M.Sc. Felipe Hernández Trejo holds a Master’s degree in Design and Urban Studies from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Azcapotzalco, where he also earned his Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, alongside advanced studies in Economics. He was awarded the Medalla al Mérito Universitario and Academic Mention (UAM, 2018), as well as first place in the Premio Latinoamericano Luis Unikel Spector en Estudios Urbanos y Ambientales (El Colegio de México, 2019). He has completed research stays at the Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani of the Universidad de Buenos Aires and the Department of Geography at the Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile.

He serves as a Full-Time Tenured Faculty Researcher in the Department of Research and Knowledge within the Division of Sciences and Arts for Design at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Azcapotzalco, affiliated with the Urban Studies Research Group.

He is a member of the Red Latinoamericana de Investigadores sobre Teoría Urbana (RELATEUR), the Seminario Permanente Desarrollo Económico y Usos de Suelo en Ciudades (DEUSC) at the Instituto de Geografía of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and a founding member of the Red de Investigación Interdisciplinaria en Vivienda. Additionally, he serves on the Editorial Committee of the Division of Sciences and Arts for Design (UAM Azcapotzalco) and acted as a Peer Review Specialist for the social program Colectividades Culturales Comunitarias de la Ciudad de México 2026 under the Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México. He has led the research projects "Inversión del capital inmobiliario-financiero en la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México" (funded by UAM's General Rectory through the Direction of Research Support) and "Diseño y producción industrial de viviendas en México".

Outstanding publications: "Cyborgs, Cybersyn y la Máquina Estética como ingenierías sociotécnicas" in TRAMAS. Subjetividad y Procesos Sociales (2025); "Diseño: aportes teóricos sobre el valor, el trabajo y la lógica dialéctica" in Transformaciones y retos de la educación en las artes y los diseños (2024); and "La escultura en el espacio público: entrevista a Mario Irarrázabal" in Taller Servicio 24 horas (2024).