Dr. Arturo Ponce Pedraza is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Ponce is the leader of the Structure physics and electron microscopy group at UTSA.
https://www.utsa.edu/physics/faculty/ArturoPoncePedraza.html
PhD Students
Arturo Galindo (2019-at present)
PhD project: Study of magneto-plasmonic coupling in multisegmented metallic nanowires synthesized by electrochemical deposition
Andrei Alfredo Hernandez Robles (2018-at present)
PhD project: Study of 2D materials grown by aberration-corrected microscopy and measurements of peizoelectrocity by performing in-situ TEM experiments
Postdoctoral researchers
Dr. Jose Luis Reyes. 2018-present: Fabrication high dense 2D arrays of metallic nanowires using a variety of electrochemical methods
Visitors
Dr. German Soldano. Fulbright Scholar. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. Theoretical calculations: Modeling, DFT and MD
Former members
Prakash Parajuli, PhD
Dissertation on March 2019
Title: Microstructural evolution and atomic-level segregation in metallic alloys films: an approach towards grain boundary engineering
Eduardo Ortega Aguilar, PhD
Dissertation on May 2018
Title: Mapping of physical properties and structure of nanomaterials by dose controlled electron holography and precession electron diffraction
Diego Alducin, PhD
Dissertation on May 2016
Title: In situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Experimentation of Nanostructured Materials
Jesus Cantu-Valle, PhD
Dissertation on Nov 2014
Title: Quantitative phase imaging of metallic nanostructures using off-axis electron holography
- Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Alfredo Benitez Lara 11/2015-10/2017
Currently Research scientist at CIO
Undergraduate students
- Kassandra Herrera, BSc in Physics
- Tyler Wynne, BSc in Physics
- Simon Jenks, BSc in Physics
- Jun Lee, BSc in Physics
- Erik Perez, BSc in Physics
- Alan Baza, BSc in Physics
- Jacob Flowers, BSc in Physics
- David Sanchez, BSc in Physics
International visiting students
- Graduate student: Edgar Ochoa (Mexico)-2018-2019
Insituto de Materiales, UNAM - Graduate student: Clemente Fernando (Mexico)-2018-2019
Instituto de Fisica, UNAM - Undergraduate student: Rocío Sánchez (Mexico) 2018
Universidad Anahuac Campus Norte - Graduate student: Ramses Martinez (Mexico)-2018
Universidad Veracruzana - Graduate student: Alejandra Rivas (Mexico)-2016
Tecnologico de Celaya - Graduate student: Aldemar Gordillo (Colombia)-2017
Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Graduate students: Carlos Casillas (Mexico)-2015
CINVESTAV-Saltillo - Graduate student: Guadalupe Rodriguez (Mexico)-2015
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara - Graduate student: Edwing Salazar (Mexico)-2015
Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi - Graduate students: Rebeca Ortega (Mexico)-2017
CINVESTAV-Mexico - Graduate student: Alejandro Perez (Mexico)-2017
CINVESTAV-Mexico - Graduate student: Yenny Casallas (Mexico)-2013
CINVESTAV-Mexico - Undergraduate student: Victor Gonzalez (Mexico)-2014
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon - Undergraduate student: Alberto Vazquez (Mexico)-2014
Tecnologico de Monterrey
Microscopy Research Group 