Chemical engineer and chemical science master by UNAM.

In 2009, she began to work at CCADET now ICAT, dedicating herself mainly to the synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticles for their application in reactions of interest for the abatement of atmospheric pollution.

In 2016 she obtained a master degree with the work “Synthesis and Characterization of the Au-Sn system applied in the CO oxidation reaction”.

In 2017, she joined the ICAT staff as a full time Associate Academic Technician “C” to work at the University Laboratory for Environmental Nanotechnology (LUNA) providing technical support and advice to students and academics to develop their research. Further, she provides services for the analysis of samples through nitrogen physisorption, dynamic light scattering and determination of total organic carbon.

• Synthesis of metallic and bimetallic nanoparticles on reducible and non-reducible oxides by liquid phase methods

• Characterization of material by different spectroscopy techniques, nitrogen physisorption and total organic carbon

• Catalysis focused on the environmental interest reactions (CO oxidation, soot oxidation, formaldehyde oxidation and photocatalytic production of hydrogen).

• PAPIIT IN103719 Catalytic oxidation of soot, hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide using supported nanoparticles.
• A1-S-18269 Understanding the supported bimetallic catalysts under dynamic reaction conditions.

• M. Ariful Ahsan, A.R. Puente Santiago, M.F. Sanad, J.M. Weller, O. Fernández Delgado, L.A. Barrera, V. Maturano Rojas, B. Alvarado Tenorio, C.K. Chan, J.C. Noveron, Tissue paper-derived porous carbon encapsulated transition metal nanoparticles as advanced non-precious catalytic behavior, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 581(2021), 905-918, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.012.
• R. Camposeco, S. Castillo, N. Nava, V. Maturano, R. Zanella, Comparison of the performance of Au, Pt and Rh Nanoparticles Supported on Mn/Alkali Titanate Nanotubes in Formaldehyde Oxidation at Room Temperature, Catalysis Letters 150 (2020), 3342-3358, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03254-4
• Y. Kotolevich, O. Martynyuk, J.C. García Ramos, J.E. Cabrera Ortega, R. Vélez, V. Maturano Rojas, A. Aguilar Tapia, S. Martínez-González, H.J. Tiznado Vazquez, M. Farías, R. Zanella, A. Pestryakov, N. Bogdanchikova, V. Cortés Corberán, Nanostructured silica-supported gold: Effect of nanoparticle size distribution and electronic state on its catalytic properties in oxidation reactions, Catalysis Today (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2020.08.028.
• M. Ariful Ahsan, A.R. Puente Santiago, A. Rodríguez, V. Maturano-Rojas, B. Alvarado-Tenorio, R. Bernal, J.C Noveron, Biomass-derived ultrathin carbon-shell coated iron nanoparticles as high-performance tri-functional HER, ORR and Fenton-like catalysts, Journal of Cleaner Production 275 (2020), 124141, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124141
• Viridiana Maturano-Rojas, Rodolfo Zanella, Síntesis de catalizadores bimetálicos Au-Sn/TiO2 y su aplicación en la reacción de oxidación de CO, Mundo Nano 12(23) (2019), 41-61, DOI: 10.22201/ceiich.24485691e.2019.23.67277.
• M. Hinojosa Reyes, R. Zanella, V. Maturano Rojas, V. Rodríguez González, Gold-TiO2-Nickel catalysts for low temperature-driven CO oxidation reaction, Applied Surface Science 238 (2016), 224-232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.01.285
• R. Zanella, X. Bokhimi, V. Maturano, A. Morales, Comparison of the Activity and the Stability in CO Oxidation of Au-Cu Catalysts Supported on TiO2 in Anatase or Rutile Phase, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 15(9) (2015), 7002-7009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2015.10521
• Xim Bokhimi, Rodolfo Zanella, Viridiana Maturano, Antonio Morales, Nanocrystalline Ag and Au-Ag Alloys Supported on Titania for CO Oxidation Reaction, Materials Chemistry and Physics 138(2-3) (2013), 490-499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.12.008.
• Omar G. Morales-Saavedra, Rodolfo Zanella, Viridiana Maturano-Rojas, Vicente Torres- Zuñiga, José O. Flores-Flores, Antonio A. Rodríguez- Rosales, Roberto Ortega-Martinez, Preparation and Z-scan nonlinear optical characterization of Au/SiO2- and Ag/SiO2-supported nanoparticles dispersed in silica sonogel films, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 63(3) (2012), 340-355, DOI:10.1007/s10971-012-2793-8.
• Xim Bokhimi, Rodolfo Zanella, Antonio Morales, Viridiana Maturano, Carlos Ángeles, Au/Rutile Catalysts: Effect of the Activation Atmosphere on the Gold-Support Interaction, The Journal of Physical Chemistry 115(13) (2011), 5856-5862, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp111483v.