Dr. Braulio Rodríguez Molina

Biography

Dr. Braulio Rodríguez Molina obtained his BSc degree in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Veracruz (1999-2004). Afterwards, he worked as Laboratory Assistant at the Center for Research and Advances Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City (2004-2005). He later obtained his PhD in Chemical Sciences at the CINVESTAV-IPN working under the supervision of Prof. Rosa L. Santillan Baca (2005-2010). During his doctoral studies, he carried out research during an 18-month stay at the University of California, Los Angeles with Prof. Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay (2007-2008). After obtaining his doctoral degree, he went back to the University of California, Los Angeles to work as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay (2011-2013). Since April 2014 he is an Associate Researcher at the Institute of Chemistry–UNAM in the Department of Organic Chemistry. He had presented his research in national and international meetings. he honored with the Entry level of the National System of Researchers, Mexico (2013-2015), Referee for the Journal of the American Chemical Society (2014-to date), Scholarship for postdoctoral studies CONACYT (2011-2012). Scholarship for doctoral studies CONACYT (2005-2010), Graduated with honors University of Veracruz (2004).

Research Interest

Dr. Braulio Rodríguez Molina focused on The design of crystalline organic materials has recently attracted significant attention given their potential applications as sensors, biosensors and in electronic devices. The work in our lab is focused in the synthesis and characterization of organic compounds with controllable properties in dense media, particularly fluorescence and dynamics. Besides of the design and synthesis of such highly fluorescent solid materials, we study their crystallization processes by means of solid state characterization techniques such as X-Ray diffraction and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, among others.