Dr. Ricardo Atahualpa Peralta Ávila, before completing his master's and doctorate, gained experience working with companies such as DUPONT (Mexico) and Seguros Monterrey New York Life, which served as inspiration for his foray into research.

During his master's program at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, he received a prestigious national scholarship and successfully carried out six research projects.

His doctorate, completed at the University of Adelaide in three and a half years, was funded with an international scholarship from Adelaide and concluded with honors. His research during this period focused on isolating highly active organometallic species within crystalline porous materials (MOFs), with an emphasis on improving the selectivity, activity, and stability of existing catalysts. His achievements include the publication of a paper as the lead author in JACS, awarded the "HDR Publication Award 2020" by the Faculty of Physical Sciences at the University of Adelaide.

Subsequently, he undertook a postdoctoral fellowship in South Korea under the supervision of Professor Nak Cheon Jeong at DGIST, where he received funding from a prestigious Future Fellowship. During this time, his research focused on isolating low-valent metal complexes within MOFs, exploring their potential due to their abundant reserves and low toxicity compared to conventional metals.

Currently, Dr. Peralta Ávila serves as a visiting professor at the Iztapalapa Campus of UAM, where he leads research on the development of porous materials with semi-open metal sites for application in catalysis. His focus lies in synthesizing materials with hemilabile binders that facilitate access to catalytically active species, as well as exploring their use as selective catalysts due to the influence of porous structure on product formation. His work holds promise for advancing catalysis in porous materials and its various applications.