Research Interests

Reactive carbon dioxide capture for net-zero fuel and value-added chemical production

Sustainable aviation fuel synthesis, testing, and characterization

Valorization of waste carbon streams (e.g., flue gas and pyrolysis oil aqueous phase)

Fuel-property-first identification and synthesis of high-performance fuels and blendstocks via catalytic upgrading of renewable carbon sources (e.g., gasified biomass and biomass pyrolysis vapors)

Heterogeneous catalyst synthesis, testing, and characterization

Education

Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University

M.S., Chemical Engineering, Columbia University

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tec de Monterrey—Campus Monterrey

Professional Experience

Research Engineer III—Catalytic Carbon Transformation and Scale-up Center, NREL (2022–Present)

Postdoctoral Researcher—Chemical Engineering, NREL (2019–2022)

Graduate Research Assistant—Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University (2016–2019)

Associations and Memberships

Member, American Chemical Society

Symposium Co-Chair, North American Catalysis Society, Rocky Mountain Catalysis Society Regional Section

Featured Work

Synthesis of Butyl-Exchanged Polyoxymethylene Ethers as Renewable Diesel Blendstocks With Improved Fuel Properties, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering (2021)

Property Predictions Demonstrate That Structural Diversity can Improve the Performance of Polyoxymethylene Ethers as Potential Bio-Based Diesel Fuels, Fuel (2021)

Bimetallic Catalysts for CO₂ Capture and Hydrogenation at Simulated Flue Gas Conditions, Chemical Engineering Journal (2019)

Catalysts and Adsorbents for CO₂ Capture and Conversion with Dual Function Materials: Limitations of Ni-Containing DFMs for Flue Gas Applications, Journal of CO₂ Utilization (2019)

Dual Function Materials for CO₂ Capture and Conversion using Renewable H₂, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2015)

Awards and Honors

NREL Key Contributor Award (2021)

NREL Director's Award (2021)

Kokes Award—North American Catalysis Society (2017)

Energetic Sustainability CONACYT Scholarship (2016–2019)

Fulbright-García Robles Scholarship (2013–2014)