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Dr. Rebeca Sosa Fonseca

Professor
Departament of Physics

Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering


Level 1
Member of the National System of Researchers
(SNII)

Physics-Mathematics and Earth Sciences



Iztapalapa Campus

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Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 Quality Education


Research interests

• Optical properties of solids
• Trivalents lantanides ions spectroscopy
• Metalics oxide fluorescence
• Compostable biopolimers characterization
• Study of UV radiation damage to bones

Profile

Dr. Rebeca Sosa is a graduate of the Faculty of Sciences, UNAM; with Master's and Doctorate degrees from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa Campus. Speciality in the study of the optical properties (spectroscopic techniques, absorption, emission, excitation and photoluminescence half-lives) of materials, fundamentally.

Topics of special interest, addressing problems related to advanced materials engineering and whose results have been published in 44 research articles in internationally refereed journals; with nearly three hundred citations. 3 Memoirs in extenso. 26 keynote lectures and 38 conferences on the dissemination of science, in specialized national and international events, 71 papers presented at national and international events. He has directed several Terminal Projects, master's theses and doctoral theses.

Dr. Sosa has taught several courses (231 courses) of Physics at the Bachelor's level, for 35 years in the Department of Physics, in the Division of CBI, UAM. Experimental Method I & II Mechanics & Fluids, Waves & Rotations, Fields, Electricity & Magnetism, Introduction to Spectroscopic Techniques, Optics, Wave Phenomena, Optics Laboratory, Advanced Experimental Physics I & II, Mechanics I. Graduate Courses: Selected Topics in Spectroscopy, Research Paper I, II, III, IV and V, Introduction to Research I.

Professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana, for 20 years. Teaching 185 courses at undergraduate level: Mechanics, Theory and Laboratory, Thermodynamics, Theory and Laboratory, Electricity, Theory and Laboratory. In addition to having given lectures and seminars, she is a speaker at several conferences within the "Sundays in Science" program of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.

Recognitions and Distinctions:

National Researcher Level I, National System of Researchers, 2020 – 2024.
Ernesto Meneses Morales Medal, recognition of his outstanding professional career. Universidad Iberoamericana, May 2022.
Recognition for the academic activities carried out for 30 years. UAM, Iztapalapa Campus, November 26, 2019.
Medal and Recognition for the Academic Activities carried out during 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of Professor at the UAM.
University Merit Medal for doctoral qualifications. UAM 2002.
Currently delegate and organizer of the Physics Olympics of Mexico City from 2010 to date; As well as the Metropolitan Talent Contest (Secondary level) as an active member of the Mexican Society of Physics. Member of the Board of Directors of the Mexican Physical Society 2000-2002, as a teaching member.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Mexican Physics Society 2017-2018, as Secretary General. Diploma of University Merit from the Ibero-American University 2001.
Postdoctoral Research Stay at the RISSPO (Research Institute of Solid State Physics and Optics).



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Research interests

• Optical properties of solids
• Trivalents lantanides ions spectroscopy
• Metalics oxide fluorescence
• Compostable biopolimers characterization
• Study of UV radiation damage to bones

Academic Work

On the following pages you can consult the research work:






Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.Trim.Course NameLevel
1
25O
Física Experimental Avanzada IILicenciatura
2
25O
Proyecto Terminal I Investigación ExperimentalLicenciatura
3
25O
Laboratorio de ÓpticaLicenciatura
4
25P
Laboratorio de ÓpticaLicenciatura
5
25P
Proyecto Terminal I Investigación ExperimentalLicenciatura
6
25I
Laboratorio de ÓpticaLicenciatura
7
25I
Física Experimental Avanzada IILicenciatura
8
24O
Laboratorio de ÓpticaLicenciatura
9
24O
Física Experimental Avanzada IILicenciatura
10
24P
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
11
24P
Física Experimental Avanzada IILicenciatura
12
24I
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
13
24I
Física Experimental Avanzada IILicenciatura
14
23O
Física Experimental Avanzada IILicenciatura
15
23O
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
16
23P
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
17
23P
Proyecto Terminal II Investigación ExperimentalLicenciatura
18
23P
Proyecto Terminal II Investigación ExperimentalLicenciatura
19
23P
Radiación y ÓpticaLicenciatura
20
23P
Introducción a la Investigación IIIPosgrado
21
23I
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
22
23I
Introducción a la Investigación IIPosgrado
23
22O
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
24
22O
Física Experimental Avanzada ILicenciatura
25
22O
Proyecto Terminal I Investigación ExperimentalLicenciatura
26
22P
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
27
22P
Física Experimental Avanzada ILicenciatura
28
22I
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
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