Courses
I teach courses in the astrophysics master’s program of the UNAM.
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Observational Astronomy
Theses
I direct undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral theses in areas related to my research and instrumentation projects.
My current and previous thesis students are:
Kin López Mendoza
- Degree: Ph. D. expected en 2025
- Thesis title: “Automatización de la selección de campos de DDOTI y muestreo de destellos de rayos gamma cortos”
Beatriz Sánchez y Sánchez
- Degree: Ph.D. expected in 2022 (co-directed with Dr. Salvador Cuevas)
- Thesis Title: “Diagnóstico óptico de las componentes de FRIDA”
Rosa Becerra Godínez
- Degree: Ph.D. received in 2019 (co-directed with Dr. William Lee)
- Thesis Title: “Emisión óptica temprana y tardía de GRBs observada con el telescopio robótico COATLI”
- Thesis Publications:
- Becerra et al. (2017): “Photometric Observations of Supernova 2013cq Associated with GRB 130427A”
- Becerra et al. (2019): “Late Central-engine Activity in GRB 180205A”
- Perley et al. (2019): “The fast, luminous ultraviolet transient AT2018cow: extreme supernova, or disruption of a star by an intermediate-mass black hole?”
Rosa Becerra Godínez
- Degree: M.Sc. received in 2015 (co-directed with Dr. Salvador Cuevas)
- Thesis Title: “Simulaciones y rendimiento del sistema óptico OAXACA”
Judith Ibáñez Sánchez
- Degree: Master in Photonics Engineering,~Nanophotonics and Biophotonics received in 2012 (co-directed with Dr. Salvador Cuevas)
- Thesis Title: “Optimization of a Shack-Hartmann Wave-Front Sensor for an Astronomical Adaptive-Optics System”
María Barrera Verdejo
- Degree: Master in Photonics Engineering,~Nanophotonics and Biophotonics received in 2012 (co-directed with Dr. Salvador Cuevas)
- Thesis Title: “Characterization of a Push-Pull Membrane Mirror for an Astronomical Adaptive-Optics System”
Carolina Durán-Rojas
- Degree: Ph.D. received in 2009
- Thesis Title: “Un estudio observacional y teórico de las propiedades del disco interno en estrellas jóvenes”
- Thesis Publications:
- Pinte et al. (2009): “Benchmark problems for continuum radiative transfer: High optical depths, anisotropic scattering and polarisation”
- Durán-Rojas et al. (2009): “The Polarimetric and Photometric Variability of HH 30”
- Watson, Durán-Rojas, & Stapelfeldt (2008): “The Photometric Variability of HH 30”
Arturo Godínez Martínez
- Degree: M.Sc. received in 2006
- Thesis Title: “Poblaciones estelares en anillos polares galácticos”
- Thesis Publications:
- Godínez-Martínez et al. (2007): “Photometry of Polar-Ring Galaxies”
Bernardo Quijano
- Degree: B.Sc. received in 2005
- Thesis Title: “Modelización de discos circunestelares inclinados”
Arturo Godínez Martínez
- Degree: B.Sc. received in 2000
- Thesis Title: “Mejoramiento de Imágenes Infrarrojas: Simulación con la Técnica Shift and Add”