Professor Ana Marisela Maubert Franco is attached to the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Azcapotzalco Campus, in the Department of Basic Sciences, Materials Chemistry Area. She works in the research line of natural and synthetic materials applied to surface phenomena (adsorption, ion exchange, and catalysis).

She studied Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 1969. Ph.D. at Claude Bernard Lyon University, France, 1973. Two post-doctoral stays: Institute for Research in Catalysis and Environment (IRCE, C.N.R.S.) in Lyon, France, from 1980-1982 and at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, France. 1988 -1989.

Administrative and academic activities:
Founder of the Graduate Program in Science and Engineering (Lines in Materials and Environmental) CBI, UAM Azcapotzalco Campus, 1997.
Director of the Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering, UAM Azcapotzalco Campus. 1993 - 1997.
Head of the Chemistry Area, CB Department, CBI Division, UAM Azcapotzalco Campus, 1983-1987.
Head of the Electron Microscopy Laboratory. I M P (Refining and Petrochemicals) 1973 - 1974.
Co-founder and Secretary of the Mexican Academy of Catalysis A.C. 1987-1991.
Member of the group of evaluators of the PIFI Program (PROFOCIE/ PFCE/ PROFEXCE), SESIC, SEP 2002 -2019.
Member of the International Committee of Natural Zeolites (ICNZ) 2002-2006.
Focal Point for Mexico of the following Networks and Projects coordinated by the Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development, CYTED:
(a) Thematic Network V.C "Catalysts for Environmental Protection". 2001-2003. b) Project V.6: Development of adsorbents for the removal of heavy metals in industrial effluents 1998-04. c) Thematic Network Molecular Sieves, 1991-1993.
Member of the Jury of the National Chemistry Award "Andrés Manuel del Río" 1995. Appointed by ANUIES.

Acknowledgments:
Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) 1984-1993 and 2010-2017.
Desirable profile PROMEP-SEP: 2003 to date. Scholarship of Recognition to the Teaching Career granted by UAM, 1992 to date. Scholarship to support tenure, Stimulus to Teaching and Research, Stimulus to Academic Degrees, and Stimulus to the Academic Career, granted by the UAM from 1998 to date.

She has more than 50 publications with international arbitration and 80 scientific congresses (27 international proceedings). Education forums: 16 (8 international). The direction of Integration Projects (Final Projects): 51; Master's Thesis: 18; Doctoral Thesis: 4; Social Service: 15; Students in Tutoring: 8.

Recent publications:
Enhancing in the hydrogen storage by SWCNT/HKUST-1 composites: Effect of SWCNT amount
E. Rojas-G., A.A. Castañeda R., D. Angeles-B., R. López-M., A.M. Maubert-Franco
Catalysis Today, 394-396, 1 July 2022, Pages 357-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2021.08.004

Magnetite nanoparticles into Fe-BTC MOF as adsorbent material for the remediation of metal (Cu(II), Pb(II, As(III) and Hg(II) ions-contaminated water. A.A. Castañeda-Ramírez, E. Rojas-García, R.López-Medina, D.C. García, J. Nicolás, A. M. Maubert. Catalysis Today, 394-396, 2022, Pages 94-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2021.11.007

Selective Adsorption of Aqueous Diclofenac Sodium, Naproxen Sodium, and Ibuprofen Using a Stable Fe3O4-FeBTC Metal-Organic Framework. A. A. Castañeda Ramírez, E. Rojas G., R. López M, J.L. Contreras L., R. Suárez P., and A. M. Maubert Franco. Materials 2021, 14, 2293. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14092293

Applications of MOFs and Their Composite Materials in Light-Driven Redox Reactions. Chapter 14
Elizabeth Rojas-García, José M. Barrera-Andrade, Elim Albiter, A. Marisela Maubert, Miguel A. Valenzuela
Book Editor(s): Inamuddin, Rajender Boddula, Mohd Imran Ahamed,Abdullah M. Asiri.
Wiley Print ISBN:9781119650980 |Online ISBN:9781119651079. 2020 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119651079.ch14