Professor Hugo Joaquín Ávila Paredes is an academic in the field of Chemical Engineering. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa Campus, where he graduated in 2003. Subsequently, he obtained his Master of Science degree in 2005 and his Ph.D. in 2009 from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of California - Davis.

Since 2009, Professor Ávila Paredes has been a professor-researcher in the Chemical Engineering Area at the Iztapalapa Campus of the UAM, where he has contributed significantly to both teaching and research. His involvement in the review of scientific articles is extensive, having served as a reviewer for journals such as Solid State Ionics, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Hidrobiológica, and the Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Química.

In July 2015, he was appointed a member of the Editorial Committee of Contactos, Journal of Education in Science and Engineering at the Iztapalapa Campus of the UAM, where he continues to contribute to the dissemination of advances in education and research in engineering.