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Prof. Enrique Lima
Prof. Dr. Enrique Lima

lima@iim.unam.mx

I am a Professor and Researcher at the Institute of Materials Research (IIM), UNAM, a position I have held since 2008. My team’s research focuses on the design and application of advanced materials, including porous frameworks, oxides, and hybrid systems. In the more fundamental projects, we target new materials for catalysis, gas storage, sensing, and biomedical uses. I have published extensively in high-impact journals such as Chemistry of Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Small, Angewandte Chemie, and Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, contributing significantly to materials science in the fields of sustainability, health, and environmental applications.

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Education

  • 2001: PhD Degree from Université de Montpellier II, France under supervision of Prof. Louis Charles de Ménorval and Prof Didier Tichit.

  • 1997: Masters degree in Chemistry from Department of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares (ININ, México) under the supervision of Prof. Silvia Bulbulian, and Prof. Pedro Bosch.

  • 1989: BS from Department of Engineering Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City.

Work Experience

  • 2001-2008: Professor at Department of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City.

  • 2009: Professor at Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, UNAM, Mexico City.

  • 2013: Guest Scientist, Université Pierre y Marie Curie, Paris France.

  • 2017: Guest Professor, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City.

Recent Publications

  • Flores-Aguilar, Juan Andrés, Marco L. Martínez, Valeria B. López-Cervantes, Ariel Guzmán-Vargas, José Ortiz-Landeros, Andres de Luna Bugallo, Diego Solis-Ibarra, Ilich A. Ibarra, and Enrique Lima (2025). Electronic Redistribution-Mediated Fluorescence Response to SO2 in Hybrid NiCo-Layered Double Hydroxide-(3-Chloropropyl) trimethoxysilane/UiO-66-NH2 Systems. ACS Applied Optical Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaom.5c00225

  • Domínguez, Rafael A. Salinas, Javier Águila Rosas, Shirlley E. Martínez Tolibia, Enrique Lima, and Ateet Dutt. (2025). Opportunities in functionalized metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with open metal sites for optical biosensor application. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 344, 103598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2025.103598

  • Aguila-Rosas Javier, Francisco J. Cano, Alan Nagaya, Carlos T. Quirino-Barreda, Ma de Jesús Martínez Ortiz, Ariel Guzmán Vargas, Ilich A. Ibarra, and Enrique Lima (2025). MOF-Composites for adsorption and degradation of contaminants in wastewater. Chemical Communications, 61(63), 11706-11731. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC02843D

  • Hernández, Magali, Carlos Felipe, Ariel Guzmán-Vargas, José Luis Rivera, and Enrique Lima. Highly Stable Hybrid Pigments Prepared from Organic Chromophores and Fluorinated Hydrotalcites. Colorants 3, no. 2 (2024): 125-135. https://doi.org/10.3390/colorants3020009