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Perfil investigador
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Dr. Juan Morales Corona

Professor
Departament of Physics

Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering


Level 2
Member of the National System of Researchers
(SNII)

Interdisciplinary



Iztapalapa Campus

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Sites of interest

• Web of Science

Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 Good Health and Well-being

• 4 Quality Education

• 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure


Research interests

• Plasma Polymerization
• Plasma Medicine
• Polymeric Biomaterials
• Spinal Cord Regeneration
• Cell Cultures

Profile

Professor Juan Morales Corona studied Engineering Physics at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Azcapotzalco Campus (1987-1992), Terminal Project "Convection of Heat in Thin Cylinders" (National Institute of Nuclear Research). Master of Science, Specialty in Elementary Particles, CINVESTAV IPN, (1992-1995), Thesis: Measurement of the Effective Structure Function of the Proton, January 1995 (FERMILAB, Chicago, Illinois). Ph.D. in Science, Iztapalapa Campus, UAM, Department of Physics, Area of Polymers, Thesis: Plasma Polymerization: Surface Treatment and Plasma Simulation. February 2001. Post-doctorate at the University of Bari, Italy, Department of Chemistry, Plasma Chemistry Laboratory. Work: Synthesis and Characterization of PolyAllylamine for Biomedical Applications. December 2002 - November 2003. Short Research Stay, PRODEP: Tlaxcala Center for Reproductive Biology, Ventral Lesions in Rabbit, Nov-2019- August 2020.

Acknowledgments: Candidate to National Researcher, National System of Researchers, July 1998 to June 2001; University Merit Medal, Iztapalapa Campus, UAM. November 23, 2001; National Researcher Level I, National System of Researchers, July 2002 to June 2005; National Researcher Level I, National System of Researchers, July 2005 to November 2013; Desirable Profile PROMEP-SEP, 2006 to date; National Researcher Level II, National System of Researchers, December 2013 to date.

His research area is Polymeric materials electrospun and superficially modified by Plasma technique to be used in Tissue Engineering; Development of polymeric implants for use in the regeneration of spinal cord injuries; Development and characterization of biopolymers for use in different types of cell cultures.

Professor Morales has taught undergraduate, master's, and doctoral courses. He contributes to the development of academic activities in the area of Physics; Synthesis, Characterization, and Plasma Processing of Semiconductor Materials; Surface Modification of substrates for medical applications; New Polymeric Biomaterials for applications in Tissue Engineering; and 5.

Patents
1. Mexican Patent - Patent Title No 270789
Method for coating metallic prosthesis with synthesized and plasma doped polypyrrole.
2. Mexican Patent - Patent Title No 267802
Method of coating metallic prosthesis with synthesized and plasma doped polypyrrole.
3. Russian Patent - Patent Title No. 2471437
4. United States Patent No. US 8,563,626 B2
5. European Union Patent - Patent Title No. 2164078
6. Japan Patent - Patent Title 5587177
7. Patent in China - Patent Title 1712382
8. Patent in India, Patent Title 317976
9. Indonesian Patent, Patent Title, IDP000047227



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Research interests

• Plasma Polymerization
• Plasma Medicine
• Polymeric Biomaterials
• Spinal Cord Regeneration
• Cell Cultures

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Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.Trim.Course NameLevel
1
25O
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
2
25P
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
3
24O
Electricidad y Magnetismo Elemental ILicenciatura
4
24P
Electricidad y Magnetismo Elemental ILicenciatura
5
24I
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
6
23O
Electricidad y Magnetismo Elemental ILicenciatura
7
23I
Proyecto de Ingeniería Biomédica IILicenciatura
8
23I
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
9
23I
Trabajo de Investigación IXPosgrado
10
22O
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
11
22O
Trabajo de Investigación IXPosgrado
12
22O
Trabajo de Investigación VIIIPosgrado
13
22O
Proyecto de Ingeniería Biomédica ILicenciatura
14
22P
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
15
22P
Física Experimental Avanzada IILicenciatura
16
22P
Trabajo de Investigación VIIPosgrado
17
22P
Trabajo de Investigación VIIIPosgrado
18
22I
Método Experimental ILicenciatura
19
22I
Física Experimental Avanzada IILicenciatura
20
22I
Trabajo de Investigación VIPosgrado
21
22I
Trabajo de Investigación VIIPosgrado
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