Education

• Bachelor’s. Chemical Eng. Universidad Popular Autonoma del estado de Puebla. 1989
• Master’s. Master Environmental Eng. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. 1997
• Doctorate. Geology PhD. Northern Illinois University. 2005

Current research

• Water security in socio-environmental systems

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Recursos y Calidad de agua en la Riviera Maya/Water Resources and Quality at the Riviera Maya. NIU-NSF REU Site. NSF
• Sargassum Analysis and Integral Transformation. SECITHI CBF-G-2025-1497
• Thecnical process for delignification of pelagic sargassum: alternative for the value process-(Collaboration). SECIHTI

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Leal-Bautista, Rosa.M.; Rodriguez Garcia Juan Carlos; Chable Villacis Rubi del Rosario; Acosta-Gonzalez, Gilberto; Bautista Garcia Jose Epigmenio; Tapia Tussell Raúl; Ortega Camacho Daniela; Olguin-Maciel, Edgar. Assessment of Leachate Generated by Sargassum Spp. in the Mexican Caribe: Part 2 mobility of metals. WATER. 16. 2719. 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16192719.
• Leal-Bautista, Rosa.M.; Rodriguez Garcia Juan Carlos; Acosta-Gonzalez, Gilberto; Chable Villacis Rubi del Rosario; Tapia Tussell Raúl; Bautista Garcia Jose Epigmenio; Olguin-Maciel, Edgar; Alzate-Gaviria, L.; González, L.G. Assessment of Leachate Generated by Sargassum Spp. in the Mexican Caribe: Part 1 Spatial Variations. WATER. 16. 1251. 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16091251.
• Hernández-Martínez, J.L.; Perera-Burgos, J.A.; Acosta-González, G.; Alvarado-Flores, J.; Li, Y.; Leal-Bautista, R.M.. Assessment of Physicochemical Parameters by Remote Sensing of Bacalar Lagoon, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. WATER. 16. 59. 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16010159.
• Jacqueline Cooney, Megan Davis, Melissa Lenczewski, Rosa Maria Leal-Bautista, Kevin Tucker, Jasmine Rodrigue. Analysis of sunscreens and antibiotics in groundwater during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Riviera Maya, Mexico. Science of Total Environmen. 894. 164820. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164820.
• Karla J. Azcorra‑May,·Liliana Alzate‑Gaviria, Edgar Olguin‑Maciel, Rosa Maria Leal‑Bautista, Gonzalo Canche‑Escamilla, Tanit Toledano‑Thompson, RaulTapia‑Tussell Sargassum delignification: a first step to mitigate the socio‑economic and environmental impacts in the Caribbean through its sustainable exploitation. Biomass Conversion and Biorefiner. 15. 1057-1068. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-05158-w.

RECOMMENDED WEB PAGES

• Research Experience for undergrads- NIU-CICY https://www.niu.edu/clas/ese/reu/index.shtm. HTML Format
• International Water Association https://iwa-network.org/. HTML Format