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Education
2006 |
Doctor of Science: Universe Sciences - Geophysics, UMR Géoazur, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis (UNSA), France, with highest honors. (Baccalauréat + 10)
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2001 |
Master of Science: Seismology, Institute of
Geophysics, National University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico, with highest honors. (Baccalauréat + 7)
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2000 |
Engineer: Geophysics, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico, with highest honors. (Baccalauréat + 5)
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Professional Experience
Currently |
Full Professor Position (Investigador Titular C): rupture dynamics, slow earthquakes, wave propagation, crustal structure analysis. Instituto de
Geofísica, Departamento de Sismología, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Mexico City.
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2013 - 2017 |
Head of the Department of Seismology: Institute of Geophysics, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Mexico City.
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2007 |
Postdoctoral Position: massive computation of 3D dynamic-rupture numerical models using finite-volume and finite-difference approaches. Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA
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2006 |
Postdoctoral Position: seismic wave propagation in complex media and cinematic source analysis. Scientific Research National Center (CNRS), UMR Géoazur, Sophia-Antipolis, France
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1997 - 1999 |
Research Assistant: global inverse methods and crustal structure determination. Seismic Research Center (Centro de Investigación Sísmica, CIS), Javier Barros Sierra Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico
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Awards and Distinctions
2023 |
9th DPRI Award, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto Univesity. For outstanding contributions in research and education.
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2021 |
"Investigador Titular C", Highest research appointment at the National University of Mexico (UNAM).
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2020 |
"Sistema Nacional de Investigadores", Highest Level 3 (SNI), Mexico
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2017 |
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2017 |
"UNAM PRIDE", Highest Level D for Academic Performance, Mexico
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2015 |
"Sistema Nacional de Investigadores", Level 2 (SNI), Mexico
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2010 |
"Erasmus Mundus Scholar Scholarship" award, by the Masters in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (MEEES) programme, European Union.
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2008 |
"Sistema Nacional de Investigadores", Level 1 (SNI), Mexico
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2006 |
"Honorific mention and jury congratulations", PhD defense (UNSA)
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2001 |
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2001 |
"Honorific mention", Master in Science defense (UNAM) |
2001 - 2005 |
"CONACyT - SFERE" international fellowship for PhD studies in France
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2000 |
"Honorific mention",
Engineering Thesis
defense (UNAM) |
2000 |
"Best Engineering Student" award, Mexican Association of Geophysical Exploration (AMGE)
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1993 - 1997 |
"Good Academic Performance" fellowship, National Program of Solidarity, Ministry of Education (SEP)
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Editorial Board
International Peer-Reviewer
- Cambridge University Press
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Geophysics
- Nature Geoscience
- Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- Geophysical Journal International
- Journal of Geophysical Research
- Seismological Research Letters
- Science Advances
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Scientific Seminars
Nov 23, 2021 |
« Interacción entre Sismos Lentos y Devastadores en México:
el Extraordinario Caso de la Secuencia Sísmica de 2017-2019 ». Webinar at Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónomade México, Mexico City.
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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 Autónomade México, Mexico City.
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Oct 16, 2020 |
« How Stable is Unstable? Chatting between Silent and Devastating Earthquakes ». Webinar at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Universidad, New York.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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July 2, 2015 |
« Tectonic Tremor Modulation by Intraslab Fluid Diffusion During Silent Earthquakes in Guerrero, Mexico » Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France.
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Nov 21, 2014 |
« Silent Seismicity in Central Mexico » Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
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Nov 20, 2014 |
« Physics
of
Intermediate-Depth
Earthquakes. Dynamic
Source
Inversion
of
an
Intraslab
Rupture » Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
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Mar 11, 2013 |
« Toward Physics-Based Earthquake Modelling for Hazard Assessment » BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain.
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April 5, 2013 |
« Toward physics-based earthquake modelling for hazard assessment » Computational Modelling Cycle, Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM.
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July 19, 2012 |
« Causal relationships between silent earthquakes and tectonic tremors in central Mexico » Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans, France.
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July 18, 2012 |
« DGCrack: a 3D hp-Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Modeling Earthquake
Dynamics » Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans, France.
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July 5, 2012 |
« Causal relationships between silent earthquakes and tectonic tremors in central Mexico »
Institut des Sciences de la Tèrre (ISTèrre), Grenoble, France.
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June 29, 2012 |
« Dynamic Source Inversion of Mexican Subduction Earthquakes: a New Parallel Genetic Algorithm » Institut des Sciences de la Tèrre (ISTèrre), Grenoble, France.
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Feb 6, 2012 |
« DGCrack: a 3D hp-Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Modeling Earthquake Dynamics » University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
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Jan 30, 2012 |
« Causal relationships between silent earthquakes and tectonic tremors in central Mexico » Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics – SCPRIPPS Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA.
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Jun 30, 2011 |
« Simulando Terremotos con Supercomputadoras » Institute of Geophysics at UNAM, Extension Talks Cycle, Mexico.
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Jun 9, 2011 |
« Toward a Unified Theory of Silent Seismicity in Mexico » Institute of Engineering at UNAM, Seminars Cycle "Sismociones Libres", Mexico.
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Nov 25, 2010 |
« Constraining Dynamic Rupture Scenarios from Strong Motion Records: Subshear vs. Supershear Source Propagation » UMR Géosciences Azur, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
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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.
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Jul 8, 2010 |
« Les ondes de choc produites par une rupture transsonique révèlent la loi de frottement » ‘Laboratoire de Géologie’ of the ‘Ecole Normale Supérieur de Paris’, France.
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May 12, 2010 |
« Ondas Cónicas Revelan la Fricción de Terremotos Supersónicos » Faculty of Sciences at UNAM, Mexico.
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Nov 28, 2008 |
« Modelación Numérica de la Dinámica de la Ruptura Sísmica » Institute of Geophysics at UNAM. Seminars cycle « Modelación Matemática y Computacional », Mexico.
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Sep 5, 2008 |
« Observando la Mecánica de un Terremoto » Institute of Geophysics at UNAM. Internal Seminar Cycle, Mexico.
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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.
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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.
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Jun 6, 2008 |
« ¿Deslizamiento crítico de la fuente a partir de registros sísmicos? », Institute of Engineering at UNAM, Seminars Cycle "Sismociones Libres", Mexico.
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Feb 12, 2007 |
« A Finite Volume Approach for Modeling Rupture Dynamics », University of Southern California sponsored by the Southern California Earthquake Centre (SCEC), Los Angeles, California, USA.
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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.
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Teaching Experience
Since 2011 |
Graduate School of the Institute of Geophysics at UNAM, Mexico: 'Advanced Seismology' and 'Introduction to Seismology'
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2010 |
Graduate School of the Institute of Geophysics at UNAM, Mexico: 'Introduction to Seismology'
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2009 |
Undergraduate Level, Faculty of Engineering at UNAM, Mexico: 'Complex Variable Applied to Geophysics'
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2008 |
Undergraduate Level, Faculty of Engineering at UNAM, Mexico: 'Complex Variable Applied to Geophysics' |
2004 |
Undergraduate Level, Faculty of Sciences at UNSA, France: 'Introduction to Fortran Programming'
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International Research Appointments
« Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) », Kyoto, Japan. In collaboration with Dr. Yoshihiro ITO, September 11 - 24, 2016.
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« Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) », France. In collaboration with Dr. Harsha BHAT, from June 29 to July 3, 2015.
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« Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) », Colombia. In collaboration with Dr. José D. SANABRIA, from November 17 to 23, 2014.
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« Institut des Sciences de la Tèrre (ISTèrre) », France. In collaboration with Dr. Emmanuel CHALJUB, Dr. Josué TAGO, Dr. José D. SANABRIA and Prof. J. VIRIEUX, from June 1 to July 1, 2014.
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« Institut des Sciences de la Tèrre (ISTèrre) », France. In collaboration with Dr. Emmanuel CHALJUB and Prof. J. VIRIEUX, from June 1 to July 1, 2013.
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« Institut des Sciences de la Tèrre (ISTèrre) », France. In collaboration with Prof. J. VIRIEUX, Prof. M. CAMPILLO and Dr. E. CHALJUB, from May 21 to August 18, 2012.
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« Ecole Normale Supérieur de Paris » (ENS), Paris, France. In collaboration with Prof. Raúl MADARIAGA, from October 14 to October 31, 2011.
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« UMR Géoazur » Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France. In collaboration with Prof. Stéphane GAFFET, from November 19 to November 30, 2010.
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« National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED) », Tsukuba, Japan, in collaboration with Prof. Eiichi FUKUYAMA from October 11 to October 15, 2010.
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« Ecole Normale Supérieur de Paris » (ENS), Paris, France. In collaboration with Prof. Raúl MADARIAGA, from July 2 to July 9, 2010.
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« Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique » (LGIT) of the ‘Université Joseph Fourier’, Grenoble, France. In collaboration with Prof. Jean VIRIEUX and Prof. Michel CAMPILLO from July 1 to November 15, 2009.
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« Ecole Normale Supérieur de Paris » (ENS), Paris, France. In collaboration with Prof. Raúl MADARIAGA, from July 15 to August 15, 2009.
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« Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique » (LGIT) of the ‘Université Joseph Fourier’, Grenoble, France. In collaboration with Prof. J. VIRIEUX, Prof. Michel CAMPILLO and Prof. Fabrice COTTON, from June 14 to July 4, 2008.
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« Department of Geological Sciences » of the San Diego State University (SDSU), California, EUA. In collaboration with Prof. Kim OLSEN and Prof. Steve DAY, from December 3 to December 9, 2007.
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Languages
English |
Good oral and written control for scientific communication
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French |
Good oral and written general control
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Spanish |
Native language
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