# overview
My research background is in mathematical and experimental models for studying transport, transformation and persistence of contaminants in the environment. I have focused my research in three principal areas: organics trapped and sorbed in soils as a source zone of groundwater contamination, physical and biological factors that control bioremediation of contaminated plumes in groundwater, and water balance modeling to quantify ground water - surface water interactions. Currently, I am working with emerging contaminants, specifically evaluating the persistence of heavy-metals in mining environments and predicting antibiotics transport in soils.

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Instituto Politecnico Nacional - (Mexico City, Mexico)

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Fellow, Institute for Science Technology and Public Policy

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A geometric approach to joint inversion with applications to contaminant source zone characterization

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JOINT ELECTRICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INVERSION FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF SUBSURFACE CONTAMINANT SOURCE ZONES

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Numerical Simulations of a Dam Overflowing. Case Study: "La Esperanza" Dam in Hidalgo, Mexico. Implications for Risk Evaluation

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Efficient Algorithms for Modeling the Transport and Biodegradation of Chlorinated Ethenes in Groundwater

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Waterborne arsenic and fluoride exposure in Mexico: risk assessment and epidemiological research on their health effects

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Maternal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in South Texas, evaluation of silicone wristbands as personal passive samplers.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Thermal- and photo-induced degradation of perfluorinated carboxylic acids: Kinetics and mechanism.

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Flooding hazard assessment at Tulancingo (Hidalgo, Mexico)

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Undergraduate GPA Predicts Biochemistry PhD Completion and Is Associated with Time to Degree.

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American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

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Modeling the influence of coupled mass transfer processes on mass flux downgradient of heterogeneous DNAPL source zones.

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Water Quality Assessment Bias Associated with Long-Screened Wells Screened across Aquifers with High Nitrate and Arsenic Concentrations.

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Discrete-Time Nonzero-Sum Games for Multiplayer Using Policy-Iteration-Based Adaptive Dynamic Programming Algorithms.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Discrete-Time Nonzero-Sum Games for Multiplayer Using Policy-Iteration-Based Adaptive Dynamic Programming Algorithms

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Impact of flooding on urban soils: Changes in antibiotic resistance and bacterial community after Hurricane Harvey.

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Frequency and diversity of small plasmids in mesophilic Aeromonas isolates from fish, water and sediment.

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A Class 4-like Chromosomal Integron Found in Aeromonas sp. Genomospecies paramedia Isolated from Human Feces.

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Equivalence of two models for biodegradation during contaminant transport in groundwater

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Biological Limitations of Dechlorination of cis-Dichloroethene during Transport in Porous Media.

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Efficient algorithm for modeling transport in porous media with mass exchange between mobile fluid and reactive stationary media

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A MIXTURE OF EXPERTS BASED DISCRETIZATION APPROACH FOR CHARACTERIZING SUBSURFACE CONTAMINANT SOURCE ZONES

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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A Systems Approach to Remediating Human Exposure to Arsenic and Fluoride From Overexploited Aquifers.

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Quantifying wetland-aquifer interactions in a humid subtropical climate region: An integrated approach

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A Geometric Approach to Joint Inversion with Applications to Contaminant  Source Zone Characterization

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A DISCRIMINATIVE-GENERATIVE APPROACH TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBSURFACE CONTAMINANT SOURCE ZONES

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Simultaneous removal of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) by CaO2 based Fenton system: Enhanced degradation by chelating agents

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Permeability and compression characteristics of municipal solid waste samples

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Effect of pore velocity on biodegradation of cis-dichloroethene (DCE) in column experiments.

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Quantifying changes in respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations among children in Texas during COVID-19 pandemic using records from 2006 to 2021.

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Efficient algorithms for modeling the transport and biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes in groundwater

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Environmental And Occupational Health; 1266 TAMUS