Education

• B.S. Chemical Engineering. Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida. 1984.
• M.S. Chemical Engineering. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. 1988.
• Ph.D. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. 1999.

Current research

• Composites and Nanomaterials

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Luciano Miguel Galera Manzano, Miguel Ángel Ruz Cruz, Nora Magally Moo Tun, Alex Valadez González, José Herminsul Mina Hernandez. Effect of Cellulose and Cellulose Nanocrystal Contents on the Biodegradation, under Composting Conditions, of Hierarchical PLA Biocomposites. Polymers, 13,11: 1885, (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111855.
• Juan Pablo Castañeda Niño, José Herminsul Mina Hernandez, Alex Valadez González. Potential Uses of Musaceae Wastes: Case of Application in the Development of Bio-Based Composites. Polymers, 13,11: 1844, (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111844 .
• A Valadez-Gonzalez, R Rosales-Ibáñez, A Rodriguez-Navarrete, TE Villamar-Duque, J Cano-Brown, HJ Carrillo-Escalante, A Ortiz-Fernandez, F Hernandez-Sanchez. Tailoring surface properties of carbon nanofibers via oxidation and its influence on dental pulp stem cell viability of PCL/CNF composites. Polymer Bulletin, 78,2: 695-711, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-020-03127-1.
• N.M. Moo-Tun, G Iñiguez-Covarrubias, A. Valadez-Gonzalez. Assessing the effect of PLA, cellulose microfibers and CaCO3 on the properties of starch-based foams using a factorial design. Polymer Testing, 86: 106482, (2020). DOI:10.1016/j.polymertesting.2020.106482.
• Joaquín F Castillo-Lara, Emmanuel A Flores-Johnson, Alex Valadez-Gonzalez, Pedro J Herrera-Franco, Jose G Carrillo, PI Gonzalez-Chi, QM Li. Mechanical properties of natural fiber reinforced foamed concrete. Materials, 13,14: 3060, (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13143060.