Gabriel Luna-Bárcenas

Dr. Gabriel Luna-Bárcenas is a chemical and materials science engineer whose work focuses on biotechnology and the development of nanomaterials for industrial and medical applications, particularly biopolymers and biomaterials. He previously served as a senior researcher and professor at CINVESTAV (Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute) in Querétaro, Mexico, and as a senior researcher at CID-DESC, an industrial R&D center. He has taught graduate-level courses in kinetics of materials, polymer science, biomaterials, chemistry of materials, advanced mathematics, and advanced thermodynamics.

Since 2008, Dr. Luna-Bárcenas has been the delegate of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) in the Polymer Division for Mexico and Latin America. Since 2015, he has also been president of the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Network at SECIHTI (formerly CONAHCYT) in Mexico.

His research interests include synthesis and characterization of biopolymers, nanocomposites for biomedical and environmental applications, spectroscopic characterization of materials, green solvent technologies based on deep eutectic solvents (DESs), relaxation phenomena in bionanocomposites, and R&D for industry-related projects. He has supervised more than 24 Ph.D. theses and has published over 250 scientific papers and 2 books.

Gabriel Luna-Bárcenas joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as a Distinguished Professor in Smart Biomaterials for the Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing and the School of Engineering and Sciences.

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton Materials Institute (PMI), Princeton University
• Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
• M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya
• Chemical Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya

• Luna-Barcenas, Gabriel. (2023). Electrostrictive and piezoelectrical properties of chitosan-poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) blend films. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 126251. 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126251.

• Prokhorov, E. & Luna-Barcenas, Gabriel & Yañez Limon, Jose & Muñoz-Saldaña, J.. (2023). Flexoelectricity and piezoelectric effects in poly (vinyl alcohol)-SrTiO3 nanocomposites. Materials Research Bulletin. 166. 112361. 10.1016/j.materresbull.2023.112361. 

• Cervantes Chávez, José & García-Bouchot, Gastón & García-Gutiérrez, Nataly & Castañeda, Haydé & Nava, Rufino & Luna-Barcenas, Gabriel & Elizalde, Eduardo & Esquivel-Naranjo, Edgardo & Landeros, Fidel & Rojas, Norma & Pool, Hector. (2023). Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles and Stressors Generate Synergistic Growth Inhibition in Candida Species through Cell Wall Damage, Osmotic Stress, and Oxidative Stress. Current pharmaceutical biotechnology. 24. 10.2174/1389201024666230303145653. 

• Bravo-Alfaro, Diego & Prokhorov, E. & Luna-Barcenas, Gabriel & Garcia, Hugo. (2023). Unveiling the dielectric properties of self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems (SNEDDS). Journal of Molecular Liquids. 374. 121304. 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121304. 

• Luna-Barcenas, Gabriel. (2011). Chitosan-Based Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications.

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