Dr. Ricardo Atahualpa Peralta Ávila holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Adelaide (Australia), where he received a Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence and the 2020 HDR Publication Award for his research on isolating reactive organometallic species within metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). He earned his Master’s degree in Chemical Sciences and Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST, South Korea) under a Future Fellowship grant, focusing on low-valent metal complexes embedded in porous materials for catalytic applications.

He serves as a Full-Time Professor (Level C) and Head of the Catalysis Research Area in the Department of Chemistry within the Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa.

His research group focuses on the design and synthesis of crystalline porous materials featuring semi-open metal sites and hemilabile linkers to optimize catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability. His scholarly record includes publications in leading international journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), complemented by prior professional experience in the private sector at companies including DuPont Mexico and Seguros Monterrey New York Life.