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In 1986, Doctor José Andrés Cedillo Ortiz obtained a degree in Chemistry from the Faculty of Chemistry at UNAM, a Master’s degree in Physics from UAM Iztapalapa in 1989, and a Doctorate from UAM Iztapalapa in 1994. From 1994 to 1995, he completed a postdoctoral stay at the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC, USA, and served as a visiting professor at various institutions: the University of Chile, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, McMaster University (Canada), Université de Bourgogne (France), University of North Carolina (USA), Gent Universiteit (Belgium), École Centrale Paris (France), Vilniaus Universitetas (Lithuania), and Université du Luxembourg (Luxembourg).

He joined the Department of Chemistry at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana at the Iztapalapa Campus in 1986 and was a member of the National System of Researchers since 1990 and of the Mexican Academy of Sciences since 2006. He was affiliated with the Theoretical Physical Chemistry Area and was part of the consolidated academic body “Development and Applications of Density Functional Theory” at the same institution, where he was responsible from its inception in 2005 until 2012.

His research lines focused on the application of quantum mechanics to molecular systems and included the study of the substituent and solvent effects on chemical reactivity, development of reactivity indices, study of open electronic systems, and the development of spin-dependent density functional theory.

He authored 53 articles in peer-reviewed journals and six teaching support publications. He participated in 12 refresher courses and in organizing six regional chemistry olympiads.

Since 1986, he taught undergraduate and graduate courses, presented 31 papers at international events and 46 at national events, and participated in organizing six specialized events.

Two undergraduate theses, one master’s thesis, and two doctoral theses were completed under his supervision. He mentored nine students from his institution and participated in and was responsible for several sponsored research projects.