Augusto García-Valenzuela received the B.Sc. in Physics from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico City) in 1990. The M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A) in 1992 and 1996, respectively. Since 1996 he has been at the Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He has published more than 110 refereed journal publications and more than 70 technical papers from scientific conferences. In 2004 he was visiting researcher at the Center for Polymer Research from COMEX-group. He was awarded the Distinción Universidad Nacional para Jóvenes Académicos in 2006 in Technology Innovation. In 2011 he spent a sabbatical year at the department of Physics of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. He was received the “Fernando de Alba” Medal in Experimental Physics from the Institute of Physics (UNAM) in 2015. He was Topical Editor for the Journal Applied Optics from the Optical Society of America from 2010 to 2016. Currently he is “Investigador Titular C” (Full professor) at UNAM and Investigador Nacional 3 by the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT). His main interests are in Optical Electromagnetics and Sensor Physics. 

• Multiple scattering theories and effective medium models for inhomogeneous media.

• Coherent scattering of light of nano- and micro-particles in disordered monolayers and suspensions.
• Research in novel sensors for complex media using optics, electric fields, sound or vibration.

• Optical testing for the determination of physical properties of blood (PAPIIT IN 101821)

• Graduate courses in Electrodynamics and Optics.

• Supervisor for undergraduate and graduate students in Electrical Engineering and Physics.

Ph.D. students:

• Alejandro E. Ortega y Aguilar Álvarez (Electrical Engineering)

• Jorge Alberto Uc Martín (Electrical Engineering)

• Anays Acevedo Barrera (Electrical Engineering)

• Gesuri Morales Luna (Electrical Engineering)

• Omar W. Vázquez Estrada (Electrical Engineering)

• Humberto Contreras Tello (Electrical Engineering)

• Bartolomé Reyes Ramirez (Electrical Engineering)

• Asur Guadarrama Santana (Electrical Engineering)

• Alejandro Reyes Coronado (Physics)

• Mary Carmen Peña Gomar (Optics)

• Joel Villatoro Bernardo (Optics)

• A. Perez-Pacheco, N. E. Alvarez-Chavez, I. Olarte-Carrillo, A. Martinez-Tovar, R. Marquez-Islas, A. Acevedo-Barrera, A. Garcia-Valenzuela, Basic optical sensor for monitoring leukocyte properties in suspensión, Optical and Quantum Electronics (2021) 53:61. DOI: 10.1007/s11082-020-02728-4.
• V. Solis-Tinoco†^E, A. Acevedo-Barrera^E, O. Vazquez-Estrada, J. Munguia-Cervantes, N. Hernandez-Como, Luis.F. Olguin, A. Garcia-Valenzuela, Fast and accurate optical determination of gold-nanofilms thickness, Optics and Laser Technology 134 (2021) 106604. DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2020.106604.
• R. Márquez-Islas†, A. Pérez-Pacheco, L.B. Salazar-Nieva^est, A. Acevedo-Barrera^E, E. Medoza-García, A. García-Valenzuela, Optical device and methodology for optical sensing of hemolysis in hypotonic media, Meas. Sci. & Technol. 31, 095701, 11pp (2020). DOI: 10.1088/1361-6501/ab8430.
• A. Acevedo-Barrera^E, Omar Vázquez Estrada, A. García-Valenzuela†, Optical reflectivity of an interface with random refractive-index-contrast patterns, Applied Optics 59 (13), pp. D221-D226 (2020). DOI: 10.1364/AO.383166.
• A. Pérez-Pacheco, L.B. Salazar-Nieva, A. García-Valenzuela, E. R. Mendoza-García, A. Martínez-Tovar, I. Olarte-Carrillo, R. Márquez-Islas†, Erythrocytes’ osmotic fragility test with a standard Abbe refractometer, Revista Médica del Hospital General de México 83 (1), pp. 20-25 (2020). DOI: 10.24875/HGMX.19000012.
• A. Acevedo-Barrera, A. García-Valenzuela, Analytical approximation to the complex refractive index of nanofluids with extended applicability, Optics Express 27 (20), pp. 28048-28061 (2019). DOI: 10.1364/OE.27.028048.
• R. Márquez-Islas, O. Vázquez-Estrada, G. Morales-Luna, A. García-Valenzuela, Optical method for sensing surface coverage by unicellular organisms, Optics and Laser Technology 114 (2019) 72–80. DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2019.01.021.
• A. Acevedo-Barrera, A. García-Valenzuela, Theoretical assessment of single-frequency electrical sensors for continuous monitoring of cell lysis in dilute suspensions, Sensing and Biosensing Research 21, pp. 7-16 (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.sbsr.2018.09.001.
• G. Morales-Luna, A. García-Valenzuela, R. G. Barrera, Optical Coherent Reflection from a Confined Colloidal Film: Modeling and Experiment, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 122, pp. 8570-8581 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b03751.
• R. Márquez-Islas, A. García-Valenzuela, On the extinction coefficient of light in non-absorbing nanoparticle suspensions, Applied Optics 57 (13), pp. 3390-3394 (2018). DOI: 10.1364/AO.57.003390.

Postdoctoral fellows

• Alexander Nahmad Rohen (Ph. D. Cardiff University, UK)

• Verónica Iraís Solís Tinoco (Ph. D. in Electronics Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona)

• Roberto Marquez-Islas (Ph.D in Applied Physics, BeneméritaUniversidad Autónoma de Puebla)

• Victor Argueta Diaz (Ph. D. in Electronics Engineering, Ohio State University)

• Luis Castañeda Aviña (Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering UNAM)