "Sismociones Libres", Mexico.
- Feb 12, 2007
- “A Finite Volume Approach for Modeling Rupture Dynamics”, University of Southern California sponsored by the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Jan 24, 2007
- “Dynamic rupture along non-planar faults and wave propagation effects on ground accelerations”, San Diego State University at the Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego, California, USA.
Research visits abroad
- 2024
- Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan
- 2023
- Laboratoire de Géologie, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
- 2022
- Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan
- 2020
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA (remote)
- 2016
- School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, USA
- 2016
- Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan
- 2015
- Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), France
- 2014
- Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Colombia
- 2014
- Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Grenoble, France
- 2013
- Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Grenoble, France
- 2012
- Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Grenoble, France
- 2011
- École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, France
- 2010
- UMR Géoazur, Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
- 2010
- National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), Tsukuba, Japan
- 2010
- École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, France
- 2009
- Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique (LGIT), Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
- 2009
- École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, France
- 2008
- Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique (LGIT), Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
- 2007
- Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University (SDSU), USA
Outreach and media
Los Sismos. Una Amenaza Cotidiana
- Mention for Science Popularization Book 2013, V Independent Book Fair, Fondo de Cultura Económica (2014)
- Selected by the Ministry of Education (SEP) for the “Libros del Rincón” collection, distributed free to all schools in Mexico (first reprint, 2014)
- Selected by the Mexico City Civil Protection Secretariat for free distribution (second reprint, 2015)
Selected articles and press
- May 26, 2026
- “Estudian sismos lentos en las costas de Oaxaca”, La Jornada
- May 25, 2026
- “Estudian sismicidad en costas de Oaxaca, mediante coordinación tripartita”, UNAM Office of Communication
- May 25, 2026
- “Colocan frente a la costa de Huatulco instrumentos sísmicos”, press conference, Gaceta UNAM
- Sep 22, 2025
- “Indagan señales precursoras de grandes terremotos en la brecha de Guerrero”, interview, Gaceta UNAM
- Sep 19, 2025
- Cruz-Atienza V. M., “40 años después del sismo de 1985: un México mejor preparado, pero vulnerable aún”, Letras Libres
- Oct 7, 2024
- “Expertos de la UNAM advierten: Nuevas fallas sísmicas en la CDMX”, Índice Político
- Jul 24, 2024
- “Dos sismos lentos causaron los microsismos de 2023 en Ciudad de México, según estudio”, interview, EFE – Swissinfo
- Dec 17, 2023
- “¿Se repetirán los microsismos en Ciudad de México? Un sismólogo lo ve posible”, Telemundo
- Dec 15, 2023
- “Posible que haya más microsismos en CDMX en los próximos días: Sismólogo de la UNAM”, interview, Aristegui Noticias
- Dec 15, 2023
- “Científico ve posible que continúen los microsismos en las próximas semanas en CdMx”, Milenio
- Jun 8, 2023
- “Sismos silenciosos: ¿Qué son y cómo anticipan la llegada de un terremoto?”, interview, TV Azteca
- May 31, 2023
- “Miden universitarios la rotación del fondo oceánico causada por sismos lentos”, interview, Gaceta UNAM
- May 11, 2023
- “México, el primer país en medir rotación del fondo oceánico por sismos”, Forbes
- May 10, 2023
- “México, primer país del mundo en medir la rotación del fondo oceánico por los sismos”, interview, Swissinfo – EFE
- Jan 2021
- Mexico City Seismic Network Working Group, “Red Sísmica de la Ciudad de México. ¿Cómo y por qué entender los terremotos?”, Revista Ciencia, Mexican Academy of Sciences, 72(1)
- Mar 2018
- Cruz-Atienza V. M., “Cuando la Tierra tiembla y las certezas se tambalean”, Revista de la Universidad de México, 834
- Dec 19, 2017
- “Los desastres de un país serán del tamaño que las autoridades lo deseen”, interview, Aristegui Noticias
- Dec 18, 2017
- “Investigador de la UNAM, uno de los 10 científicos más relevantes del año: Nature”, interview, Aristegui Noticias
- Nov 2017
- L. Wade, “Underwater network hunts for mysterious slow quakes”, Science 358, 577
- Nov 2017
- Suárez G., S. Alcocer and V. M. Cruz-Atienza, “Por quién doblan las alertas”, Letras Libres, 14–20
- Sep 2017
- A. Witze, “Deadly Mexico quakes not linked”, Nature 549, 442
- Sep 2017
- Cruz-Atienza V. M., S. K. Singh and M. Ordaz, “¿Qué ocurrió el 19 de septiembre de 2017 en México?”, Nexos and Revista Digital Universitaria; reproduced in more than 20 print media nationwide
Television, radio and public lectures
Since 2010, numerous television and radio interviews (Canal 11, Canal 22, Foro TV, TV UNAM, Canal 40, CNN, TV Azteca, Televisa, Telemundo, MVS, Radio UNAM, The New York Times, among others) and public lectures at museums, schools and universities across Mexico. See the full list of interviews.
Languages
- Spanish
- Native language
- English
- Fluent, spoken and written, for scientific communication
- French
- Fluent, spoken and written