Professor Margarita Chávez Martínez was born in Mexico City in December 1956. She is a Professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Azcapotzalco since 1989, but with seniority since 1985 in the Area of Chemistry, Department of Basic Sciences, Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering. She started as an Assistant Professor.

From 1989 to 1996, Coordinator of Chemistry Laboratories. From 1996 to 2000, Head of the Chemistry Area. From 1993 to 1994, Academic Representative of Basic Sciences to the Divisional Council of CBI. From 1998 to 1999, member of the Basic Sciences Area Review Commission in Joselillo and in 2000 in the current General Rector's Office. From 2009 to 2010, Coordinator of UEA's of Chemistry of the General Trunk of Subjects of CBI. From 1996 to 2003, UAM representative before the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare in the revision, modification and elaboration of Annexes to the Mexican Official Standards. From 2018-2019 Academic Representative of Basic Sciences before the Divisional Council of CBI.

The Professor is a Chemistry graduate from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), C. U., generation 80-84, and has a Master's degree in Inorganic Chemistry-Ceramics since 1994. Stay at the University of Sheffield, England, U. K. through Alfa, Exchange Programme Between Europe and Latin America. From February 21 to September 7, 2000.

The area of research work in which she has developed is in synthesis, study, and characterization of traditional and advanced ceramic materials. The studies in traditional ceramics have been in clays, kaolins, metallic and non-metallic minerals, as well as in igneous, volcanic, and basaltic rocks, sea and beach sands, national and foreign. She has also carried out synthesis in high temperature ceramic pigments and ceramic glazes or enamels. In advanced ceramics or new ceramics, she has developed complex oxides with rock salt structure and derived structures, focusing on ferrite-type structures with lithium, LiFeO2; but with three cations at the same time in different oxidation states, in order and structural disorder, as well as super structure.

Her work in the industry is diverse, he has worked in Cementos Tolteca S. A., Pinturas Optimus S. A., Galvaquimia S. A., Kimberly Clark de México S. A. de C. V. and Colgate Palmolive S. A. de C. V., from 1979 to 1984 parallel to his professional studies.

Her participation in Academic and Professional Associations include the Mexican Chemical Society, since 1986, the Mexican Society of Crystallography, since 2005, the Mexican Society of Physics, since 2007, and the Mexican Society of Materials, since 1998. In the organizing committee of the annual event of the Chemistry Area, today International Congress of Chemistry Teaching and Research, since 1989.

Her publications include 12 articles in type A Journals (Refereed), in the Journal of United Kingdom Ceramic Society, Zeitzchrift für Kristallographie, Oldenbourg Verlag, München, in the JCPDS today ICDD, Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards, to day The International Centre for Diffraction Data, Revista Mexicana de Física, among others. More than 35 articles in proceedings of National and International Congresses, more than 65 papers presented in National and International Congresses and eight invited conferences.

In 1992 she received first prize for the written work of the book Química Inorgánica II, published by Eón-UAM Azcapotzalco Campus. Recognition PUMA, 1997 (University Program for the Environment), for the experimental work: Treatment of waste containing chromium, from the Inorganic Chemistry laboratory. Thematic Group: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding, and Structure and Properties of Materials in Engineering.