Professor Yuri Reyes Mercado graduated in Chemical Engineering (2001) and Master in Materials Science (2004) from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEMéx); he holds a Master in Engineering (2004) and a Ph.D. in Engineering (2007) from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), under the direction of Prof. Yurko Duda, with a research project related to the simulation of the film formation process from colloidal dispersions.

He did a postdoctoral stay at the Mexican Petroleum Institute on topics related to (nano)confined fluids. At the Institute for Polymeric Materials POLYMAT of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) he worked on several projects with Prof. Jose Maria Asua and later with Prof. José Ramón Leiza. José Ramón Leiza; the projects developed include the modeling and simulation (mainly by stochastic methods) of emulsion polymerization, miniemulsion, hybrid particles, particle morphology, cross-linked polymers, and controlled radical polymerization, as well as the synthesis, characterization, and application of hybrid nanocomposites dispersed in water (polymers with clays, silicas, nanoparticles, etc).

He also has experience in the electrochemical characterization of anticorrosive coatings, with emphasis on the development and evaluation of high performance water-based coatings. He has also developed several studies of thermodynamic properties of colloidal dispersions and fluids with molecular simulation tools by Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics.

Since 2013, he has been attached to the Department of Earth Resources, Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Lerma Campus, where he is part of the Research Area of Nanomaterials and Molecular Biophysics and the Academic Group of Nanostructured Materials (recognized by the SEP-PRODEP system of the Government of Mexico). He has developed a new line of research in which he seeks the application of graphene (and its derivatives) in materials for environmental remediation.

He has directed graduate theses and terminal works, has written two book chapters, has collaborated in a nationalized patent in several countries, and has about 40 publications in indexed journals. He is a member of the National System of Researchers (CONACyT) since 2009, currently with Level II distinction.