Professor Gerardo Vázquez Huerta received his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry (2002) from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Iztapalapa Campus, Mexico City. He completed his Ph.D. in Science (Chemistry, 2008) at the same institution. He completed a Postdoctorate (2011) at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN, Zacatenco), Mexico City.

He has been a Professor at the Azcapotzalco Campus of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana from 2011 to date. His topics of interest are Characterization of corrosion processes, Electrodeposition, and heterogeneous catalysis using electrochemical and physical techniques; as well as Nanotechnology and materials for energy conversion