Dr. Luz María Martínez Calderón graduated with honors from Tecnológico de Monterrey with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Arizona State University. She is currently Research Professor at the Department of ​​Chemistry and Nanotechnology at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey campus, and participates as an adjunct professor in the Department of Chemistry at Rice University.

Her research lines include: Design and construction of portable instruments for thermal and structural characterization, Preparation and characterization of micro and Nano-dispersions of thermally stable amorphous drugs to improve solubility and bioavailability of poorly soluble active principles, Evaluation of therapeutic efficiency of new pharmaceutical formulations in the form of co-amorphous and co-crystalline formulations with potential applications in the treatment of high incidence diseases (hypertension-hypercholesterolemia-diabetes) and Stabilization and thermal characterization of active principles and biomolecules with applications in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry.

In terms of attracting funds and research projects, Dr. Martínez has served as coordinator and head of projects such as "Estudio de las transiciones de fase e interacciones intermoleculares en sistemas binarios en función de su composición y temperatura", funded by the call of Ciencia Básica SEP-CONACyT 2016-2020, "Estudio del mecanismo de preservación de biomoléculas de través de la generación de matrices vítreas de azúcares no reductores", funded by the call of Ciencia Básica SEP-Conacyt-2008, the educational Innovation project "Construyendo nuestros instrumentos de Medición: Construcción y uso de instrumentos de caracterización térmica de materiales. Do it yourself", funded by the NOVUS 2012 call for Educational Innovation and "Optimización de procesos de preservación de biomoléculas", funded by the Zambrano-Hellion Fund.

Dr. Martínez has generated knowledge through the direction of more than 30 undergraduate and graduate thesis projects; her scientific contributions have been published in indexed journals such as Journal of Chemical Education, Thermochimica Acta, Biopolymers, Nature, International Journal of pharmaceutics, Molecules, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, among others. She has been a member of the steering committee of the Consejo Nacional de la Enseñanza de las Ciencias Químicas A.C. from 2011 to 2017 and is a member of the AAPS (American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists) and the ACS (American Chemical Society).

She worked in the industrial sector developing analytical techniques to measure physicochemical properties of glass. As a result, she received recognition for her contribution to Technological Development in VITRO.

• Analysis of Properties and Transformation of Matter
• Analysis of the Transformation of Matter in Chemical Processes
• Chemical Research
• Chemistry
• Directed Study
• Doctoral Defense
• Doctoral Research
• Foundation of the Structure and Transformation of Matter
• Guided Research
• Integration Project in Chemistry and Nanotechnology
• Introduction to Chemical Research
• Research Internship
• Research Project in Chemistry and Nanotechnology
• Research Proposal

• Nano and micro dispersions of two-phase amorphous-amorphous drug formulations as strategy to enhance solubility of pharmaceuticals. Materials Today: Proceedings 13, pp. 390-396 (2019)
• Roles of Undergraduate Students: Trainee, Tutor and Designer" International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) 13(4), pp. 1457-1467 (2019) 
• "Highly Soluble Glimepiride and Irbesartan Co-amorphous Formulation with Potential Application in Combination Therapy" (AAPS PharmSciTech 20(4),144 1-12 (2019)
• "Co-Amorphous Simvastatin-Nifedipine with Enhanced Solubility for Possible Use in Combination Therapy of Hypertension and Hypercholesterolemia" Molecules, 23, 2161 (2018)
• "Two-phase amorphous-amorphous solid drug dispersion with enhanced stability, solubility and bioavailability; resulting from ultrasonic dispersion of an immiscible system" European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 119 243-252 (2017) 

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• Doctor of Chemistry, Arizona State University
• Bachelor of Chemical Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey

• National Award " Inspiring Profesor", for Research and Graduate (2016 y 2020)
• MUJER-TEC-2013 (Mentoring category)
• Distinguished Novus-Professor (distinction for profile as an innovator in education)
• Excellence in Honors Teaching Award
• Mexican Researcher Certification - Level 1 (Martínez-Calderón, Luz María)

"It is difficult to remain strong when facing news of a cancer recurrence or situations when the progression of a disease conditions the decline of the patient."

Cynthia Mayté Villarreal Garza devotes her work towards women who suffer from breast cancer. She has two goals: to achieve early detection and to administer appropriate treatment that increases the recovery rate. In addition, she promotes initiatives that help women confront the illness in the best possible way in order to continue their lives with strength. 

Dr. Villarreal has published more than 120 papers in international journals, and is an opinion leader in breast cancer nationally and internationally.

She is the head of the Oncology Department at the Breast Cancer Center in Hospital Zambrano Hellion. Combining her medical career with her interest in research, she has taken practical action towards the care and education of her patients, with whom she establishes a close relation to provide guidance and support. She has even started an awareness project on metastatic breast cancer with the intention of encouraging assistance with services such as palliative medicine and care, nutrition, rehabilitation and psychology. 

As director of the Joven & Fuerte [Young & Strong] program, Villarreal Garza optimizes clinical care to assist both patients and their families. As head of the Alerta Rosa [Pink Alert] program for Asociación MILC (Médicos e Investigadores en la Lucha Contra el Cáncer de Mama), her goal is to reduce assistance times by classifying and prioritizing women with mammary symptoms or abnormal tests. And the Genetic Counseling Program for Breast Cancer Risk, implemented in TecSalud hospitals, has granted access to genetic testing for resource-scarce communities. 

• Ambulatory Internal Medicine
• Ambulatory Rotation
• Clinical Rotation
• Doctoral Research
• Doctoral Research Proposal
• Epidemiological Research
• Hospital Internal Medicine
• Hospital and Outpatient Clinic in Internal Medicine
• Hospitalist Rotation
• Oncology Clinic
• Oncology and Palliative Care
• Research Internship
• Research Seminar

• Clinical behavior and outcomes of breast cancer in young women with germline BRCA pathogenic variants.  npj Breast Cancer.  7. 2021
• Adjuvant endocrine therapy for premenopausal women with breast cancer: Patient adherence and physician prescribing practices in Mexico.  Breast.  59:8-15. 2021
• Breast cancer associated pathogenic variants among women 61¿years and older with triple negative breast cancer.  Journal of Geriatric Oncology.  12:749-751. 2021
• Factors associated with the desire to undergo post-mastectomy breast reconstruction in a Mexican breast cancer center.  Supportive Care in Cancer.  29:2679-2688. 2021 
• Impact of chemotherapy regimen and sequence on the effectiveness of scalp cooling for alopecia prevention.  Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.  185:453-458. 2021

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• Doctor of Science, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.)
• Internal Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.)
• Master of Medical Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.)
• Surgeon, Tecnológico de Monterrey

• XXXI Premio "Miguel Aleman Valdés" en el Área de Salud, conferred by Fundación Miguel Alemán, 2017
• Susan G Komen Grant 2015. An Education Intervention Program on Breast Cancer in Young Women for Patients and Physicians, conferred by Susan G Komen Grant, 2015
• Premios Bieniales de FUNSALUD a la Investigación en Cáncer de Mama por el trabajo "Impact of diabetes and hyperglycemia on survival in advanced breast cancer patients, conferred by FUNSALUD, 2013
• 2010 ASCO Cancer Foundation Merit Award, conferred by ASCO, 2010
• 2009 ASCO International Development and Education, conferred by ASCO, 2009
• Mexican Researcher Certification - Level 2 (Villarreal-Garza, Cynthia Mayte)
   

"It is difficult to remain strong when facing news of a cancer recurrence or situations when the progression of a disease conditions the decline of the patient."

Cynthia Mayté Villarreal Garza devotes her work towards women who suffer from breast cancer. She has two goals: to achieve early detection and to administer appropriate treatment that increases the recovery rate. In addition, she promotes initiatives that help women confront the illness in the best possible way in order to continue their lives with strength. 

Dr. Villarreal has published more than 120 papers in international journals, and is an opinion leader in breast cancer nationally and internationally.

She is the head of the Oncology Department at the Breast Cancer Center in Hospital Zambrano Hellion. Combining her medical career with her interest in research, she has taken practical action towards the care and education of her patients, with whom she establishes a close relation to provide guidance and support. She has even started an awareness project on metastatic breast cancer with the intention of encouraging assistance with services such as palliative medicine and care, nutrition, rehabilitation and psychology. 

As director of the Joven & Fuerte [Young & Strong] program, Villarreal Garza optimizes clinical care to assist both patients and their families. As head of the Alerta Rosa [Pink Alert] program for Asociación MILC (Médicos e Investigadores en la Lucha Contra el Cáncer de Mama), her goal is to reduce assistance times by classifying and prioritizing women with mammary symptoms or abnormal tests. And the Genetic Counseling Program for Breast Cancer Risk, implemented in TecSalud hospitals, has granted access to genetic testing for resource-scarce communities. 

• Ambulatory Internal Medicine
• Ambulatory Rotation
• Clinical Rotation
• Doctoral Research
• Doctoral Research Proposal
• Epidemiological Research
• Hospital Internal Medicine
• Hospital and Outpatient Clinic in Internal Medicine
• Hospitalist Rotation
• Oncology Clinic
• Oncology and Palliative Care
• Research Internship
• Research Seminar

• Clinical behavior and outcomes of breast cancer in young women with germline BRCA pathogenic variants.  npj Breast Cancer.  7. 2021
• Adjuvant endocrine therapy for premenopausal women with breast cancer: Patient adherence and physician prescribing practices in Mexico.  Breast.  59:8-15. 2021
• Breast cancer associated pathogenic variants among women 61¿years and older with triple negative breast cancer.  Journal of Geriatric Oncology.  12:749-751. 2021
• Factors associated with the desire to undergo post-mastectomy breast reconstruction in a Mexican breast cancer center.  Supportive Care in Cancer.  29:2679-2688. 2021 
• Impact of chemotherapy regimen and sequence on the effectiveness of scalp cooling for alopecia prevention.  Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.  185:453-458. 2021

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• Doctor of Science, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.)
• Internal Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.)
• Master of Medical Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.)
• Surgeon, Tecnológico de Monterrey

• XXXI Premio "Miguel Aleman Valdés" en el Área de Salud, conferred by Fundación Miguel Alemán, 2017
• Susan G Komen Grant 2015. An Education Intervention Program on Breast Cancer in Young Women for Patients and Physicians, conferred by Susan G Komen Grant, 2015
• Premios Bieniales de FUNSALUD a la Investigación en Cáncer de Mama por el trabajo "Impact of diabetes and hyperglycemia on survival in advanced breast cancer patients, conferred by FUNSALUD, 2013
• 2010 ASCO Cancer Foundation Merit Award, conferred by ASCO, 2010
• 2009 ASCO International Development and Education, conferred by ASCO, 2009
• Mexican Researcher Certification - Level 2 (Villarreal-Garza, Cynthia Mayte)
   

Ján Rehák, PhD. is a Slovakia born entrepreneur, business professor and researcher, currently teaching entrepreneurship, business development and business model innovation at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Queretaro. Ján studied business management in Slovakia and Germany and holds a master's degree in strategic management from Comenius University. 

During his master's degree studies, he co-founded his first businesses in Bratislava, Slovakia. He founded and managed a business consulting company Erener Group, and a financial consulting firm VedEko. He started his PhD studies, while teaching business management at Comenius University in Bratislava, and formed a part in the development of a technology startup SmartIS, focused on developing innovative LMS systems. 

During his early consulting and entrepreneurial career, Ján worked with a number of businesses as a consultant in the area of finance and business model development in Central Europe. After his arrival to Mexico as a visiting professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro in mid-2015, Ján has been dedicated to developing entrepreneurs and businesses in Mexico, developing business models and validation strategies for dozens of traditional as well as social impact startups. As a part of his educational work, he is dedicated to business consulting for the Tec de Monterrey high impact incubator, and as a faculty advisor for an international student movement Enactus focused on social entrepreneurship. Besides his work as a business professor, Ján is dedicated to research of entrepreneurship and innovation. 

He is part of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor research teams both in Slovakia and Mexico and focuses on inclusive and impact entrepreneurship in his research, while being a member of the National Researcher System of National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT). 

Ján shares his experience in entrepreneurship and innovation through workshops and conferences in Mexico and Latin America (Colombia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Chile, among others), where he works with businesses and students from different backgrounds. In recent years he has also been involved as a partner in a fintech startup and a social business consulting company in Queretaro, and is a managing partner at the first venture capital fund founded in Queretaro, Tera Sigma Venture Capital. 

Ján believes that the way to have impact in this world is through sustainable innovative entrepreneurship and education, which he preaches through his work as a business professor, researcher, consultant, mentor and entrepreneur.

• Business Model Innovation
• Business Strategic Foresight
• Entrepreneurial Experience Internship
• Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship
• Family Business Acceleration Models
• Incubation and Business Models
• Incubation and Financing of New Ventures
• Innovation in Business Models and Family Business Management
• Innovative social entrepreneurship
• Integrative Project
• Leadership for Entrepreneurial Development
• Pre-Incubation and Business Feasibility
• Social Entrepreneurship
   

• Do Senior Entrepreneurs Differ From Youth Entrepreneurs? Evidences From Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
• Entrepreneurial Intention Among Mexican University Students: The Effect of Entrepreneurship Education and Professional Networks 
• Entrepreneurship education as a process-oriented learning 
• Experiential Case-based Method: A practical approach to case-based education 
• Minimum Wage Experiment: An Innovation Fostering Social Entrepreneurship 

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• Doctor of Business Administration, Comenius University in Bratislava
• Master in Business Administration, Comenius University in Bratislava
• Business Administration, Comenius University in Bratislava

Ján Rehák, PhD. is a Slovakia born entrepreneur, business professor and researcher, currently teaching entrepreneurship, business development and business model innovation at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Queretaro. Ján studied business management in Slovakia and Germany and holds a master's degree in strategic management from Comenius University. 

During his master's degree studies, he co-founded his first businesses in Bratislava, Slovakia. He founded and managed a business consulting company Erener Group, and a financial consulting firm VedEko. He started his PhD studies, while teaching business management at Comenius University in Bratislava, and formed a part in the development of a technology startup SmartIS, focused on developing innovative LMS systems. 

During his early consulting and entrepreneurial career, Ján worked with a number of businesses as a consultant in the area of finance and business model development in Central Europe. After his arrival to Mexico as a visiting professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro in mid-2015, Ján has been dedicated to developing entrepreneurs and businesses in Mexico, developing business models and validation strategies for dozens of traditional as well as social impact startups. As a part of his educational work, he is dedicated to business consulting for the Tec de Monterrey high impact incubator, and as a faculty advisor for an international student movement Enactus focused on social entrepreneurship. Besides his work as a business professor, Ján is dedicated to research of entrepreneurship and innovation. 

He is part of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor research teams both in Slovakia and Mexico and focuses on inclusive and impact entrepreneurship in his research, while being a member of the National Researcher System of National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT). 

Ján shares his experience in entrepreneurship and innovation through workshops and conferences in Mexico and Latin America (Colombia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Chile, among others), where he works with businesses and students from different backgrounds. In recent years he has also been involved as a partner in a fintech startup and a social business consulting company in Queretaro, and is a managing partner at the first venture capital fund founded in Queretaro, Tera Sigma Venture Capital. 

Ján believes that the way to have impact in this world is through sustainable innovative entrepreneurship and education, which he preaches through his work as a business professor, researcher, consultant, mentor and entrepreneur.

• Business Model Innovation
• Business Strategic Foresight
• Entrepreneurial Experience Internship
• Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship
• Family Business Acceleration Models
• Incubation and Business Models
• Incubation and Financing of New Ventures
• Innovation in Business Models and Family Business Management
• Innovative social entrepreneurship
• Integrative Project
• Leadership for Entrepreneurial Development
• Pre-Incubation and Business Feasibility
• Social Entrepreneurship
   

• Do Senior Entrepreneurs Differ From Youth Entrepreneurs? Evidences From Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
• Entrepreneurial Intention Among Mexican University Students: The Effect of Entrepreneurship Education and Professional Networks 
• Entrepreneurship education as a process-oriented learning 
• Experiential Case-based Method: A practical approach to case-based education 
• Minimum Wage Experiment: An Innovation Fostering Social Entrepreneurship 

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• Doctor of Business Administration, Comenius University in Bratislava
• Master in Business Administration, Comenius University in Bratislava
• Business Administration, Comenius University in Bratislava

Dr. Raj Sisodia is a co-founder and thought leader of the Conscious Capitalism movement and Chairman Emeritus of Conscious Capitalism Inc. He was previously the FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College in the United States. 

Raj Sisodia has published 16 books, including bestsellers such as Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business. He has received many recognitions for his work, including an honorary doctorate from Johnson & Wales University (JWU) and the Business Luminary Award from Halcyon. Raj Sisodia has consulted with and taught executive programs for numerous companies, including AT&T, IBM, LG, McDonald's, Nokia, Siemens, Sprint, Walmart, Whole Foods Market, and Volvo. He has spoken over a thousand times on Conscious Capitalism and related topics to audiences around the world, including the White House, the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Vatican. 

Raj Sisodia previously served on the board of directors at Mastek and The Container Store and is a trustee of Conscious Capitalism Inc. His current experience and research interests cover a wide range of areas, including conscious capitalism, stakeholder management, conscious leadership, and cultural transformation.

Dr. Raj Sisodia joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as a FEMSA Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and Chairman of the Conscious Enterprise Center. 

• Ph.D. in Marketing and Business Policy, Columbia University.
• MBA in Marketing, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai.
• Electrical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science.

• Sisodia, R. S. (2011). Conscious Capitalism: A Better Way to Win. California Management Review, 53(3), 98–108.
• Pillay, S. S., & Sisodia, R. S. (2011). A case for Conscious Capitalism: Conscious Leadership Through the Lens of Brain Science. Ivey Business Journal. Published.
• Sisodia, R. S. (2009). Doing business in the age of conscious capitalism. Journal of Indian Business Research, 1, 188–192.
• Sheth, J. N., & Sisodia, R. S. (2007). Raising Marketing’s Aspirations. American Marketing Association, 26(1), 141–143.
• Sheth, J. N., & Sisodia, R. S. (2005). Does Marketing Need Reform? Journal of Marketing, 69(1–25), 10–12.

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Dr. Raj Sisodia is a co-founder and thought leader of the Conscious Capitalism movement and Chairman Emeritus of Conscious Capitalism Inc. He was previously the FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College in the United States. 

Raj Sisodia has published 16 books, including bestsellers such as Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business. He has received many recognitions for his work, including an honorary doctorate from Johnson & Wales University (JWU) and the Business Luminary Award from Halcyon. Raj Sisodia has consulted with and taught executive programs for numerous companies, including AT&T, IBM, LG, McDonald's, Nokia, Siemens, Sprint, Walmart, Whole Foods Market, and Volvo. He has spoken over a thousand times on Conscious Capitalism and related topics to audiences around the world, including the White House, the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Vatican. 

Raj Sisodia previously served on the board of directors at Mastek and The Container Store and is a trustee of Conscious Capitalism Inc. His current experience and research interests cover a wide range of areas, including conscious capitalism, stakeholder management, conscious leadership, and cultural transformation.

Dr. Raj Sisodia joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as a FEMSA Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and Chairman of the Conscious Enterprise Center. 

• Ph.D. in Marketing and Business Policy, Columbia University.
• MBA in Marketing, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai.
• Electrical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science.

• Sisodia, R. S. (2011). Conscious Capitalism: A Better Way to Win. California Management Review, 53(3), 98–108.
• Pillay, S. S., & Sisodia, R. S. (2011). A case for Conscious Capitalism: Conscious Leadership Through the Lens of Brain Science. Ivey Business Journal. Published.
• Sisodia, R. S. (2009). Doing business in the age of conscious capitalism. Journal of Indian Business Research, 1, 188–192.
• Sheth, J. N., & Sisodia, R. S. (2007). Raising Marketing’s Aspirations. American Marketing Association, 26(1), 141–143.
• Sheth, J. N., & Sisodia, R. S. (2005). Does Marketing Need Reform? Journal of Marketing, 69(1–25), 10–12.

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