Education

• B.S. Industrial Chemistry. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. 1993.
• Ph.D. Chemistry. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitano. 2005.

Current research

• Materials for Regenerative Medicine

ONGOING RESEARCH

• Surface properties of polymeric biomaterials and their influence on cell adhesion and proliferation behavior. (CONACYT)
• Maintenance of specialized scientific equipment in the Materials Physicochemical Characterization Laboratory, CICY. (CONACYT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• C.E. Belman-Flores, W. Herrera-Kao, R.F. Vargas-Coronado, A. May-Pat, A.I. Oliva, N. Rodríguez-Fuentes, H. Vázquez-Torres, J.V. Cauich-Rodríguez, J.M. Cervantes-Uc. Synthesis and characterization of pH sensitive hydrogel nanoparticles based on poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-methacrylic acid). Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 31 (8): 1-11, (2020). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10856-020-06400-x.
• G.E. Martín-Pat, N. Rodriguez-Fuentes, J.M. Cervantes-Uc, R. Rosales-Ibáñez, H.J. Carrillo-Escalante, A.F. Ku-González, A. Ávila-Ortega, F. Hernández-Sánchez. Effect of different exposure times on physicochemical, mechanical and biological properties of PGS scaffolds treated with plasma of iodine-doped polypyrrole. Journal of Biomaterials Applications, 35 (4-5): 485-499, (2020). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0885328220941466.
• I. Fernández-Cervantes, N. Rodríguez-Fuentes, L.V. León-Deniz, L.E. Alcántara Quintana, J.M. Cervantes-Uc, W.A. Herrera Kao, J.D. Cerón-Espinosa, J.V. Cauich-Rodríguez, V.M. Castaño-Meneses. Cell-free scaffold from jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda (Cnidaria; Scyphozoa) for skin tissue engineering. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 111: 110748, (2020). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0928493119337920.
• J.J. Encalada-Alayola, Y. Veranes-Pantoja, J.A. Uribe-Calderón, J.V. Cauich-Rodríguez, J.M. Cervantes-Uc. Effect of Type and Concentration of Nanoclay on the Mechanical and Physicochemical Properties of Bis-GMA/TTEGDMA Dental Resins. Polymers, 12(3): 601, (2020). https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/12/3/601.
• H.A. Lobato-Aguilar, G. Lizama-Uc, J.A. Uribe-Calderón, J.V. Cauich-Rodriguez, N. Rodriguez-Fuentes, J.M. Cervantes-Uc. Antibacterial properties and release kinetics of chlorhexidine diacetate from montmorillonite and palygorskite clays. Journal of Biomaterials Applications, 34 (8): 1052-1058, (2020). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0885328219891710?journalCode=jbaa.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2006. Best Ph.D. Dissertation in polymer science (2004-2005). Sociedad Mexicana de Polímeros.
• 2016. World Biomaterials Congress (WBC) 2016 Merit Award. Ph.D. student recipient: Ena Deyla Bolaina-Lorenzo. Advisor: Dr. José M. Cervantes-Uc. Schwann cell biocompatibility of polycaprolactone/chitosan electrospun scaffolds. 10th World Biomaterials Congress, Montreal Canada.
• 2016. Member. Academia Mexicana de Ciencias.

RECOMMENDED WEB PAGES

• Sociedad Polimérica de México
• Google scholar profile. ‪José Manuel Cervantes-Uc‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
• ResearchGate profile. Manuel CERVANTES | Titular Researcher | PhD | Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Mérida | CICY | Materials Unit (researchgate.net)