Sustainable Development Goals
Research interests
• Synthesis and characterization of materials applied to catalysis and adsorption
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Kinetic modeling of solid catalyzed reactions
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Development of nanomaterials used as hydrotreatment catalysts
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Degradation of emerging pollutants via photocatalytic processes
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Biomass transformation into high added value products
Profile
Professor José Antonio Colin Luna has a Ph.D. in Science from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Iztapalapa Campus; Master in Chemical Engineering, UAM Iztapalapa Campus; Chemical Engineering from the UAM Azcapotzalco Campus. Currently, Professor at UAM Azcapotzalco Campus, Head of the Process Analysis Area until October 2019, attached to the Department of Energy of the Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering.
Coordinator of Studies for the Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering. Member of the Studies Committee of the Postgraduate Program in Process Engineering. Actively participated in modifying and adapting undergraduate and graduate study plans and programs. He has participated in projects sponsored by the Ministry of Energy-CONACYT-Mexican Petroleum Institute.
He belongs to the National System of Researchers, Level I of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) until 2023 and to the Program for the Development of Professors with Desirable Profile, PRODEP, from 2012 to 2020. Recipient of the Academic Merit Medal for the best Ph.D. average at UAM Iztapalapa Campus and winner of the best master's thesis by the Mexican Academy of Catalysis, A.C.
He has been awarded the Research Areas Award 2012, 2014 and 2016. He was secretary of the Mexican Academy of Energy A.C. From 2020 President of the Energy Academy A.C. Collaborator in the Biofuels Network of SECTEI. Member and Reviewer in the National Meeting of the Mexican Academy of Research and Teaching in Chemical Engineering. Member and Reviewer in the Academy of Catalysis A.C.
Taught Module I Energy Sources of the Energy Diploma at ANIQ A.C. in the 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017 editions. He has published about twenty JCR articles with more than 300 citations (excluding self-citations, google scholar), about 150 full-length publications in National and International Congresses, about 30 publications in abstract form in national congresses, has directed about 50 Bachelor's theses, four Master's theses completed, two in Process and two Ph.D. theses in process. Currently, he is working on the determination of optimal properties of adsorbent materials for pollutant removal or catalytic materials for the production of non-conventional fuels (biofuels or hydrogen).
Other interests: Determination of kinetic models, synthesis of supports, photocatalysts and nanostructured catalysts used in hydrotreating reactions for the removal of pollutant precursor compounds, production of biofuels via chemical reaction, adsorption of pollutants in air, soil and water. Characterization of the same by means of physicochemical analysis techniques: UV and IR spectroscopy, determination of acidity in solids by means of basic probe molecules followed by IR spectroscopy, gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, gas chromatography, atomic absorption spectroscopy, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA and DTG), scanning electron microscopy and ultra-high resolution transmission electron microscopy.
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