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Sustainable Development Goals

Research interests

• Diffusion in Confined Systems
• Diffusion-limited Reactions
• Mathematical model of biological systems
• Reaction diffusion equations
• Relativistic Kinetic Theory

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Leonardo Dagdug is a professor in the Physics Department of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Iztapalapa Campus. He graduated in Physics from the UAM, obtaining a Ph.D. in Physics. He has done postdoctoral stays at the National Institutes of Health in the USA in the group of George Weiss. He has published more than 100 papers in international journals that have received more than 1300 citations. He is a visiting researcher at the Molecular Transport Section (NIH / NICHD), USA.

He has received the following grants and awards: in 2014, the Research Award in the area of basic sciences and engineering by UAM, Mexico; in 2012, the Basic Sciences Fellowship from CONACyT, Mexico; in 2010, Intramural Research Program by NIH, USA; in 2005 the Basic Sciences Grant from CONACyT, Mexico; and in 1999, the Award for Excellence in Educational Practice, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Mexico.

He has been editor of: Associate Editor for Frontiers Biophysics; Frontiers in Physics; Frontiers in Physiology; and Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences.

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Research interests

• Diffusion in Confined Systems
• Diffusion-limited Reactions
• Mathematical model of biological systems
• Reaction diffusion equations
• Relativistic Kinetic Theory

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
	Dagdug, L., Zitserman, V.Y. (2026).Steady-state analysis of mean first-passage times with stochastic switching. Journal of Chemical Physics,164(19)
	Pal, S., Dagdug, L., Ghosh, D. and 2 more (...) (2025).Universal criterion for selective outcomes under stochastic resetting. Physical Review E,112(3)
	Berezhkovskii, A.M., Dagdug, L., Bezrukov, S.M. (2025).Trapping of particles diffusing in a cavity by hidden binding sites analyzed with the Reimann–Schmid–Hanggi steady-state approach. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,27(45) 24266-24272
	Berezhkovskii, A.M., Dagdug, L., Bezrukov, S.M. (2025).Particle dynamics in biconical cavities: First-passage, direct-transit, and looping time distributions. Journal of Chemical Physics,162(24)
	Peña, J., Dagdug, L., Reguera, D. (2025).On the influence of bending energy on the assembly of spherical viral capsids. Journal of Chemical Physics,163(5)
	Dagdug, L., Pompa-García, I., Zitserman, V.Y. (2025).Mean lifetime of diffusing particle in cylindrical cavity with absorbing spots of arbitrary radii on its bases. Journal of Chemical Physics,162(1)
	Peña, J., Dagdug, L., Reguera, D. (2025).Minimum theoretical model of viral capsid self-assembly on a spherical scaffold. Journal of Chemical Physics,163(20)
OA	Julián-Salgado, P., Dagdug, L., Boyer, D. (2025).Abrupt transitions in the optimization of diffusion with distributed resetting. Physical Review E,112(4)
OA	Pérez-Espinosa, A., Aguilar-Cornejo, M., Dagdug, L. and 3 more (...) (2024).VisUAM: A web-based tool for data visualization in scientific research. SoftwareX,27	\| 11 \|
OA	Dagdug, L., Berezhkovskii, A.M. (2024).Trapping of particles diffusing in cylindrical cavity of arbitrary length and radius by two small absorbing disks on the cavity side wall: Narrow escape theory and beyond. Journal of Chemical Physics,161(3)
OA	Pompa-García, I., Metzler, R., Dagdug, L. (2024).Two-dimensional Diffusion with a Transverse Gravitational Force: Analytical, Numerical and Simulations Results. Journal of Physics: Conference Series,2839(1)
	Julián-Salgado, P., Dagdug, L., Boyer, D. (2024).Diffusion with two resetting points. Physical Review E,109(2)
OA	Dagdug, L., Peña, J., Pompa-García, I. (2024).Diffusion under confinement: A journey through counterintuition. Diffusion Under Confinement: A Journey Through Counterintuition,1-759
	Pal, S., Boyer, D., Dagdug, L. and 1 more (...) (2024).Channel-facilitated transport under resetting dynamics. Journal of Chemical Physics,161(14)
OA	Skvortsov, A.T., Dagdug, L., Hilder, E.F. and 2 more (...) (2023).Permeability and diffusion resistance of porous membranes: Analytical theory and its numerical test. Journal of Chemical Physics,158(5)
	Pompa-García, I., Dagdug, L. (2023).Two-dimensional diffusion biased by a transverse gravitational force in an asymmetric channel. AIP Conference Proceedings,2731
	Peña, J., Dagdug, L. (2023).Elliptical chemoreceptors: The key to an effective absorption. AIP Conference Proceedings,2731
	Dagdug, L., Berezhkovskii, A.M., Bezrukov, S.M. (2023).Diffusion Resistance of Segmented Channels. Journal of Physical Chemistry B,127(33) 7291-7298
OA	Skvortsov, A.T., Dagdug, L., Berezhkovskii, A.M. and 1 more (...) (2023).Blockage coefficient of cylindrical blocker and diffusion resistance of membrane channels. Physics of Fluids,35(1)
	Jain, S., Boyer, D., Pal, A. and 1 more (...) (2023).Fick-Jacobs description and first passage dynamics for diffusion in a channel under stochastic resetting. Journal of Chemical Physics,158(5)
	Dagdug, L., Skvortsov, A.T., Berezhkovskii, A.M. and 1 more (...) (2022).Blocker Effect on Diffusion Resistance of a Membrane Channel: Dependence on the Blocker Geometry. Journal of Physical Chemistry B,126(32) 6016-6025
	Pompa-García, I., Castilla, R., Metzler, R. and 1 more (...) (2022).First-passage times in conical varying-width channels biased by a transverse gravitational force: Comparison of analytical and numerical results. Physical Review E,106(6)
OA	Dagdug, L., Berezhkovskii, A.M., Bezrukov, S.M. (2022).Trapping of single diffusing particles by a circular disk on a reflecting flat surface. Absorbing hemisphere approximation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,25(3) 2035-2042
OA	Skvortsov, A.T., Dagdug, L., Berezhkovskii, A.M. and 2 more (...) (2021).Evaluating diffusion resistance of a constriction in a membrane channel by the method of boundary homogenization. Physical Review E,103(1)
OA	Dagdug, L., Berezhkovskii, A.M., Zitserman, V.Y. and 1 more (...) (2021).Effective diffusivity of a Brownian particle in a two-dimensional periodic channel of abruptly alternating width. Physical Review E,103(6)
OA	Dagdug, L., Berezhkovskii, A.M., Zitserman, V.Y. and 1 more (...) (2021).Trapping of particles diffusing in two dimensions by a hidden binding site. Physical Review E,103(1)
	Pompa-García, I., Dagdug, L. (2021).Two-dimensional diffusion biased by a transverse gravitational force in an asymmetric channel: Reduction to an effective one-dimensional description. Physical Review E,104(4)
OA	Berezhkovskii, A.M., Dagdug, L., Bezrukov, S.M. (2020).Peculiarities of the Mean Transition Path Time Dependence on the Barrier Height in Entropy Potentials. Journal of Physical Chemistry B,124(12) 2305-2310
OA	Pérez-Espinosa, A., Aguilar-Cornejo, M., Dagdug, L. (2020).First-passage, transition path, and looping times in conical varying-width channels: Comparison of analytical and numerical results. AIP Advances,10(5)

Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	26I	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
2	26I	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
3	26I	Trabajo de Investigación IV	Posgrado
4	26I	Trabajo de Investigación IX	Posgrado
5	26I	Biofísica Experimental I	Licenciatura
6	25O	Nociones Sobre Complejidad	Licenciatura
7	25O	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
8	25O	Trabajo de Investigación III	Posgrado
9	25O	Trabajo de Investigación VIII	Posgrado
10	25P	Biofísica Experimental II	Licenciatura
11	25P	Trabajo de Investigación II	Posgrado
12	25P	Trabajo de Investigación VII	Posgrado
13	25I	Biofísica Experimental I	Licenciatura
14	25I	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
15	25I	Trabajo de Investigación VI	Posgrado
16	24O	Nociones Sobre Complejidad	Licenciatura
17	24O	Trabajo de Investigación V	Posgrado
18	24P	Nociones Sobre Complejidad	Licenciatura
19	24P	Proyecto Terminal II Investigación Teórica	Licenciatura
20	24P	Trabajo de Investigación IV	Posgrado
21	24P	Trabajo de Investigación IX	Posgrado
22	24I	Introducción a la Investigación III	Posgrado
23	24I	Introducción a la Investigación III	Posgrado
24	24I	Mecánica Elemental II	Licenciatura
25	24I	Proyecto Terminal I Investigación Teórica	Licenciatura
26	24I	Proyecto Terminal III (Aplicado)	Licenciatura
27	24I	Trabajo de Investigación III	Posgrado
28	24I	Trabajo de Investigación VIII	Posgrado
29	23O	Trabajo de Investigación VII	Posgrado
30	23O	Introducción a la Investigación II	Posgrado
31	23O	Trabajo de Investigación II	Posgrado
32	23O	Mecánica Elemental II	Licenciatura
33	23O	Introducción a la Investigación II	Posgrado
34	23O	Mecánica Estadística Fuera de Equilibrio II	Posgrado
35	23P	Introducción a la Investigación I	Posgrado
36	23P	Introducción a la Investigación I	Posgrado
37	23P	Nociones Sobre Complejidad	Licenciatura
38	23P	Proyecto Terminal II (Aplicado)	Licenciatura
39	23P	Proyecto Terminal II Investigación Teórica	Licenciatura
40	23P	Teoría Cinética	Posgrado
41	23P	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
42	23P	Trabajo de Investigación VI	Posgrado
43	23I	Procesos Estocásticos	Posgrado
44	23I	Trabajo de Investigación V	Posgrado
45	23I	Mecánica Estadística Fuera de Equilibrio II	Posgrado
46	23I	Mecánica Estadística Fuera de Equilibrio I	Posgrado
47	23I	Mecánica Elemental I	Licenciatura
48	22O	Mecánica Elemental II	Licenciatura
49	22O	Mecánica Estadística Fuera de Equilibrio I	Posgrado
50	22O	Procesos Estocásticos	Posgrado
51	22O	Trabajo de Investigación IV	Posgrado
52	22P	Introducción a la Investigación III	Posgrado
53	22P	Nociones Sobre Complejidad	Licenciatura
54	22P	Proyecto Terminal II Investigación Teórica	Licenciatura
55	22P	Trabajo de Investigación III	Posgrado
56	22I	Introducción a la Investigación II	Posgrado
57	22I	Mecánica Estadística Fuera de Equilibrio II	Posgrado
58	22I	Proyecto Terminal I Investigación Teórica	Licenciatura
59	22I	Trabajo de Investigación II	Posgrado

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