Resumé

Present position

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Senior Researcher.

Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IF-UNAM).

 

Work address: Circuito Investigación Científica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico, D.F., MEXICO

Postal address IF-UNAM: Apartado Postal 20-364, 01000 Mexico, D.F., MEXICO

Phone: (52)(55) 5622-5073.

Main research areas: Accelerator-based analyses of airborne particulate matter, X-ray Spectrometry.

 

Recent publications:

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Errata and Update to “Experimental cross sections for L-shell x-ray production and ionization by protons.”
J. Miranda y G. Lapicki.
Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables 119 (2018) 444-453.

 

Universal empirical fit to L-shell X-ray production cross sections in ionization by protons.
G. Lapicki y J. Miranda.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B 414 (2018) 184-189. 

 

Recognition of the importance of geogenic sources in the content of metals in PM2.5 collected in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area.
Ofelia Morton-Bermea, Rodrigo Garza-Galindo, Elizabeth Hernández-Álvarez, Omar Amador-Muñoz, María Elena García-Arreola, Sara L. Ordóñez-Godínez, Laura Beramendi-Orosco, Graciela L. Santos-Medina, Javier Miranda, Irma Rosas-Pérez.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 190 (2018) 83, 1-18.

 

Atmospheric PM2.5 Mercury in the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City.
Morton-Bermea, O., Garza-Galindo, R., Hernández-Álvarez, E., Ordoñez-Godínez, S. L., Amador-Muñoz, O., Beramendi-Orosco, L., Miranda J., & Rosas-Pérez, I.
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 100 (2018) 588-592.
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Urban particulate matter induces the expression of receptors for early and late adhesion molecules on human monocytes.
Raúl Quintana-Belmares, Guillermina Hernández-Pérez, Angélica Montiel-Dávalos, Åsa Gustafsson, Javier Miranda, Irma Rosas-Pérez, Rebeca López-Marure and Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno.
Environmental Research 167 (2018) 283-291.
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Measurement of L X-Ray Production Cross Sections of Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, and Dy by Impact of 9Be2+ Ions with Energies in the Interval 5.25 MeV to 6.75 MeV.
 J. Miranda, G. Murillo, B. Méndez, P. Villaseñor.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B 434 (2018) 93-96.
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PIXE and XRF elemental analysis of breakfast cereals consumed in Mexico.
E. Romero-Dávila, J. Miranda, O.G. de Lucio, J.C. Pineda.
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 318 (2018) 887-895.

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Spatial and temporal distribution of metals in PM2.5 during 2013: assessment of wind patterns to the impacts of geogenic and anthropogenic sources.

Rodrigo Garza-Galindo, Ofelia Morton-Bermea, Elizabeth Hernández-Álvarez, Sara L. Ordóñez-Godínez, Omar Amador-Muñoz, Laura Beramendi-Orosco, Armando Retama-Hernández, Javier Miranda & Irma Rosas-Pérez.

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 191 (2019) 165, 1-17.

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Ice Nucleating Particles in a Coastal Tropical Site.

Luis A. Ladino, Graciela B. Raga, Harry Alvarez-Ospina, Manuel A. Andino-Enríquez, Irma Rosas, Leticia Martínez, Eva Salinas, Javier Miranda, Zyanya Ramírez-Díaz, Bernardo Figueroa, Cedric Chou, Allan K. Bertram, Erika T. Quintana, Luis A. Maldonado, Agustín García-Reynoso, Meng Si, and Victoria E. Irish.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 (2019) 6147-6165.

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Temporal variation of suspended particles (TSP, PM10, and PM2.5) and chemical composition of PM10 in a site at the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Alberto A. Espinosa, Javier Miranda, Enrique Hernández, Javier Reyes, Ana L. Alarcón, María C. Torres, Rodolfo Sosa.

Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health 12 (2019) 1267-1277.

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Total L x-ray production cross sections of Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, and Mo induced by impact of 1.335 MeV to 1.835 MeV protons.

J. Miranda, D.L. Serrano, J.C. Pineda, D.J. Marín-Lámbarri, L. Acosta, J.A. Mendoza-Flores, S. Reynoso-Cruces, and E. Chávez.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B 477 (2020) 23-26.

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Relevant information:

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• Bachelor in Physics (1984) ; Master of Sciences, Physics (1986) ; Doctor of Sciences, Physics (1988), Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM.

• Researcher, Instituto de Física, UNAM, since October, 1988.

• "Gabino Barreda" Silver Medal, best average in the Doctor of Sciences (Physics) program, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, 1990.

• National University Award for Young Professors, Exact Sciences, UNAM, 2000.

• Posdoctorate, University of California, Davis, USA, 1990-1991.

• Visiting Professor, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, 1996-1997.

• Visiting Researcher, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, 2010-2011.

• 91 scientific papers (96% of them in the area of X-ray spectroscopy) and 7 chapters in specialized books; 214 works presented at national and international scientific meetings.

• Advisor for 24 Bachelor thesis, 6 Master’s thesis and 5 Doctoral thesis.

• Introductory Physics Laboratory teacher, Facultad de Ciencias (1986 to present) and Facultad de Química (1991-2007), both at UNAM.

• Member of Sociedad Mexicana de Física and Academia Mexicana de Ciencias.

• National Researcher, level I, since 1992; level II, since 2001; level III, since 2015.

• Chair of the Experimental Physics Department, Instituto de Física, UNAM, July, 1999-June 2003.

• Chair of the Microscopy Central Laboratory, Instituto de Física, UNAM, October 2002-June 2003.

• Chair, Organizing Committee, XI International Conference on Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE 2007), May 2007.

• Academic Secretary, Instituto de Física, UNAM, June 2007-August 2008.

• Academic Secretary, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, UNAM, January 2014-December 2017.

• Chair of the Nuclear Physics Department, Instituto de Física, UNAM, September 2019-.

• Representant for Central and Southamerica, International Advisory Committee for the Conferences of PIXE and its Analytical Applications, since 1995.

• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, journal X-Ray Spectrometry, 2008- .